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Super Flyweight Boxing Rankings

Updating the Super Flyweight Boxing Rankings after Junto Nakatani defeats Argi Cortes to remain WBO Junior Bantamweight Champion

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By Sunday Umoh | June 28, 2022

Junto Nakatani moves up the Super Flyweight Boxing Rankings after a successful WBO Junior Bantamweight Title defense against Argi Cortes.

Honorable Mention

Donnie Nietes

Donnie Nietes is a Filipino professional boxer with a record of 43 wins, 1 loss, and 6 draws. 

Nietes is a four-division champion, having held multiple world titles at mini-flyweight, junior flyweight, flyweight, and super flyweight. He is the former WBO super-flyweight champion and has held the WBO mini flyweight title, unified WBO and The Ring magazine junior-flyweight titles, and IBF flyweight title as well. 

His most recent opponent was Kazuto Ioka and he loss by unanimous decision. Nietes deserves an honorable mention in the Super Flyweight Boxing Rankings

Jerwin Ancajas

Jerwin Ancajas is a professional boxer from the Philippines, and he has a record of 33 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws. 

Ancajas is the former IBF junior-bantamweight champion and defended his title 9 times in total before losing it to Fernando Martínez earlier this year.

His most recent fight was a rematch against Fernando Martínez, however, he could not win. As of now, there is no announcement about his next fight. Ancajas deserves an honorable mention in the Super Flyweight Boxing Rankings

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10. Francisco Rodríguez Jr.

Next up on this list, we have Francisco Rodríguez Jr. from Mexico. He has a professional record of 37 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw. 

Most notably, he is the former unified WBO and IBF mini-flyweight champion and has also fought for world titles at light flyweight and super flyweight. 

In his most recent fight, he defeated Joel Cordova via Unanimous Decision. There is no announcement about his next fight.

9. Andrew Moloney

Andrew Moloney is an Australian professional boxer with a record of 25 wins, 3 losses and 1 no-contest.

He is the former WBA interim super-flyweight champion and has competed for the world title twice, but came short both times. However, he has held multiple regional titles. 

In his most recent fight, he fought Junto Nakatani for the WBO Super Flyweight title, however, he lost the fight via Late knockout. There is no announcement about his next fight yet.

8. Kosei Tanaka

Kosei Tanaka is a professional boxer from Japan, and he has a record of 19 wins and only 1 loss. 

Tanaka is a 3-weight world champion. He has held world titles at minimumweight, light flyweight, and flyweight. He also fought Kazuto Ioka for the WBO super-flyweight title, but could not win. 

In his most recent fight, Tanaka defeated Pablo Carrillo via TKO and there is no announcement about his next fight.

7. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai

Srisaket Sor Rungvisai is a Professional boxer from Thailand, and he has an impressive boxing record with 51 wins and 6 losses with 1 draw. 

He has held the WBC super-flyweight title twice, and The Ring magazine and lineal titles as well. 

In his most recent fight, he defeated Mike Por.Thawatchai via TKO and his next fight is scheduled against Eaktwan Mor. Krungthepthonburi for this coming weekend.

6. Fernando Martínez

Title(s):

  • IBF Super Flyweight World Champion

Fernando Martínez is a professional boxer from Argentina. He has an undefeated record of 15 wins and no losses. 

Fernando Martínez is the current IBF super flyweight world champion and has held the title since February of this year. He won the title after defeating Jerwin Ancajas.

His most recent fight was against mandatory challenger Jade Bornea, which Martinez won via TKO. He was able to damage Borena’s ear in the 9th round and later finished him in the 11th round. His next fight has not been announced yet.

5. Joshua Franco

Joshua Franco is an American professional boxer with a record of 18 wins, 1 loss, 3 draws, and 1 no-contest. 

He is the former WBA super flyweight champion, and has defended the title twice, he has also held multiple regional titles. 

In his most recent fight, he fought Kazuto Ioka in a rematch which the previous fight ended in a draw. He lost by unanimous victory. No announcement on his next fight.

4. Junto Nakatani

Title(s):

  • WBO Super Flyweight World Champion

Junto Nakatani is a Japanese professional boxer, with an undefeated record of 25 wins and no losses. 

Nakatani is the current WBO Super-Flyweight world champion. He won the title after defeating Andrew Moloney, in an impressive and dominant performance. Nakatani landed multiple knockdowns, before ending the fight with a knockout in the last round. 

Recently Nakatani defended his Junior Bantamweight Title against Argi Cortes and won via unanimous decision. Nakatani scored 3 knockdowns during the fight to secure the victory.

3. Kazuto Ioka

Title(s):

  • WBA Super Flyweight World Champion

Kazuto Ioka is a professional boxer from Japan, and he has a professional boxing record of 29 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw.

Ioka has held multiple titles in four different weight classes, from minimumweight to Super Flyweight. Ioka is the former WBO super-flyweight champion and has defended the title 7 times. 

In his most recent fight, Ioka fought Joshua Franco again for the WBA super-flyweight title. The first fight it ended in a draw. In the second fight Ioka was able to outpoint Franco winning by unanimous decision winning the WBA Junior Bantamweight Title.

2. Román González

Román González is a professional boxer from Nicaragua, who has a professional boxing record of 51 wins and 4 losses. 

He has won world titles in four different weight classes. He won the WBA minimumweight title in 2008 and defended it three times before moving up to light-flyweight, where he held the WBA light flyweight title and defended it 5 times. At flyweight, he was the unified  WBC and The Ring champion, and he also held the WBC and WBA titles at super flyweight.

In his most recent fight, González fought Juan Francisco Estrada. Though he was competitive, he lost the fight via the Majority decision. As of now, there is no news about his next fight.

1. Juan Francisco Estrada

Title(s):

  • WBC Super Flyweight World Champion
  • The Ring Super Flyweight World Champion

Juan Francisco Estrada is one of the best boxers to come out of Mexico. He has a professional record of 44 wins and 3 losses.

Estrada is a two-division world champion; he is the current unified WBA (super), and The Ring super flyweight champion. He is also the former WBC super flyweight champion. At flyweight, he won the WBA (Unified) and WBO titles as well. 

Estrada fought Argi Cortes and though many expected Estarda to tear through Cortes, the fight was much more competitive. Still, Estarda managed to score the decision win.

In his most recent fight, Estrada fought his long-term rival Román González and won the very competitive fight via Majority Decision. As of now, there is no official announcement about his next fight.

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Players Count 10
  1. Junto Nakatani

    Super Flyweight
  2. Donnie Nietes

    Super Flyweight
  3. Kevin Luis Munoz

    Super Flyweight
  4. Kenta Nakagawa

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  5. Athenkosi Dumezweni

    Super Flyweight
  6. Miguel Gonzalez

    Super Flyweight
  7. Froilan Saludar

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  8. Mikhail Aloyan

    Super Flyweight
  9. Jonathan Javier Rodriguez

    Super Flyweight
  10. Juan Hernandez Navarrete

    Super Flyweight
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