List of bantamweight boxing champions

This is a list of bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by boxing

Boxing

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organizations:

The World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

(WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA).
The World Boxing Council
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

(WBC), established in 1963.
The International Boxing Federation
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

(IBF), established in 1983.
The World Boxing Organization
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

(WBO), established in 1988.

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
World
1894	1899	Jimmy Barry Jimmy Barry Jimmy Barry was an Irish-American boxer.Barry fought out of Chicago as a bantamweight, and a flyweight, retiring with a record of 59-0. Along with Rocky Marciano, Ricardo Lopez, Ji-Won Kim, and Joe Calzaghe, Barry is one of only five boxing champions to retire undefeated...	World
1899	1901	Terry McGovern Terry McGovern (boxer) Terrible Terry McGovern , born John Terrence McGovern in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, was a boxer who held the world bantamweight and featherweight titles.-Professional career:...	World
1901	1901	Harry Harris Harry Harris (boxer) Harry Harris was an American boxer.Harris was World Bantamweight Champion in 1901–02.-Boxing career:Harris turned professional in 1896 at the age of 16....	World
1901	1903	Harry Forbes	World
1903	1904	Frankie Neil	World
1904	1905	Joe Bowker	World
1905	1909	Jimmy Walsh	World
1909	1909	Jimmy Reagan	World
1909	1911	Monte Attell Monte Attell Monte "The Nob Hill Terror" Attell , born in San Francisco, California, United States, was a champion boxer.-Early Career:...	World
1911-02-26	1914-06-09	Johnny Coulon Johnny Coulon John Frederic Coulon was the bantamweight boxing champion of the world from 6 March 1910, when he wrested the crown from England's Jim Kendrick, until 1914, when he was defeated by Kid Williams.-Biography:...	World
1914-06-09	1917-01-09	Kid Williams Kid Williams John Gutenko who boxed under the name Kidd Williams, was a boxer from Denmark.-Biography:Williams was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He traveled with his parents to the United States in 1904 where they ended up in Baltimore, Maryland...	World
1917-01-09	1919-08-15	Pete Herman Pete Herman Pete Herman was one of the all time great bantamweight world champions. An Italian-American, Herman was born Peter Gulotta in New Orleans, Louisiana, and fought from 1912 until 1922...	World
1919-08-15	1920-09-11-Stripped	Jackie Sharkey	World
1920-12-22	1921-07-25	Joe Lynch Joe Lynch (boxer) Joseph Aloysius Lynch was an American Bantamweight boxer.-Pro career:He won the world title at that weight in 1920, defeating Pete Herman. Herman defeated him to regain the title the following year...	World
1921-07-25	1921-09-23	Pete Herman Pete Herman Pete Herman was one of the all time great bantamweight world champions. An Italian-American, Herman was born Peter Gulotta in New Orleans, Louisiana, and fought from 1912 until 1922...	World
1921-09-23	1922-07-10	Johnny Buff Johnny Buff John "Johnny Buff" Lesky was an American boxer. He was World Bantamweight Champion from 1921 to 1922.-Boxing career:...	World
1922-07-10	1924-03-21	Joe Lynch Joe Lynch (boxer) Joseph Aloysius Lynch was an American Bantamweight boxer.-Pro career:He won the world title at that weight in 1920, defeating Pete Herman. Herman defeated him to regain the title the following year...	World
1924-03-21	1924-12-19	Abe Goldstein Abe Goldstein Abe Goldstein was an American boxer.He was World Bantamweight Champion in 1924, and was ranked the # 5 bantamweight of all time-Boxing career:...	World
1924-12-19	1925-03-20	Eddie 'Cannonball' Martin	World
1925-03-20	1927-02-04-Vacated	Charlie Phil Rosenberg Charlie Phil Rosenberg Charley Phil Rosenberg was an American boxer. He was World Bantamweight Champion from 1925 to 1927.-Boxing career:...	World
1927-06-24	1928-01-24-Vacated	Bud Taylor Bud Taylor Charles Bernard "Bud" Taylor was an American boxer from Terre Haute, Indiana. He was nicknamed the Terre Haute Terrier and the Blonde Terror of Terre Haute.-Pro Boxing Career:...	World
1928-05-23	1928-05-23	Bushy Graham Bushy Graham Bushy Graham was an Italian-American boxer from New York. He held the bantamweight championship in 1928.-Boxing career:...	World
1929-06-18	1934-04-16-Stripeed	Panama Al Brown Panama Al Brown Alfonso Teofilo Brown , better known as Panama Al Brown, was a bantamweight boxer from Panama who made history by becoming boxing's first Hispanic world champion. Brown was a native of the city of Colón....	NBA
1935-08-07	1935-08-26	Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Competing in the bantamweight division, he became Puerto Rico's first world champion....	NBA
1935-08-26	1935-11-15	Louis Salica Louis Salica Louis Salica was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.As an amateur Salica was the 1932 National AAU flyweight champion...	NBA
1935-11-15	1935-11-15	Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Competing in the bantamweight division, he became Puerto Rico's first world champion....	NBA
1940-09-24	1942-08-07	Louis Salica Louis Salica Louis Salica was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.As an amateur Salica was the 1932 National AAU flyweight champion...	NBA
1942-08-07	1947-01-06	Manuel Ortiz Manuel Ortiz (boxer) Manuel Ortiz was one of the very best boxers of the 1940s, and was named to Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years. In 1996, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame....	World
1947-01-06	1947-03-11	Harold Dade Harold Dade Harold Dade was an American boxer and Bantamweight champion.-Amateur career:*Won the 1940 Chicago Golden Gloves Championship in the flyweight division by decision over Gene Evans...	World
1947-03-11	1950-05-31	Manuel Ortiz Manuel Ortiz (boxer) Manuel Ortiz was one of the very best boxers of the 1940s, and was named to Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years. In 1996, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame....	World
1950-05-31	1952-11-15	Vic Toweel Vic Toweel Victor "Vic" Anthony Toweel was a South African boxer and former undisputed World bantamweight champion.Toweel was the first South African to hold a world title.-Personal:...	World
1952-11-15	1954-05-02-Retired	Jimmy Carruthers Jimmy Carruthers James "Jimmy" William Carruthers was an Australian boxer, who became world champion in the bantamweight division.-Amateur career:...	World
1955-03-09	1957-06-15	Raúl Macías Raul Macias Raúl Macías Guevara was a former Mexican boxer, actor, and boxing trainer. Born in the same Mexico City barrio as Rubén Olivares, Macías had always expressed pride at being Mexican...	World
1957-06-15	1959-07-08	Alphonse Halimi Alphonse Halimi Alphonse Halimi was a French boxer. He was nicknamed "la Petite Terreur."Time wrote of him: "Alphonse went to work with a street fighter's will. A grown-up guttersnipe from the back alleys of Algeria...	World
1959-07-08	1960-08-30-Retired	Jose Becerra Jose Becerra Jesus "Hit man" Becerra is a retired Mexican boxer. He became world champion in the bantamweight division.-Early life:...	World
1960-11-18	1963-04-04	Eder Jofre Eder Jofre Éder Jofre is a retired Brazilian boxer and former bantamweight and featherweight champion .-Amateur career:Jofre represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.-Olympic Results:*1st round bye...	World
WBC
Title inaugurated
1963-04-04	1965-05-18	Eder Jofre Eder Jofre Éder Jofre is a retired Brazilian boxer and former bantamweight and featherweight champion .-Amateur career:Jofre represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.-Olympic Results:*1st round bye...	WBC
1965-05-18	1968-02-27	Fighting Harada Fighting Harada Masahiko Harada , better known as Fighting Harada, is a former world boxing champion. He is currently the president of the Japanese boxing commission....	WBC
1968-02-27	1969-08-22	Lionel Rose Lionel Rose Lionel Edmund Rose MBE was an Australian bantamweight boxer, the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title.-Early life:...	WBC
1969-08-22	1970-10-16	Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him...	WBC
1970-10-16	1971-04-02	Chucho Castillo Chucho Castillo Jesus Castillo Aguillera is a former Mexican boxer. Better known as Chucho Castillo, he was WBA and WBC Bantamweight champion in 1970....	WBC
1971-04-02	1972-03-19	Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him...	WBC
1972-03-19	1972-07-29	Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in the Bantamweight division.- Professional career :...	WBC
1972-07-29	1973-Stripped	Enrique Pinder	WBC
1973-04-14	1974-12-07	Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in the Bantamweight division.- Professional career :...	WBC
1974-12-07	1976-05-08	Rodolfo Martínez Rodolfo Martínez Rodolfo Martínez was a Mexican boxer in the Super Featherweight division. He is a former NABF Super Bantamweight, Bantamweight and the WBC Bantamweight Champion.-Early life:...	WBC
1976-05-08	1979-06-03	Carlos Zarate	WBC
1979-06-03	1982-06-03-Vacated	Lupe Pintor Lupe Pintor Jose Guadalupe Pintor Guzman , better known as Lupe Pintor, is a former world boxing champion from Cuajimalpa, Mexico. Nicknamed El Indio De Cuajimalpa or The Indian From Cuajimalpa, he started boxing professionally in 1974...	WBC
1983-09-01	1984-05-26-Vacated	Alberto Davila Alberto Davila Albert "Alberto" Dávila is a Mexican-American boxer who boxed during the 1970s and 1980s in the bantamweight division. During parts of 1983 and 1984, he held the World Boxing Council championship. Dávila lost world bantamweight championships matches three times, and temporarily left the sport...	WBC
1985-05-04	1985-08-09	Daniel Zaragoza Daniel Zaragoza Daniel Zaragoza was a Mexican professional boxer. Known as "The Mouse," Zaragoza a popular champion in the Super Bantamweight division throughout the 1980s and 1990s.-Amateur career:...	WBC
1985-08-09	1988-10-29	Miguel Lora	WBC
1988-10-29	1991-02-25	Raúl Pérez Raúl Pérez Raúl Pérez is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in two weight divisions.- Professional career :...	WBC
1991-02-25	1991-09-19	Greg Richardson Greg Richardson - Amateur career :Richardson had an outstanding amateur career, and was the 1974 National AAU and National Golden Gloves flyweight champion.- Pro career :...	WBC
1991-09-19	1992-09-17	Joichiro Tatsuyoshi Joichiro Tatsuyoshi is a former World Boxing Council world bantamweight champion from Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. His record is 19–6–1 .He is popular for his fight style and unique personality, and has appeared in several television variety shows....	WBC
1992-09-17	1993-03-28	Victor Rabanales Victor Rabanales Victor Manuel Rabanales was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division. He is a former WBC FECARBOX and the WBC Bantamweight Champion...	WBC
1993-03-28	1993-12-23	Jung-Il Byun	WBC
1993-12-23	1995-07-30	Yasuei Yakushiji Yasuei Yakushiji is a former professional boxer who fought in the bantamweight division. He successfully defended the WBC bantamweight title four times during his career.- Biography :Yakushiji began boxing under influence of his father, who was an amateur boxer...	WBC
1995-07-30	1997-01-Vacated	Wayne McCullough Wayne McCullough Wayne William McCullough is a professional boxer. During his professional career, which spans back to 1993, he held the WBC title in the Bantamweight category...	WBC
1997-01	1997-11-22	Sirimongkol Singwangcha Sirimongkol Singwangcha Sirimongkol Singwangcha is a professional light welterweight Thai boxer and kickboxer fighting out of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. He has won world titles in two weight divisions. His career record is 54-2 .-Biography and career:...	WBC
1997-11-22	1998-12-29	Joichiro Tatsuyoshi Joichiro Tatsuyoshi is a former World Boxing Council world bantamweight champion from Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. His record is 19–6–1 .He is popular for his fight style and unique personality, and has appeared in several television variety shows....	WBC
1998-12-29	2005-04-16	Veeraphol Sahaprom Veeraphol Sahaprom Veerapol Sahaprom is a former WBC and WBA Bantamweight Champion. He is from the Nakhon Ratchasima Province in Thailand...	WBC
2005-04-16	2010-04-30	Hozumi Hasegawa Hozumi Hasegawa is a professional boxer and a former WBC world bantamweight champion and former WBC world Featherweight champion. He received consecutive MVP awards from the Japanese Boxing Commission in 2005 and 2006 for his title defenses, and is the only Japanese boxer to have defended a world bantamweight...	WBC
2010-04-30	2011-02-19	Fernando Montiel Fernando Montiel Fernando Montiel Martínez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Fernando is a former WBO Flyweight, WBO Super Flyweight and WBO and WBC Bantamweight champion.-Early life:...	WBC
2011-02-19	2011-10-Vacated	Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer, who is widely known as "The Filipino Flash." He is a three-division world champion, having won five titles across three different boxing weight classes. He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox...	WBC
2011-11-06	Current	Shinsuke Yamanaka Shinsuke Yamanaka is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current WBC bantamweight champion.Yaegashi captured the vacant WBC bantamweight title in his first world title shot against Mexico's Christian Esquivel via an eleventh round technical knockout after knocking him down in the sixth and eleventh rounds at...	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1963-04-04	1965-05-18	Eder Jofre Eder Jofre Éder Jofre is a retired Brazilian boxer and former bantamweight and featherweight champion .-Amateur career:Jofre represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.-Olympic Results:*1st round bye...	WBA
1965-05-18	1968-02-27	Fighting Harada Fighting Harada Masahiko Harada , better known as Fighting Harada, is a former world boxing champion. He is currently the president of the Japanese boxing commission....	WBA
1968-02-27	1969-08-22	Lionel Rose Lionel Rose Lionel Edmund Rose MBE was an Australian bantamweight boxer, the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title.-Early life:...	WBA
1969-08-22	1970-10-16	Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him...	WBA
1970-10-16	1971-04-02	Chucho Castillo Chucho Castillo Jesus Castillo Aguillera is a former Mexican boxer. Better known as Chucho Castillo, he was WBA and WBC Bantamweight champion in 1970....	WBA
1971-04-02	1972-03-19	Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him...	WBA
1972-03-19	1972-07-29	Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in the Bantamweight division.- Professional career :...	WBA
1972-07-29	1973-01-20	Enrique Pinder	WBA
1973-01-20	1973-11-03	Romeo Anaya Romeo Anaya Romeo Anaya is a Mexican boxer in the Super Bantamweight division. He is the former WBA World Bantamweight Champion.-Pro career:...	WBA
1973-11-03	1974-07-03	Arnold Taylor Arnold Taylor Arnold Taylor was a South African boxer who became the WBA Bantamweight champion in 1973.-Background:Taylor lived during the apartheid period; Born to Muriel and Joe Taylor on 15 July 1943. White South African...	WBA
1974-07-03	1975-03-14	Soo-Hwan Hong	WBA
1975-03-14	1977-11-19	Alfonso Zamora Alfonso Zamora Alfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career...	WBA
1977-11-19	1980-08-29	Jorge Luján Jorge Luján Jorge Luján was born in Córdoba, Argentina and lives in Mexico City where he writes, sings and runs workshops on creative writing. He has published poetry and children's literature , as well as a short story and a book that teaches a method of writing based on images...	WBA
1980-08-29	1980-11-14	Julian Solís Julian Solis Julian Solís is a former boxer from Puerto Rico. He was born in the San Juan area of Río Piedras, but because of the closeness of his birthplace to Caguas, he often trained at the Bairoa Gym in Caguas...	WBA
1980-11-14	1984-04-07	Jeff Chandler Jeff Chandler (boxer) "Joltin'" Jeff Chandler is a former boxer. Chandler reigned as the WBA Bantamweight Champion from November 1980 to April 1984....	WBA
1984-04-07	1986-03-10	Richie Sandoval Richie Sandoval Richard Sandoval was a Mexican-American professional boxer and is the former WBA Bantamweight Champion. Richard won a silver medal at the 1979 Pan American Games and was a U.S. Olympian during his amateur career...	WBA
1986-03-10	1986-06-04	Gaby Canizales Gaby Canizales Jose 'Gaby' Canizales is a retired American boxer who won world championships in the bantamweight division. -Pro career:Canizales turned pro in 1979 and in 1983 challenged Jeff Chandler for the World Boxing Association bantamweight title but lost a decision. In 1986 he landed a shot at Richie...	WBA
1986-06-04	1987-02-03-Vacated	Bernardo Pinango Bernardo Piñango José Bernardo Piñango is a retired boxer from Venezuela, who won the silver medal in the Bantamweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he lost to Cuba's Juan Hernández on points ....	WBA
1987-03-29	1987-05-24	Takuya Muguruma Takuya Muguruma (boxer) is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBA bantamweight champion. He is an alumnus of the Kinki University.Muguruma became interested in boxing at the age of a junior high school student. In high school, he belonged to the rugby club. As Muguruma was a slow runner, he was a substitute player...	WBA
1987-05-24	1987-10-04	Chan-Yong Park	WBA
1987-10-04	1988-05-09	Wilfredo Vazquez Wilfredo Vázquez Wilfredo Vázquez is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Champion at three different weights, Bantamweight, Super bantamweight and Featherweight.-Early life and amateur career:...	WBA
1988-05-09	1988-08-14	Khaokor Galaxy	WBA
1988-08-14	1989-07-09	Sung-Kil Moon Sung-Kil Moon Moon Sung-Kil is a former two-division world champion boxer from South Korea. His name is also rendered Sung Kil Moon.- Amateur career :...	WBA
1989-07-09	1989-10-18	Khaokor Galaxy	WBA
1989-10-18	1991-10-19	Luisito Espinosa Luisito Espinosa Luisito Pio Espinosa is a retired boxer from the Philippines who won World titles in two different weight divisions....	WBA
1991-10-19	1992-03-15	Israel Contreras Israel Contreras Israel Contreras is a former Venezuelan boxer who won the World Boxing Association bantamweight title. He had a supporting role in the Mel Gibson film Apocalypto.-Boxing career:...	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 Junior Jones Junior Jones is an American former professional boxer. Known by his nickname of "Poison", he won world championships at bantamweight and super bantamweight, and is best remembered for his two victories over then-undefeated Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera.-Amateur career:Jones won two New York...	WBA
1994-04-22	1994-07-16	John Michael Johnson John Michael Johnson John Michael Johnson was an American bantamweight boxer. He briefly held a championship in that division.- Professional career :...	WBA
1994-07-16	1995-09-17	Daorung Chuvatana Daorung Chuvatana Daorung Chuvatana also known as Surapol Sidangnoi is a retired boxer who won World titles in the Bantamweight weight divisions....	WBA
1995-09-17	1996-01-28	Veeraphol Sahaprom Veeraphol Sahaprom Veerapol Sahaprom is a former WBC and WBA Bantamweight Champion. He is from the Nakhon Ratchasima Province in Thailand...	WBA
1996-01-28	1996-10-27	Nana Konadu Nana Konadu Nana Yaw Konadu Yeboah is a retired boxer who won World titles in two different weight divisions. Konadu turned pro in 1985 and in 1989 won the WBC Super Flyweight Title by winning a decision over Gilberto Roman. He lost the belt in his first defense to Sung Kil Moon in 1990 and lost a rematch to...	WBA
1996-10-27	1997-06-21	Daorung Chuvatana Daorung Chuvatana Daorung Chuvatana also known as Surapol Sidangnoi is a retired boxer who won World titles in the Bantamweight weight divisions....	WBA
1997-06-21	1998-12-05	Nana Konadu Nana Konadu Nana Yaw Konadu Yeboah is a retired boxer who won World titles in two different weight divisions. Konadu turned pro in 1985 and in 1989 won the WBC Super Flyweight Title by winning a decision over Gilberto Roman. He lost the belt in his first defense to Sung Kil Moon in 1990 and lost a rematch to...	WBA
1998-12-05	1999-06-26	Johnny Tapia Johnny Tapia John Lee "Johnny" Tapia is a Mexican-American five-time world boxing champion.-Childhood:Johnny Tapia's life began with tragedy. His father had reportedly been murdered while his mother was pregnant with him. At the age of 8, his mother Virginia was kidnapped, raped, hung, repeatedly stabbed, and...	WBA
1999-06-26	2001-08-07-Stripped	Paulie Ayala Paulie Ayala Paul Anthony Ayala is a Mexican-American former boxer and two time world champion. Ayala is a born-again Christian, and he professed so by thanking God for his success after virtually every fight...	WBA
2001-10-14	2002-04-19	Eidy Moya Eidy Moya Eidy Moya is a retired boxer who won World titles in the bantamweight weight division.-Early life:Moya's natural boxing skills showed early in his life when older boys persuade him to brawl in the streets. The winner was awarded with a coke and Venezuelan home-made cookie named "Catalina"...	WBA
2002-04-19	2004-10-11-Retired	Johnny Bredahl Johnny Bredahl Johnny Bredahl , aka Johny Wahid Johansen, is a retired professional boxer in the bantamweight division. Bredahl is the former WBA world bantamweight champion...	WBA
2005-02-26	2008-05-31	Wladimir Sidorenko Wladimir Sidorenko Volodymyr Sydorenko, or Vladimir Sidorenko, is a professional boxer in the bantamweight division. He is the former WBA world bantamweight champion, and twin brother of Valeriy Sydorenko.-Amateur career:...	WBA
2008-05-31	Current	Anselmo Moreno Anselmo Moreno Anselmo Moreno is a professional boxer from El Martillo San Miguelito, Republic of Panama.He is the current WBA Bantamweight Super Champion. In August 2011, Moreno signed a four fight promotional deal with Golden Boy Promotions.-Bantamweight:...	WBA Super Champion
2010-12-26	Current	Koki Kameda Koki Kameda is a Japanese professional boxer in the Flyweight division and the current WBA Bantamweight Regular Champion. He is the oldest of the three Kameda brothers. His younger brother, Daiki Kameda, is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division, and the youngest brother Tomoki, is the WBC Youth...	WBA Regular Champion
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-04-15	1985-04-26	Satoshi Shingaki Satoshi Shingaki is a Japanese ex-boxer and former world champion. He along with Nobuo Nashiro are the fastest Japanese boxers to become world champions as they both won a world title in only their 8th professional bout.-Career history:...	IBF
1985-04-26	1987-Vacated	Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:...	IBF
1987-05-15	1988-07-09	Kelvin Seabrooks Kelvin Seabrooks Kelvin Seabrooks was an American boxer who won the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title and defended it two times.-Boxing career:...	IBF
1988-07-09	1994-10-15-Vacated	Orlando Canizales Orlando Canizales Orlando Canizales is an American boxer who won the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title and defended it a record sixteen consecutive times.-Boxing career:...	IBF
1995-01-21	1995-04-29	Harold Mestre	IBF
1995-04-29	1997-07-19	Mbulelo Botile Mbulelo Botile Mbulelo Botile is a former South African boxer in the Bantamweight division. -Professional career:...	IBF
1997-07-19	2003-02-15	Tim Austin Tim Austin Timothy Austin is a professional boxer from the United States. He was nicknamed the "Cincinnati Kid".- Amateur accomplishments :*1990 National Golden Gloves flyweight champion...	IBF
2003-02-15	2007-03-16-Vacated	Rafael Márquez Rafael Márquez (boxer) Rafael Márquez Méndez is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion at the IBF / IBO Bantamweight and WBC Super Bantamweight divisions....	IBF
2007-07-07	2007-09-27	Luis Alberto Pérez Luis Alberto Pérez Luís Alberto Pérez is a lifelong resident of Managua, Nicaragua, where he was born. Luis is a southpaw professional boxer in the super bantamweight division. His record is 25-2 . He is a former IBF world super flyweight and bantamweight champion. His manager, also born & raised in Managua,...	IBF
2007-09-27	2009-10-30	Joseph Agbeko Joseph Agbeko Joseph Agbeko is a professional boxer with a record of 28-2 . The Ring Magazine currently rates Agbeko at number three in the bantamweight division.-Professional career:...	IBF
2009-10-30	2010-12-11	Yonnhy Perez Yonnhy Pérez Yonnhy Pérez , is a professional boxer who resides in Santa Fe Springs, California. He is the former IBF Bantamweight champion. Ring Magazine currently rates Pérez at number seven in the bantamweight division....	IBF
2010-12-11	2011-08-13	Joseph Agbeko Joseph Agbeko Joseph Agbeko is a professional boxer with a record of 28-2 . The Ring Magazine currently rates Agbeko at number three in the bantamweight division.-Professional career:...	IBF
2011-08-13	Current	Abner Mares Abner Mares Abner Mares Martínez is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Abner medaled repeatedly in international amateur tournaments for Mexico. Mares grew up in the city of Hawaiian Gardens, California.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Mares compiled a record of 112-8 with 84...	IBF
WBO
Title inaugurated
1989-02-03	1990-09-02-Vacated	Israel Contreras Israel Contreras Israel Contreras is a former Venezuelan boxer who won the World Boxing Association bantamweight title. He had a supporting role in the Mel Gibson film Apocalypto.-Boxing career:...	WBO
1991-03-12	1991-06-30	Gaby Canizales Gaby Canizales Jose 'Gaby' Canizales is a retired American boxer who won world championships in the bantamweight division. -Pro career:Canizales turned pro in 1979 and in 1983 challenged Jeff Chandler for the World Boxing Association bantamweight title but lost a decision. In 1986 he landed a shot at Richie...	WBO
1991-06-30	1992-05-13	Duke McKenzie Duke McKenzie Duke McKenzie MBE is a British former professional boxer, now a boxing commentator for broadcaster ITV.-Boxing career:Previously a highly successful professional boxer, McKenzie has been British champion at two weights, a European champion once and World champion at three different weights...	WBO
1992-05-13	1994-07-30	Rafael Del Valle Rafael del Valle Rafael del Valle was a Spanish poet.Born in Aguadilla, he studied medicine in the University of Barcelona. He was disciple of Luis Pasteur in his institute...	WBO
1994-07-30	1995-10-21	Alfred Kotey Alfred Kotey Alfred Kotey is a Ghanaian boxer. Born in Bukom, Kotey represented Ghana at the 1988 Summer Olympics and held the WBO Bantamweight Championship.-Amateur career:Kotey represented Ghana as a Flyweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games...	WBO
1995-10-21	1996-04-26	Daniel Jimenez Daniel Jiménez Daniel Jiménez Román is a former Puerto Rican bantamweight boxer. He is best known for having won the WBO title as a pro.-Pro:...	WBO
1996-04-26	1996-Vacated	Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan (born 30 August 1968 in Caerphilly, Wales is a Welsh former professional boxer.-Pro career:Regan is a former WBO World Bantamweight champion and former interim IBF World Flyweight champion. In 1995 he captured the interim IBF flyweight title with a KO win...	WBO
1997-07-28	2000-01-08	Jorge Julio Rocha Jorge Julio Rocha Jorge Eliécer Julio Rocha is a former Colombian bantamweight boxer best known to win the WBA and later the WBO title as a pro.-Amateur:...	WBO
2000-01-08	2000-05-06-Vacated	Johnny Tapia Johnny Tapia John Lee "Johnny" Tapia is a Mexican-American five-time world boxing champion.-Childhood:Johnny Tapia's life began with tragedy. His father had reportedly been murdered while his mother was pregnant with him. At the age of 8, his mother Virginia was kidnapped, raped, hung, repeatedly stabbed, and...	WBO
2000-09-04	2002-03-15	Mauricio Martinez	WBO
2002-03-15	2004-05-07	Cruz Carbajal Cruz Carbajal Cruz Carbajal is a professional boxer of height 165 cm. He is the younger brother of Hall of Fame boxer Michael Carbajal.-Pro career:After making his debut in 1992, Carbajal won 14 of his first 17 fights...	WBO
2004-05-07	2005-10-29	Ratanachai Sor Vorapin Ratanachai Sor Vorapin Ratanachai Sor Vorapin is a professional boxer and a former WBO bantamweight champion. He is the younger brother of Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, a former IBF strawweight champion.-Professional career:...	WBO
2005-10-29	2007-08-11	Jhonny González Jhonny González Jhonny González is a Mexican professional boxer and is the current WBC featherweight champion...	WBO
2007-08-11	2009-04-25-Vacated	Gerry Peñalosa Gerry Peñalosa Geronimo Peñalosa , more commonly known as Gerry Peñalosa, is a retired Filipino professional boxer....	WBO
2009-04-25	2011-02-19	Fernando Montiel Fernando Montiel Fernando Montiel Martínez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Fernando is a former WBO Flyweight, WBO Super Flyweight and WBO and WBC Bantamweight champion.-Early life:...	WBO
2011-02-19	2011-11-Vacated	Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer, who is widely known as "The Filipino Flash." He is a three-division world champion, having won five titles across three different boxing weight classes. He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox...	WBO
2011-11-26	Current	Jorge Arce Jorge Arce Jorge Armando Arce Armenta is a Mexican professional boxer. Arce is the former WBO World Light Flyweight, WBC World Light Flyweight, Interim WBC World Flyweight, Interim WBA World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Bantamweight, and is the current WBO World Bantamweight...	WBO

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