2016 was the year that boxing's oldest lineage ended

[ironfist05]

With Chocolatito's moving up to 115, boxing's flyweight lineage has officially ended, one that has gone on since 1975. Let's take a moment to appreciate this great division as well as its' illustrious champs, like Miguel Canto, Sot Chitalada, Yuri Arbachakov, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam and Roman Gonzalez.

Here are 112's great heroes:

• Miguel Canto (1975 -1979)
• Chan-Hee Park (1979-1980)
• Shoji Oguma (1980-1981)
• Antonio Avelar (1981-1982)
• Prudencio Cardona (1982)
• Freddy Castillo (1982)
• Eleoncio Mercedes (1982-1983)
• Charlie Magri (1983)
• Frank Cedeno (1983-1984)
• Koji Kobayashi (1984)
• Gabriel Bernal (1984)
• Sot Chitalada (1984-1988)
• Yong Kang Kim (1988-1989)
• Sot Chitalada (1989-1991)
• Muangchai Kittikasem (1991-1992)
• Yuri Arbachakov (1992-1997)
• Chatchai Sasakul (1997-1998)
• Manny Pacquiao (1998-1999)
• Medgoen 3K-Battery (1999-2000)
• Malcolm Tunacao (2000-2001)
• Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (2001-2008)
• Daisuke Naito (2008-2009)
• Koki Kameda (2009-2010)
• Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (2010-2012)
• Sonny Boy Jaro (2012)
• Toshiyuki Igarashi (2012-2013)
• Akira Yaegashi (2013-2014)
• Román González (2014–2016; moved up)

 

[Marc A]

Epic name 3k battery

 

[Seano]

Good thread.

 

[ironfist05]

repeat after me
sonny
boy
jaro

that was a crazy upset

 

[ironfist05]

Epic name 3k battery

also known as Medgoen Toyota-Thailand

 

[ironfist05]

also, if y'all like Russians, Yuri Arbachakov makes Kovalev look like he hasn't boxed a day in his life

 

[Sunfish]

also, if y'all like Russians, Yuri Arbachakov makes Kovalev look like he hasn't boxed a day in his life

Good thread

 

[DeJulez]

Lets give ironfist05 a round of applause for always loving the parts of boxing that no one gives a shit about.
The little guys, east euros, and Orientals.

 

[ironfist05]

Lets give ironfist05 a round of applause for always loving the parts of boxing that no one gives a shit about.
The little guys, east euros, and Orientals.

let's not forget nicaraguastan and ghanazuela

actually, I know you're joking, but Eastern Europe generally has a very small presence in this division (barring the long reigning arbachakov obviously)

 

[DeJulez]

let's not forget nicaraguastan and ghanazuela

actually, I know you're joking, but Eastern Europe generally has a very small presence in this division (barring the long reigning arbachakov obviously)

I meant East Euros and Asian fighters in general, not just the 112lbs.

 

[Fzubek]

I meant East Euros and Asian fighters in general, not just the 112lbs.

Eastern Europe has a huge presence in boxing man

 

[ironfist05]

I meant East Euros and Asian fighters in general, not just the 112lbs.

I see, well tbh I'm more a fan of western euros than eastern euros

 

[DeJulez]

Eastern Europe has a huge presence in boxing man

I know.
Not the argument.
Ironfist tends to be fans of the not so popular parts of boxing. That was the joke

 

[Fzubek]

I know.
Not the argument.
Ironfist tends to be fans of the not so popular parts of boxing. That was the joke

You stole my thunder bro

Im walking back my statement

 

[DaveDave]

Awesome thread, thank you Ironfist.

 

[DaveDave]

BTW: Just in case anyone thought ironfist was joking about his comment (that Arbachakov makes Kovalev look like a dude who's never boxed a day in his life), watch this:

 

[ironfist05]

BTW: Just in case anyone thought ironfist was joking about his comment (that Arbachakov makes Kovalev look like a dude who's never boxed a day in his life), watch this:

laser like precision and just beautiful textbook technique. Definitely one of the best little guys ever.

 

[Shoemaker]

Joke or not, I do appreciate @ironfist05's dedication to often neglected weight classes and fighters. There are a lot of guys on here who I like to banter with, but him and @XCuTioNeR keep me watching things I wouldn't normally watch.

 

[KillerIsBack V2]

Epic name 3k battery

That's not a person's name, it's just the gym he works at.
It's a thai thing. Boxers/kickboxers/MTers/etc in thailand traditionally take the camp name as their last name.
Here are his team mates:
http://boxrec.com/boxer/36953
http://boxrec.com/boxer/33721

Singsurat is his real family name:
http://boxrec.com/media/index.php?title=Human:7133

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

Epic name 3k battery

3K Battery is my boy. Always handy when I need AAAs.