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WBA light flyweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1975. Current champion: Rene Santiago, since 30th Sep 2026.

In 2010, the WBA world title became the WBA Super world title. This page covers the WBA and WBA Super world titles. The WBA's secondary world title, WBA Regular, has its own separate page.

World title bouts
106
Champions
32
Longest reign (Yuh Myung-woo, 1985–1991)
6 years
Most successful defences in one reign (Yuh Myung-woo, 1985–1991)
17

Current champion

Rene SantiagoWBA Super · Since 30th Sep 2026 · 1 month · 0 successful defences

Reigns and world title bouts

Jan 2022 – Jan 2027

WBA
WBA Super becomes the WBA titleThe WBA title becomes WBA Super
Hiroto KyoguchiKenshiro TerajiErick RosaTakamiRene Santiago
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19801990200020102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Yuh Myung-wooWBA1985–19916 years · 17 successful defences
  2. 2Yoko GushikenWBA1976–19814 years, 4 months · 13 successful defences
  3. 3Hiroto KyoguchiWBA Super2018–20223 years, 10 months · 4 successful defences
  4. 4Rosendo AlvarezWBA2001–20043 years, 6 months · 3 successful defences
  5. 5Sompoch HarnvichachaiWBA1996–20003 years, 6 months · 5 successful defences
  6. 6Kenshiro TerajiWBA Super2022–20241 year, 8 months · 3 successful defences
  7. 7Katsuo TokashikiWBA1981–19831 year, 6 months · 4 successful defences
  8. 8Leo GamezWBA1993–19951 year, 3 months · 2 successful defences
  9. 9Roberto VasquezWBA2005–20061 year, 3 months · 3 successful defences
  10. 10Giovani SeguraWBA2009–20101 year, 2 months · 3 successful defences
  11. 11Roman GonzalezWBA Super2012–20141 year, 1 month · 0 successful defences
  12. 12Choi Hi-yongWBA1995–199611 months · 1 successful defence
  13. 13Hiroki IokaWBA1991–199211 months · 2 successful defences
  14. 14Jaime RiosWBA1975–197610 months · 1 successful defence
  15. 15Lupe MaderaWBA1983–198410 months · 1 successful defence
  16. 16Francisco QuirozWBA1984–198510 months · 1 successful defence
  17. 17Joey OlivoWBA1985–19858 months · 1 successful defence
  18. 18Yuh Myung-wooWBA1992–19938 months · 1 successful defence
  19. 19Hekkie BudlerWBA Super2018–20187 months · 0 successful defences
  20. 20Brahim AsloumWBA2007–20087 months · 0 successful defences
  21. 21Erick RosaWBA2024–20257 months · 0 successful defences
  22. 22Rene SantiagoWBA2025–20267 months · 1 successful defence
  23. 23Beibis MendozaWBA2000–20016 months · 0 successful defences
  24. 24Keiji YamaguchiWBA1996–19966 months · 1 successful defence
  25. 25Koki KamedaWBA2006–20075 months · 1 successful defence
  26. 26Juan Carlos RevecoWBA2007–20075 months · 1 successful defence
  27. 27Kim Hwan-JinWBA1981–19814 months · 1 successful defence
  28. 28Ryoichi TaguchiWBA Super2017–20184 months · 0 successful defences
  29. 29Kyosuke TakamiWBA2025–20254 months · 0 successful defences
  30. 30Pedro FloresWBA1981–19814 months · 0 successful defences
  31. 31Carlos MurilloWBA1996–19964 months · 1 successful defence
  32. 32Juan GuzmanWBA1976–19763 months · 0 successful defences
  33. 33Giovani SeguraWBA Super2010–20102 months · 0 successful defences
  34. 34Rene SantiagoWBA Super2026–present1 month · 0 successful defences
  35. 35Daiya KiraWBA2026–202628 days · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1975

  2. Jaime Rios beats Rigoberto Marcano via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  3. 1976

  4. Jaime Rios beats Kazunori Tenryu via split decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  5. Juan Guzman beats Jaime Rios via split decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  6. Yoko Gushiken beats Juan Guzman via knockout 7/15

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  7. 1977

  8. Yoko Gushiken beats Jaime Rios via split decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  9. Yoko Gushiken beats Rigoberto Marcano via split decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  10. Yoko Gushiken beats Montsayarm Haw Mahachai via knockout 4/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  11. 1978

  12. Yoko Gushiken beats Aniceto Vargas via knockout 14/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  13. Yoko Gushiken beats Jaime Rios via knockout 13/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  14. Yoko Gushiken beats Sang Il Jung via knockout 5/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  15. 1979

  16. Yoko Gushiken beats Rigoberto Marcano via knockout 7/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  17. Yoko Gushiken beats Alfonso Lopez via knockout 7/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  18. Yoko Gushiken beats Rafael Pedroza via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  19. Yoko Gushiken beats Tito Abella via knockout 7/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  1. 1980

  2. Yoko Gushiken beats Yong Hyun Kim via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  3. Yoko Gushiken beats Martin Vargas via knockout 8/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  4. Yoko Gushiken beats Pedro Flores via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  5. 1981

  6. Pedro Flores beats Yoko Gushiken via knockout 12/15

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  7. Kim Hwan-Jin beats Pedro Flores via knockout 13/15

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  8. Kim Hwan-Jin beats Alfonso Lopez via majority decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  9. Katsuo Tokashiki beats Kim Hwan-Jin via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  10. 1982

  11. Katsuo Tokashiki beats Lupe Madera via split decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  12. Katsuo Tokashiki beats Masaharu Inami via knockout 8/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  13. Katsuo Tokashiki beats Sung Nam Kim via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  14. 1983

  15. Katsuo Tokashiki beats Kim Hwan-Jin via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  16. Katsuo Tokashiki and Lupe Madera draw via split decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  17. Lupe Madera beats Katsuo Tokashiki via technical decision 4/15

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  18. Lupe Madera beats Katsuo Tokashiki via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  19. 1984

  20. Francisco Quiroz beats Lupe Madera via knockout 9/15

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  21. Francisco Quiroz beats Victor Sierra via knockout 2/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  22. 1985

  23. Joey Olivo beats Francisco Quiroz via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  24. Joey Olivo beats Moon Jin Choi via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  25. Yuh Myung-woo beats Joey Olivo via split decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  26. 1986

  27. Yuh Myung-woo beats Jose de Jesus via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  28. Yuh Myung-woo beats Tomohiro Kiyuna via knockout 12/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  29. Yuh Myung-woo beats Mario Alberto Demarco via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  30. 1987

  31. Yuh Myung-woo beats Eduardo Tunon via knockout 1/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  32. Yuh Myung-woo beats Benedicto Murillo via knockout 15/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  33. Yuh Myung-woo beats Rodolfo Blanco via knockout 8/15

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  34. 1988

  35. Yuh Myung-woo beats Willy Salazar via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  36. Yuh Myung-woo beats Jose de Jesus via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  37. Yuh Myung-woo beats Putt Ohyuthanakorn via knockout 6/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  38. Yuh Myung-woo beats Udin Baharudin via knockout 7/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  39. 1989

  40. Yuh Myung-woo beats Katsumi Komiyama via knockout 10/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  41. Yuh Myung-woo beats Mario Alberto Demarco via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  42. Yuh Myung-woo beats Kenbun Taiho via knockout 11/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  1. 1990

  2. Yuh Myung-woo beats Hisashi Tokushima via knockout 7/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  3. Yuh Myung-woo beats Leo Gamez via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  4. Yuh Myung-woo beats Leo Gamez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  5. 1991

  6. Yuh Myung-woo beats Kajkong Danphuthai via knockout 10/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  7. Hiroki Ioka beats Yuh Myung-woo via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  8. 1992

  9. Hiroki Ioka beats Noel Tunacao via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  10. Hiroki Ioka beats Kim Bong-Jun via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  11. Yuh Myung-woo beats Hiroki Ioka via majority decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  12. 1993

  13. Yuh Myung-woo beats Yuichi Hosono via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  14. Leo Gamez beats Shiro Yahiro via knockout 9/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  15. 1994

  16. Leo Gamez beats Juan Antonio Torres via knockout 7/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  17. Leo Gamez and Kaaj Chartbandit draw via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  18. Leo Gamez beats Sompoch Harnvichachai via knockout 6/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  19. 1995

  20. Choi Hi-yong beats Leo Gamez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  21. Choi Hi-yong beats Keiji Yamaguchi via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  22. 1996

  23. Carlos Murillo beats Choi Hi-yong via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  24. Carlos Murillo beats Jose Garcia Bernal via knockout 10/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  25. Keiji Yamaguchi beats Carlos Murillo via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  26. Keiji Yamaguchi beats Carlos Murillo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  27. Sompoch Harnvichachai beats Keiji Yamaguchi via knockout 2/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  28. 1997

  29. Sompoch Harnvichachai beats Sang Chul Lee via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  30. 1998

  31. Sompoch Harnvichachai beats Kaaj Chartbandit via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  32. Sompoch Harnvichachai beats Tae Kil Lee via corner retirement 7/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  33. 1999

  34. Sompoch Harnvichachai beats Joma Gamboa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  1. 2000

  2. Sompoch Harnvichachai beats Sang Ik Yang via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  3. Sompoch Harnvichachai’s reign as the WBA light flyweight world champion ends

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  4. Beibis Mendoza beats Rosendo Alvarez via disqualification 7/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  5. 2001

  6. Rosendo Alvarez beats Beibis Mendoza via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  7. 2002

  8. Rosendo Alvarez beats Sompoch Harnvichachai via knockout 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  9. 2003

  10. Rosendo Alvarez beats Beibis Mendoza via majority decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA and The Ring

  11. Rosendo Alvarez and Jose Burgos draw via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA, IBF and The Ring

  12. 2004

  13. Rosendo Alvarez beats Beibis Mendoza via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  14. 2005

  15. Roberto Vasquez beats Beibis Mendoza via knockout 10/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  16. Roberto Vasquez beats Jose Antonio Aguirre via knockout 4/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  17. Roberto Vasquez beats Nerys Espinoza via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  18. 2006

  19. Roberto Vasquez beats Noel Arambulet via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  20. Koki Kameda beats Juan Jose Landaeta via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  21. Koki Kameda beats Juan Jose Landaeta via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  22. 2007

  23. Koki Kameda’s reign as the WBA light flyweight world champion ends

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  24. Juan Carlos Reveco beats Taned Jitkawee via knockout 8/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  25. Juan Carlos Reveco beats Humberto Pool via knockout 5/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  26. Brahim Asloum beats Juan Carlos Reveco via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  27. 2008

  28. Brahim Asloum’s reign as the WBA light flyweight world champion ends

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  29. 2009

  30. Giovani Segura becomes the WBA light flyweight world champion

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  31. Giovani Segura beats Juanito Rubillar via knockout 6/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  32. Giovani Segura beats Sonny Boy Jaro via knockout 1/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  1. 2010

  2. Giovani Segura beats Walter Tello via knockout 3/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA

  3. Giovani Segura's WBA world title becomes the WBA Super world title

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super

    Giovani Segura beats Ivan Calderon via knockout 8/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super, WBO and The RingNew WBA Super champion

  4. Giovani Segura’s reign as the WBA Super light flyweight world champion ends

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super

  5. 2012

  6. Roman Gonzalez becomes the WBA Super light flyweight world champion

    Light Flyweight · WBA SuperNew champion

  7. 2014

  8. Roman Gonzalez’s reign as the WBA Super light flyweight world champion ends

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super

  9. 2017

  10. Ryoichi Taguchi beats Milan Melindo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super, IBF and The RingNew WBA Super champion

  11. 2018

  12. Hekkie Budler beats Ryoichi Taguchi via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super, IBF and The RingNew WBA Super champion

  13. Hiroto Kyoguchi beats Hekkie Budler via knockout 10/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super and The RingNew WBA Super champion

  14. 2019

  15. Hiroto Kyoguchi beats Tanawat Nakoon via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super and The Ring

  16. Hiroto Kyoguchi beats Tetsuya Hisada via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super and The Ring

  1. 2021

  2. Hiroto Kyoguchi beats Axel Aragon Vega via knockout 5/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super and The Ring

  3. 2022

  4. Hiroto Kyoguchi beats Esteban Bermudez via technical knockout 8/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super and The Ring

  5. Kenshiro Teraji beats Hiroto Kyoguchi via technical knockout 7/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super, WBC and The RingNew WBA Super champion

  6. 2023

  7. Kenshiro Teraji beats Anthony Olascuaga via technical knockout 9/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super, WBC and The Ring

  8. Kenshiro Teraji beats Hekkie Budler via technical knockout 9/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super, WBC and The Ring

  9. 2024

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

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super, WBC and The Ring

  11. Kenshiro Teraji’s reign as the WBA Super light flyweight world champion ends

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super

  12. The WBA Super world title becomes the WBA world title

    Light Flyweight · WBA

    Erick Rosa beats Neider Valdez Aguilar via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

  13. 2025

  14. Kyosuke Takami beats Erick Rosa via technical knockout 10/12

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

    Source: Takami Stops Rosa to Capture WBA Light Flyweight Crown(opens in a new tab), World Boxing Association, Rowerth Goncalves,

  15. Rene Santiago beats Kyosuke Takami via split decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA and WBONew WBA champion

    Source: Santiago Shocks Japan and Unifies Titles in Tokyo(opens in a new tab), World Boxing Association, Rowerth Goncalves,

  16. 2026

  17. Rene Santiago beats Masataka Taniguchi via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Flyweight · WBA and WBO

    Source: René Santiago Silences Korakuen Hall, Remains WBA Champion(opens in a new tab), World Boxing Association, Rowerth Goncalves,

  18. Rene Santiago is named the WBA light flyweight world champion in recess

    Light Flyweight · WBA

    Source: Santiago Named Champion in Recess: Kira and Cañizales to Fight for WBA Light Flyweight Title(opens in a new tab), World Boxing Association, Jesús Milano,

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

    Light Flyweight · WBANew champion

    Source: Kira stops Canizales in 7th to win WBA 108-pound title(opens in a new tab), The Ring, Mosope Ominiyi,

  20. The WBA world title becomes the WBA Super world title

    Light Flyweight · WBA Super

    Daiya Kira’s reign as the WBA light flyweight world champion ends

    Light Flyweight · WBA

    Source: Clasificaciones Asociación Mundial de Boxeo de SEPTIEMBRE 2026(opens in a new tab), World Boxing Association

    Rene Santiago becomes the WBA Super light flyweight world champion

    Light Flyweight · WBA SuperNew champion

    Source: Clasificaciones Asociación Mundial de Boxeo de SEPTIEMBRE 2026(opens in a new tab), World Boxing Association