WBC flyweight world title
Covers world title bouts since 1963. Current champion: Sergio Mendoza, since 10th Oct 2026.
- World title bouts
- 155
- Champions
- 43
- Longest reign (Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, 2001–2007)
- 6 years, 4 months
- Most successful defences in one reign (Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, 2001–2007)
- 17
Current champion
World title bout
Reigns by length
- 1Pongsaklek WonjongkamWBC2001–20076 years, 4 months · 17 successful defences
- 2Yuri ArbachakovWBC1992–19975 years, 4 months · 9 successful defences
- 3Julio Cesar MartinezWBC2019–20244 years, 5 months · 5 successful defences
- 4Miguel CantoWBC1975–19794 years, 2 months · 14 successful defences
- 5Sot ChitaladaWBC1984–19883 years, 9 months · 5 successful defences
- 6Horacio AccavalloWBC1966–19682 years, 7 months · 1 successful defence
- 7Daisuke NaitoWBC2007–20092 years, 4 months · 4 successful defences
- 8Roman GonzalezWBC2014–20162 years · 4 successful defences
- 9Pongsaklek WonjongkamWBC2010–20121 year, 11 months · 3 successful defences
- 10Sot ChitaladaWBC1989–19911 year, 8 months · 4 successful defences
- 11Akira YaegashiWBC2013–20141 year, 4 months · 3 successful defences
- 12Muangchai KittikasemWBC1991–19921 year, 4 months · 3 successful defences
- 13Pone KingpetchWBC1964–19651 year, 3 months · 0 successful defences
- 14Ricardo SandovalWBC2025–20261 year, 2 months · 0 successful defences
- 15Park Chan-heeWBC1979–19801 year, 2 months · 4 successful defences
- 16Betulio GonzalezWBC1973–19741 year, 1 month · 2 successful defences
- 17Efren TorresWBC1969–19701 year · 1 successful defence
- 18Erbito SalavarriaWBC1970–19711 year · 1 successful defence
- 19Chatchai SasakulWBC1997–19981 year · 2 successful defences
- 20Shoji OgumaWBC1980–198111 months · 3 successful defences
- 21Daigo HigaWBC2017–201810 months · 2 successful defences
- 22Kim Yong-kangWBC1988–198910 months · 2 successful defences
- 23Antonio AvelarWBC1981–198210 months · 1 successful defence
- 24Kenshiro TerajiWBC2024–20259 months · 1 successful defence
- 25Manny PacquiaoWBC1998–19999 months · 1 successful defence
- 26Malcolm TunacaoWBC2000–20019 months · 0 successful defences
- 27Charlie EdwardsWBC2018–20199 months · 1 successful defence
- 28Venice BorkhorsorWBC1972–19739 months · 1 successful defence
- 29Toshiyuki IgarashiWBC2012–20138 months · 1 successful defence
- 30Chartchai ChionoiWBC1970–19708 months · 0 successful defences
- 31Cristofer RosalesWBC2018–20188 months · 1 successful defence
- 32Boonsai SangsuratWBC1999–20008 months · 1 successful defence
- 33Pone KingpetchWBC1963–19637 months · 0 successful defences
- 34Salvatore BurruniWBC1965–19656 months · 0 successful defences
- 35Charlie MagriWBC1983–19836 months · 0 successful defences
- 36Gabriel BernalWBC1984–19845 months · 1 successful defence
- 37Sonny Boy JaroWBC2012–20124 months · 0 successful defences
- 38Eleoncio MercedesWBC1982–19834 months · 0 successful defences
- 39Hiroyuki EbiharaWBC1963–19644 months · 0 successful defences
- 40Prudencio CardonaWBC1982–19824 months · 0 successful defences
- 41Betulio GonzalezWBC1972–19723 months · 0 successful defences
- 42Koki KamedaWBC2009–20103 months · 0 successful defences
- 43Frank CedenoWBC1983–19843 months · 0 successful defences
- 44Chartchai ChionoiWBC1968–19693 months · 0 successful defences
- 45Freddy CastilloWBC1982–19823 months · 0 successful defences
- 46Shoji OgumaWBC1974–19753 months · 0 successful defences
- 47Koji KobayashiWBC1984–19842 months · 0 successful defences
- 48Juan HernandezWBC2017–20172 months · 1 successful defence
- 49Sergio MendozaWBC2026–present1 month · 0 successful defences
Timeline of world title events
1963
Pone Kingpetch becomes the WBC flyweight world champion
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Hiroyuki Ebihara beats Pone Kingpetch via knockout 1/15
Flyweight · WBA, WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
1964
Pone Kingpetch beats Hiroyuki Ebihara via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBA, WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
1965
Salvatore Burruni beats Pone Kingpetch via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBA, WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Salvatore Burruni’s reign as the WBC flyweight world champion ends
Flyweight · WBC
1966
Horacio Accavallo beats Katsuyoshi Takayama via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBA and WBCNew WBC champion
Horacio Accavallo beats Hiroyuki Ebihara via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBA and WBC
1968
Horacio Accavallo’s reign as the WBC flyweight world champion ends
Flyweight · WBC
Chartchai Chionoi beats Bernabe Villacampo via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
1969
Efren Torres beats Chartchai Chionoi via knockout 8/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Efren Torres beats Susumu Hanagata via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1970
Chartchai Chionoi beats Efren Torres via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Erbito Salavarria beats Chartchai Chionoi via knockout 2/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
1971
Erbito Salavarria beats Susumu Hanagata via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Erbito Salavarria and Betulio Gonzalez draw via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Erbito Salavarria’s reign as the WBC flyweight world champion ends
Flyweight · WBC
1972
Betulio Gonzalez beats Socrates Batoto via knockout 4/15
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Venice Borkhorsor beats Betulio Gonzalez via knockout 10/15
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
1973
Venice Borkhorsor beats Erbito Salavarria via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Venice Borkhorsor’s reign as the WBC flyweight world champion ends
Flyweight · WBC
Betulio Gonzalez beats Miguel Canto via majority decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Betulio Gonzalez beats Alberto Morales via knockout 11/15
Flyweight · WBC
1974
Betulio Gonzalez beats Franco Udella via knockout 10/15
Flyweight · WBC
Shoji Oguma beats Betulio Gonzalez via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
1975
Miguel Canto beats Shoji Oguma via majority decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Miguel Canto beats Betulio Gonzalez via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Miguel Canto beats Jiro Takada via knockout 11/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Miguel Canto beats Ignacio Espinal via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1976
Miguel Canto beats Susumu Hanagata via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Miguel Canto beats Betulio Gonzalez via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Miguel Canto beats Orlando Javierto via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1977
Miguel Canto beats Luis Reyes Arnal via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Miguel Canto beats Kimio Furesawa via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Miguel Canto beats Martin Vargas via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Miguel Canto beats Martin Vargas via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1978
Miguel Canto beats Shoji Oguma via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Miguel Canto beats Shoji Oguma via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Miguel Canto beats Facomron Vibonchai via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1979
Miguel Canto beats Antonio Avelar via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Park Chan-hee beats Miguel Canto via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Park Chan-hee beats Chikara Igarashi via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Miguel Canto and Park Chan-hee draw via points decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Park Chan-hee beats Guty Espadas via knockout 2/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1980
Park Chan-hee beats Arnel Arrozal via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Park Chan-hee beats Alberto Morales via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Shoji Oguma beats Park Chan-hee via knockout 9/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Shoji Oguma beats Kim Sung-Jun via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Shoji Oguma beats Park Chan-hee via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1981
Shoji Oguma beats Park Chan-hee via majority decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Antonio Avelar beats Shoji Oguma via knockout 7/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Antonio Avelar beats Kim Tae-shik via knockout 2/15
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1982
Prudencio Cardona beats Antonio Avelar via knockout 1/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Freddy Castillo beats Prudencio Cardona via unanimous decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Eleoncio Mercedes beats Freddy Castillo via split decision 15/15
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
1983
Charlie Magri beats Eleoncio Mercedes via knockout 7/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Frank Cedeno beats Charlie Magri via knockout 6/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
1984
Koji Kobayashi beats Frank Cedeno via knockout 2/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Gabriel Bernal beats Koji Kobayashi via knockout 2/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Gabriel Bernal beats Antoine Montero via knockout 11/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Sot Chitalada beats Gabriel Bernal via split decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
1985
Sot Chitalada beats Charlie Magri via corner retirement 4/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Sot Chitalada and Gabriel Bernal draw via majority decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1986
Sot Chitalada beats Freddy Castillo via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Sot Chitalada beats Gabriel Bernal via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1987
Sot Chitalada beats Rae Ki Ahn via knockout 4/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1988
Sot Chitalada beats Hideaki Kamishiro via corner retirement 7/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Kim Yong-kang beats Sot Chitalada via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Kim Yong-kang beats Emil Romano via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
1989
Kim Yong-kang beats Leopard Tamakuma via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Sot Chitalada beats Kim Yong-kang via split decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
1990
Sot Chitalada beats Ric Siodora via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Sot Chitalada beats Carlos Salazar via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Sot Chitalada beats Richard Clarke via knockout 11/12
Flyweight · WBC
Sot Chitalada beats Chang Jung-Koo via majority decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
1991
Muangchai Kittikasem beats Sot Chitalada via knockout 6/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Muangchai Kittikasem beats Chang Jung-Koo via knockout 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Muangchai Kittikasem beats Alberto Jimenez via majority decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
1992
Muangchai Kittikasem beats Sot Chitalada via knockout 9/12
Flyweight · WBC
Yuri Arbachakov beats Muangchai Kittikasem via knockout 8/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Yuri Arbachakov beats Yoon Un Jin via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
1993
Yuri Arbachakov beats Muangchai Kittikasem via knockout 9/12
Flyweight · WBC
Yuri Arbachakov beats Ysaias Zamudio via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Yuri Arbachakov beats Nam Hoon Cha via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
1994
Yuri Arbachakov beats Hugo Rafael Soto via knockout 8/12
Flyweight · WBC
1995
Yuri Arbachakov beats Oscar Arciniega via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Yuri Arbachakov beats Chatchai Sasakul via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
1996
Yuri Arbachakov beats Raul Juarez via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Yuri Arbachakov beats Puma Toguchi via knockout 9/12
Flyweight · WBC
1997
Chatchai Sasakul beats Yuri Arbachakov via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
1998
Chatchai Sasakul beats Young Jin Kim via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Chatchai Sasakul beats Young Soon Jang via knockout 5/12
Flyweight · WBC
Manny Pacquiao beats Chatchai Sasakul via knockout 8/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
1999
Manny Pacquiao beats Gabriel Mira via knockout 4/12
Flyweight · WBC
Boonsai Sangsurat beats Manny Pacquiao via knockout 3/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
2000
Boonsai Sangsurat beats Masaki Kawabata via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Malcolm Tunacao beats Boonsai Sangsurat via knockout 7/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Malcolm Tunacao and Celes Kobayashi draw via split decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
2001
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Malcolm Tunacao via knockout 1/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Hayato Asai via knockout 5/12
Flyweight · WBC
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Alex Baba via technical decision 8/12
Flyweight · WBC
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Luis Alberto Lazarte via knockout 2/12
Flyweight · WBC
2002
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Daisuke Naito via knockout 1/12
Flyweight · WBC
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Jesus Martinez via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Hidenobu Honda via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
2003
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Randy Mangubat via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Hussein Hussein via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
2004
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Trash Nakanuma via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Luis Angel Martinez via knockout 5/12
Flyweight · WBC
2005
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Noriyuki Komatsu via knockout 5/12
Flyweight · WBC
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Daisuke Naito via technical decision 7/12
Flyweight · WBC
2006
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Gilberto Keb Baas via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Daigo Nakahiro via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Everardo Morales via knockout 4/12
Flyweight · WBC
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Monelisi Myekeni via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
2007
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Tomonobu Shimizu via corner retirement 7/12
Flyweight · WBC
Daisuke Naito beats Pongsaklek Wonjongkam via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Daisuke Naito beats Daiki Kameda via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
2008
Daisuke Naito and Pongsaklek Wonjongkam draw via split decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Daisuke Naito beats Tomonobu Shimizu via knockout 10/12
Flyweight · WBC
Daisuke Naito beats Shingo Yamaguchi via knockout 11/12
Flyweight · WBC
2009
Daisuke Naito beats Xiong Chaozhong via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Koki Kameda beats Daisuke Naito via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
2010
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Koki Kameda via majority decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Suriyan Kaikanha via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
2011
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Takuya Kogawa via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam beats Edgar Sosa via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam and Hirofumi Mukai draw via technical decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
2012
Sonny Boy Jaro beats Pongsaklek Wonjongkam via knockout 6/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Toshiyuki Igarashi beats Sonny Boy Jaro via split decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Toshiyuki Igarashi beats Nestor Daniel Narvaes via majority decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
2013
Akira Yaegashi beats Toshiyuki Igarashi via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Akira Yaegashi beats Oscar Blanquet via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Akira Yaegashi beats Edgar Sosa via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
2014
Akira Yaegashi beats Odilon Zaleta via knockout 9/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Roman Gonzalez beats Akira Yaegashi via knockout 9/12
Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion
Roman Gonzalez beats Rocky Fuentes via knockout 6/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
2015
Roman Gonzalez beats Edgar Sosa via knockout 2/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Roman Gonzalez beats Brian Viloria via knockout 9/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
2016
Roman Gonzalez beats McWilliams Arroyo via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC and The Ring
Roman Gonzalez’s reign as the WBC flyweight world champion ends
Flyweight · WBC
2017
Juan Hernandez becomes the WBC flyweight world champion
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Juan Hernandez beats Nawaphon Kaikanha via knockout 3/12
Flyweight · WBC
Juan Hernandez’s reign as the WBC flyweight world champion ends
Flyweight · WBC
Daigo Higa beats Juan Hernandez via knockout 6/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Daigo Higa beats Thomas Masson via knockout 7/12
Flyweight · WBC
2018
Daigo Higa beats Moises Fuentes via knockout 1/12
Flyweight · WBC
Daigo Higa’s reign as the WBC flyweight world champion ends
Flyweight · WBC
Cristofer Rosales beats Daigo Higa via knockout 9/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
Cristofer Rosales beats Paddy Barnes via knockout 4/12
Flyweight · WBC
Charlie Edwards beats Cristofer Rosales via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
2019
Charlie Edwards beats Angel Moreno via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Charlie Edwards v Julio Cesar Martinez ends in a no contest
Flyweight · WBC
Charlie Edwards’s reign as the WBC flyweight world champion ends
Flyweight · WBC
Julio Cesar Martinez beats Cristofer Rosales via knockout 9/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
2020
Julio Cesar Martinez beats Jay Harris via unanimous decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
Julio Cesar Martinez beats Moises Calleros via knockout 2/12
Flyweight · WBC
2021
Julio Cesar Martinez beats Joel Cordova via knockout 6/12
Flyweight · WBC
Julio Cesar Martinez v McWilliams Arroyo ends in a no contest
Flyweight · WBC
2022
Julio Cesar Martinez beats Samuel Carmona via majority decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBC
2023
Julio Cesar Martinez beats Ronal Batista via technical knockout 11/12
Flyweight · WBC
2024
Julio Cesar Martinez v Angelino Cordova ends in a no contest
Flyweight · WBC
Julio Cesar Martinez’s reign as the WBC flyweight world champion ends
Flyweight · WBC
Kenshiro Teraji beats Cristofer Rosales via technical knockout 11/12
Flyweight · WBCNew champion
2025
Kenshiro Teraji beats Seigo Yuri Akui via technical knockout 12/12
Flyweight · WBA Regular and WBC
Ricardo Sandoval beats Kenshiro Teraji via split decision 12/12
Flyweight · WBA Regular and WBCNew WBC champion
Source: Ricardo Sandoval shocks Yokohama, dethrones Kenshiro Teraji(opens in a new tab), World Boxing Association, Rowerth Goncalves,
2026
Sergio Mendoza beats Ricardo Sandoval via technical knockout 5/12
Flyweight · WBA Regular and WBCNew WBC champion
Source: Floyd Schofield vs. Lucas Bahdi Live Updates, Highlights and Results(opens in a new tab), Bleacher Report, Lyle Fitzsimmons,