Flyweight

For other uses, see Flyweight (disambiguation).

Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb (52 kg) but above 108 lb (49 kg).

Professional boxing

The flyweight division was the last of boxing's eight traditional weight classes to be established. Before 1909, anyone below featherweight was considered a bantamweight, regardless of how small the boxer. In 1911, the organization that eventually became the British Boxing Board of Control held a match that crowned Sid Smith as the first flyweight champion of the world. Jimmy Wilde, who reigned from 1914 to 1923, was the first fighter recognized both in Britain and the United States as a flyweight champion.

Other notable flyweights include Pancho Villa, Walter McGowan, Pascual Pérez, Pone Kingpetch, Miguel Canto, Dave McAuley, Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson, Manny Pacquiao, Jorge Arce, Vic Darchinyan, Nonito Donaire and Pongsaklek Wonjongkam.

Current world champions

Sanctioning Body	Reign Began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	April 2, 2011	Hernan Marquez	32-2 (25 KO)	2
WBC	March 27, 2010	Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	83-3-2 (45 KO)	4
IBF	November 20, 2009	Moruti Mthalane	28-2 (19 KO)	3
WBO	July 16, 2011	Brian Viloria	30-3-0-2 (17 KO)	1

For a full list, see List of flyweight boxing champions

Amateur Champions

Olympic Champions

• 1904 –  George Finnegan (USA)
• 1920 –  Frankie Genaro (USA)
• 1924 –  Fidel La Barba (USA)
• 1928 –  Antal Kocsis (HUN)
• 1932 –  István Énekes (HUN)
• 1936 –  Willi Kaiser (GER)
• 1948 –  Pascual Pérez (ARG)
• 1952 –  Nathan Brooks (USA)
• 1956 –  Terry Spinks (GBR)
• 1960 –  Gyula Török (HUN)
• 1964 –  Fernando Atzori (ITA)
• 1968 –  Ricardo Delgado (MEX)
• 1972 –  Georgi Kostadinov (BUL)
• 1976 –  Leo Randolph (USA)
• 1980 –  Petar Lessov (BUL)
• 1984 –  Steve McCrory (USA)
• 1988 –  Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR)
• 1992 –  Choi Chol-Su (PRK)
• 1996 –  Maikro Romero (CUB)
• 2000 –  Wijan Ponlid (THA)
• 2004 –  Yuriorkis Gamboa (CUB)
• 2008 –  Somjit Jongjohor (THA)

Pan American Champions

• 1951 – Alberto Barenghi (ARG)
• 1955 – Hilario Correa (MEX)
• 1959 – Miguel Angel Botta (ARG)
• 1963 – Floreal García (URU)
• 1967 – Francisco Rodríguez (VEN)
• 1971 – Francisco Rodríguez (VEN)
• 1975 – Ramón Duvalón (CUB)
• 1979 – Alberto Mercado (PUR)
• 1983 – Pedro Orlando Reyes (CUB)
• 1987 – Adalberto Regalado (CUB)
• 1991 – José Ramos (CUB)
• 1995 – Joan Guzmán (DOM)
• 1999 – Omar Andrés Narváez (ARG)
• 2003 – Yuriorkis Gamboa (CUB)
• 2007 – McWilliams Arroyo (PUR)

Professional Champions

• List of flyweight boxing champions

Kickboxing

In kickboxing, a flyweight fighter generally weighs 53 kg (115 lb) or under.