Light flyweight 4134837 218530104 2008-06-11T01:30:04Z Skoby 7286125 '''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. When [[New York]] legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 109 pounds. When the [[National Boxing Association]] was formed in 1921, it also recognized this weight class. However, on [[January 19]], [[1922]], the NBA decided not 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.<ref>{{Citation | last = Goldman | first = Herbert | title = Junior Divisions | journal = The Ring | volume = 59, no. 5 | page = 74, 75 | date = June 1980}}</ref> 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=== {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" !Sanctioning Body !Reign Began !Champion !Record !Defenses |- |[[World Boxing Association|WBA]] |[[December 8]] [[2007]] |{{flagicon|France}} [[Brahim Asloum]] |23-2 (9 KO) |0 |- |[[World Boxing Council|WBC]] |[[April 13]] [[2007]] |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Edgar Sosa (boxer)|Edgar Sosa]] |31-5 (16 KO) |4 |- |[[International Boxing Federation|IBF]] |[[January 7]] [[2006]] |{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Ulises Solis]] |25-1-2 (19 KO) |6 |- |[[World Boxing Organization|WBO]] |[[August 25]] [[2007]] |{{flagicon|Puerto Rico}} [[Ivan Calderon (boxer)|Ivan Calderon]] |29-0 (6 KO) |0 |- |} ==Amateur boxing== At the [[Summer Olympic Games]], the division is defined as up to 48 kilograms. ===Olympic Champions=== *[[Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics|1968]] &ndash; {{flagIOCathlete|[[Francisco Rodríguez (boxer)|Francisco Rodríguez]]|VEN|1968 Summer}} *[[Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics|1972]] &ndash; {{flagIOCathlete|[[György Gedó]]|HUN|1972 Summer}} *[[Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics|1976]] &ndash; {{flagIOCathlete|[[Jorge Hernández]]|CUB|1976 Summer}} *[[Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980]] &ndash; {{flagIOCathlete|[[Shamil Sabirov]]|URS|1980 Summer}} *[[Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984]] &ndash; {{flagIOCathlete|[[Paul Gonzales]]|USA|1984 Summer}} *[[Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics|1988]] &ndash; {{flagIOCathlete|[[Ivailo Marinov]]|BUL|1988 Summer}} *[[Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics|1992]] &ndash; {{flagIOCathlete|[[Rogelio Marcelo]]|CUB|1992 Summer}} *[[Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996]] &ndash; {{flagIOCathlete|[[Daniel Petrov]]|BUL|1996 Summer}} *[[Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000]] &ndash; {{flagIOCathlete|[[Brahim Asloum]]|FRA|2000 Summer}} *[[Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004]] &ndash; {{flagIOCathlete|[[Yan Bartelemí Varela]]|CUB|2004 Summer}} <br> ===European Champions=== *[[1969 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1969]] &ndash; {{flagicon|HUN}} [[György Gedó]] ([[Hungary|HUN]]) *[[1971 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1971]] &ndash; {{flagicon|HUN}} [[György Gedó]] ([[Hungary|HUN]]) *[[1973 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1973]] &ndash; {{flagicon|URS}} [[Vladislav Sasypko]] ([[Soviet Union|URS]]) *[[1975 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1975]] &ndash; {{flagicon|URS}} [[Aleksandr Tkachenko]] ([[Soviet Union|URS]]) *[[1977 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1977]] &ndash; {{flagicon|POL}} [[Henryk Srednicki]] ([[Poland|POL]]) *[[1979 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1979]] &ndash; {{flagicon|URS}} [[Shamil Sabirov]] ([[Soviet Union|URS]]) *[[1981 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1981]] &ndash; {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ismail Moustafov]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) *[[1983 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1983]] &ndash; {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ismail Moustafov]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) *[[1985 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1985]] &ndash; {{flagicon|GDR}} [[René Breitbarth]] ([[East Germany|GDR]]) *[[1987 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1987]] &ndash; {{flagicon|URS}} [[Nszan Munczian]] ([[Soviet Union|URS]]) *[[1989 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1989]] &ndash; {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ivailo Marinov]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) *[[1991 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1991]] &ndash; {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Ivailo Marinov]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) *[[1993 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1993]] &ndash; {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Daniel Petrov]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) *[[1996 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1996]] &ndash; {{flagicon|BUL}} [[Daniel Petrov]] ([[Bulgaria|BUL]]) *[[1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships|1998]] &ndash; {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Kazakov]] ([[Russia|RUS]]) *[[2000 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2000]] &ndash; {{flagicon|UKR}} [[Valeriy Sidorenko]] ([[Ukraine|UKR]]) *[[2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2002]] &ndash; {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Kazakov]] ([[Russia|RUS]]) *[[2004 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2004]] &ndash; {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Sergey Kazakov]] ([[Russia|RUS]]) *[[2006 European Amateur Boxing Championships|2006]] &ndash; {{flagicon|RUS}} [[David Ayrapetyan]] ([[Russia|RUS]]) <br> ===Pan American Champions=== *[[Boxing at the 1971 Pan American Games|1971]] &ndash; {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Rafael Carbonell]] ([[Cuba|CUB]]) *[[Boxing at the 1975 Pan American Games|1975]] &ndash; {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Jorge Hernández]] ([[Cuba|CUB]]) *[[Boxing at the 1979 Pan American Games|1979]] &ndash; {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Hector Ramírez]] ([[Cuba|CUB]]) *[[Boxing at the 1983 Pan American Games|1983]] &ndash; {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Rafael Ramos]] ([[Puerto Rico|PUR]]) *[[Boxing at the 1987 Pan American Games|1987]] &ndash; {{flagicon|PUR}} [[Luis Román Rolón]] ([[Puerto Rico|PUR]]) *[[Boxing at the 1991 Pan American Games|1991]] &ndash; {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Rogelio Marcelo]] ([[Cuba|CUB]]) *[[Boxing at the 1995 Pan American Games|1995]] &ndash; {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Edgar Velázquez]] ([[Venezuela|VEN]]) *[[Boxing at the 1999 Pan American Games|1999]] &ndash; {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Maikro Romero]] ([[Cuba|CUB]]) *[[Boxing at the 2003 Pan American Games|2003]] &ndash; {{flagicon|CUB}} [[Yan Bartelemí Varela]] ([[Cuba|CUB]]) ==Professional Champions== *[[List of light flyweight boxing champions]] ==References== <references /> {{Boxing weight classes}} [[Category:Boxing weight classes|Flyweight]] [[da:Let-fluevægt]] [[hu:Kislégsúly]] [[ja:ライトフライ級]] [[no:Lett fluevekt]] [[sv:Lätt flugvikt]] [[th:ไลท์ฟลายเวท]]