If Yuri Arbachakov is here, I think Michael Carbajal should be as well. He accomplished more at Jr Fly, to be sure. I just think he did enough to be mentioned here and I don't personally like some of the jr categories once the weight goes this low. I just bundle 'em, shrug.
I don't see why La Barba is that much lower than Genaro? As a Sweaty I should have thought you would have found room for Walter McGowan,he split fights with Burruni if I'm not mistaken? I'd put Kane at least tier 2.
I'm struggling a bit tbh. Can't pick out my 50th fly. Major candidates: Sid Smith Small Montana Freddy Castillo Akira Yaegashi But there are significant reasons not to pick each of them.
Here's what I ended up with: 50 - Corporal Izzy Schwartz 49 - Little Pancho 48 - Brian Viloria 47 - Juan Francisco Estrada 46 - Gabriel Bernal 45 - Dado Marino 44 - Sid Smith 43 - Joe Symonds 42 - Lorenzo Parra 41 - Luis Ibarra 40 - Fighting Harada 39 - Erbito Salavarria 38 - Mark Johnson 37 - Emile Pladner 36 - Black Bill 35 - Johnny Buff 34 - Venice Borkhorser 33 - Salvatore Burruni 32 - Chan-Hee Park 31 - Shoji Oguma 30 - Terry Allen 29 - Muangchai Kittikasem 28 - Percy Jones 27 - Santos Laciar 26 - Efren Torres 25 - Jackie Paterson 24 - Roman Gonzalez 23 - Yoshio Shirai 22 - Tancy Lee 21 - Pongsaklek Wonjongkam 20 - Fidel LaBarba 19 - Newsboy Brown 18 - Yuri Arbachakov 17 - Rinty Monaghan 16 - Peter Kane 15 - Betulio Gonzalez 14 - Sot Chitalada 13 - Horacio Accavallo 12 - Hiroyuki Ebihara 11 - Willie Davies 10 - Masao Oba 09 - Pone Kingpetch 08 - Chartchai Chionoi 07 - Pancho Villa 06 - Benny Lynch 05 - Frankie Genaro 04 - Midget Wolgast 03 - Pascual Perez 02 - Jimmy Wilde 01 - Miguel Canto
Fidel LaBarba clearly won a decision in a bout with Frankie Genaro in Los Angeles during 1925. According to the California State Athletic Commission, the vacant world flyweight title was at stake in the bout. But the New York State Athletic Commission didn't recognize LaBarba as the champion simply because LaBarba was under the age of 21 at the time. - Chuck Johnston