History

The strawweight class, also known as minimumweight and mini-flyweight, was established by the International Boxing Federation (IBF) in 1987. The World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Council (WBC) both added the division in 1988

The lists below include champions of those three organization.

Only those bouts are included in which the championship changed hands or the championships of two or more governing bodies was unified.

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Champions

Jum-Hwan Choi (IBF) 1986-88
Tacy Macalos (IBF) 1988-89
German Torres (WBC) 1988-89
Yul-Woo Lee (WBC) 1989
Muangchai Kittikasem (IBF) 1989-90
Humberto Gonzalez (WBC) 1989-90
Michael Carbajal (IBF) 1990
Rolando Pascua (WBC) 1990
Melchor Cob Castro (WBC) 1991
Ricardo Lopez (WBC) 1990-98
Ratanapol Voraphin (IBF) 1992-97
Chana Porpaoin (WBA) 1993-95
Rosendo Alvarez (WBA) 1995-98
Ricardo Lopez (WBA, WBC) 1998-99
Zolani Petelo (IBF) 1997-2001
Wandee Chor Chareon (WBC) 1999-2000
Noel Arambulet (WBA) 1999-2000
Joma Gamboa (WBA) 2000
Keitaro Hoshino (WBA) 2000-01
Jose Antonio Aguirre (WBC) 2000
Chana Porpaoin (WBA) 2001
Robert Leyva (IBF) 2001-02
Yutaka Niida (WBA) 2001
Keitaro Hoshino (WBA) 2002
Noel Arambulent (WBA) 2002-
Miguel Barrera (IBF) 2002-03
Edgar Cardenas (IBF) 2003
Daniel Reyes (IBF) 2003-04
Muhammad Rachman (IBF) 2004-
Yutaka Niida (WBA) 2004-
Eagle Kyowa (WBC) 2004-
Isaac Bustos (WBC) 2004-5
Katsunari Takayama (WBC) 2005-

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