Super flyweight, also referred to as junior bantamweight, is a

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, contested from and up to .

History

The first title match in this division was in 1980, when the

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responded to pressure from Asian and Latin American members who felt the difference between the

flyweight Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb). Professional boxing The flyweight division was the last of bo ...

limit and the

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limit was too significant.

Rafael Orono Jesus Rafael Orono (born August 30, 1958) is a former super flyweight boxing champion from Venezuela. Amateur career Born in Patono, Sucre, Orono began as an amateur and compiled a record of 49 wins and 8 losses.Mike DeLisa of www.cyberboxingzon ...

won the inaugural title in February of that year by defeating Seung-Hoon Lee. The

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followed suit in 1981 when Gustavo Ballas won the vacant title by knocking out Sok-Chul Baek. The first

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champion was Ju-Do Chun, who won the belt in 1983 with a knockout of Ken Kasugai. Notable champions in this division have been

Ellyas Pical Ellyas Pical (born 24 March 1960) was the first world boxing champion from Indonesia, and was three times IBF Super flyweight champion (1985–1989). Life and career In his childhood, Pical was a pearl diver, diving without equipment. Pic ...

Gilberto Román Gilberto Román (29 November 1961 – 27 June 1990) was a Mexican professional boxer and a member of the 1980 Mexican Olympic team. Román was a two-time WBC and Lineal Super Flyweight Champion and is considered by many fans to be one of th ...

, Jiro Watanabe,

Moon Sung-kil Moon Sung-kil (, born July 20, 1963) is a Korean former professional boxer who competed from 1987 to 1993. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBA bantamweight title from August 1988 to July 1989 and the WBC super-f ...

Nana Konadu Nana Yaw Konadu Yeboah (born February 15, 1964) is a Ghanaian former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2001. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBC super-flyweight title from 1989 to 1990, and the WBA banta ...

, Mark Johnson,

Johnny Tapia John Lee Anthony Tapia (February 13, 1967 – May 27, 2012) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2011. He held multiple world championships in three weight classes, including the unified IBF and WBO super flyweight title ...

Robert Quiroga Robert Quiroga (October 10, 1969 in San Antonio, Texas – August 16, 2004 in San Antonio) was the International Boxing Federation Super flyweight champion from 1990 to 1993. Quiroga successfully defended his title five times and retired in 199 ...

, Danny Romero,

Vic Darchinyan Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan ( hy, Վախթանգ Դարչինյան; born 7 January 1976) is an Armenian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2017. He held multiple world championships in two weight classes, including the IBF flyw ...

Khaosai Galaxy Khaosai Galaxy ( th, เขาทราย แกแล็คซี่, born, 15 May 1959) is a Thai former professional boxer who competed between 1980 and 1991. He was also a Muay Thai practitioner. He held the WBA super-flyweight title betw ...

Samson Dutch Boy Gym Samson Dutch Boy Gym ( th, แซมซั่น ดัทช์บอยยิม; born July 11, 1972 in Changhan, Roi-Et, Thailand) is one of the fight names used by former professional boxer and Muay Thai practitioner from Thailand. Muay Th ...

Nonito Donaire Nonito Gonzales Donaire Jr. (; ; born November 16, 1982) is a Filipino American professional boxer. He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes from flyweight to featherweight, and is the oldest boxer in history to win a ...

, Román González,

Carlos Cuadras Carlos Roberto Cuadras Quiroa (born August 24, 1988) is a Mexican professional boxer who held the WBC super flyweight title from 2014 to 2016. As an amateur he won a gold medal in the bantamweight division at the 2007 Pan American Games. Am ...

Tepparith Singwancha Tepparith Singwancha or Tepparith Kokietgym ( th, เทพฤทธิ์ สิงห์วังชา, เทพฤทธิ์ ก่อเกียรติยิม, born November 22, 1988) is a Thai former professional boxer in the supe ...

Naoya Inoue is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a three-division world champion and the former undisputed bantamweight world champion, having held the WBA (Super), IBF, '' Ring'' magazine titles between 2019 and January 2023, and the WBC and WBO t ...

McJoe Arroyo McJoe Arroyo Acevedo (born December 5, 1985) is a Puerto Rican professional boxer who held the IBF junior bantamweight title from 2015 to 2016. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico in international competition, winning a bronze medal at ...

Juan Francisco Estrada Juan Francisco Estrada Romero (born April 14, 1990) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held ''The Ring'' super flyweight title since 2019. He previously held the WBA (Unified) and WBO flyweight titles be ...

and

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Wisaksil Wangek ( th, วิศักดิ์ศิลป์ วังเอก; born 8 December 1986), better known by his ring name Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (ศรีสะเกษ ศ.รุ่งวิสัย), is a Thai professional boxe ...

holds the record for most consecutive title defenses at this division, with 19 defenses of the WBA title.

Current world champions

Current ''The Ring'' world rankings

As of December 10, 2022. Keys: : Current '' The Ring'' world champion

References

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