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WBO super flyweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1989. Current champion: Kenshiro Teraji, since 20th Jul 2026.

World title bouts
84
Champions
23
Longest reign (Omar Narvaez, 2010–2014)
4 years, 7 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Johnny Tapia, 1994–1998)
12

Current champion

Kenshiro TerajiSince 20th Jul 2026 · 3 months · 0 successful defences

Upcoming world title bouts

  1. Kenshiro Teraji v Jassiel Ramon Amador Gamez

    Super Flyweight · WBO

Reigns and world title bouts

Jan 2022 – Jan 2027

WBO
Kazuto IokaJunto NakataniKosei TanakaPhumelele CafuJesse RodriguezTeraji
AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027
1990200020102020

World title boutScheduled

Reigns by length

  1. 1Omar NarvaezWBO2010–20144 years, 7 months · 11 successful defences
  2. 2Johnny TapiaWBO1994–19984 years · 12 successful defences
  3. 3Fernando MontielWBO2005–20093 years, 8 months · 7 successful defences
  4. 4Kazuto IokaWBO2019–20233 years, 7 months · 5 successful defences
  5. 5Naoya InoueWBO2014–20183 years, 2 months · 7 successful defences
  6. 6Jose RuizWBO1989–19922 years, 9 months · 4 successful defences
  7. 7Johnny BredahlWBO1992–19941 year, 10 months · 3 successful defences
  8. 8Adonis RivasWBO1999–20011 year, 6 months · 2 successful defences
  9. 9Fernando MontielWBO2002–20031 year, 1 month · 1 successful defence
  10. 10Mark JohnsonWBO2003–20041 year, 1 month · 1 successful defence
  11. 11Pedro AlcazarWBO2001–20021 year · 1 successful defence
  12. 12Jesse RodriguezWBO2025–202610 months · 1 successful defence
  13. 13Phumelele CafuWBO2024–20259 months · 0 successful defences
  14. 14Kosei TanakaWBO2024–20247 months · 0 successful defences
  15. 15Victor GodoiWBO1998–19997 months · 0 successful defences
  16. 16Junto NakataniWBO2023–20236 months · 1 successful defence
  17. 17Ivan HernandezWBO2004–20056 months · 0 successful defences
  18. 18Jose QuirinoWBO1992–19926 months · 0 successful defences
  19. 19Diego MoralesWBO1999–19995 months · 1 successful defence
  20. 20Jose LopezWBO2009–20095 months · 0 successful defences
  21. 21Kenshiro TerajiWBO2026–present3 months · 0 successful defences
  22. 22Jorge ArceWBO2010–20102 months · 0 successful defences
  23. 23Marvin SonsonaWBO2009–20092 months · 0 successful defences
  24. 24Donnie NietesWBO2018–20192 months · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1989

  2. Jose Ruiz beats Sugar Baby Rojas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  3. Jose Ruiz beats Juan Carazo via knockout 1/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  4. Jose Ruiz beats Angel Rosario via knockout 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  1. 1990

  2. Jose Ruiz beats Wilfredo Vargas via knockout 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  3. Jose Ruiz beats Armando Velasco via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  4. 1992

  5. Jose Quirino beats Jose Ruiz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  6. Johnny Bredahl beats Jose Quirino via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  7. 1993

  8. Johnny Bredahl beats Rafael Caban via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  9. Johnny Bredahl beats Eduardo Nazario via disqualification 4/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  10. 1994

  11. Johnny Bredahl beats Eduardo Nazario via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  12. Johnny Bredahl’s reign as the WBO super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  13. Johnny Tapia beats Henry Martinez via knockout 11/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  14. 1995

  15. Johnny Tapia beats Jose Rafael Sosa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  16. Johnny Tapia and Ricardo Vargas draw via technical decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  17. Johnny Tapia beats Arthur Johnson via majority decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  18. Johnny Tapia beats Willy Salazar via corner retirement 9/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  19. 1996

  20. Johnny Tapia beats Giovanni Andrade via knockout 2/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  21. Johnny Tapia beats Ivan Alvarez via knockout 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  22. Johnny Tapia beats Hugo Rafael Soto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  23. Johnny Tapia beats Sammy Stewart via knockout 7/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  24. Johnny Tapia beats Adonis Cruz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  25. 1997

  26. Johnny Tapia beats Jorge Barrera via knockout 3/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  27. Johnny Tapia beats Danny Romero Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · IBF and WBO

  28. Johnny Tapia beats Andy Agosto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · IBF and WBO

  29. 1998

  30. Johnny Tapia beats Rodolfo Blanco via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · IBF and WBO

  31. Johnny Tapia’s reign as the WBO super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  32. Victor Godoi becomes the WBO super flyweight world champion

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  33. 1999

  34. Diego Morales beats Victor Godoi via corner retirement 11/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  35. Diego Morales beats Ysaias Zamudio via knockout 9/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  36. Adonis Rivas beats Diego Morales via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  1. 2000

  2. Adonis Rivas beats Pedro Morquecho via technical decision 11/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  3. Adonis Rivas beats Joel Luna Zarate via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  4. 2001

  5. Pedro Alcazar beats Adonis Rivas via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  6. Pedro Alcazar beats Jorge Otero via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  7. 2002

  8. Fernando Montiel beats Pedro Alcazar via knockout 6/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  9. 2003

  10. Fernando Montiel beats Roy Doliguez via knockout 2/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  11. Mark Johnson beats Fernando Montiel via majority decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  12. 2004

  13. Mark Johnson beats Luis Bolano via knockout 4/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  14. Ivan Hernandez beats Mark Johnson via knockout 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  15. 2005

  16. Fernando Montiel beats Ivan Hernandez via knockout 7/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  17. Fernando Montiel beats Everth Briceno via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  18. Fernando Montiel beats Pramuansak Posuwan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  19. 2007

  20. Fernando Montiel beats Z Gorres via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  21. Fernando Montiel beats Cecilio Santos via knockout 10/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  22. Fernando Montiel beats Luis Melendez via knockout 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  23. 2008

  24. Fernando Montiel beats Martin Castillo via knockout 4/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  25. Fernando Montiel beats Luis Maldonado via knockout 3/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  26. 2009

  27. Fernando Montiel’s reign as the WBO super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  28. Jose Lopez beats Pramuansak Posuwan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  29. Marvin Sonsona beats Jose Lopez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  30. Marvin Sonsona and Alejandro Hernandez draw via points decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  1. 2010

  2. Jorge Arce beats Angky Angkotta via technical decision 7/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  3. Jorge Arce’s reign as the WBO super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  4. Omar Narvaez beats Everth Briceno via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  5. 2011

  6. Omar Narvaez beats Victor Zaleta via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  7. Omar Narvaez beats Cesar Seda via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  8. Omar Narvaez beats William Urina via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  9. 2012

  10. Omar Narvaez beats Jose Cabrera via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  11. Omar Narvaez beats Johnny Garcia via knockout 11/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  12. Omar Narvaez beats David Quijano via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  13. 2013

  14. Omar Narvaez beats Felipe Orucuta via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  15. Omar Narvaez beats Hiroyuki Kudaka via knockout 10/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  16. Omar Narvaez beats David Carmona via knockout 7/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  17. 2014

  18. Omar Narvaez beats Antonio Tostado Garcia via knockout 4/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  19. Omar Narvaez beats Felipe Orucuta via majority decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  20. Naoya Inoue beats Omar Narvaez via knockout 2/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  21. 2015

  22. Naoya Inoue beats Warlito Parrenas via knockout 2/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  23. 2016

  24. Naoya Inoue beats David Carmona via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  25. Naoya Inoue beats Karoon Jarupianlerd via knockout 10/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  26. Naoya Inoue beats Kohei Kono via knockout 6/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  27. 2017

  28. Naoya Inoue beats Ricardo Rodriguez via knockout 3/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  29. Naoya Inoue beats Antonio Nieves via corner retirement 6/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  30. Naoya Inoue beats Yoan Boyeaux via knockout 3/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  31. 2018

  32. Naoya Inoue’s reign as the WBO super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  33. Donnie Nietes and Aston Palicte draw via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  34. Donnie Nietes beats Kazuto Ioka via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  35. 2019

  36. Donnie Nietes’s reign as the WBO super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  37. Kazuto Ioka beats Aston Palicte via knockout 10/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  38. Kazuto Ioka beats Jeyvier Cintron via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  1. 2020

  2. Kazuto Ioka beats Kosei Tanaka via knockout 8/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  3. 2021

  4. Kazuto Ioka beats Francisco Rodriguez Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  5. Kazuto Ioka beats Ryoji Fukunaga via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  6. 2022

  7. Kazuto Ioka beats Donnie Nietes via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  8. Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco draw via majority decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBA Regular and WBO

  9. 2023

  10. Kazuto Ioka’s reign as the WBO super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  11. Junto Nakatani beats Andrew Moloney via knockout 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  12. Junto Nakatani beats Argi Cortes via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  13. Junto Nakatani’s reign as the WBO super flyweight world champion ends

    Super Flyweight · WBO

  14. 2024

  15. Kosei Tanaka beats Christian Bacasegua Rangel via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  16. Phumelele Cafu beats Kosei Tanaka via split decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

  17. 2025

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

    Super Flyweight · WBC, WBO and The RingNew WBO champion

  19. 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,

  20. 2026

  21. Jesse Rodriguez vacates the WBO super flyweight world title

    Super Flyweight · WBO

    Source: Jesse 'Bam' Rodriguez vacates all world titles ahead of Antonio Vargas fight(opens in a new tab), Boxing News, Kerr Ferguson,

  22. Kenshiro Teraji beats Israel Gonzalez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Flyweight · WBONew champion

    Source: Teraji twice floors, outpoints Gonzalez to win WBO 115-pound title(opens in a new tab), The Ring, Mosope Ominiyi,

  23. Kenshiro Teraji v Jassiel Ramon Amador Gamez

    Super Flyweight · WBOScheduled

    Source: WBO Statement Regarding Hamzah Sheeraz and the Super Middleweight World Championship(opens in a new tab), WBO,