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Light-flyweight
Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight or super strawweight, is a Weight class (boxing), weight class in boxing. Professional boxing The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds (49 kilograms). When New York (state), 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 ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenshiro Teraji
, known professionally by his ring name , is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-time and Unified champion, unified light flyweight champion, having held the World Boxing Council, WBC light flyweight title from 2017 to 2021, and the unified WBA (Super), WBC, and The Ring (magazine), ''The Ring'' light flyweight titles since 2022. As of November 2022, he is ranked as the world's best active light flyweight by ''The Ring (magazine), The Ring'', the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, ESPN, and BoxRec. Personal life Shiro is the son of Hisashi Teraji, a boxer who won the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation, OPBF light heavyweight and Japanese national middleweight title. Hisashi's sole professional loss came against future world champion Shinji Takehara. He retired in 2000, at the age of 36. Shiro followed in his father's footsteps and accrued a 58–16 amateur record between 2007 and 2014. On November 15, 2020, Shiro was involved in a drunk driving incident, during which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hekkie Budler
Hector "Hekkie" Budler (born 18 May 1988) is a South African professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBO and WBA minimumweight titles between 2011 and 2016 and the unified WBA (Super), IBF, and ''Ring'' magazine light-flyweight titles in 2018. Professional career IBO light-flyweight champion Budler was scheduled to fight Juanito Rubillar for the vacant IBO light-flyweight title on February 27, 2010, at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park. He won the closely contested fight by majority decision. Judges Lulama Mtya and Deon Dwarte scored the fight 117-113 and 115-113 for Budler, while judge Isaac Tshabalala scored the fight as a 114–114 draw. The close nature of their first meeting prompted IBO to scheduled the rematch between Budler and Rubillar as Budler's first title defense. The bout was scheduled for August 14, 2010 at the Emperors Palace in Kempton Park. Notably, only one South African was named for the three-man panel that would judg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hiroto Kyoguchi
is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the IBF mini-flyweight title from 2017 to 2018, and the WBA (Super) and '' The Ring'' light-flyweight titles from 2018 to 2022. As of October 2022, he is ranked as the world's best active light flyweight by ESPN, second by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board and third by BoxRec. Professional career Early career Kyoguchi made his professional debut against Narathip Sungsut on April 17, 2016. He won the fight by a second-round knockout. This victory was followed by four consecutive stoppage victories, during which he defeated Taweechai Yuyuet by a first-round technical knockout, Kenichi Miyazaki by a third-round technical knockout, Michael Camelion by a 33 second knockout and Junuel Lacar by a third-round knockout. He was scheduled to fight Armando de la Cruz for the OPBF minimumweight title in his sixth fight, on February 28, 2017. He won the fight by a third-round knockout. Kyoguchi was sched ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sivenathi Nontshinga
Sivenathi Nontshinga (born 3 December 1998) is a South African professional boxer. He is the current IBF light-flyweight world champion, having held the belt since September 2022. He has previously held the IBF International light-flyweight title from 2019 to 2022. Also a former African light-flyweight champion, he is ranked as the world's sixth-best active light-flyweight by BoxRec and the seventh-best by the IBF. Early life Nontshinga was raised in Newlands, a "chicken farm community" located at the entrance to Mdantsane township in Eastern Cape. His father, Thembani Gopheni, is his trainer and his handler. Professional boxing career Early career Nontshinga made his professional debut on 30 July 2017 at the age of 18, defeating Sandile Wessels in a third-round finish in East London. After four stoppages in his first four fights, he was soon recognized as a promising teen sensation in South Africa. In only his fifth pro fight, he defeated Tisetso Modisadife for the vacant Africa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shokichi Iwata
is a Japanese professional boxer, who held the OPBF and WBO Asia Pacific light-flyweight titles in 2022. He is a one-time WBO light-flyweight title challenger, having fought for the title in 2022. Early life and amateur career Iwata became interested in combat sports at the age of 9, after meeting Norifumi Yamamoto. He took up boxing in his second year of middle school. He won the U-15 national boxing tournament while in the third year of middle school. After graduating from middle school, Iwata attended the Hiji High School. During his high school amateur career, he achieved notable victories against Takuma Inoue and Kosei Tanaka, and won the national boxing tournament while in the third year of high school. After graduating from high school, Iwata entered the Sport Sciences course at the Waseda University on a sports recommendation. Professional boxing career Early career Iwata made his professional debut against Joel Bermudez on 8 December 2018, at the StubHub Center in Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masamichi Yabuki
Masamichi Yabuki (born July 9, 1992) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBC light flyweight title from 2021 until 2022. As of November 2022, he is ranked as the world's second best active light flyweight by BoxRec, fourth by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and sixth by '' The Ring''. Professional career Early career Yabuki made his professional debut against Shohei Horii on March 27, 2016. He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout. He would go on to amass a 7–3 record over the next two years, most notably losing a close unanimous decision against Junto Nakatani on December 23, 2016, and a split decision to Daniel Matellon on September 28, 2018. Yabuki won his next three fights, achieving stoppage victories against Bae Min-Chul, Ryuto Oho and Rikito Shiba, before he was scheduled to face Tsuyoshi Sato for the vacant Japanese light flyweight title on July 26, 2020. Yabuki stopped Sato with a left hook, near the end of the first round. He was sche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esteban Bermudez
Esteban Bermudez Salas (born 11 October 1995) is a Mexican professional boxer who has held the WBA (Regular) light flyweight title from May 2021 to June 2022. Professional career Bermudez made his professional debut against Ricardo Sanchez on March 7, 2013. He won the fight by decision. He would go on to amass a 13-3-2 record, before fighting for his first world title. Bermudez was scheduled to fight the reigning WBA (Regular) light flyweight champion Carlos Cañizales on May 28, 2021. This was Cañizales' first title defense in over two years, having last defended the title against Sho Kimura on May 26, 2019. Bermudez entered the bout as a significant underdog, with one journalist stating Cañizales was "a class above Bermudez". Bermudez won the fight by a sixth-round knockout. He knocked down the champion near the end of the round with two overhand rights, and although Cañizales managed to beat the count, he was once again knocked down two seconds after the count. On June 10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Cañizales
Carlos Antonio Cañizales Civira (born 11 March 1993) is a Venezuelan professional boxer who held the WBA (Regular) light flyweight title from 2018 until 2021. Professional career WBA light–flyweight champion Cañizales was scheduled to face Reiya Konishi for the vacant WBA (Regular) light flyweight title on 18 March 2018, at the Portopia Hotel in Kobe, Japan, and was broadcast by Fuji TV NEXT domestically. Cañizales was at the time the #1 ranked WBA light-flyweight contender, while Konishi came in as the #2 ranked contender. Cañizales won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 116–111, 115–112 and 114–113. The pivotal moment came in the third round when Cañizales knocked Konishi down with a right, which ended up putting Cañizales ahead on two of the judges' scorecards. Cañizales made his first WBA Regular light-flyweight title defense against Lü Bin, in what was Bin's second professional bout, following a moderately successful amateur career. The title ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Udella
Franco Udella (born 25 February 1947 in Cagliari) is an Italian former world boxing champion. Amateur career Olympic games results 1968 (as a Light flyweight) *Lost to Alberto Morales (Mexico) 0-5 1972 (as a flyweight) *1st round bye *Defeated Felix Maina (Kenya) 5-0 *Lost to Boris Zoriktuyev (Soviet Union) 1-4 Pro career Udella turned pro in 1972 and won the newly created WBC light flyweight title in 1975 with a disqualification win over Valentin Martinez in the 12th round. Udella was then stripped of the title in August 1975, for failing to defend against Paraguayan Rafael Lovera, who had never fought a professional fight. The following year he challenged WBC light flyweight world champion Luis Estaba, but lost by KO in the 3rd round. He never challenged for a major title again. He retired in 1979 after a loss to Charlie Magri for the EBU (European) flyweight title. See also * List of light-flyweight boxing champions This is a list of world light-flyweight boxing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Carbajal
Michael Carbajal (born September 17, 1967) is an American five-time world boxing champion of Mexican descent. His nickname was "Little Hands Of Stone," after his favorite boxer,"Hands Of Stone" Roberto Durán. Amateur career Carbajal had an amateur record of 94-9 and won a silver medal as a light flyweight at 1988 Seoul Olympics in South Korea. Highlights * 1986 National Golden Gloves Light Flyweight champion * 1987 – Carbajal won the silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games * 1988 – United States amateur Light Flyweight champion 1988 Olympic Results Below are the results of Michael Carbajal, an American light flyweight boxer who competed at the 1988 Seoul Olympics: * Round of 32: Defeated Kwang-Soo Oh (South Korea) points (3:2 decision) * Round of 16: Defeated Dang Hieu Hien (Vietnam) points * Quarterfinal: Defeated Scotty Olson (Canada) points * Semifinal: Defeated Robert Isaszegi (Hungary) points * Final: Lost to Ivailo Marinov (Bulgaria) points (0:5 decision) Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Matellon
Daniel Matellon Ramos (born 2 February 1988) is a Cuban professional boxer who held the WBA interim light flyweight title from February to August 2021. Professional career Matellon made his professional debut against Johnny Garay on October 21, 2016. He won the fight by unanimous decision. He would go on to amass a 4-0-2 record before his first major title fight. In his seventh professional fight, Matellon was scheduled to fight Kenny Cano for the vacant WBA Fedelatin light flyweight title, on September 30, 2017. Matellon won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 105-104 in his favor. Matellon was scheduled to defend his title against Camilo Mendoza on March 10, 2018. Matellon won the fight by a sixth-round knockout. Mendoza and his corner later disputed the victory, claiming the knockdown was a result of a head clash. Matellon's next two fights were non-title bouts. He scored a second-round knockout of Fernando Godinez on May 4, 2018, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elwin Soto
Elwin Soto Castro (born December 23, 1996) is a Mexican professional boxer who held the WBO junior flyweight title from 2019 to 2021. He is currently ranked as the world's fourth best junior flyweight by ''The Ring'', seventh by ''BoxRec'' and eighth by '' TBRB''. Professional career WBO junior flyweight champion Soto vs. Acosta Soto was scheduled to fight the reigning WBO light flyweight champion Ángel Acosta on June 21, 2019, in Acosta's fourth title defense. Soto was at the time the #15 ranked WBO light flyweight contender, and was considered a significant underdog going into the Acosta fight. Going into the twelfth round, Acosta was leading on the scorecards by 105-103, 106-102 and 107-101, while Soto managed to knock the champion down in the third round. Soto staggered Acosta with a left hook in the last round, and piled on volume, before referee Thomas Taylor abruptly stopped the fight at 23 seconds. The stoppage was considered controversial, as Acosta immediately protes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |