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List of world bantamweight boxing champions

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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
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 (1910-10-17)	Joe Bowker	World/IBU
1910-10-17	1912-06-23	Digger Stanley	IBU
1912-06-23	1913-06-24	Charles Ledoux	IBU
1913-06-24	1914-01-31	Eddie Campi	IBU
Campi lost to Kid Williams for the undisputed title.
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
1914-06-09	1917-01-09	Kid Williams	World
1917-01-09	1919-08-15	Pete Herman	World
1920-12-22	1921-07-25	Joe Lynch	World
1921-07-25	1921-09-23	Pete Herman	World
1921-09-23	1922-07-10	Johnny Buff	World
1922-07-10	1924-03-21	Joe Lynch	World
1924-03-21	1924-12-19	Abe Goldstein	NYSAC
1924-12-19	1925-03-20	Eddie 'Cannonball' Martin	NYSAC
1925-03-20	1927-02-04-Vacated	Charlie Phil Rosenberg	NYSAC
1927-06-24	1928-01-24-Vacated	Bud Taylor	NBA
1928-05-23	1929-01-Vacated	Bushy Graham	NBA/NYSAC
1929-06-18	1934-04-16-Stripped	Panama Al Brown	NYSAC
1935-08-07	1935-08-26	Sixto Escobar	NBA
1935-08-26	1935-11-15	Louis Salica	NBA
1935-11-15	1937-9-23	Sixto Escobar	NBA
1937-9-23	1938-2-20	Harry Jeffra	NBA
1938-2-20	1939-10-04-Vacated	Sixto Escobar	NBA
1940-09-24	1942-08-07	Louis Salica	NBA
1942-08-07	1947-01-06	Manuel Ortiz	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	1954-05-02-Retired	Jimmy Carruthers	World
1954-09-19	1954-12-20 / 1956-06-29	Robert Cohen	World /EBU-NYSAC
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	World
1959-07-08	1960-08-30-Retired	Jose Becerra	World
1960-11-18	1963-04-04	Eder Jofre	World

IBF

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

WBC

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

WBA

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

WBO

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

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