RING FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 May, 2026

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The Ring Flyweight Champion

Vacant

1
United States flag
Ricardo Rafael Sandoval photo
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Sandoval
2
Japan flag
Masamichi Yabuki photo
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Yabuki
3
United States flag
Anthony Olascuaga photo
-
Olascuaga
4
Japan flag
Seigo Yuri Akui photo
-
Akui
5
United Kingdom flag
Galal Yafai photo
-
Yafai
6
Mexico flag
Angel Ayala Lardizabal photo
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Lardizabal
7
Nicaragua flag
Felix Alvarado photo
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Alvarado
8
Philippines flag
Miel Fajardo photo
-
Fajardo

14-3-2

9
Mexico flag
Joselito Velasquez photo
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Velasquez

22-1-1

10
Mexico flag
Yoali Mejia Mosqueda photo
-
Mosqueda

15-0-0

WBO FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 May, 2026

United States flag
Anthony Olascuaga photo

WBO World Flyweight Champion

Anthony
Olascuaga

12-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
Mexico flag Velasquez (13-1-0) 11-Jul-2026
Last defence
Japan flag Iimura (9-1-0) TKO 9 15-Mar-2026
Time inactive
57 days - (1 month & 27 days)
Won against
Japan flag Kano (22-4-2) KO 3 20-Jul-2024
Time held
660 days - (1 year & 9 months)
Total defences
5
Mar 15 2026
TKO 9 Japan flag Iimura (9-1-0)
Dec 17 2025
TKO 4 Japan flag Kuwahara (14-2-0)
Sep 11 2025
TKO 2 Puerto Rico flag Camacho (19-1-0)
Mar 13 2025
UD 12 Japan flag Kyoguchi (19-2-0)
Oct 14 2024
TKO 1 Puerto Rico flag Gonzalez (28-3-1)
Activity average
Every 132 days - (4 months & 12 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
Puerto Rico flag Camacho (19-1-0) TKO 2 11-Sep-2025
Since a mandatory
242 days - (8 months)
1
Mexico flag
Yoali Mejia Mosqueda photo
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Mosqueda

15-0-0

2
Japan flag
Seigo Yuri Akui photo
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Akui
3
Japan flag
Kosuke Tomioka photo
1
Tomioka

11-4-1

4
Japan flag
Kyosuke Takami photo
1
Takami
5
Philippines flag
Arvin Jhon Paciones photo
1
Paciones

12-0-0

6
Venezuela flag
Angelino Cordova photo
1
Cordova

19-0-2

7
Colombia flag
Yuberjen Martinez photo
1
Martinez

6-0-0

8
Japan flag
Atsuki Sano photo
1
Sano

9-0-0

9
Namibia flag
Fillemon Nghutenanye photo
2
Nghutenanye

14-1-2

10
Nicaragua flag
Gerardo Zapata photo
2
Zapata

16-3-1

11
Japan flag
Sho Nogami photo
2
Nogami

8-0-0

12
United States flag
Abraham R Perez photo
2
Perez

13-0-0

13
Mexico flag
Angel Ayala Lardizabal photo
2
Lardizabal
14
Mexico flag
Andy Dominguez Velasquez photo
Velasquez

13-1-0

15
Panama flag
Angel Bethancourt photo
Bethancourt

8-0-1

Dropped Out This Month

Argentina flag
Tobias Jeremias Reyes photo
Reyes

18-2-1

IBF FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 May, 2026

Japan flag
Masamichi Yabuki photo

IBF World Flyweight Champion

Masamichi
Yabuki

19-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
Mexico flag Calixto (24-1-1) 06-Jun-2026
Last defence
Nicaragua flag Alvarado (42-4-0) KO 12 27-Dec-2025
Time inactive
136 days - (4 months & 16 days)
Won against
Mexico flag Lardizabal (18-0-0) TKO 12 29-Mar-2025
Time held
409 days - (1 year & 1 month)
Total defences
1
Dec 27 2025
KO 12 Nicaragua flag Alvarado (42-4-0)
Activity average
Every 409 days - (1 year & 1 month)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
Nicaragua flag Alvarado (42-4-0) KO 12 27-Dec-2025
Since a mandatory
136 days - (4 months & 16 days)
1
Philippines flag
Miel Fajardo photo
3
Fajardo [m]

14-3-2

2
Blank photo
1
Vacant
3
Mexico flag
Rene Calixto photo
2
Calixto

24-1-1

4
Mexico flag
Joselito Velasquez photo
2
Velasquez

22-1-1

5
Japan flag
Kyosuke Takami photo
2
Takami
6
Japan flag
Kosuke Tomioka photo
2
Tomioka

11-4-1

7
United States flag
Abraham R Perez photo
5
Perez

13-0-0

8
Japan flag
Seigo Yuri Akui photo
1
Akui
9
Ryoma Morimoto photo
1
Morimoto

12-1-0

10
Nicaragua flag
Felix Alvarado photo
1
Alvarado
11
Uzbekistan flag
Hasanboy Dusmatov photo
2
Dusmatov

7-0-0

12
South Africa flag
Nkosingiphile Sibisi photo
2
Sibisi

12-0-0

13
Philippines flag
Arvin Jhon Paciones photo
2
Paciones

12-0-0

14
Japan flag
Sho Nogami photo
Nogami

8-0-0

15
Nicaragua flag
Gerardo Zapata photo
Zapata

16-3-1

Dropped Out This Month

Argentina flag
Tobias Jeremias Reyes photo
Reyes

18-2-1

WBC FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 06 May, 2026

United States flag
Ricardo Rafael Sandoval photo

WBC World Flyweight Champion

Ricardo Rafael Sandoval

27-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
United Kingdom flag Yafai (9-0-0) 06-Jun-2026
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
Won against
Japan flag Teraji (25-1-0) SD 12 30-Jul-2025
Time held
285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
United Kingdom flag
Galal Yafai photo

WBC Interim World Flyweight Champion

Galal
Yafai

9-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Mexico flag Rodriguez Jr (39-6-1) NC 12 21-Jun-2025
Time inactive
324 days - (10 months & 20 days)
Won against
()
Time held
20584 days - (56 years & 4 months)
Total defences
2
Jun 21 2025
NC 12 Mexico flag Rodriguez Jr (39-6-1)
Nov 30 2024
TKO 6 United Kingdom flag Edwards (21-1-0)
Activity average
Every 10292 days - (28 years & 2 months)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
20584 days - (56 years & 4 months)
1
Mexico flag
Francisco Rodriguez Jr photo
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Rodriguez Jr
2
Venezuela flag
Angelino Cordova photo
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Cordova

19-0-2

3
Thailand flag
Thananchai Charunphak photo
1
Charunphak

30-2-0

4
Mexico flag
Joselito Velasquez photo
2
Velasquez

22-1-1

5
Mexico flag
Angel Ayala Lardizabal photo
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Lardizabal
6
Mexico flag
Yoali Mejia Mosqueda photo
2
Mosqueda

15-0-0

7
Philippines flag
Miel Fajardo photo
Fajardo

14-3-2

8
Puerto Rico flag
Yankiel Rivera Figueroa photo
1
Figueroa

7-1-1

9
Philippines flag
Jesse Espinas photo
1
Espinas

25-7-0

10
Zimbabwe flag
Ndabezinhle Phiri photo
1
Phiri

10-0-0

11
Philippines flag
Arvin Jhon Paciones photo
1
Paciones

12-0-0

12
Cuba flag
Damian Arce Duarte photo
2
Duarte

10-3-0

13
Japan flag
Sho Nogami photo
2
Nogami

8-0-0

14
Nicaragua flag
Felix Alvarado photo
Alvarado
15
Argentina flag
Tobias Jeremias Reyes photo
8
Reyes

18-2-1

Dropped Out This Month

Japan flag
Kyosuke Takami photo
Takami
Mexico flag
Rene Calixto photo
Calixto

24-1-1

WBA FLYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 02 May, 2026

United States flag
Ricardo Rafael Sandoval photo

WBA World Flyweight Champion

Ricardo Rafael Sandoval

27-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
Won against
Japan flag Teraji (25-1-0) SD 12 30-Jul-2025
Time held
285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
285 days - (9 months & 12 days)
1
Japan flag
Kyosuke Takami photo
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Takami
2
Japan flag
Seigo Yuri Akui photo
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Akui
3
Puerto Rico flag
Yankiel Rivera Figueroa photo
-
Figueroa

7-1-1

4
Japan flag
Kosuke Tomioka photo
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Tomioka

11-4-1

5
Thailand flag
Thananchai Charunphak photo
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Charunphak

30-2-0

6
Uzbekistan flag
Hasanboy Dusmatov photo
-
Dusmatov

7-0-0

7
Argentina flag
Joel Agustin Contreras photo
-
Contreras

11-1-0

8
Spain flag
Samuel Carmona photo
-
Carmona

13-1-0

9
Mongolia flag
Enkhmandakh Kharkhuu photo
-
Kharkhuu

7-0-0

10
United Kingdom flag
Hamza Uddin photo
-
Uddin

6-0-0

11
Mexico flag
Joselito Velasquez photo
-
Velasquez

22-1-1

12
Japan flag
Sho Nogami photo
-
Nogami

8-0-0

13
Mexico flag
Yoali Mejia Mosqueda photo
-
Mosqueda

15-0-0

14
Mexico flag
Angel Alvarado Soto photo
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Soto

13-1-0

15
Nicaragua flag
Gerardo Zapata photo
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Zapata

16-3-1

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RING FLYWEIGHT
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The Ring Flyweight Champion

  1. (27-2-0) -
  2. (19-4-0) -
  3. (12-1-0) -
  4. (22-3-1) -
  5. (9-0-0) -
  6. (18-1-0) -
  7. (42-5-0) -
  8. Philippines flag Miel Fajardo
    (14-3-2) -
  9. Mexico flag Joselito Velasquez
    (22-1-1) -
  10. Mexico flag Yoali Mejia Mosqueda
    (15-0-0) -
WBO FLYWEIGHT
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United States flag Anthony Olascuaga (12-1-0)

WBO World Flyweight Champion

  1. Mexico flag Yoali Mejia Mosqueda
    (15-0-0) -
  2. (22-3-1) -
  3. Japan flag Kosuke Tomioka
    (11-4-1) 1
  4. (10-1-0) 1
  5. Philippines flag Arvin Jhon Paciones
    (12-0-0) 1
  6. Venezuela flag Angelino Cordova
    (19-0-2) 1
  7. Colombia flag Yuberjen Martinez
    (6-0-0) 1
  8. Japan flag Atsuki Sano
    (9-0-0) 1
  9. Namibia flag Fillemon Nghutenanye
    (14-1-2) 2
  10. Nicaragua flag Gerardo Zapata
    (16-3-1) 2
  11. Japan flag Sho Nogami
    (8-0-0) 2
  12. United States flag Abraham R Perez
    (13-0-0) 2
  13. (18-1-0) 2
  14. Mexico flag Andy Dominguez Velasquez
    (13-1-0)
  15. Panama flag Angel Bethancourt
    (8-0-1)
Dropped Out This Month
IBF FLYWEIGHT
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Japan flag Masamichi Yabuki (19-4-0)

IBF World Flyweight Champion

  1. Philippines flag Miel Fajardo [m]
    (14-3-2) 3
  2. Vacant
  3. Mexico flag Rene Calixto
    (24-1-1) 2
  4. Mexico flag Joselito Velasquez
    (22-1-1) 2
  5. (10-1-0) 2
  6. Japan flag Kosuke Tomioka
    (11-4-1) 2
  7. United States flag Abraham R Perez
    (13-0-0) 5
  8. (22-3-1) 1
  9. Ryoma Morimoto
    (12-1-0) 1
  10. (42-5-0) 1
  11. Uzbekistan flag Hasanboy Dusmatov
    (7-0-0) 2
  12. South Africa flag Nkosingiphile Sibisi
    (12-0-0) 2
  13. Philippines flag Arvin Jhon Paciones
    (12-0-0) 2
  14. Japan flag Sho Nogami
    (8-0-0)
  15. Nicaragua flag Gerardo Zapata
    (16-3-1)
Dropped Out This Month
  • Argentina flag Tobias Jeremias Reyes (18-2-1) (3)
WBC FLYWEIGHT
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United States flag Ricardo Rafael Sandoval (27-2-0)

WBC World Flyweight Champion

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United Kingdom flag Galal Yafai (9-0-0)

WBC Interim World Flyweight Champion

  1. (40-6-1) -
  2. Venezuela flag Angelino Cordova
    (19-0-2) -
  3. Thailand flag Thananchai Charunphak
    (30-2-0) 1
  4. Mexico flag Joselito Velasquez
    (22-1-1) 2
  5. (18-1-0) -
  6. Mexico flag Yoali Mejia Mosqueda
    (15-0-0) 2
  7. Philippines flag Miel Fajardo
    (14-3-2)
  8. Puerto Rico flag Yankiel Rivera Figueroa
    (7-1-1) 1
  9. Philippines flag Jesse Espinas
    (25-7-0) 1
  10. Zimbabwe flag Ndabezinhle Phiri
    (10-0-0) 1
  11. Philippines flag Arvin Jhon Paciones
    (12-0-0) 1
  12. Cuba flag Damian Arce Duarte
    (10-3-0) 2
  13. Japan flag Sho Nogami
    (8-0-0) 2
  14. (42-5-0)
  15. Argentina flag Tobias Jeremias Reyes
    (18-2-1) 8
Dropped Out This Month
WBA FLYWEIGHT
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United States flag Ricardo Rafael Sandoval (27-2-0)

WBA World Flyweight Champion

  1. (10-1-0) -
  2. (22-3-1) -
  3. Puerto Rico flag Yankiel Rivera Figueroa
    (7-1-1) -
  4. Japan flag Kosuke Tomioka
    (11-4-1) -
  5. Thailand flag Thananchai Charunphak
    (30-2-0) -
  6. Uzbekistan flag Hasanboy Dusmatov
    (7-0-0) -
  7. Argentina flag Joel Agustin Contreras
    (11-1-0) -
  8. Spain flag Samuel Carmona
    (13-1-0) -
  9. Mongolia flag Enkhmandakh Kharkhuu
    (7-0-0) -
  10. United Kingdom flag Hamza Uddin
    (6-0-0) -
  11. Mexico flag Joselito Velasquez
    (22-1-1) -
  12. Japan flag Sho Nogami
    (8-0-0) -
  13. Mexico flag Yoali Mejia Mosqueda
    (15-0-0) -
  14. Mexico flag Angel Alvarado Soto
    (13-1-0) -
  15. Nicaragua flag Gerardo Zapata
    (16-3-1) -

Box.Live Power Rankings – Flyweight

Box.Live's Power Rankings provide a simple method for ranking active fighters 1st through 38th in the flyweight division.

Outside the top 10 or so fighters, who are more likely to be ranked for their current ability and standing at flyweight, others are considered by their potential future influence as mandatory or eliminator contenders. Every fighter is either a champion or ranked by at least one organisation at flyweight, so inactive fighters may not appear until they fight again.

Order: Ring champion, Ring positions 1–10, then other world champions, then by combined ranking points (WBC/IBF/WBO/WBA).

Key: (c) = champion, (int) = interim, (reg) = WBA regular when multiple champions, [m] = mandatory.

# Fighter The Ring WBC IBF WBO WBA Change
1 Ricardo Rafael Sandoval (27-2-0) United States flag 1 (c) - - (c) -
2 Masamichi Yabuki (19-4-0) Japan flag 2 - (c) - - -
3 Anthony Olascuaga (12-1-0) United States flag 3 - - (c) - -
4 Seigo Yuri Akui (22-3-1) Japan flag 4 - 8 2 2 -
5 Galal Yafai (9-0-0) United Kingdom flag 5 (int) - - - -
6 Angel Ayala Lardizabal (18-1-0) Mexico flag 6 5 - 13 - -
7 Felix Alvarado (42-5-0) Nicaragua flag 7 14 10 - - -
8 Miel Fajardo (14-3-2) Philippines flag 8 7 1 [m] - - -
9 Joselito Velasquez (22-1-1) Mexico flag 9 4 4 - 11 -
10 Yoali Mejia Mosqueda (15-0-0) Mexico flag 10 6 - 1 13 -
11 Kyosuke Takami (10-1-0) Japan flag - - 5 4 1 -
12 Kosuke Tomioka (11-4-1) Japan flag - - 6 3 4 -
13 Angelino Cordova (19-0-2) Venezuela flag - 2 - 6 - -
14 Thananchai Charunphak (30-2-0) Thailand flag - 3 - - 5 -
15 Yankiel Rivera Figueroa (7-1-1) Puerto Rico flag - 8 - - 3 -
16 Arvin Jhon Paciones (12-0-0) Philippines flag - 11 13 5 - -
17 Francisco Rodriguez Jr (40-6-1) Mexico flag - 1 - - - -
18 Hasanboy Dusmatov (7-0-0) Uzbekistan flag - - 11 - 6 +1
19 Sho Nogami (8-0-0) Japan flag - 13 14 11 12 +1
20 Rene Calixto (24-1-1) Mexico flag - - 3 - - +1
21 Abraham R Perez (13-0-0) United States flag - - 7 12 - +5
22 Joel Agustin Contreras (11-1-0) Argentina flag - - - - 7 -
23 Yuberjen Martinez (6-0-0) Colombia flag - - - 7 - -
24 Atsuki Sano (9-0-0) Japan flag - - - 8 - -
25 Samuel Carmona (13-1-0) Spain flag - - - - 8 -
26 Gerardo Zapata (16-3-1) Nicaragua flag - - 15 10 15 +4
27 Enkhmandakh Kharkhuu (7-0-0) Mongolia flag - - - - 9 -
28 Fillemon Nghutenanye (14-1-2) Namibia flag - - - 9 - -
29 Jesse Espinas (25-7-0) Philippines flag - 9 - - - -
30 Ryoma Morimoto (12-1-0) - - 9 - - +3
31 Hamza Uddin (6-0-0) United Kingdom flag - - - - 10 -
32 Ndabezinhle Phiri (10-0-0) Zimbabwe flag - 10 - - - -
33 Damian Arce Duarte (10-3-0) Cuba flag - 12 - - - +1
34 Nkosingiphile Sibisi (12-0-0) South Africa flag - - 12 - - +3
35 Andy Dominguez Velasquez (13-1-0) Mexico flag - - - 14 - -
36 Angel Alvarado Soto (13-1-0) Mexico flag - - - - 14 -
37 Angel Bethancourt (8-0-1) Panama flag - - - 15 - +1
38 Tobias Jeremias Reyes (18-2-1) Argentina flag - 15 - - - -20

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