Light flyweight
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Light flyweight, also known as junior flyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between 105 lb. and 108 lb. Some popular light flyweights include Jorge Arce and, more recently, Brian Viloria and Roberto Vásquez. At the Summer Olympic Games, the division is defined as up to 48 kilograms.
[edit] Olympic champions
- 1968 – Francisco Rodríguez (VEN)
- 1972 – György Gedó (HUN)
- 1976 – Jorge Hernández (CUB)
- 1980 – Shamil Sabirov (URS)
- 1984 – Paul Gonzales (USA)
- 1988 – Ivailo Marinov (BUL)
- 1992 – Rogelio Marcelo (CUB)
- 1996 – Daniel Petrov (BUL)
- 2000 – Brahim Asloum (FRA)
- 2004 – Yan Bartelemí Varela (CUB)
[edit] Professional Champions
Weight divisions in boxing |
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Professional boxing |
Strawweight | Light Flyweight | Flyweight | Super Flyweight | Bantamweight | Super Bantamweight | Featherweight | Super Featherweight | Lightweight | Light Welterweight | Welterweight | Light Middleweight | Middleweight | Super Middleweight | Light Heavyweight | Cruiserweight | Heavyweight |
Olympic boxing |
Light Flyweight | Flyweight | Bantamweight | Featherweight | Lightweight | Light Welterweight | Welterweight | Middleweight | Light Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Super Heavyweight |