Flyweight

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For other uses, see Flyweight (disambiguation).

Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb (51 kg) but above 108 lb (49 kg).

[edit] Professional boxing

The flyweight division was the last of boxing's eight traditional weight classes to be established. Before 1909, anyone below featherweight was considered a bantamweight, regardless of how small the boxer. In 1911, the organization that eventually became the British Boxing Board of Control held a match that crowned Sid Smith as the first flyweight champion of the world. Jimmy Wilde, who reigned from 1914 to 1923, was the first fighter recognized both in Britain and the United States as a flyweight champion.^[1]

Other notable flyweights include Pancho Villa, Walter McGowan, Pascual Pérez, Pone Kingpetch, Miguel Canto, Dave McAuley, Mark "Too Sharp" Johnson, Manny Pacquiao, Jorge Arce, Vic Darchinyan and Nonito Donaire.

[edit] Current world champions

Sanctioning Body	Reign Began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	December 31, 2008	Denkaosan Kaovichit	46-1-1 (20 KO)	1
WBC	July 18, 2007	Daisuke Naito	34-2-3 (22 KO)	4
IBF	July 7, 2007	Nonito Donaire	21-1 (14 KO)	3
WBO	July 13, 2002	Omar Narvaez	29-0-2 (17 KO)	15