100 years of the World Boxing Association

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National Boxing Association (NBA), was founded in Rhode Island by 13 U.S. commissions as a result of the ecumenical boom reached by the sport. The NBA changed its name in 1962 to the World Boxing Association (WBA), which is now presided by Gilberto Jesús Mendoza.

WORLD BOXING ASSOCIATION (WBA) FLYWEIGHT Champions

No. FIGHTER DATE
1 FIGHTING HARADA 1962-10-10
2 HIROYUKI EBIHARA 1963-09-18
3 HORACIO ACCAVALLO 1966-03-01
4 MASAO OBA 1970-10-22
5 CHARTCHAI CHIONOI 1973-05-17
6 ERBITO SALAVARRIA 1975-04-01
7 JAIME RIOS 1975-08-23
8 JUAN ANTONIO GUZMAN 1976-07-02
9 GUTY ESPADAS 1977-11-19
10 BETULIO GONZALEZ 1978-08-12
11 YOKO GUSHIKEN 1978-10-15
12 TAE-SHIK KIM 1980-02-17
13 SANTOS BENIGNO LACIAR 1981-03-28
14 GUSTAVO BALLAS 1981-09-12
15 JUAN HERRERA 1981-09-26
16 KATSUO TOKASHIKI 1981-12-16
17 JIRO WATANABE 1982-04-08
18 LUPE MADERA 1983-07-10
19 KHAOSAI GALAXY 1985-03-06
20 JOEY OLIVO 1985-03-29
21 MYUNG WOO YUH 1985-12-08
22 HILARIO ZAPATA 1986-04-07
23 FIDEL BASSA 1987-02-13
24 JESUS ROJAS 1989-09-30
25 HIROKI IOKA 1991-12-17
26 KATSUYA ONIZUKA 1992-09-11
27 AQUILES GUZMAN 1992-09-26
28 DAVID GRIMAN 1993-10-04
29 LEO GAMEZ 1993-10-21
30 HYUNG-CHUL LEE 1994-09-18
31 HI-YONG CHOI 1995-09-05
32 CARLOS MURILLO 1996-03-15
33 JOSE BONILLA 1996-11-24
34 PICHIT CHOR SIRIWAT 1998-03-01
35 HUGO RAFAEL SOTO 1998-05-29
36 ERIC MOREL 2000-10-07
37 ROSENDO ALVAREZ 2001-03-03
38 ALEXANDER MUNOZ 2002-07-31
39 MARTIN CASTILLO 2004-12-03
40 ROBERTO VASQUEZ 2005-11-19
41 TAKEFUMI SAKATA 2007-03-19
42 BRAHIM ASLOUM 2007-12-08
43 JORGE ARCE 2008-09-15
44 VIC DARCHINYAN 2008-11-01
45 DENKAOSAN KAOVICHIT 2009-05-26
46 NONITO DONAIRE 2009-08-15
47 HUGO FIDEL CAZARES 2010-05-08
48 ALBERTO ROSSEL 2012-04-14
49 BRIAN VILORIA 2012-11-17