List of world light flyweight boxing champions

This list of the light flyweight world boxing champions provides an overview of all the world boxing champions of the four recognized and currently active world federations ( WBC , WBA , IBF , WBO ) in the light flyweight division in chronological order in separate tables. The WBA superchampions are listed both in the chronological WBA table and in a separate table. The status of the super champion of the WBA is ranked higher than that of the regular. Therefore, the WBA super champion is the actual world champion. The WBO has only been one of the major associations since 2007.

WBC

World Champion	Office
Italy Franco Udella	1975
Venezuela Luis Estaba	1975-1988
Mexico Freddy Castillo	1978
Thailand Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh	1978
Korea South Sung Jun Kim	1978-1980
Japan Shigeo Nakajima	1980
Panama Hilario Zapata	1980-1982
Mexico Amado Ursua	1982
Japan Tadashi Tomori	1982
Panama Hilario Zapata (2)	1982-1983
Korea South Jung-Koo Chang	1983-1988
Mexico German Torres	1988-1989
Korea South Yul-Woo Lee	1989
Mexico Humberto González	1989-1990
Philippines Rolando Pascua	1990-1991
Mexico Melchor Cob Castro	1991
Mexico Humberto Gonzalez (2)	1991-1993
United States Michael Carbajal	1993-1994
Mexico Humberto Gonzalez (3)	1994-1995
Thailand Saman Sorjaturong	1995-1999
Korea South Choi Yo-sam	1999-2002
Mexico Jorge Arce	2002-2005
Mexico Eric Ortiz	2005
United States Brian Viloria	2005-2006
Mexico Omar Nino Romero	2006-2007
Mexico Edgar Sosa	2007-2009
Philippines Mayol toboggan	2009-2010
Mexico Omar Nino Romero (2)	2010
Mexico Gilberto Keb Baas	2010-2011
Mexico Adrián Hernández	2011
Thailand Kompayak Porpramook	2011–2012
Mexico Adrián Hernández (2)	2012-2014
Japan Naoya Inoue	2014
Mexico Pedro Guevara	2014-2015
Japan Yū Kimura	2015-2016
Mexico Ganigan López	2016-2017
Japan Ken Shiro	since 2017

WBA

World Champion	Office
Panama Jaime Rios	1975-1976
Dominican Republic Juan Antonio Guzman	1976
Japan Yōkō Gushiken	1976-1981
Mexico Pedro Flores	1981
Korea South Hwan Jin Kim	1981
Japan Katsuo Tokashiki	1981-1983
Mexico Magnifying glass Madera	1983-1984
Dominican Republic Francisco Quiroz	1984-1985
United States Joey Olivo	1985
Korea South Myung-Woo Yuh	1985-1991
Japan Hiroki Ioka	1991-1992
Korea South Myung-Woo Yuh (2)	1992-1993
Venezuela Leo Gámez	1993-1995
Korea South Hi Yong Choi	1995-1996
Panama Carlos Murillo	1996
Japan Keiji Yamaguchi	1996
Thailand Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan	1996-2000
Colombia Beibis Mendoza	2000-2001
Nicaragua Rosendo Álvarez	2001-2004
Panama Roberto Vásquez	2005-2006
Japan Kōki Kameda	2006-2007
Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco	2007
France Brahim Asloum	2007-2009
Mexico Giovanni Segura	2009-2010
Argentina Juan Carlos Reveco (2)	2010-2011
Nicaragua Roman Gonzalez	2011–2012
Japan Kazuto Ioka	2012-2014
Peru Alberto Rossel	2014
Japan Ryōichi Taguchi	2014-2018
Venezuela Carlos Canizales	since 2018
South Africa Hekkie Budler	2018
Japan Hiroto Kyoguchi	since 2018

WBA super champions

World Champion	Office
Mexico Giovanni Segura	2010
Nicaragua Roman Gonzalez	2012-2014
Japan Ryōichi Taguchi	2017-2018
South Africa Hekkie Budler	2018
Japan Hiroto Kyoguchi	since 2018

IBF

World Champion	Office
Philippines Dodie Boy Peñalosa	1983-1986
Korea South Jum Hwan Choi	1986-1988
Philippines Tacy Macalos	1988-1989
Thailand Muangchai Kittikasem	1989-1990
United States Michael Carbajal	1990-1994
Mexico Humberto González	1994-1995
Thailand Saman Sorjaturong	1995-1996
United States Michael Carbajal (2)	1996-1997
Colombia Mauricio Pastrana	1997-1997
Colombia Mauricio Pastrana (2)	1997-1998
United States Will Grigsby	1998-1999
Mexico Ricardo López	1999-2002
Mexico Victor Burgos	2003-2005
United States Will Grigsby (2)	2005-2006
Mexico Ulises Solis	2006-2009
United States Brian Viloria	2009-2010
Colombia Carlos Tamara	2010
Argentina Luis Alberto Lazarte	2010-2011
Mexico Ulises Solis (2)	2011–2012
Philippines John Riel Casimero	2012-2014
Mexico Javier Mendoza	2014-2015
Japan Akira Yaegashi	2015-2017
Philippines Milan Melindo	2017
Japan Ryōichi Taguchi	2017-2018
South Africa Hekkie Budler	2018
Nicaragua Felix Alvarado	since 2018

WBO

World Champion	Office
Puerto Rico José de Jesús	1989-1992
Puerto Rico Josue Camacho	1992-1994
United States Michael Carbajal	1994
United Kingdom Paul Weir	1994-1995
South Africa Jacob Matlala	1995-1997
Mexico Jesús Chong	1997
Mexico Melchor Cob Castro	1997-1998
Argentina Juan Domingo Cordoba	1998
Mexico Jorge Arce	1998-1999
United States Michael Carbajal (2)	1999
South Africa Masibulele macepula	2000
Puerto Rico Nelson Dieppa	2001-2005
Mexico Hugo Fidel Cázares	2005-2007
Puerto Rico Iván Calderón	2007-2010
Mexico Giovanni Segura	2010-2011
Colombia Jesús Géles	2011
Mexico Ramón García Hirales	2011
Philippines Donnie Nietes	2011-2016
Japan Kōsei Tanaka	2016-2017
Puerto Rico Angel Acosta	since 2017

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Individual evidence

↑ Joshua's compatriot owned the belts of WBA, IBF and WBC, at that time the WBO was not yet part of the illustrious circle. She has only been there since 2007. Since then, the undisputed champion has had four titles.

[1] Joshua's compatriot owned the belts of WBA, IBF and WBC, at that time the WBO was not yet part of the illustrious circle. She has only been there since 2007. Since then, the undisputed champion has had four titles.