Some of the big name fighters from super flyweight have moved up to bantamweight in recent years. At least for the time being, Vic Darchinyan is remaining here after he got turned away from the bantamweight ranks against Joseph Agbeko. His old nemesis Nonito Donaire is lurking and a rematch could finally be setting in.

Super flyweight division rankings last updated March 2010.

1. Vic Darchinyan – The Raging Bull is 6-0-1 in this weight class since he first moved up. He lost to Joseph Agbeko during that time at 118 lbs, and of course he was knocked out by Nonito Donaire at flyweight in 2007. A highly anticipated rematch could finally be coming our way, but at super flyweight it’s Darchinyan who is more established than his former conqueror.
2. Nonito Donaire – He’s 2-0 in his brief return to super flyweight so far, he still hasn’t lost since his second professional fight in 2001 and he’s eager to show Darchinyan what’s what again.
3. Simphiwe Nongqayi – The undefeated IBF champion is coming off back to back wins over Franciso Arce and then Jorge Arce.
4. 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 15 professional fights to his credit. His last fight was a draw with Hugo Cazares.
5. 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. He’s coming off a draw to Nobuo Nashiro and is set for a rematch in May.
6. 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. While he’s 2-2 in his last 4 fights, since the Mijares loss he’s 7-2 and he just won the vacant WBO super flyweight strap.
7. Raul Martinez – Martinez has only lost once in 25 professional fights, a stoppage loss at flyweight to Nonito Donaire. He’s fought once since then at super flyweight, but with Donaire now in these ranks again and looking towards Vic Darchinyan he must look elsewhere for a big fight.
8. Kohei Kono – After losing a split decision to Nobuo NashiroIn September of 2008, Kono is on a 3 fight winning streak in the competitive Japanese fight scene in the lower weight classes.
9. Tomas Rojas – Rojas just lost to Darchinyan by 2nd round knockout, but was coming off a decision victory over Evans Mbamba.
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. Kirillov hasn’t fought since then, which was the summer of 2008.

More Boxing Weight Class Rankings

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

Written by: Jake Emen