List of world light-flyweight boxing champions

(Redirected from WBO Light Flyweight Champion)

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