IBF super flyweight world title
Covers world title bouts since 1983. Current champion: Andrew Moloney, since 6th Jun 2026.
- World title bouts
- 91
- Champions
- 28
- Longest reign (Jerwin Ancajas, 2016–2022)
- 5 years, 5 months
- Most successful defences in one reign (Jerwin Ancajas, 2016–2022)
- 8
Current champion
World title bout
Reigns by length
- 1Jerwin AncajasIBF2016–20225 years, 5 months · 8 successful defences
- 2Luis Alberto PerezIBF2003–20063 years, 9 months · 3 successful defences
- 3Robert QuirogaIBF1990–19932 years, 8 months · 5 successful defences
- 4Fernando MartinezIBF2022–20242 years, 8 months · 3 successful defences
- 5Felix MachadoIBF2000–20032 years, 5 months · 3 successful defences
- 6Elly PicalIBF1987–19891 year, 11 months · 3 successful defences
- 7Julio Cesar BorboaIBF1993–19941 year, 7 months · 5 successful defences
- 8Chun Ju-doIBF1983–19851 year, 4 months · 5 successful defences
- 9Johnny TapiaIBF1997–19981 year, 4 months · 2 successful defences
- 10Juan Carlos Sanchez JrIBF2012–20131 year, 3 months · 3 successful defences
- 11McJoe ArroyoIBF2015–20161 year, 1 month · 1 successful defence
- 12Harold GreyIBF1994–19951 year, 1 month · 3 successful defences
- 13Willibaldo GarciaIBF2025–20261 year · 0 successful defences
- 14Mark JohnsonIBF1999–20001 year · 1 successful defence
- 15Vic DarchinyanIBF2008–200911 months · 2 successful defences
- 16Danny Romero JrIBF1996–199710 months · 2 successful defences
- 17Simphiwe NongqayiIBF2009–201010 months · 0 successful defences
- 18Zolani TeteIBF2014–201510 months · 1 successful defence
- 19Dmitry KirillovIBF2007–20089 months · 0 successful defences
- 20Elly PicalIBF1985–19869 months · 1 successful defence
- 21Cristian MijaresIBF2010–20118 months · 1 successful defence
- 22Elly PicalIBF1986–19877 months · 1 successful defence
- 23Carlos SalazarIBF1995–19966 months · 1 successful defence
- 24Daiki KamedaIBF2013–20146 months · 0 successful defences
- 25Juan Polo PerezIBF1989–19906 months · 0 successful defences
- 26Andrew MoloneyIBF2026–present5 months · 0 successful defences
- 27Chang Tae-ilIBF1987–19875 months · 0 successful defences
- 28Cesar PolancoIBF1986–19864 months · 0 successful defences
- 29Juan Alberto RosasIBF2010–20104 months · 0 successful defences
- 30Rodrigo GuerreroIBF2011–20124 months · 0 successful defences
- 31Harold GreyIBF1996–19963 months · 0 successful defences
Timeline of world title events
1983
Chun Ju-do beats Ken Kasugai via knockout 5/15
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
1984
Chun Ju-do beats Prayurasak Muangsurin via knockout 12/15
Super Flyweight · IBF
Chun Ju-do beats Diego De Villa via knockout 1/15
Super Flyweight · IBF
Chun Ju-do beats Felix Marquez via knockout 6/15
Super Flyweight · IBF
Chun Ju-do beats William Develos via knockout 7/15
Super Flyweight · IBF
1985
Chun Ju-do beats Kwang Koo Park via knockout 15/15
Super Flyweight · IBF
Elly Pical beats Chun Ju-do via knockout 8/15
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Elly Pical beats Wayne Mulholland via knockout 3/15
Super Flyweight · IBF
1986
Cesar Polanco beats Elly Pical via split decision 15/15
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Elly Pical beats Cesar Polanco via knockout 3/15
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Elly Pical beats Dong Chun Lee via knockout 10/15
Super Flyweight · IBF
1987
Elly Pical’s reign as the IBF super flyweight world champion ends
Super Flyweight · IBF
Chang Tae-il beats Kwon Soon-chun via split decision 15/15
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Elly Pical beats Chang Tae-il via split decision 15/15
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
1988
Elly Pical beats Raul Ernesto Diaz via unanimous decision 15/15
Super Flyweight · IBF
Elly Pical beats Ki Chang Kim via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
1989
Elly Pical beats Mike Phelps via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Juan Polo Perez beats Elly Pical via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
1990
Robert Quiroga beats Juan Polo Perez via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Robert Quiroga beats Vuyani Nene via corner retirement 3/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
1991
Robert Quiroga beats Vincenzo Belcastro via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Robert Quiroga beats Akeem Anifowoshe via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
1992
Robert Quiroga beats Carlos Mercado via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Robert Quiroga beats Jose Ruiz via majority decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
1993
Julio Cesar Borboa beats Robert Quiroga via knockout 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Julio Cesar Borboa beats Joel Luna Zarate via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Julio Cesar Borboa beats Carlos Mercado via knockout 3/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Julio Cesar Borboa beats Rolando Pascua via knockout 5/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
1994
Julio Cesar Borboa beats Jorge Luis Roman via knockout 4/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Julio Cesar Borboa beats Jaji Sibali via knockout 9/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Harold Grey beats Julio Cesar Borboa via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Harold Grey beats Vincenzo Belcastro via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
1995
Harold Grey beats Orlando Tobon via majority decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Harold Grey beats Julio Cesar Borboa via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Carlos Salazar beats Harold Grey via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
1996
Carlos Salazar beats Antonello Melis via knockout 6/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Harold Grey beats Carlos Salazar via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Danny Romero Jr beats Harold Grey via knockout 2/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Danny Romero Jr beats Hipolito Saucedo via knockout 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
1997
Danny Romero Jr beats Jaji Sibali via knockout 6/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Johnny Tapia beats Danny Romero Jr via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF and WBONew IBF champion
Johnny Tapia beats Andy Agosto via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF and WBO
1998
Johnny Tapia beats Rodolfo Blanco via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF and WBO
Johnny Tapia’s reign as the IBF super flyweight world champion ends
Super Flyweight · IBF
1999
Mark Johnson beats Chaiya Pothang via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Mark Johnson beats Jorge Lacierva via technical decision 8/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Raul Juarez v Mark Johnson ends in a no contest
Super Flyweight · IBF
2000
Mark Johnson’s reign as the IBF super flyweight world champion ends
Super Flyweight · IBF
Julio Gamboa and Felix Machado draw via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Felix Machado beats Julio Gamboa via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Felix Machado beats William De Sousa via knockout 3/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2001
Felix Machado beats Mauricio Pastrana via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2002
Felix Machado beats Martin Castillo via technical decision 6/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2003
Luis Alberto Perez beats Felix Machado via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Luis Alberto Perez beats Felix Machado via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2005
Luis Alberto Perez beats Luis Bolano via knockout 6/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2006
Luis Alberto Perez beats Dmitry Kirillov via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Luis Alberto Perez’s reign as the IBF super flyweight world champion ends
Super Flyweight · IBF
2007
Dmitry Kirillov beats Jose Navarro via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
2008
Dmitry Kirillov and Cecilio Santos draw via majority decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Vic Darchinyan beats Dmitry Kirillov via knockout 5/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Vic Darchinyan beats Cristian Mijares via knockout 9/12
Super Flyweight · WBA Super, WBC and IBF
2009
Vic Darchinyan beats Jorge Arce via corner retirement 11/12
Super Flyweight · WBA Super, WBC and IBF
Vic Darchinyan’s reign as the IBF super flyweight world champion ends
Super Flyweight · IBF
Simphiwe Nongqayi beats Jorge Arce via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
2010
Simphiwe Nongqayi and Malik Bouziane draw via majority decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Juan Alberto Rosas beats Simphiwe Nongqayi via knockout 6/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Cristian Mijares beats Juan Alberto Rosas via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
2011
Cristian Mijares beats Carlos Rueda via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Cristian Mijares’s reign as the IBF super flyweight world champion ends
Super Flyweight · IBF
Rodrigo Guerrero beats Raul Martinez via technical decision 6/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
2012
Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr beats Rodrigo Guerrero via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr beats Juan Alberto Rosas via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr beats Rodel Mayol via knockout 9/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2013
Juan Carlos Sanchez Jr beats Roberto Domingo Sosa via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Daiki Kameda beats Rodrigo Guerrero via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Liborio Solis beats Daiki Kameda via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · WBA Regular and IBF
2014
Daiki Kameda’s reign as the IBF super flyweight world champion ends
Super Flyweight · IBF
Zolani Tete beats Teiru Kinoshita via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
2015
Zolani Tete beats Paul Butler via knockout 8/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Zolani Tete’s reign as the IBF super flyweight world champion ends
Super Flyweight · IBF
McJoe Arroyo becomes the IBF super flyweight world champion
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
McJoe Arroyo beats Arthur Villanueva via technical decision 10/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2016
Jerwin Ancajas beats McJoe Arroyo via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
2017
Jerwin Ancajas beats Jose Alfredo Rodriguez via corner retirement 7/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Jerwin Ancajas beats Teiru Kinoshita via knockout 7/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Jerwin Ancajas beats Jamie Conlan via knockout 6/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2018
Jerwin Ancajas beats Israel Gonzalez via knockout 10/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Jerwin Ancajas beats Jonas Sultan via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Jerwin Ancajas and Alexandro Santiago draw via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2019
Jerwin Ancajas beats Ryuichi Funai via corner retirement 6/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
Jerwin Ancajas beats Miguel Gonzalez via knockout 6/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2021
Jerwin Ancajas beats Jonathan Javier Rodriguez via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2022
Fernando Martinez beats Jerwin Ancajas via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
Fernando Martinez beats Jerwin Ancajas via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2023
Fernando Martinez beats Jade Bornea via technical knockout 11/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2024
Fernando Martinez beats Kazuto Ioka via unanimous decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · WBA Regular and IBF
Fernando Martinez’s reign as the IBF super flyweight world champion ends
Super Flyweight · IBF
Willibaldo Garcia and Rene Calixto Bibiano draw via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBF
2025
Willibaldo Garcia beats Rene Calixto Bibiano via split decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion
2026
Andrew Moloney beats Willibaldo Garcia via majority decision 12/12
Super Flyweight · IBFNew champion