The 14 Greatest Flyweight Boxers of All Time

The lightest of the classic divisions has produced some of the sport's fastest hands and fiercest rivalries. Old-time pioneers meet modern pound-for-pound stars.

1. 1
   Jimmy Wilde

   Welsh "Mighty Atom" who became the first world flyweight champion and held the title from 1916 to 1923.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Vic Darchinyan

   Armenian-Australian power puncher who held the IBF flyweight title from 2004 to 2007.
   777pts
3. 3
   Dado Marino

   Hawaiian who won the world flyweight title in 1950 and held it until 1952.
   678pts
4. 4
   Santos Laciar

   Argentine WBA flyweight champion of the early 1980s.
   555pts
5. 5
   Frankie Genaro

   American Olympic gold medalist who held world flyweight titles from the late 1920s to 1931.
   555pts
6. 6
   Midget Wolgast

   American who was recognised as world flyweight champion in New York in the early 1930s.
   555pts
7. 7
   Hiroyuki Ebihara

   Japanese southpaw who won world flyweight titles in 1963 and 1969.
   555pts
8. 8
   Pascual Pérez

   Argentine Olympic gold medalist who ruled as world flyweight champion from 1954 to 1960.
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9. 9
   Pancho Villa

   Filipino who dethroned Jimmy Wilde in 1923 and reigned as world flyweight champion until his death in 1925.
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10. 10
    Fidel LaBarba

    American 1924 Olympic champion who became undisputed world flyweight champion in 1927.
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11. 11
    Chartchai Chionoi

    Thai fighter who won world flyweight titles three times between 1966 and 1975.
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12. 12
    Roman González

    Nicaraguan "Chocolatito" who won the WBC flyweight title in 2014 and was rated the world's best pound-for-pound fighter.
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13. 13
    Young Perez

    Tunisian-born world flyweight champion of 1931–1932 who was murdered during the Holocaust.
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14. 14
    Yoshio Shirai

    Japan's first world boxing champion, winning the flyweight title in 1952.
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