Flyweight • World Boxing Association

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Timeline

  1. 7 Feb 1921

    Jimmy Wilde becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  2. 18 Jun 1923

    Pancho Villa becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  3. 12 Oct 1923

    Pancho Villa beats Benny Schwartz via points decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  4. 30 May 1924

    Pancho Villa beats Frankie Ash via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  5. 2 May 1925

    Pancho Villa beats Clever Sencio via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  6. 14 Jul 1925

    Pancho Villa's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  7. 22 Aug 1925

    Fidel LaBarba becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  8. 7 Jul 1926

    Fidel LaBarba beats Georgie Rivers via points decision 10/10

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  9. 21 Jan 1927

    Fidel LaBarba beats Elky Clark via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  10. 25 Aug 1927

    Fidel LaBarba's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  11. 22 Oct 1927

    Pinky Silverberg beats Ruby Bradley via disqualification 7/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

    Pinky Silverberg becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  12. 3 Dec 1927

    Pinky Silverberg's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  13. 19 Dec 1927

    Frenchy Belanger beats Ernie Jarvis via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

    Frenchy Belanger becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  14. 6 Feb 1928

    Frankie Genaro becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  15. 23 Jul 1928

    Frankie Genaro and Steve Rocco share a draw 10/10

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  16. 15 Oct 1928

  17. 14 Dec 1928

    Frankie Genaro beats Steve Rocco via disqualification 2/10

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  18. 2 Mar 1929

    Emile Pladner becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  19. 18 Apr 1929

    Frankie Genaro becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  20. 17 Oct 1929

    Frankie Genaro beats Ernie Jarvis via points decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  21. 18 Jan 1930

    Frankie Genaro beats Yvon Trevidic via knockout 12/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  22. 10 Jun 1930

  23. 26 Dec 1930

  24. 25 Mar 1931

    Frankie Genaro and Victor Ferrand share a draw 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  25. 30 Jul 1931

    Frankie Genaro beats Jackie Harmon via knockout 6/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  26. 3 Oct 1931

  27. 26 Oct 1931

    Young Perez becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  28. 31 Oct 1932

    Jackie Brown becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  29. 12 Jun 1933

  30. 11 Dec 1933

    Jackie Brown beats Ginger Foran via points decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  31. 18 Jun 1934

  32. 9 Sep 1935

    Benny Lynch becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  33. 16 Sep 1936

    Benny Lynch beats Pat Palmer via knockout 8/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  34. 19 Jan 1937

  35. 13 Oct 1937

  36. 29 Jun 1938

    Benny Lynch's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  37. 22 Sep 1938

    Peter Kane beats Jackie Jurich via points decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

    Peter Kane becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  38. 11 Dec 1939

    Peter Kane's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  39. 14 Dec 1939

    Little Dado becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  40. 1 Jan 1942

    Little Dado's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  41. 19 Jun 1943

    Jackie Paterson becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  42. 10 Jul 1946

    Jackie Paterson beats Joe Curran via points decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  43. 31 Jul 1947

    Jackie Paterson's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  44. 20 Oct 1947

    Rinty Monaghan becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  45. 23 Mar 1948

  46. 5 Apr 1949

    Rinty Monaghan beats Maurice Sandeyron via points decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  47. 30 Sep 1949

  48. 30 Mar 1950

    Rinty Monaghan's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  49. 25 Apr 1950

    Terry Allen beats Honore Pratesi via points decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

    Terry Allen becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  50. 1 Aug 1950

    Dado Marino becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  51. 1 Nov 1951

  52. 19 May 1952

    Yoshio Shirai becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  53. 15 Nov 1952

  54. 18 May 1953

    Yoshio Shirai beats Tanny Campo via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  55. 27 Oct 1953

  56. 24 May 1954

    Yoshio Shirai beats Leo Espinosa via split decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  57. 26 Nov 1954

    Pascual Perez becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  58. 30 May 1955

  59. 11 Jan 1956

    Pascual Perez beats Leo Espinosa via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  60. 30 Jun 1956

    Pascual Perez beats Oscar Suarez via knockout 11/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  61. 30 Mar 1957

    Pascual Perez beats Dai Dower via knockout 1/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  62. 7 Dec 1957

    Pascual Perez beats Young Martin via knockout 3/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  63. 19 Apr 1958

    Pascual Perez beats Ramon Arias via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  64. 15 Dec 1958

    Pascual Perez beats Dommy Ursua via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  65. 10 Aug 1959

    Pascual Perez beats Kenji Yonekura via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  66. 5 Nov 1959

    Pascual Perez beats Sadao Yaoita via knockout 13/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  67. 16 Apr 1960

    Pone Kingpetch becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  68. 22 Sep 1960

  69. 27 Jun 1961

    Pone Kingpetch beats Mitsunori Seki via split decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  70. 30 May 1962

    Pone Kingpetch beats Kyo Noguchi via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  71. 10 Oct 1962

    Fighting Harada becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  72. 12 Jan 1963

    Pone Kingpetch becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  73. 18 Sep 1963

    Hiroyuki Ebihara becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  74. 23 Jan 1964

    Pone Kingpetch becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  75. 23 Apr 1965

    Salvatore Burruni becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  76. 1 Nov 1965

    Salvatore Burruni's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  77. 1 Mar 1966

    Horacio Accavallo beats Katsuyoshi Takayama via split decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

    Horacio Accavallo becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  78. 15 Jul 1966

  79. 10 Dec 1966

  80. 12 Aug 1967

  81. 2 Oct 1968

    Horacio Accavallo's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  82. 30 Mar 1969

    Hiroyuki Ebihara beats Jose Severino via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

    Hiroyuki Ebihara becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  83. 19 Oct 1969

    Bernabe Villacampo becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  84. 5 Apr 1970

    Berkrerk Chartvanchai becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  85. 22 Oct 1970

    Masao Oba becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  86. 1 Apr 1971

  87. 23 Oct 1971

    Masao Oba beats Fernando Cabanela via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  88. 4 Mar 1972

  89. 20 Jun 1972

    Masao Oba beats Orlando Amores via knockout 5/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  90. 2 Jan 1973

  91. 24 Jan 1973

    Masao Oba's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  92. 17 May 1973

    Chartchai Chionoi beats Fritz Chervet via corner retirement 4/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

    Chartchai Chionoi becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  93. 27 Oct 1973

  94. 27 Apr 1974

    Chartchai Chionoi beats Fritz Chervet via split decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  95. 18 Oct 1974

    Susumu Hanagata becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  96. 1 Apr 1975

    Erbito Salavarria becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  97. 7 Oct 1975

  98. 27 Feb 1976

    Alfonso Lopez becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  99. 21 Apr 1976

  100. 2 Oct 1976

    Guty Espadas becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  101. 1 Jan 1977

    Guty Espadas beats Jiro Takada via knockout 7/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  102. 30 Apr 1977

  103. 19 Nov 1977

    Guty Espadas beats Alex Guido via knockout 8/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  104. 2 Jan 1978

    Guty Espadas beats Kimio Furesawa via knockout 7/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  105. 12 Aug 1978

    Betulio Gonzalez becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  106. 4 Nov 1978

    Betulio Gonzalez beats Martin Vargas via knockout 12/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  107. 29 Jan 1979

  108. 6 Jul 1979

  109. 17 Nov 1979

    Luis Ibarra becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  110. 17 Feb 1980

    Kim Tae-shik becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  111. 29 Jun 1980

    Kim Tae-shik beats Arnel Arrozal via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  112. 13 Dec 1980

    Peter Mathebula becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  113. 28 Mar 1981

    Santos Laciar becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  114. 6 Jun 1981

    Luis Ibarra becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  115. 26 Sep 1981

    Juan Herrera becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  116. 19 Dec 1981

  117. 1 May 1982

    Santos Laciar becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  118. 14 Aug 1982

  119. 5 Nov 1982

    Santos Laciar beats Steve Muchoki via knockout 13/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  120. 4 Mar 1983

    Santos Laciar beats Ramon Antonio Nery via knockout 9/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  121. 5 May 1983

    Santos Laciar beats Shuichi Hozumi via knockout 2/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  122. 17 Jul 1983

  123. 28 Jan 1984

  124. 15 Sep 1984

  125. 8 Dec 1984

  126. 6 May 1985

    Santos Laciar beats Antoine Montero via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  127. 19 Jul 1985

    Santos Laciar's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  128. 5 Oct 1985

    Hilario Zapata beats Alonzo Gonzalez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

    Hilario Zapata becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  129. 31 Jan 1986

    Hilario Zapata beats Javier Lucas via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  130. 7 Apr 1986

    Hilario Zapata beats Shuichi Hozumi via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  131. 5 Jul 1986

  132. 13 Sep 1986

    Hilario Zapata beats Alberto Castro via split decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  133. 7 Dec 1986

    Hilario Zapata beats Claudemir Carvalho Dias via unanimous decision 15/15

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  134. 3 Feb 1987

    Fidel Bassa becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  135. 13 Feb 1987

  136. 25 Apr 1987

  137. 15 Aug 1987

  138. 18 Dec 1987

    Fidel Bassa beats Felix Marti via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  139. 26 Mar 1988

  140. 2 Oct 1988

    Fidel Bassa beats Ray Medel via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  141. 15 Apr 1989

    Fidel Bassa beats Julio Gudino via knockout 6/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  142. 30 Sep 1989

    Jesus Rojas becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  143. 10 Mar 1990

    Lee Yul-Woo becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  144. 29 Jul 1990

    Leopard Tamakuma becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  145. 6 Dec 1990

  146. 14 Mar 1991

    Elvis Alvarez becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  147. 1 Jun 1991

    Kim Yong-kang becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  148. 5 Oct 1991

  149. 24 Mar 1992

    Kim Yong-kang beats Jon Penalosa via knockout 6/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  150. 26 Sep 1992

    Aquiles Guzman becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  151. 15 Dec 1992

    David Griman becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  152. 21 Jun 1993

  153. 4 Oct 1993

    David Griman beats Alvaro Mercado via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  154. 13 Feb 1994

    Somchai Chertchai becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  155. 10 Apr 1994

  156. 12 Jun 1994

  157. 25 Sep 1994

  158. 25 Dec 1994

    Somchai Chertchai beats Danny Nunez via knockout 11/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  159. 7 May 1995

    Somchai Chertchai beats Evangelio Perez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  160. 17 Oct 1995

  161. 14 Jan 1996

    Somchai Chertchai beats Young Soon Jang via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  162. 24 Mar 1996

  163. 8 Sep 1996

    Somchai Chertchai beats Alexander Makhmutov via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  164. 24 Nov 1996

    Jose Bonilla becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  165. 25 Feb 1997

  166. 23 Aug 1997

    Jose Bonilla beats Evangelio Perez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  167. 22 Nov 1997

  168. 29 May 1998

    Hugo Rafael Soto becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  169. 13 Mar 1999

    Leo Gamez becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  170. 3 Sep 1999

    Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  171. 8 Apr 2000

    Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym beats Gilberto Gonzalez via knockout 5/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  172. 5 Aug 2000

    Eric Morel becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  173. 7 Oct 2000

    Eric Morel beats Alberto Ontiveros via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  174. 15 Dec 2000

  175. 8 Jun 2001

    Eric Morel beats Jose de Jesus Lopez via corner retirement 8/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  176. 12 Oct 2002

  177. 28 Jun 2003

  178. 6 Dec 2003

    Lorenzo Parra becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  179. 4 Jun 2004

  180. 9 Sep 2004

  181. 3 Jan 2005

    Lorenzo Parra beats Trash Nakanuma via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  182. 19 Sep 2005

  183. 5 Dec 2005

  184. 18 Mar 2007

    Lorenzo Parra's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends

  185. 19 Mar 2007

    Takefumi Sakata becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  186. 1 Jul 2007

  187. 4 Nov 2007

  188. 29 Mar 2008

    Takefumi Sakata beats Shingo Yamaguchi via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  189. 30 Jul 2008

    Takefumi Sakata beats Hiroyuki Kudaka via unanimous decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  190. 31 Dec 2008

    Sutep Wangmuk becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  191. 26 May 2009

    Sutep Wangmuk beats Hiroyuki Kudaka via split decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  192. 6 Oct 2009

  193. 7 Feb 2010

    Daiki Kameda becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  194. 25 Sep 2010

  195. 26 Dec 2010

    Daiki Kameda beats Silvio Olteanu via split decision 12/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  196. 4 Jan 2011

    Luis Concepcion becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  197. 2 Apr 2011

    Hernan Marquez becomes the WBA Flyweight world champion

  198. 2 Jul 2011

    Hernan Marquez beats Edrin Dapudong via knockout 3/12

    Flyweight (112 lb)

  199. 29 Oct 2011

  200. 17 Nov 2012

    Hernan Marquez's WBA Flyweight world title reign ends