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WBC super flyweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1980. Current champion: Ricardo Malajika, since 27th Sep 2026.

World title bouts
126
Champions
26
Longest reign (Masamori Tokuyama, 2000–2004)
3 years, 10 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Moon Sung-kil, 1990–1993)
9

Current champion

Ricardo MalajikaSince 27th Sep 2026 · 1 month · 0 successful defences

Reigns and world title bouts

Jan 2022 – Jan 2027

WBC
Jesse RodriguezJuan Francisco EstradaJesse Rodriguez
AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027
19801990200020102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Masamori TokuyamaWBC2000–20043 years, 10 months · 8 successful defences
  2. 2Moon Sung-kilWBC1990–19933 years, 9 months · 9 successful defences
  3. 3Hiroshi KawashimaWBC1994–19972 years, 9 months · 6 successful defences
  4. 4Carlos CuadrasWBC2014–20162 years, 3 months · 5 successful defences
  5. 5Srisaket Sor RungvisaiWBC2017–20192 years, 1 month · 3 successful defences
  6. 6Cho In-jooWBC1998–20001 year, 11 months · 5 successful defences
  7. 7Jesse RodriguezWBC2024–20261 year, 11 months · 3 successful defences
  8. 8Juan Francisco EstradaWBC2019–20211 year, 11 months · 3 successful defences
  9. 9Cristian MijaresWBC2006–20081 year, 10 months · 7 successful defences
  10. 10Kim Chul-HoWBC1981–19821 year, 10 months · 4 successful defences
  11. 11Vic DarchinyanWBC2008–20101 year, 9 months · 3 successful defences
  12. 12Jiro WatanabeWBC1984–19861 year, 8 months · 4 successful defences
  13. 13Gilberto RomanWBC1988–19891 year, 6 months · 5 successful defences
  14. 14Juan Francisco EstradaWBC2022–20241 year, 6 months · 0 successful defences
  15. 15Gerry PenalosaWBC1997–19981 year, 6 months · 2 successful defences
  16. 16Masamori TokuyamaWBC2005–20061 year, 4 months · 1 successful defence
  17. 17Gilberto RomanWBC1986–19871 year, 1 month · 5 successful defences
  18. 18Yota SatoWBC2012–20131 year, 1 month · 2 successful defences
  19. 19Srisaket Sor RungvisaiWBC2013–20141 year · 1 successful defence
  20. 20Katsushige KawashimaWBC2004–20051 year · 2 successful defences
  21. 21Rafael OronoWBC1982–198311 months · 3 successful defences
  22. 22Rafael OronoWBC1980–198111 months · 2 successful defences
  23. 23Tomas RojasWBC2010–201110 months · 2 successful defences
  24. 24Jesse RodriguezWBC2022–20228 months · 2 successful defences
  25. 25Sugar Baby RojasWBC1987–19888 months · 1 successful defence
  26. 26Payao PoontaratWBC1983–19847 months · 1 successful defence
  27. 27Suriyan KaikanhaWBC2011–20127 months · 1 successful defence
  28. 28Roman GonzalezWBC2016–20176 months · 0 successful defences
  29. 29Jose Luis BuenoWBC1993–19945 months · 0 successful defences
  30. 30Santos LaciarWBC1987–19872 months · 0 successful defences
  31. 31Nana KonaduWBC1989–19902 months · 0 successful defences
  32. 32Ricardo MalajikaWBC2026–present1 month · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1980

  2. Rafael Orono beats Lee Seung-hoon via split decision 15/15

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  3. Rafael Orono beats Ramon Balbino Soria via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  4. Rafael Orono and Willie Jensen draw via majority decision 15/15

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  5. Rafael Orono beats Jovito Rengifo via knockout 3/15

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  6. 1981

  7. Kim Chul-Ho beats Rafael Orono via knockout 9/15

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  8. Kim Chul-Ho beats Jiro Watanabe via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  9. Kim Chul-Ho beats Willie Jensen via knockout 13/15

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  10. Kim Chul-Ho beats Jackal Maruyama via knockout 9/15

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  11. 1982

  12. Kim Chul-Ho beats Koki Ishii via knockout 8/15

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  13. Kim Chul-Ho and Raul Valdez draw via majority decision 15/15

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  14. Rafael Orono beats Kim Chul-Ho via knockout 6/15

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  15. 1983

  16. Rafael Orono beats Pedro Romero via knockout 4/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  17. Rafael Orono beats Raul Valdez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  18. Rafael Orono beats Orlando Maldonado via knockout 5/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  19. Payao Poontarat beats Rafael Orono via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  20. 1984

  21. Payao Poontarat beats Guty Espadas via knockout 10/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  22. Jiro Watanabe beats Payao Poontarat via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  23. Jiro Watanabe beats Payao Poontarat via knockout 11/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  24. 1985

  25. Jiro Watanabe beats Julio Soto Solano via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  26. Jiro Watanabe beats Kazuo Katsuma via knockout 7/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  27. Jiro Watanabe beats Suk Hwan Yun via knockout 5/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  28. 1986

  29. Gilberto Roman beats Jiro Watanabe via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  30. Gilberto Roman beats Edgar Monserrat via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  31. Gilberto Roman beats Ruben Condori via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  32. Gilberto Roman and Santos Laciar draw via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  33. Gilberto Roman beats Kongtoranee Payakaroon via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  34. 1987

  35. Gilberto Roman beats Antoine Montero via knockout 9/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  36. Gilberto Roman beats Frank Cedeno via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  37. Santos Laciar beats Gilberto Roman via knockout 11/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  38. Sugar Baby Rojas beats Santos Laciar via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  39. Sugar Baby Rojas beats Gustavo Ballas via knockout 4/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  40. 1988

  41. Gilberto Roman beats Sugar Baby Rojas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  42. Gilberto Roman beats Yoshiyuki Uchida via knockout 5/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  43. Gilberto Roman beats Kiyoshi Hatanaka via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  44. Gilberto Roman beats Sugar Baby Rojas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  45. 1989

  46. Gilberto Roman beats Juan Carazo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  47. Gilberto Roman beats Santos Laciar via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  48. Nana Konadu beats Gilberto Roman via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  1. 1990

  2. Moon Sung-kil beats Nana Konadu via technical decision 9/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  3. Moon Sung-kil beats Gilberto Roman via corner retirement 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  4. Moon Sung-kil beats Kenji Matsumura via technical decision 5/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  5. 1991

  6. Moon Sung-kil beats Nana Konadu via knockout 4/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  7. Moon Sung-kil beats Ernesto Ford via knockout 5/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  8. Moon Sung-kil beats Torsak Pongsupa via knockout 6/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  9. 1992

  10. Moon Sung-kil beats Armando Salazar via knockout 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  11. Moon Sung-kil beats Greg Richardson via majority decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  12. 1993

  13. Moon Sung-kil beats Hilario Zapata via knockout 1/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  14. Moon Sung-kil beats Carlos Salazar via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  15. Jose Luis Bueno beats Moon Sung-kil via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  16. 1994

  17. Hiroshi Kawashima beats Jose Luis Bueno via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  18. Hiroshi Kawashima beats Carlos Salazar via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  19. 1995

  20. Hiroshi Kawashima beats Jose Luis Bueno via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  21. Hiroshi Kawashima beats Seung Koo Lee via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  22. Hiroshi Kawashima beats Boy Aruan via knockout 3/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  23. 1996

  24. Hiroshi Kawashima beats Cecilio Espino via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  25. Hiroshi Kawashima beats Domingo Sosa via knockout 2/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  26. 1997

  27. Gerry Penalosa beats Hiroshi Kawashima via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  28. Gerry Penalosa beats Seung Koo Lee via knockout 9/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  29. Gerry Penalosa beats Young Joo Cho via knockout 10/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  30. 1998

  31. Gerry Penalosa and Joel Luna Zarate draw via technical decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  32. Cho In-joo beats Gerry Penalosa via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  33. 1999

  34. Cho In-joo beats Joel Luna Zarate via majority decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  35. Cho In-joo beats Pone Saengmorakot via knockout 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  36. Cho In-joo beats Keiji Yamaguchi via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  1. 2000

  2. Cho In-joo beats Gerry Penalosa via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  3. Cho In-joo beats Julio Cesar Avila via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  4. Masamori Tokuyama beats Cho In-joo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  5. Masamori Tokuyama beats Akihiko Nago via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  6. 2001

  7. Masamori Tokuyama beats Cho In-joo via knockout 5/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  8. Masamori Tokuyama beats Gerry Penalosa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  9. 2002

  10. Masamori Tokuyama beats Kazuhiro Ryuko via knockout 9/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  11. Masamori Tokuyama beats Erik Lopez via corner retirement 6/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  12. Masamori Tokuyama beats Gerry Penalosa via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  13. 2003

  14. Masamori Tokuyama beats Katsushige Kawashima via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  15. 2004

  16. Masamori Tokuyama beats Dmitry Kirillov via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  17. Katsushige Kawashima beats Masamori Tokuyama via knockout 1/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  18. Katsushige Kawashima beats Raul Juarez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  19. 2005

  20. Katsushige Kawashima beats Jose Navarro via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  21. Masamori Tokuyama beats Katsushige Kawashima via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  22. 2006

  23. Masamori Tokuyama beats Jose Navarro via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  24. Masamori Tokuyama’s reign as the WBC super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBC

    Cristian Mijares becomes the WBC super flyweight world champion

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  25. 2007

  26. Cristian Mijares beats Katsushige Kawashima via knockout 10/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  27. Cristian Mijares beats Jorge Arce via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  28. Cristian Mijares beats Teppei Kikui via knockout 10/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  29. Cristian Mijares beats Franck Gorjux via knockout 1/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  30. 2008

  31. Cristian Mijares beats Jose Navarro via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  32. Cristian Mijares beats Alexander Munoz via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBA Super and WBC

  33. Cristian Mijares beats Chatchai Sasakul via knockout 3/12

    Super Flyweight · WBA Super and WBC

  34. Vic Darchinyan beats Cristian Mijares via knockout 9/12

    Super Flyweight · WBA Super, WBC and IBFNew WBC champion

  35. 2009

  36. Vic Darchinyan beats Jorge Arce via corner retirement 11/12

    Super Flyweight · WBA Super, WBC and IBF

  37. Vic Darchinyan beats Tomas Rojas via knockout 2/12

    Super Flyweight · WBA Super and WBC

  1. 2010

  2. Vic Darchinyan beats Rodrigo Guerrero via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBA Super and WBC

  3. Vic Darchinyan’s reign as the WBC super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  4. Tomas Rojas beats Kohei Kono via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  5. 2011

  6. Tomas Rojas beats Nobuo Nashiro via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  7. Tomas Rojas beats Juan Jose Montes via corner retirement 11/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  8. Suriyan Kaikanha beats Tomas Rojas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  9. Suriyan Kaikanha beats Nobuo Nashiro via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  10. 2012

  11. Yota Sato beats Suriyan Kaikanha via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  12. Yota Sato beats Silvester Lopez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  13. Yota Sato beats Ryo Akaho via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  14. 2013

  15. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai beats Yota Sato via knockout 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  16. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai beats Hirofumi Mukai via technical knockout 9/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  17. 2014

  18. Carlos Cuadras beats Srisaket Sor Rungvisai via technical decision 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  19. Carlos Cuadras and Jose Salgado draw via technical decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  20. Carlos Cuadras beats Marvin Mabait via knockout 6/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  21. 2015

  22. Carlos Cuadras beats Luis Concepcion via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  23. Carlos Cuadras beats Dixon Flores via knockout 5/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  24. Carlos Cuadras beats Koki Eto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  25. 2016

  26. Carlos Cuadras beats Richie Mepranum via corner retirement 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  27. Roman Gonzalez beats Carlos Cuadras via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  28. 2017

  29. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai beats Roman Gonzalez via majority decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  30. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai beats Roman Gonzalez via knockout 4/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  31. 2018

  32. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai beats Juan Francisco Estrada via majority decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC and The Ring

  33. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai beats Hiram Irak Diaz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC and The Ring

  34. 2019

  35. Juan Francisco Estrada beats Srisaket Sor Rungvisai via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion

  36. Juan Francisco Estrada beats Dewayne Beamon via knockout 9/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC and The Ring

  1. 2020

  2. Juan Francisco Estrada beats Carlos Cuadras via knockout 11/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC and The Ring

  3. 2021

  4. Juan Francisco Estrada beats Roman Gonzalez via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBA Super, WBC and The Ring

  5. Juan Francisco Estrada’s reign as the WBC super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  6. 2022

  7. Jesse Rodriguez beats Carlos Cuadras via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

  8. Jesse Rodriguez beats Srisaket Sor Rungvisai via technical knockout 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  9. Jesse Rodriguez beats Israel Gonzalez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  10. Jesse Rodriguez’s reign as the WBC super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBC

  11. Juan Francisco Estrada beats Roman Gonzalez via majority decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion

  12. 2024

  13. Jesse Rodriguez beats Juan Francisco Estrada via knockout 7/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC and The RingNew WBC champion

  14. Jesse Rodriguez beats Pedro Guevara via technical knockout 3/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC and The Ring

  15. 2025

  16. Jesse Rodriguez beats Phumelele Cafu via technical knockout 10/12

    Super Flyweight · WBC, WBO and The Ring

  17. Jesse Rodriguez beats Fernando Martinez via knockout 10/12

    Super Flyweight · WBA Regular, WBC, WBO and The Ring

    Source: Benavidez–Yarde KO, Haney–Norman Jr Upset, Mason–Noakes Thriller & Rodriguez–Martinez Domination Headline Explosive Riyadh Fight Night(opens in a new tab), Boxing News 24, Ken Hissner,

  18. 2026

  19. Jesse Rodriguez vacates the WBC super flyweight world title

    Super Flyweight · WBC

    Source: WBC: Junior Bantamweight Title 'Bam' Rodriguez Held Now Vacant(opens in a new tab), The Ring, Nate Pardo-Marrero,

  20. Ricardo Malajika beats Tomoya Tsuboi via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBCNew champion

    Source: Malajika upsets Tsuboi to win WBC title, Matsumoto outworks Acosta(opens in a new tab), The Ring, Mosope Ominiyi,