Light flyweight

Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight, is a boxing weight class.

Professional boxing

The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this weight class. However, on January 19, 1922, the NBA decided to withdraw recognition of the junior flyweight division. On December 31, 1929, the New York State Athletic Commission also abolished the junior flyweight class. No champion had been crowned in this division prior to its abolition.

The World Boxing Council (WBC) decided to resurrect this division in the 1970s. The first champion in this division was Franco Udella, who won the WBC title in 1975. The World Boxing Association also crowned its first champion in 1975, when Jaime Rios defeated Rigoberto Marcano via fifteen-round decision. The first International Boxing Federation champion was Dodie Boy Penalosa, who won the belt in 1983.

The first light flyweight "superfight" took place on March 13, 1993, when Michael Carbajal, the IBF champion, knocked out WBC champion Humberto González to unify the championship. Their rematch, on February 19, 1994, was the first time a light flyweight fighter (Carbajal) made a million dollar purse.

Current world champions

Sanctioning Body	Reign Began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA Super	February 4, 2011	Roman Gonzalez	34-0 (28 KO)	5
WBA Regular	December 31, 2012	Kazuto Ioka	11-0 (7 KO)	0
WBC	October 6, 2012	Adrián Hernández	26-2-1 (16 KO)	1
IBF	July 19, 2012	John Riel Casimero	17-2 (10 KO)	1
WBO	October 8, 2011	Donnie Nietes	31-1-4 (17 KO)	2

For a full list, see List of light flyweight boxing champions

Notable Light flyweights

• Jung-Koo Chang
• Yoko Gushiken
• Yuh Myung-woo
• Luis Estaba
• Humberto Gonzalez
• Michael Carbajal
• Leo Gamez
• Saman Sorjaturong

Amateur boxing

At the Summer Olympic Games, the division is defined as up to 48 kilograms.

Olympic Champions

• 1968 – File:Flag of Venezuela 1930-2006.svg Francisco Rodríguez (VEN)
• 1972 – File:Flag of Hungary.svg György Gedó (HUN)
• 1976 – File:Flag of Cuba.svg Jorge Hernández (CUB)
• 1980 – File:Flag of the Soviet Union 1955.svg Shamil Sabirov (URS)
• 1984 –  Paul Gonzales (USA)
• 1988 – File:Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg Ivailo Marinov (BUL)
• 1992 – File:Flag of Cuba.svg Rogelio Marcelo (CUB)
• 1996 – File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Daniel Petrov (BUL)
• 2000 – File:Flag of France.svg Brahim Asloum (FRA)
• 2004 – File:Flag of Cuba.svg Yan Bartelemí Varela (CUB)
• 2008 – File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zou Shiming (CHN)
• 2012 – File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zou Shiming (CHN)

European Champions

• 1969 – György Gedó (HUN)
• 1971 – György Gedó (HUN)
• 1973 – Vladislav Sasypko (URS)
• 1975 – Aleksandr Tkachenko (URS)
• 1977 – Henryk Średnicki (POL)
• 1979 – Shamil Sabirov (URS)
• 1981 – Ismail Mustafov (BUL)
• 1983 – Ismail Mustafov (BUL)
• 1985 – René Breitbarth (GDR)
• 1987 – Nszan Munczian (URS)
• 1989 – Ivailo Marinov (BUL)
• 1991 – Ivailo Marinov (BUL)
• 1993 – Daniel Petrov (BUL)
• 1996 – Daniel Petrov (BUL)
• 1998 – Sergey Kazakov (RUS)
• 2000 – Valeriy Sydorenko (UKR)
• 2002 – Sergey Kazakov (RUS)
• 2004 – Sergey Kazakov (RUS)
• 2006 – David Ayrapetyan (RUS)

Pan American Champions

• 1971 – Rafael Carbonell (CUB)
• 1975 – Jorge Hernández (CUB)
• 1979 – Hector Ramírez (CUB)
• 1983 – Rafael Ramos (PUR)
• 1987 – Luis Román Rolón (PUR)
• 1991 – Rogelio Marcelo (CUB)
• 1995 – Edgar Velázquez (VEN)
• 1999 – Maikro Romero (CUB)
• 2003 – Yan Bartelemí Varela (CUB)
• 2007 – Luis Yáñez (USA)

Professional Champions

• List of light flyweight boxing champions

References

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