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Carlos Canizales

Carlos Canizales held the WBA Regular and WBC light flyweight world titles between 2018 and 2025.

World title bouts
9
Record in world title bouts (won–lost–drawn)
4–4–1
World titles held
2
Longest world title reign (WBA Regular light flyweight, 2018–2021)
3 years, 2 months

World title reigns and bouts

Jan 2016 – Jan 2027

2016age 222017age 232018age 242019age 252020age 262021age 272022age 282023age 292024age 302025age 312026age 322027age 33
201620182020202220242026

WonLostDrawn or no contest

Timeline of world title events

  1. 2026

  2. Daiya Kira beats Carlos Canizales via technical knockout 7/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  3. 2025

  4. The Ring magazine rates Carlos Canizales No. 2 at light flyweight in its annual ratings

  5. Carlos Canizales’s reign as the WBC light flyweight world champion ends

    Light Flyweight · WBC

  6. Carlos Canizales beats Panya Pradabsri via knockout 5/12

    Light Flyweight · WBC

  7. 2024

  8. The Ring magazine rates Carlos Canizales No. 4 at light flyweight in its annual ratings

  9. Panya Pradabsri beats Carlos Canizales via majority decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBC

  10. Kenshiro Teraji beats Carlos Canizales via majority decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super, WBC and The Ring

  11. 2023

  12. The Ring magazine rates Carlos Canizales No. 7 at light flyweight in its annual ratings

  13. 2022

  14. The Ring magazine rates Carlos Canizales No. 9 at light flyweight in its annual ratings

  15. 2021

  16. Esteban Bermudez beats Carlos Canizales via knockout 6/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Regular

  17. 2020

  18. The Ring magazine rates Carlos Canizales No. 3 at light flyweight in its annual ratings

  19. 2019

  20. The Ring magazine rates Carlos Canizales No. 3 at light flyweight in its annual ratings

  21. Carlos Canizales beats Sho Kimura via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Regular

  22. 2018

  23. The Ring magazine rates Carlos Canizales No. 4 at light flyweight in its annual ratings

  24. Carlos Canizales beats Bin Lu via knockout 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Regular

  25. Carlos Canizales beats Reiya Konishi via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Regular

  26. 2017

  27. The Ring magazine rates Carlos Canizales No. 3 at light flyweight in its annual ratings

  28. 2016

  29. Carlos Canizales and Ryoichi Taguchi draw via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Regular

    The Ring magazine rates Carlos Canizales No. 6 at light flyweight in its annual ratings