Super flyweight

Super flyweight, also referred to as junior bantamweight or light bantamweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from 112 pounds (51 kg) and up to 115 pounds (52 kg).

History[]

The first title match in this division was in 1980, when the World Boxing Council responded to pressure from Asian and Latin American members who felt the difference between the flyweight limit and the bantamweight limit was too significant. Rafael Orono won the inaugural title in February of that year by defeating Seung-Hoon Lee. The World Boxing Association followed suit in 1981 when Gustavo Ballas won the vacant title by knocking out Sok-Chul Baek. The first International Boxing Federation 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, Gilberto Román, Jiro Watanabe, Moon Sung-kil, Nana Konadu, Mark Johnson, Johnny Tapia, Robert Quiroga, Danny Romero, Vic Darchinyan, Khaosai Galaxy, Samson Dutch Boy Gym, Nonito Donaire, Román González, Carlos Cuadras, Tepparith Singwancha, Naoya Inoue, McJoe Arroyo, Juan Francisco Estrada and Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.

Khaosai Galaxy holds the record for most consecutive title defenses at this division, with 19 defenses of the WBA title.^[1]

Current world champions[]

Sanctioning body	Reign began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	March 13, 2021	Juan Francisco Estrada	42–3 (28 KO)	0
WBC	Vacant
IBF	September 3, 2016	Jerwin Ancajas	33–1–2 (22 KO)	9
WBO	June 19, 2019	Kazuto Ioka	28–2 (15 KO)	4

Current The Ring world rankings[]

As of January 26, 2022.^[2]

Keys:

 C  Current The Ring world champion

Rank	Name	Record (W–L–D)	Title(s)
C	Juan Francisco Estrada	42–3 (28 KO)	WBC, WBA
1	Srisaket Sor Rungvisai	50–5–1 (43 KO)
2	Román González	50–3 (41 KO)
3	Kazuto Ioka	27–2 (15 KO)	WBO
4	Jerwin Ancajas	33–1–2 (22 KO)	IBF
5	Joshua Franco	18-1-2–1 (8 KO)
6	Carlos Cuadras	39-4–1 (27 KO)
7	Francisco Rodríguez Jr.	34–5–1 (24 KO)
8	Donnie Nietes	43-1-6 (23 KO)
9	Andrew Moloney	21-2 (14 KO)
10	Pedro Guevara	38-3–1 (22 KO)

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