List of world light-flyweight boxing champions

This is a list of world light-flyweight boxing champions (also known as junior-flyweight), as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize up to two world champions in a given weight class; Super champion and Regular champion.
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 1963.
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), established in 1983.
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), established in 1988.

IBF

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1983-12-10	1986-Vacated	Dodie Boy Peñalosa	IBF
1986-12-07	1988-11-04	Jum-Hwan Choi	IBF
1988-11-04	1989-05-02	Tacy Macalos	IBF
1989-05-02	1990-07-29	Muangchai Kittikasem	IBF
1990-07-29	1994-02-19	Michael Carbajal	IBF
1994-02-19	1995-07-15	Humberto González	IBF
1995-07-15	1995-11-12-Vacated	Saman Sorjaturong	IBF
1996-03-16	1997-01-18	Michael Carbajal	IBF
1997-01-18	1998-04-30-Vacated	Mauricio Pastrana	IBF
1998-12-18	1999-10-02	Will Grigsby	IBF
1999-10-02	2001-09-29-Vacated	Ricardo López	IBF
2003-02-15	2005-05-14	Víctor Burgos	IBF
2005-05-14	2006-01-07	Will Grigsby	IBF
2006-01-07	2009-04-19	Ulises Solís	IBF
2009-04-19	2010-01-23	Brian Viloria	IBF
2010-01-23	2010-05-29	Carlos Tamara	IBF
2010-05-29	2011-04-30	Luis Alberto Lazarte	IBF
2011-04-30	2012-07-19-Stripped	Ulises Solís	IBF
2012-07-19	2014-05-02-Stripped	John Riel Casimero	IBF
2014-09-20	2015-29-12	Javier Mendoza	IBF
2015-29-12	2017-22-05	Akira Yaegashi	IBF
2017-05-22	2017-12-31	Milan Melindo	IBF
2017-12-31	2018-05-20	Ryoichi Taguchi	IBF
2018-05-20	2018-07-25-Vacated	Hekkie Budler	IBF
2018-10-29	2022-03-22-Vacated	Felix Alvarado	IBF
2022-09-13	Present	Sivenathi Nontshinga	IBF

WBC

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1975-04-04	1975-08-Stripped	Franco Udella	WBC
1975-09-13	1978-02-19	Luis Estaba	WBC
1978-02-19	1978-05-06	Freddy Castillo	WBC
1978-05-06	1978-09-30	Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh	WBC
1978-09-30	1980-01-03	Sung-Jun Kim	WBC
1980-01-03	1980-03-24	Shigeo Nakajima	WBC
1980-03-24	1982-02-06	Hilario Zapata	WBC
1982-02-06	1982-04-13	Amado Ursua	WBC
1982-04-13	1982-07-20	Tadashi Tomori	WBC
1982-07-20	1983-03-26	Hilario Zapata	WBC
1983-03-26	1988-06-27-Vacated	Jung-Koo Chang	WBC
1988-12-11	1989-03-19	Germán Torres	WBC
1989-03-19	1989-06-25	Yul-Woo Lee	WBC
1989-06-25	1990-12-19	Humberto González	WBC
1990-12-19	1991-03-25	Rolando Pascua	WBC
1991-03-25	1991-06-03	Melchor Cob Castro	WBC
1991-06-03	1993-03-13	Humberto González	WBC
1993-03-13	1994-02-19	Michael Carbajal	WBC
1994-02-19	1995-07-15	Humberto González	WBC
1995-07-15	1999-10-17	Saman Sorjaturong	WBC
1999-10-17	2002-07-06	Yo-Sam Choi	WBC
2002-07-06	2004-12-18-Vacated	Jorge Arce	WBC
2005-03-11	2005-09-10	Eric Ortiz	WBC
2005-09-10	2006-08-10	Brian Viloria	WBC
2006-08-10	2007-02-02-Stripped	Omar Niño Romero	WBC
2007-04-14	2009-11-21	Edgar Sosa	WBC
2009-11-21	2010-06-19	Rodel Mayol	WBC
2010-06-19	2010-11-06	Omar Niño Romero	WBC
2010-11-06	2011-04-30	Gilberto Keb Baas	WBC
2011-04-30	2011-12-23	Adrian Hernández	WBC
2011-12-23	2012-08-06	Kompayak Porpramook	WBC
2012-08-06	2014-04-06	Adrian Hernández	WBC
2014-04-06	2014-11-03-Vacated	Naoya Inoue	WBC
2014-12-30	2015-11-28	Pedro Guevara	WBC
2015-11-28	2016-03-04	Yu Kimura	WBC
2016-03-04	2017-05-20	Ganigan López	WBC
2017-05-20	2021-09-22	Kenshiro Teraji	WBC
2021-09-22	2022-03-19	Masamichi Yabuki	WBC
2022-03-19	Present	Kenshiro Teraji	WBC

WBA

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1975-08-23	1976-07-02	Jaime Rios	WBA
1976-07-02	1976-10-10	Juan Antonio Guzman	WBA
1976-10-10	1981-03-08	Yoko Gushiken	WBA
1981-03-08	1981-07-19	Pedro Flores	WBA
1981-07-19	1981-12-16	Hwan-Jin Kim	WBA
1981-12-16	1983-07-10	Katsuo Tokashiki	WBA
1983-07-10	1984-05-19	Lupe Madera	WBA
1984-05-19	1985-03-29	Francisco Quiroz	WBA
1985-03-29	1985-12-08	Joey Olivo	WBA
1985-12-08	1991-12-17	Myung-Woo Yuh	WBA
1991-12-17	1992-11-18	Hiroki Ioka	WBA
1992-11-18	1993-07-25-Vacated	Myung-Woo Yuh	WBA
1993-10-21	1995-02-04	Leo Gamez	WBA
1995-02-04	1996-01-13	Hi-Yong Choi	WBA
1996-01-13	1996-05-21	Carlos Murillo	WBA
1996-05-21	1996-12-03	Keiji Yamaguchi	WBA
1996-12-03	2000-02-05-Vacated	Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan	WBA
2000-08-12	2001-03-03	Beibis Mendoza	WBA
2001-03-03	2004-10-02-Stripped	Rosendo Álvarez	WBA
2005-04-29	2006-08-02-Vacated	Roberto Vásquez	WBA
2006-08-02	2007-01-18-Vacated	Kōki Kameda	WBA
2007-06-22	2007-12-08	Juan Carlos Reveco	WBA
2007-12-08	2009-06-05-Retired	Brahim Asloum	WBA
2009-06-05	2010-11-26-Vacated	Giovani Segura	WBA
2011-02-04	2014-01-14-Vacated	Román González	WBA
2014-07-08	2014-12-31	Alberto Rossel	WBA
2014-12-31	2018-05-20	Ryoichi Taguchi	WBA
2018-05-20	2018-12-31	Hekkie Budler	WBA
2018-12-31	2022-11-01	Hiroto Kyoguchi	WBA
2022-11-01	Present	Kenshiro Teraji	WBA

WBO

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1989-05-19	1992-03-01-Stripped	José de Jesús	WBO
1992-07-31	1994-07-15	Josue Camacho	WBO
1994-07-15	1994-11-12-Stripped	Michael Carbajal	WBO
1994-11-23	1995-11-18	Paul Weir	WBO
1995-11-18	1997-02-08-Vacated	Jake Matlala	WBO
1997-05-31	1997-08-25	Jesús Chong	WBO
1997-08-25	1998-01-17	Melchor Cob Castro	WBO
1998-01-17	1998-12-05	Juan Domingo Córdoba	WBO
1998-12-05	1999-07-31	Jorge Arce	WBO
1999-07-31	1999-08-Retired	Michael Carbajal	WBO
2000-02-19	2000-07-Stripped	Masibulele Makepula	WBO
2001-04-14	2005-04-30	Nelson Dieppa	WBO
2005-04-30	2007-09-25	Hugo Fidel Cázares	WBO
2007-09-25	2010-08-28	Iván Calderón	WBO
2010-08-28	2011-04-Vacated	Giovani Segura	WBO
2010-04	2011-04-30	Jesús Géles	WBO
2011-04-30	2011-10-08	Ramón García Hirales	WBO
2011-10-08	2016-08-03-Vacated	Donnie Nietes	WBO
2016-12-31	2017-11-30-Vacated	Kosei Tanaka	WBO
2017-12-02	2019-06-21	Ángel Acosta	WBO
2019-06-21	2021-10-16	Elwin Soto	WBO
2021-10-16	Present	Jonathan Gonzalez	WBO

See also

• List of British world boxing champions

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