Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing less than 112 lb (51 kg) but above 108 lb (49 kg). Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left) versus Rafael Ortíz Boxing, also called pugilism (from Latin), prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science[1] is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a...

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] Featherweight is a weight class division in the sport of boxing. ... The term bantamweight usually refers to a class in boxing or boxers who weigh between 112 and 118 pounds. ... The British Boxing Board of Control is the governing body of professional boxing in the United Kingdom. ... Jimmy Wilde (May 12, 1892 in Tylorstown – March 10, 1969 in Cardiff) was a former boxer of Welsh origin. ...

Some notable flyweights include Pone Kingpetch, Walter McGowan, Pascual Pérez, Pancho Villa, Dave McAuley, Miguel Canto, Pone Kingpetch, and Jorge Arce. Statue of Pone Kingpetch at Pone Kingpetch park in Hua Hin Pone Kingpetch ( Thai : โผน กิ่งเพชร ) Pone Kingpetch or Mana Seedokbuab ( Thai : มานะ สีดอกบวบ) is Thailands 3 times Flyweight world boxing champion. ... Walter McGowan, MBE (born 13 October 1942 in Burnbank, Scotland), is a retired Scottish boxer. ... Pascual Pérez (March 4, 1926 - January 22, 1977) was an Argentine boxer. ... Francisco Pancho Villa Guilledo, (b. ... Dave McAuley, born June 15, 1961 in Larne, Northern Ireland was a professional boxer. ... Miguel Canto (born January 30, 1948 in the state of Yucatán, Mexico) is a former world boxing champion. ... Statue of Pone Kingpetch at Pone Kingpetch park in Hua Hin Pone Kingpetch ( Thai : โผน กิ่งเพชร ) Pone Kingpetch or Mana Seedokbuab ( Thai : มานะ สีดอกบวบ) is Thailands 3 times Flyweight world boxing champion. ... Jorge Travieso Arce Jorge Arce (born July 27, 1979) was a world champion in the light flyweight (108-pound) division in the sport of boxing for several years, and is now a top contender in the flyweight (112-pound) division. ...

Amateur Champions

Olympic Champions

• 1904 –  George Finnegan (USA)
• 1920 –  Frankie Genaro (USA)
• 1924 –  Fidel La Barba (USA)
• 1928 –  Antal Kócsis (HUN)
• 1932 –  István Énekes (HUN)
• 1936 –  Willi Kaiser (GER)
• 1948 –  Pascual Pérez (ARG)
• 1952 –  Nathan Brooks (USA)
• 1956 –  Terry Spinks (GBR)
• 1960 –  Gyula Török (HUN)
• 1964 –  Fernando Atzori (ITA)
• 1968 –  Ricardo Delgado (MEX)
• 1972 –  Georgi Kostadinov (BUL)
• 1976 –  Leo Randolph (USA)
• 1980 –  Petar Lessov (BUL)
• 1984 –  Steve McCrory (USA)
• 1988 –  Kim Kwang-Sun (KOR)
• 1992 –  Choi Chol-Su (PRK)
• 1996 –  Maikro Romero (CUB)
• 2000 –  Wijan Ponlid (THA)
• 2004 –  Yuriorkis Gamboa (CUB)

At the 1904 Summer Olympics, seven boxing events were contested. ... Image File history File links US_flag_45_stars. ... George Finnegan was an American bantamweight and flyweight professional boxer who competed in the early twentieth century. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics // Medals Results Flyweight (-50. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Frankie Genaro (August 26, 1901-December 27, 1966) was a former Olympic gold medalist and boxing world flyweight champion. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics // Medals Results Flyweight (-50. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Fidel La Barba (September 29, 1905 - on October 3, 1981) was a United States boxer and sportswriter. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics // Medals Results Flyweight 112 lb (51 kg) Bantamweight 118 lb (53. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary_(state). ... Hungary competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics // Medals Results Flyweight (-50. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary_(state). ... Hungary competed at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics // Medals Results Flyweight (-50. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany_1933. ... Germany was the host nation for the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics // Medals Results Flyweight (-51 kg) Bantamweight (-54kg) Featherweight (-58kg) Lightweight (-62kg) Welterweight (-67kg) Middleweight (-73kg) Light-heavyweight (-80kg) Heavyweight (80kg & over) Categories: 1948 Summer Olympics events | Boxing at the Olympics ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Pascual Pérez (March 4, 1926 - January 22, 1977) was an Argentine boxer. ... Old Flag of Argentina Argentina competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain under the IOC country code ARG. It was the sixth appearance of the South American nation. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics // Medals Results Flyweight (-51 kg) Bantamweight (-54kg) Featherweight (-57kg) Lightweight (-60kg) Light-welterweight (-63. ... Image File history File links US_flag_48_stars. ... Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place in the new stadium at West Melbourne. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. ... In the 1960 Summer Olympics, Cassius Marcellus Clay, won the gold medal in the boxing light heavyweight division for the United States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Hungary competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics: It was held October 11 to 23. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Flag of Italy Italy competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan under the IOC country code ITA. It was the thirteenth appearance of the European nation, which made its Olympic debut in 1900. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Mexico was the host nation for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics: It was held August 27 to September 10 // Medals Light-flyweight (-48kg) Flyweight (-51kg) Bantamweight (-54kg) Featherweight (-57kg) Lightweight (-60kg) Light welterweight (-63. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria_1971-1990. ... Bulgaria competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. ... There were 11 boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Canada. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Leo Randolph (born February 27, 1958 in Tacoma, Washington) was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. ... Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria_1971-1990. ... Petar Lessov (Bulgarian: ) (born 12 September 1960) was a Bulgarian boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. ... Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. ... Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place in the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Steve McCrory (born April 13, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan) was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. ... Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students Gymnasium in Seoul. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea_(bordered). ... Kim Kwang-Sun (born June 8, 1964 in Chunnahbokdo, Korea) is a South Korean boxer, who won the gold medal in the Mens Flyweight (51 kg) category at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. ... South Korea was the host nation and competed as Korea at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. ... Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place in the old Pavelló Club Joventut de Badalona in Barcelona. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Korea. ... Choi Chol-Su (born December 1, 1969) is a North Korean boxer, who won the gold medal in the mens Flyweight (51 kg) category at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. ... Flag of the DPRK North Korea competed under its abbreviated official name of DPR Korea at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. ... Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics // Medals Results Light Flyweight (-48kg) First Round Beibis Mendoza, Colombia def. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Maikro Romero (born December 9, 1972) is a Cuban boxer, who won the gold medal in the mens flyweight (51 kg) category at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. ... Flag of Cuba Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ... Wijan Ponlid (born April 26, 1976) is an Thai boxer who competed in the Flyweight (51 kg) at the 2000 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. ... Thailand competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. ... Boxing at the Kenyan boxer David Munyasia had tested positive for cathine and has been excluded from the event. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born December 23, 1981) is a Cuban amateurboxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ... Flag of Cuba Cuba at the 2004 Summer Olympics is represented by the Olympic Committee of Cuba and is abbreviated CUB. Cuba sent 160 athletes to the 2004 Games, which were held in Athens, Greece between August 13 and the 29th. ...

Pan American Champions

• 1951 – Alberto Barenghi (ARG)
• 1955 – Hilario Correa (MEX)
• 1959 – Miguel Angel Botta (ARG)
• 1963 – Floreal García (URU)
• 1967 – Francisco Rodríguez (VEN)
• 1971 – Francisco Rodríguez (VEN)
• 1975 – Ramón Duvalón (CUB)
• 1979 – Alberto Mercado (PUR)
• 1983 – Pedro Orlando Reyes (CUB)
• 1987 – Adalberto Regalado (CUB)
• 1991 – José Ramos (CUB)
• 1995 – Juan Guzmán (DOM)
• 1999 – Omar Andrés Narváez (ARG)
• 2003 – Yuriorkis Gamboa (CUB)

The boxing tournament at the 1951 Pan American Games was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from February 25 to March 8, with the hosting nation winning in all eight weight divisions. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Motto: En unión y libertad(Spanish) In Union and Freedom Anthem: Himno Nacional Argentino Capital (and largest city)  Buenos Aires Official languages Spanish Government Federal republic  -  President Néstor Kirchner  -  Vice President Daniel Scioli Independence from Spain   -  May Revolution 25 May 1810   -  Declared 9 July 1816   -  Recognized 1821 (by... The boxing tournament at the 1955 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from March 12 to March 26, with the inclusion of two new weight divisions (Light Welterweight and Light Middleweight) to the existing eight. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Anthem: Himno Nacional Mexicano Capital (and largest city)  Mexico City Official languages None at federal level Spanish (de facto) Government Presidential Federal republic  -  President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa Independence from Spain   -  Declared September 16, 1810   -  Recognized September 27, 1821  Area  -  Total 1,972,550 km² (15th) 758,249 sq mi... The boxing tournament at the 1959 Pan American Games was held in Chicago, United States, from August 27 to September 7. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Motto: En unión y libertad(Spanish) In Union and Freedom Anthem: Himno Nacional Argentino Capital (and largest city)  Buenos Aires Official languages Spanish Government Federal republic  -  President Néstor Kirchner  -  Vice President Daniel Scioli Independence from Spain   -  May Revolution 25 May 1810   -  Declared 9 July 1816   -  Recognized 1821 (by... The boxing tournament at the 1963 Pan American Games was held in São Paulo, Brazil, from April 20 to May 5. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay_(bordered). ... This article is becoming very long. ... The boxing tournament at the 1967 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada, from July 24 to August 6. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Francisco Rodríguez (born September 20, 1945) is a former Venezuelan boxer. ... Motto: none Anthem: Gloria al Bravo Pueblo(Spanish) Glory to the Brave People Capital (and largest city) Caracas Official languages Spanish Government Federal republic  -  President Hugo Chávez Frías  -  Vice President Jorge Rodríguez Independence  -  from Spain July 5, 1811   -  from Gran Colombia November 21, 1831   -  Recognised March 30... The boxing tournament at the 1971 Pan American Games was held in Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 6. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Francisco Rodríguez (born September 20, 1945) is a former Venezuelan boxer. ... Motto: none Anthem: Gloria al Bravo Pueblo(Spanish) Glory to the Brave People Capital (and largest city) Caracas Official languages Spanish Government Federal republic  -  President Hugo Chávez Frías  -  Vice President Jorge Rodríguez Independence  -  from Spain July 5, 1811   -  from Gran Colombia November 21, 1831   -  Recognised March 30... The boxing tournament at the 1975 Pan American Games was held in Mexico City, Mexico, from October 12 to October 26. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Ramón Duvalón (born August 31, 1954) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada. ... Motto: (Spanish) Homeland or Death a Anthem: La Bayamesa(The Bayamo Song) Capital  (and largest city)  Havana Official languages Spanish Government Socialist republicb  - President of the Council of State Fidel Castro Raúl Castro (acting) Independence from Spain   - Declaredc October 10, 1868   - Republic declared May 20, 1902   - Cuban Revolution January... The boxing tournament at the 1979 Pan American Games was held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, from July 1 to July 15. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... Alberto Mercado (born January 2, 1961) was a Jr. ... Motto: Latin: Joannes Est Nomen Eius; Spanish: Juan es su nombre (English: John is his name) Anthem: La Borinqueña Capital (and largest city) San Juan Official languages Spanish and English Government U.S. Commonwealth  -  Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá Independence None (U.S. territory with Commonwealth status)  Area  -  Total... The boxing tournament at the 1983 Pan American Games was held in Caracas, Venezuela, from August 14 to August 29. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Motto: (Spanish) Homeland or Death a Anthem: La Bayamesa(The Bayamo Song) Capital  (and largest city)  Havana Official languages Spanish Government Socialist republicb  - President of the Council of State Fidel Castro Raúl Castro (acting) Independence from Spain   - Declaredc October 10, 1868   - Republic declared May 20, 1902   - Cuban Revolution January... The boxing tournament at the 1987 Pan American Games was held in Indianapolis, United States from August 8 to August 23. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Motto: (Spanish) Homeland or Death a Anthem: La Bayamesa(The Bayamo Song) Capital  (and largest city)  Havana Official languages Spanish Government Socialist republicb  - President of the Council of State Fidel Castro Raúl Castro (acting) Independence from Spain   - Declaredc October 10, 1868   - Republic declared May 20, 1902   - Cuban Revolution January... The Boxing Tournament at the 1991 Pan American Games was held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Motto: (Spanish) Homeland or Death a Anthem: La Bayamesa(The Bayamo Song) Capital  (and largest city)  Havana Official languages Spanish Government Socialist republicb  - President of the Council of State Fidel Castro Raúl Castro (acting) Independence from Spain   - Declaredc October 10, 1868   - Republic declared May 20, 1902   - Cuban Revolution January... The Boxing Tournament at the 1995 Pan American Games was held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 11 to March 27. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Motto: Dios, Patria, Libertad(Spanish) God, Homeland, Liberty Anthem: Quisqueyanos valientes Capital (and largest city) Santo Domingo Official languages Spanish Government Presidential Republic  -  President Leonel Fernández Independence from Haiti   -  Date 27 February 1844  Area  -  Total 48,442 km² (130th) 18,810 sq mi   -  Water (%) 1. ... The Boxing Tournament at the 1999 Pan American Games was held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 31 to August 8. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Omar Andrés Narváez (born July 10, 1975 in Trelew, Chubut, Argentina) is a southpaw professional boxer in the flyweight (112 lb) division, who won the gold medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. ... Motto: En unión y libertad(Spanish) In Union and Freedom Anthem: Himno Nacional Argentino Capital (and largest city)  Buenos Aires Official languages Spanish Government Federal republic  -  President Néstor Kirchner  -  Vice President Daniel Scioli Independence from Spain   -  May Revolution 25 May 1810   -  Declared 9 July 1816   -  Recognized 1821 (by... The Boxing Tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 8 to August 15. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Yuriorkis Gamboa Toledano (born December 23, 1981) is a Cuban amateurboxer, who won the Flyweight Gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. ... 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Professional Champions

• List of flyweight boxing champions

This is a chronological list of world flyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the following organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963, The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983, The World Boxing Organization...

References

1. ^ Mullan, Harry (1996). Boxing: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to World Boxing. London, England: Carlton Books, 186. ISBN 0785806415.