Light Flyweight title history

WBA

Daiya Kira

2 September 2026Reigning for 2 months

Won the vacant WBA light flyweight world title by stopping Carlos Canizales in the seventh round in Yokohama.

Division

All recorded title changes155

Exact dates are shown where recorded. Month-only dates mark the first appearance in our ranking archive, not necessarily the date the title was won.

Light Flyweight champions and recorded title changes
Date	Organisation	Champion	Title	Evidence
2 September 2026	WBA	Daiya Kira	World Champion	Won the vacant title by stopping Carlos Canizales in the seventh round in Yokohama WBA source
15 March 2026	WBC	Shokichi Iwata	Champion	Won the title against Thammanoon Niyomtrong in Yokohama. The JBC later amended the result from a technical decision to an eighth-round technical knockout after video showed the decisive cut came from a legal punch WBC source
February 2026	WBC	Thammanoon Niyomtrong	Champion
17 December 2025	WBA	Rene Santiago	World Champion	Won the WBA title by split decision against Kyosuke Takami in Tokyo, unifying it with his WBO title WBA source
4 December 2025	WBC	Knockout Cp Freshmart	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Junior Zarate WBC source
1 August 2025	WBC	Carlos Canizales	Champion	Won the title WBC source
30 July 2025	WBA	Kyosuke Takami	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
19 June 2025	IBF	Thanongsak Simsri	Champion	Won the vacant IBF title by defeating Cristian Araneta by split decision in Tokyo IBF source
13 March 2025	WBO	Rene Santiago	Champion	Won the WBO title by defeating Shokichi Iwata by unanimous decision WBO source
26 December 2024	WBC	Panya Pradabsri	Champion	Won the title by defeating Carlos Canizales WBC source
19 December 2024	WBA	Erick Rosa	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Neidar Valdez WBA source
13 October 2024	WBO	Shokichi Iwata	Champion	Won the title by defeating Jairo Noriega WBO source
12 October 2024	IBF	Masamichi Yabuki	Champion	Won the title IBF source
16 February 2024	IBF	Sivenathi Nontshinga	Champion	Won the title IBF source
November 2023	WBO	Rene Santiago	Interim Champion
October 2023	IBF	Adrian Curiel Dominguez	Champion
30 November 2022	WBA	Kenshiro Teraji	Super Champion	Won the title WBA source
1 November 2022	RING	Kenshiro Teraji	Champion	Won the title RING source
3 September 2022	IBF	Sivenathi Nontshinga	Champion	Won the title by defeating Hector Flores IBF source
19 March 2022	WBC	Kenshiro Teraji	Champion	Won the title WBC source
16 October 2021	WBO	Jonathan Gonzalez	Champion	Won the title WBO source
22 September 2021	WBC	Masamichi Yabuki	Champion	WBC source
28 May 2021	WBA	Esteban Bermudez	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
June 2019	WBO	Elwin Soto Castro	Champion
31 December 2018	WBARING	Hiroto Kyoguchi	Super Champion, Champion	WBA source RING source
29 October 2018	IBF	Felix Alvarado	Champion	Won the title by defeating Randy Petalcorin IBF source
20 May 2018	WBAIBFRING	Hekkie Budler	Super Champion, Champion	WBA source IBF source RING source
18 March 2018	WBA	Carlos Canizales	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Reiya Konishi WBA source
31 December 2017	WBAIBFRING	Ryoichi Taguchi	Super Champion, Champion	WBA source IBF source RING source
2 December 2017	WBO	Angel Acosta	Champion	Won the title by defeating Juan Alejo WBO source
21 May 2017	IBF	Milan Melindo	Champion	Won the title IBF source
20 May 2017	WBC	Kenshiro Teraji	Champion	WBC source
31 December 2016	WBO	Kosei Tanaka	Champion	Won the title by defeating Moises Fuentes WBO source
June 2016	WBO	Donnie Nietes	Super Champion
4 March 2016	WBC	Ganigan Lopez	Champion	Won the title WBC source
29 December 2015	IBF	Akira Yaegashi	Champion	Won the title IBF source
28 November 2015	WBC	Yu Kimura	Champion	Won the title WBC source
November 2015	WBO	Donnie Nietes	Super Champion
31 December 2014	WBA	Ryoichi Taguchi	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
30 December 2014	WBC	Pedro Guevara	Champion	WBC source
20 September 2014	IBF	Javier Mendoza	Champion	Won the title by defeating Ramon Garcia Hirales IBF source
July 2014	WBA	Alberto Rossel	World Champion
10 May 2014	RING	Donnie Nietes	Champion	Won the title by defeating Moises Fuentes RING source
6 April 2014	WBC	Naoya Inoue	Champion	WBC source
September 2013	WBO	Moises Fuentes	Interim Champion
31 December 2012	WBA	Kazuto Ioka	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Jose Alfredo Rodriguez WBA source
November 2012	WBA	Roman Gonzalez	Super Champion
6 October 2012	WBC	Adrian Hernandez	Champion	WBC source
July 2012	IBF	John Riel Casimero	Champion
23 December 2011	WBC	Suriyan Satorn	Champion	WBC source
8 October 2011	WBO	Donnie Nietes	Champion	Won the title WBO source
May 2011	WBO	Ramon Garcia	Champion
30 April 2011	WBC	Adrian Hernandez	Champion	WBC source
22 April 2011	WBO	Jesus Geles	Interim Champion	Promoted to this title WBO source
April 2011	WBO	Jesus Geles	Champion
April 2011	IBF	Ulises Solis	Champion
January 2011	WBA	Roman Gonzalez	World Champion
6 November 2010	WBC	Juan Alfonso Keb Baas	Champion	WBC source
November 2010	WBO	Ramon Garcia	Interim Champion
October 2010	WBO	Ramon Garcia	Champion
October 2010	WBA	Roman Gonzalez	Interim Champion
28 August 2010	WBAWBORING	Giovanni Segura	Super Champion, Champion	WBA source WBO source RING source
August 2010	WBO	Ramon Garcia	Interim Champion
August 2010	WBA	Juan Carlos Reveco	World Champion
19 June 2010	WBC	Omar Nino	Champion	WBC source
29 May 2010	IBF	Luis Lazarte	Champion	Won the title IBF source
23 January 2010	IBF	Carlos Tamara	Champion	Won the title IBF source
January 2010	WBO	John Riel Casimero	Interim Champion
21 November 2009	WBC	Rodel Mayol	Champion	WBC source
July 2009	WBA	Juan Carlos Reveco	Interim Champion
May 2009	WBA	Giovanni Segura	World Champion
May 2009	WBA	Brahim Asloum	Super Champion
19 April 2009	IBF	Brian Viloria	Champion	Won the title IBF source
March 2009	WBA	Giovanni Segura	Interim Champion
July 2008	WBA	Cesar Canchila	Interim Champion
8 December 2007	WBA	Brahim Asloum	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
25 August 2007	WBORING	Ivan Calderon	Super Champion, Champion	WBO source RING source
22 June 2007	WBA	Juan Carlos Reveco	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Nethra Sasiprapa WBA source
14 April 2007	WBC	Edgar Sosa	Champion	Won the title by defeating Brian Viloria WBC source
30 September 2006	RING	Hugo Cazares	Champion	Won the title by defeating Nelson Dieppa RING source
10 August 2006	WBC	Omar Nino	Champion	WBC source
2 August 2006	WBA	Koki Kameda	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Juan Jose Landaeta WBA source
7 January 2006	IBF	Ulises Solis	Champion	Won the title IBF source
10 September 2005	WBC	Brian Viloria	Champion	WBC source
14 May 2005	IBF	Will Grigsby	Champion	IBF source
30 April 2005	WBO	Hugo Cazares	Champion	WBO source
April 2005	WBA	Roberto Vazquez	World Champion
11 March 2005	WBC	Eric Ortiz	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating José Antonio Aguirre WBC source
June 2004	WBA	Beibis Mendoza	Interim Champion
31 March 2003	RING	Rosendo Alvarez	Champion	Won the title by defeating Beibis Mendoza RING source
15 February 2003	IBF	Victor Burgos	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Alex Sánchez IBF source
6 July 2002	WBC	Jorge Arce	Champion	WBC source
14 April 2001	WBO	Nelson Dieppa	Champion	Won the title by defeating Andy Tabanas WBO source
3 March 2001	WBA	Rosendo Alvarez	World Champion	Won the title WBA source
12 August 2000	WBA	Beibis Mendoza	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Rosendo Alvarez WBA source
July 2000	WBO	Will Grigsby	Champion
19 February 2000	WBO	Masibulele Makepula	Champion	Won the title by defeating Jacob Matlala WBO source
February 2000	WBA	Pitchit Siriwat	World Champion
January 2000	WBA	Pichit Siriwat	World Champion
17 October 1999	WBC	Choi Yo Sam	Champion	WBC source
2 October 1999	IBF	Ricardo Lopez	Champion	IBF source
31 July 1999	WBO	Michael Carbajal	Champion	WBO source
18 December 1998	IBF	Will Grigsby	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Ratanapol Sor Vorapin IBF source
5 December 1998	WBO	Jorge Arce	Champion	WBO source
17 January 1998	WBO	Juan Domingo Cordoba	Champion	WBO source
13 December 1997	IBF	Mauricio Pastrana	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Manuel Herrera IBF source
25 August 1997	WBO	Melchor Cob Castro	Champion	WBO source
31 May 1997	WBO	Jesus Chong	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Eric Griffin WBO source
18 January 1997	IBF	Mauricio Pastrana	Champion	IBF source
3 December 1996	WBA	Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan	Champion	WBA source
21 May 1996	WBA	Keiji Yamaguchi	Champion	WBA source
16 March 1996	IBF	Michael Carbajal	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Melchor Cob Castro IBF source
13 January 1996	WBA	Carlos Murillo	Champion	WBA source
15 July 1995	WBCIBF	Saman Sorjaturong	Champion	WBC source IBF source
4 February 1995	WBA	Choi Hi Yong	Champion	WBA source
23 November 1994	WBO	Paul Weir	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Paul Oulden WBO source
15 July 1994	WBO	Michael Carbajal	Champion	WBO source
19 February 1994	WBCIBF	Humberto Gonzalez	Champion	WBC source IBF source
21 October 1993	WBA	Leo Gamez	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Shiro Yahiro WBA source
13 March 1993	WBC	Michael Carbajal	Champion	WBC source
18 November 1992	WBA	Yuh Myung Woo	Champion	WBA source
31 July 1992	WBO	Josue Camacho	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Eddie Vallejo WBO source
17 December 1991	WBA	Hiroki Ioka	Champion	WBA source
3 June 1991	WBC	Humberto Gonzalez	Champion	WBC source
25 March 1991	WBC	Melchor Cob Castro	Champion	WBC source
19 December 1990	WBC	Rolando Pascua	Champion	WBC source
29 July 1990	IBF	Michael Carbajal	Champion	IBF source
25 June 1989	WBC	Humberto Gonzalez	Champion	WBC source
19 May 1989	WBO	Jose De Jesus	Champion	Won the title by defeating Fernando Martínez WBO source
2 May 1989	IBF	Muangchai Kittikasem	Champion	IBF source
19 March 1989	WBC	Lee Yul Woo	Champion	WBC source
11 December 1988	WBC	German Torres	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Kang Soon-Jung WBC source
4 November 1988	IBF	Tacy MacAlos	Champion	IBF source
7 December 1986	IBF	Choi Jum Hwan	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Park Cho-Woon IBF source
8 December 1985	WBA	Yuh Myung Woo	Champion	WBA source
29 March 1985	WBA	Joey Olivo	Champion	WBA source
19 May 1984	WBA	Francisco Quiroz	Champion	WBA source
10 December 1983	IBF	Dodie Boy Penalosa	Champion	Won the title by defeating Satoshi Shingaki IBF source
10 July 1983	WBA	Lupe Madera	Champion	WBA source
26 March 1983	WBC	Chang Jung Koo	Champion	WBC source
20 July 1982	WBC	Hilario Zapata	Champion	WBC source
13 April 1982	WBC	Tadashi Tomori	Champion	WBC source
6 February 1982	WBC	Amado Ursua	Champion	WBC source
16 December 1981	WBA	Katsuo Tokashiki	Champion	WBA source
19 July 1981	WBA	Kim Hwan Jin	Champion	WBA source
8 March 1981	WBA	Pedro Flores	Champion	WBA source
3 January 1980	WBC	Shigeo Nakajima	Champion	WBC source
30 September 1978	WBC	Kim Sung Jun	Champion	WBC source
6 May 1978	WBC	Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh	Champion	WBC source
19 February 1978	WBC	Freddy Castillo	Champion	WBC source
10 October 1976	WBA	Yoko Gushiken	Champion	WBA source
2 July 1976	WBA	Juan Antonio Guzman	Champion	WBA source
13 September 1975	WBC	Luis Estaba	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Rafael Lovera WBC source
23 August 1975	WBA	Jaime Rios	Champion	Won the title by defeating Rigoberto Marcano WBA source
4 April 1975	WBC	Franco Udella	Champion	Won the title by defeating Valentin Martinez WBC source