With the absence of some of the bigger names in the division over the last few years, including Vic Darchinyan, Fernando Montiel and Cristian Mijares, there’s definitely a power gap at the 115 pound Super Flyweight ranks. Here’s how the remaining fighters shake out.

Super flyweight division rankings last updated June 2009.

1. Jose Lopez – Unbeaten for eight years since losing a decision to Fernando Montiel, Lopez moved up to super flyweight over a year ago and has four fights at the weight class, including a title winning effort over Pramuansak Posuwan.
2. Nonito Donaire – After bursting onto the scene by viciously knocking out Vic Darchinyan, Donaire then defended his flyweight title three times and is know slated to face Hugo Cazares for a super flyweight championship belt in August.
3. Hugo Cazares – After losing two fights at junior flyweight to Ivan Calderon – his only two losses of the last decade – Cazares has been all over the map fighting as high as super bantamweight. It seems however that he wants to call super flyweight his home.
4. Alexander Munoz – Munoz hasn’t fought in over a year since losing a decision to Cristian Mijares. Prior to that, he was on a four fight winning streak with wins over Nubuo Nashiro and Kutsushige Kawashima.
5. Evans Mbamba – Mbama is coming off a KO victory over Devid Lookmahanak in his last fight and is undefeated in 16 professional contests.
6. Raul Martinez – Martinez has only lost once in 25 professional fights, a stoppage loss at flyweight to Nonito Donaire, however he seems more comfortable fighting at super flyweight.
7. Nobuo Nashiro – He has only lost once in his career, against Alexander Munoz in 2007 and holds some impressive wins on his resume including a stoppage over Martin Castillo and a decision victory over Kohei Kono despite only having 14 professional fights to his credit.
8. Kohei Kono – After losing a split decision to Nobuo Nashiro last September, Kono is on a 2 fight winning streak in the competitive Japanese fight scene in the lower weight classes.
9. Jorge Arce – The action packed brawler has looked past his best days in recent years, including his one sided beat down loss at the hands of Darchinyan and the clinic that Cristian Mijares gave him. However with his pressure and power, and his ability to lure fans, he’s sure to get another big shot and could possibly capitalize on it to win another belt.
10. Dimitri Kirillov – Over the last five years he has three flaws on his record, two of which are disputable. A highly controversial decision lost to Luis Alberto Perez and a questionable draw against Cecilio Santos. Most recently, Darchinyan disposed him of via an early stoppage last summer.

More Boxing Weight Class Rankings

• 108-112 lbs – Boxing Flyweight Division Rankings
• 115-118 lbs – Boxing Bantamweight Division Rankings

Written by: Jake Emen