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

World Boxing Council The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federatio ...

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 b ...

limit and the

bantamweight Bantamweight is a weight class in combat sports. For boxing, the range is above and up to . In kickboxing, a bantamweight fighter generally weighs between . In MMA, bantamweight is . The name for the class is derived from bantam chickens. Bra ...

limit was too significant. Rafael Orono won the inaugural title in February of that year by defeating Seung-Hoon Lee. The

World Boxing Association The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Box ...

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 Ju-Do Chun (Hangul: 전주도, Hanja; born January 25, 1964 in Gangwon-do (South Korea), Gangwon-do, South Korea) is a former boxing, boxer from South Korea. Pro career Chun fought for the inaugural International Boxing Federation, IBF super flyw ...

, 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. Pi ...

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 ...

, Nana Konadu, Mark Johnson, Johnny Tapia, Robert Quiroga, Danny Romero, Vic Darchinyan, Khaosai Galaxy,

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, 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, Naoya Inoue, McJoe Arroyo,

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 ...

and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Khaosai Galaxy 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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