List of world bantamweight boxing champions

This is a list of world bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize up to two world champions in a given weight class; Super champion and Regular champion.
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 1963.
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), established in 1983.
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), established in 1988.

World titles have been historically recognized by the International Boxing Union (IBU) from 1913-1963 and the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) from 1920 to 1977. Both the IBU and the NYSAC became members of the World Boxing Council.

World

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1890-06-27	1891-Abandoned	George Dixon	World
1894-09-15	1899-09-01-Retired	Jimmy Barry	World
1899-09-12	1900-Abandoned	Terry McGovern	World
1901-03-18	1901-Abandoned	Harry Harris	World
1901-11-11	1903-08-13	Harry Forbes	World
1903-08-13	1904-10-17	Frankie Neil	World
1904-10-17	1905-10-Vacated	Joe Bowker	World
1905-03-29	1909-01-29	Jimmy Walsh	World
1909-01-29	1909-02-22	Jimmy Reagan	World
1909-02-22	1910-02-22	Monte Attell	World
1910-02-22	1911-02-27	Frankie Conley	World
1911-02-26	1914-06-09	Johnny Coulon	World/NYSAC
1913-06-24	1914-01-31	Eddie Campi	IBU
1914-01-31	1917-01-09	Kid Williams	IBU/NYSAC
Williams lost a title match on 10 Sep 1915 to Johnny Ertle on a foul, but the NYSAC continued to officially recognize Williams as champion while allowing Ertle to claim the title.
1915-09-10	1917-01-09	Johnny Ertle	NYSAC (Claim)
1917-01-09	1919-08-15	Pete Herman	NYSAC/World/NYSAC
1920-12-22	1921-07-25	Joe Lynch	NYSAC/World
1921-07-25	1921-09-23	Pete Herman	World
1921-09-23	1922-07-10	Johnny Buff	World
1922-07-10	1923-10-Stripped	Joe Lynch	World
Lynch is stripped of his NYSAC title for refusing to face Joe Burman.
1923-10	1924-03-21	Joe Lynch	NBA
1923-10	1923-10-19	Joe Burman	NYSAC
1923-10-19	1924-12-19	Abe Goldstein	NYSAC/World
1924-12-19	1925-03-20	Eddie 'Cannonball' Martin	World
1925-03-20	1927-02-04-Stripped	Charlie Phil Rosenberg	World/NYSAC
Rosenberg was stripped of his NBA title on 18 Oct 1926 for failing to fight Bud Taylor and then his NYSAC title on 4 Feb 1927 for missing weight in a title bout.
1926-10-18	1928-05-18-Vacated	Bud Taylor	NBA
1928-05-23	1929-10-08-Stripped	Bushy Graham	World/NBA
1929-06-18	1934-09-18-Stripped	Panama Al Brown	NYSAC/World/NYSAC/World/NBA
1935-08-07	1935-08-26	Sixto Escobar	NBA
1935-08-26	1935-11-15	Louis Salica	World
1935-11-15	1937-09-23	Sixto Escobar	World
1937-09-23	1938-02-20	Harry Jeffra	World
1938-02-20	1939-10-27-Vacated	Sixto Escobar	World
1939-10-26	1940-09-24	Georgie Pace	NBA
1939-11-17	1942-12-15	Louis Salica	NYSAC/World/NYSAC
1942-08-07	1947-01-06	Manuel Ortiz	NBA/World
1947-01-06	1947-03-11	Harold Dade	World
1947-03-11	1950-05-31	Manuel Ortiz	World
1950-05-31	1952-11-15	Vic Toweel	World
1952-11-15	1954-05-16-Retired	Jimmy Carruthers	World/NBA
1954-09-19	1956-06-29	Robert Cohen	World/EBU/NYSAC
Cohen is stripped of the NBA title on 20 Dec 1954 for failing to fight Raúl Macías.
1955-03-09	1957-06-15	Raúl Macías	NBA
1956-06-29	1957-04-01	Mario D'Agata	EBU/NYSAC
1957-04-01	1959-07-08	Alphonse Halimi	EBU/NYSAC/World
1959-07-08	1960-08-30-Retired	Jose Becerra	World
1960-11-18	1963-04-04	Eder Jofre	NBA/World

IBF

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1984-04-15	1985-04-26	Satoshi Shingaki	IBF
1985-04-26	1987-Vacated	Jeff Fenech	IBF
1987-05-15	1988-07-09	Kelvin Seabrooks	IBF
1988-07-09	1994-10-15-Vacated	Orlando Canizales	IBF
1995-01-21	1995-04-29	Harold Mestre	IBF
1995-04-29	1997-07-19	Mbulelo Botile	IBF
1997-07-19	2003-02-15	Tim Austin	IBF
2003-02-15	2007-03-16-Vacated	Rafael Márquez	IBF
2007-07-07	2007-09-27	Luis Alberto Pérez	IBF
2007-09-27	2009-10-30	Joseph Agbeko	IBF
2009-10-30	2010-12-11	Yonnhy Perez	IBF
2010-12-11	2011-08-13	Joseph Agbeko	IBF
2011-08-13	2012-02-09-Vacated	Abner Mares	IBF
2012-06-02	2013-02-12-Vacated	Leo Santa Cruz	IBF
2013-05-11	2013-10-18-Stripped	Jamie McDonnell	IBF
2013-12-21	2014-06-07	Stuart Hall	IBF
2014-06-07	2014-07-02-Vacated	Paul Butler	IBF
2014-10-25	2015-11-20-Stripped	Randy Caballero	IBF
2015-11-20	2017-06-10	Lee Haskins	IBF
2017-06-10	2018-02-18	Ryan Burnett	IBF
2018-05-05	2019-05-18	Emmanuel Rodríguez	IBF
2019-05-18	2023-01-13-Vacated	Naoya Inoue	IBF
2023-08-12	2024-05-04	Emmanuel Rodríguez	IBF
2024-05-04	2025-06-08	Ryosuke Nishida	IBF
2025-06-08	2025-09-18-Vacated	Junto Nakatani	IBF
2025-12-13	Present	José Salas	IBF

WBC

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1963-04-04	1965-05-18	Eder Jofre	WBC
1965-05-18	1968-02-27	Fighting Harada	WBC
1968-02-27	1969-08-22	Lionel Rose	WBC
1969-08-22	1970-10-16	Rubén Olivares	WBC
1970-10-16	1971-04-02	Chucho Castillo	WBC
1971-04-02	1972-03-19	Rubén Olivares	WBC
1972-03-19	1972-07-29	Rafael Herrera	WBC
1972-07-29	1973-Stripped	Enrique Pinder	WBC
1973-04-14	1974-12-07	Rafael Herrera	WBC
1974-12-07	1976-05-08	Rodolfo Martínez	WBC
1976-05-08	1979-06-03	Carlos Zarate	WBC
1979-06-03	1982-06-03-Vacated	Lupe Pintor	WBC
1983-09-01	1984-05-26-Vacated	Alberto Davila	WBC
1985-05-04	1985-08-09	Daniel Zaragoza	WBC
1985-08-09	1988-10-29	Miguel Lora	WBC
1988-10-29	1991-02-25	Raúl Pérez	WBC
1991-02-25	1991-09-19	Greg Richardson	WBC
1991-09-19	1992-09-17	Joichiro Tatsuyoshi	WBC
1992-09-17	1993-03-28	Victor Rabanales	WBC
1993-03-28	1993-12-23	Jung-Il Byun	WBC
1993-12-23	1995-07-30	Yasuei Yakushiji	WBC
1995-07-30	1997-01-Vacated	Wayne McCullough	WBC
1997-01	1997-11-22	Sirimongkol Singwangcha	WBC
1997-11-22	1998-12-29	Joichiro Tatsuyoshi	WBC
1998-12-29	2005-04-16	Veeraphol Sahaprom	WBC
2005-04-16	2010-04-30	Hozumi Hasegawa	WBC
2010-04-30	2011-02-19	Fernando Montiel	WBC
2011-02-19	2011-10-Vacated	Nonito Donaire	WBC
2011-11-06	2017-08-15	Shinsuke Yamanaka	WBC
2017-08-15	2018-02-28-Stripped	Luis Nery	WBC
2019-01-19	2021-05-29	Nordine Oubaali	WBC
2021-05-29	2022-06-07	Nonito Donaire	WBC
2022-06-07	2023-01-13-Vacated	Naoya Inoue	WBC
2023-07-29	2024-02-24	Alexandro Santiago	WBC
2024-02-24	2025-09-18-Vacated	Junto Nakatani	WBC
2025-11-24	Present	Takuma Inoue	WBC

WBA

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1963-04-04	1965-05-18	Eder Jofre	WBA
1965-05-18	1968-02-27	Fighting Harada	WBA
1968-02-27	1969-08-22	Lionel Rose	WBA
1969-08-22	1970-10-16	Rubén Olivares	WBA
1970-10-16	1971-04-02	Chucho Castillo	WBA
1971-04-02	1972-03-19	Rubén Olivares	WBA
1972-03-19	1972-07-29	Rafael Herrera	WBA
1972-07-29	1973-01-20	Enrique Pinder	WBA
1973-01-20	1973-11-03	Romeo Anaya	WBA
1973-11-03	1974-07-03	Arnold Taylor	WBA
1974-07-03	1975-03-14	Soo-Hwan Hong	WBA
1975-03-14	1977-11-19	Alfonso Zamora	WBA
1977-11-19	1980-08-29	Jorge Luján	WBA
1980-08-29	1980-11-14	Julian Solís	WBA
1980-11-14	1984-04-07	Jeff Chandler	WBA
1984-04-07	1986-03-10	Richie Sandoval	WBA
1986-03-10	1986-06-04	Gaby Canizales	WBA
1986-06-04	1987-02-03-Vacated	Bernardo Pinango	WBA
1987-03-29	1987-05-24	Takuya Muguruma	WBA
1987-05-24	1987-10-04	Chan-yong Park	WBA
1987-10-04	1988-05-09	Wilfredo Vazquez	WBA
1988-05-09	1988-08-14	Khaokor Galaxy	WBA
1988-08-14	1989-07-09	Sung-Kil Moon	WBA
1989-07-09	1989-10-18	Khaokor Galaxy	WBA
1989-10-18	1991-10-19	Luisito Espinosa	WBA
1991-10-19	1992-03-15	Israel Contreras	WBA
1992-03-15	1992-10-09	Eddie Cook	WBA
1992-10-09	1993-10-23	Jorge Eliecer Julio	WBA
1993-10-23	1994-04-22	Junior Jones	WBA
1994-04-22	1994-07-16	John Michael Johnson	WBA
1994-07-16	1995-09-17	Daorung Chuvatana	WBA
1995-09-17	1996-01-28	Veeraphol Sahaprom	WBA
1996-01-28	1996-10-27	Nana Konadu	WBA
1996-10-27	1997-06-21	Daorung Chuvatana	WBA
1997-06-21	1998-12-05	Nana Konadu	WBA
1998-12-05	1999-06-26	Johnny Tapia	WBA
1999-06-26	2001-08-07-Stripped	Paulie Ayala	WBA
2001-10-14	2002-04-19	Eidy Moya	WBA
2002-04-19	2004-10-11-Retired	Johnny Bredahl	WBA
2005-02-26	2008-05-31	Wladimir Sidorenko	WBA
2008-05-31	2010-11-19	Anselmo Moreno	WBA
2010-11-19	2014-09-26	Anselmo Moreno	WBA Super Champion
2010-12-26	2013-12-06-Vacated	Koki Kameda	WBA Regular Champion
2014-05-31	2018-05-25	Jamie McDonnell	WBA Regular Champion
2014-09-26	2016-06-18	Juan Carlos Payano	WBA Super Champion
2016-06-18	2017-02-10	Rau'shee Warren	WBA Super Champion
2017-02-10	2017-21-10	Zhanat Zhakiyanov	WBA Super Champion
2017-10-21	2018-11-03	Ryan Burnett	WBA Super Champion
2018-05-25	2019-11-07	Naoya Inoue	WBA Regular Champion
2018-11-03	2019-11-07	Nonito Donaire	WBA Super Champion
2019-11-07	2023-01-13-Vacated	Naoya Inoue	WBA Super Champion
2020-02-08	2021-08-14-Stripped	Guillermo Rigondeaux	WBA Regular Champion
2023-04-08	2024-10-13	Takuma Inoue	WBA World Champion
2024-10-13	2025-05-17-Stripped	Seiya Tsutsumi	WBA World Champion
2025-05-17	2025-12-01-Stripped	Antonio Vargas	WBA World Champion
2025-12-01	2026-05-31-Stripped	Seiya Tsutsumi	WBA World Champion
2026-05-31	2026-06-13	Antonio Vargas	WBA World Champion
2026-06-13	Present	Jesse Rodriguez	WBA World Champion

WBO

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
Title inaugurated
1989-02-03	1990-09-02-Vacated	Israel Contreras	WBO
1991-03-12	1991-06-30	Gaby Canizales	WBO
1991-06-30	1992-05-13	Duke McKenzie	WBO
1992-05-13	1994-07-30	Rafael del Valle	WBO
1994-07-30	1995-10-21	Alfred Kotey	WBO
1995-10-21	1996-04-26	Daniel Jimenez	WBO
1996-04-26	1996-Vacated	Robbie Regan	WBO
1997-07-28	2000-01-08	Jorge Julio Rocha	WBO
2000-01-08	2000-05-06-Vacated	Johnny Tapia	WBO
2000-09-04	2002-03-15	Mauricio Martínez	WBO
2002-03-15	2004-05-07	Cruz Carbajal	WBO
2004-05-07	2005-10-29	Ratanachai Sor Vorapin	WBO
2005-10-29	2007-08-11	Jhonny González	WBO
2007-08-11	2009-04-25-Vacated	Gerry Peñalosa	WBO
2009-04-25	2011-02-19	Fernando Montiel	WBO
2011-02-19	2011-11-Vacated	Nonito Donaire	WBO
2011-11-26	2012-08-Vacated	Jorge Arce	WBO
2012-10-20	2013-03-02	Pungluang Sor Singyu	WBO
2013-03-02	2013-08-01	Paulus Ambunda	WBO
2013-08-01	2015-04-23	Tomoki Kameda	WBO
2015-08-07	2016-07-27	Pungluang Sor Singyu	WBO
2016-07-27	2017-06-22-Stripped	Marlon Tapales	WBO
2017-06-26	2019-11-30	Zolani Tete	WBO
2019-11-30	2022-05-03-Stripped	John Riel Casimero	WBO
2022-05-03	2022-12-13	Paul Butler	WBO
2022-12-13	2023-01-13-Vacated	Naoya Inoue	WBO
2023-05-13	2024-05-06	Jason Moloney	WBO
2024-05-06	2025-09-14	Yoshiki Takei	WBO
2025-09-14	Present	Christian Medina	WBO

See also

• List of British world boxing champions