Light flyweight

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 junor flyweight class. No champion had been crowned in this division prior to its abolition. [Citation
last = Goldman
first = Herbert
title = Junior Divisions
journal = The Ring
volume = 59, no. 5
page = 74, 75
date = June 1980
]

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 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 Gonzalez 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 Boxing Champions

Amateur boxing

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

Olympic Champions

*1968 – flagIOCathlete|Francisco Rodríguez|VEN|1968 Summer
*1972 – flagIOCathlete|György Gedó|HUN|1972 Summer
*1976 – flagIOCathlete|Jorge Hernández|CUB|1976 Summer
*1980 – flagIOCathlete|Shamil Sabirov|URS|1980 Summer
*1984 – flagIOCathlete|Paul Gonzales|USA|1984 Summer
*1988 – flagIOCathlete|Ivailo Marinov|BUL|1988 Summer
*1992 – flagIOCathlete|Rogelio Marcelo|CUB|1992 Summer
*1996 – flagIOCathlete|Daniel Petrov|BUL|1996 Summer
*2000 – flagIOCathlete|Brahim Asloum|FRA|2000 Summer
*2004 – flagIOCathlete|Yan Bartelemí Varela|CUB|2004 Summer
*2008 – flagIOCathlete|Zou Shiming|CHN|2004 Summer

European Champions

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

Pan American Champions

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

Professional Champions

*List of light flyweight boxing champions

References


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