Bantamweight Rankings & Boxing Champions

RING BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 Apr, 2026

The Ring Bantamweight Champion

Vacant

Tsutsumi

13-0-3

Medina

27-4-0

Inoue

21-2-0

Higa

21-3-3

Vargas

19-1-1

Masuda

10-1-0

Salas

17-0-0

Takei

11-1-0

Ioka

32-4-1

Llover

17-0-0

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WBO BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 01 Apr, 2026

WBO World Bantamweight Champion

Christian
Medina

27-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Curiel (26-6-1) UD 12 06-Feb-2026

Time inactive

67 days - (2 months & 8 days)

Won against

Takei (11-0-0) TKO 4 14-Sep-2025

Time held

212 days - (7 months)

Total defences

Feb 06 2026

UD 12

Curiel (26-6-1)

Activity average

Every 212 days - (7 months)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

212 days - (7 months)

Masuda

10-1-0

Estrada

45-5-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Takei

11-1-0

Cain

15-1-0

Akitsugi

14-1-0

Rodriguez

23-3-0

Bui

11-1-0

Santos

16-1-0

Moloney

28-4-0

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Hernandez

15-0-0

Cintron

14-1-0

Llover

17-0-0

Santiago

28-5-5

Dropped Out This Month

Ioka

32-4-1

Donaire

43-10-0

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IBF BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 Apr, 2026

IBF World Bantamweight Champion

Jose Salas Reyes

17-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

122 days - (4 months & 1 day)

Won against

Ngxeke (16-1-1) TKO 7 13-Dec-2025

Time held

122 days - (4 months & 1 day)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

122 days - (4 months & 1 day)

Vacant

Llover

17-0-0

Masuda

10-1-0

Angeletti

14-0-0

Estrada

45-5-0

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Gaballo

30-2-0

Moloney

28-4-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Akitsugi

14-1-0

Cain

15-1-0

Ngxeke

16-2-1

Crowder

19-0-0

Tso

22-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

Ioka

32-4-1

Donaire

43-10-0

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WBC BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 02 Apr, 2026

WBC World Bantamweight Champion

Takuma
Inoue

21-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Ioka (32-4-1) 02-May-2026

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

141 days - (4 months & 20 days)

Won against

Nasukawa (7-0-0) UD 12 24-Nov-2025

Time held

141 days - (4 months & 20 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

141 days - (4 months & 20 days)

Estrada

45-5-0

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Cain

15-1-0

Ioka

32-4-1

Masuda

10-1-0

Llover

17-0-0

Moloney

28-4-0

Gonzalez

19-7-3

Chitpattana

0-0-0

Takei

11-1-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Akitsugi

14-1-0

Angeletti

14-0-0

Bonilla

5-0-0

Rodriguez

23-3-0

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WBA BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Apr, 2026

WBA World Bantamweight Champion

Seiya
Tsutsumi

13-0-3

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Donaire (43-8-0) SD 12 17-Dec-2025

Time inactive

118 days - (3 months & 28 days)

Won against

Inoue (20-1-0) UD 12 13-Oct-2024

Time held

548 days - (1 year & 6 months)

Total defences

Dec 17 2025

SD 12

Donaire (43-8-0)

Activity average

Every 548 days - (1 year & 6 months)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

548 days - (1 year & 6 months)

Masuda

10-1-0

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Ioka

32-4-1

Donaire

43-10-0

Bonilla

5-0-0

Higa

21-3-3

Takei

11-1-0

Angeletti

14-0-0

Nikhemttolla

21-0-3

Llover

17-0-0

Waseem

15-2-0

Hernandez

15-0-0

Moreno

12-0-0

Akitsugi

14-1-0

Umezu

10-0-1

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Big upcoming Bantamweight fights

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Bridges

Cotton

Saturday, Apr 18 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-04-18T21:00:00Z ()

Moloney

Donovan

Thursday, Apr 23 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-04-23T11:00:00Z ()

Inoue

Ioka

Saturday, May 02 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-05-02T10:00:00Z ()

Bantamweight championship

WBC

Recent Bantamweight results

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Estrada

Nasukawa

Saturday, Apr 11 2026

Bantamweight championship

WBC - Final Eliminator

Donaire

Masuda

Sunday, Mar 15 2026

Bantamweight championship

WBA - Final Eliminator

Medina

Curiel

Friday, Feb 06 2026

Bantamweight championship

WBO

Tsutsumi

Donaire

Wednesday, Dec 17 2025

Bantamweight championship

WBA

Salas

Ngxeke

Saturday, Dec 13 2025

Bantamweight championship

IBF

Nasukawa

Inoue

Monday, Nov 24 2025

Bantamweight championship

WBC

Takei

Medina

Sunday, Sep 14 2025

Bantamweight championship

WBO

Vargas

Higa

Wednesday, Jul 30 2025

Bantamweight championship

WBA

Nakatani

Nishida

Sunday, Jun 08 2025

Bantamweight championship

IBF

WBC

RING

Nasukawa

Santillan

Sunday, Jun 08 2025

Bantamweight boxing rankings

RING BANTAMWEIGHT

Vacant

The Ring Bantamweight Champion

Seiya Tsutsumi
(13-0-3) -
Christian Medina
(27-4-0) -
Takuma Inoue
(21-2-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-3-3) -
Antonio Vargas
(19-1-1) -
Riku Masuda
(10-1-0) -
Jose Salas Reyes
(17-0-0) -
Yoshiki Takei
(11-1-0) -
Kazuto Ioka
(32-4-1) -
Kenneth Llover
(17-0-0) -

WBO BANTAMWEIGHT

Christian Medina (27-4-0)

WBO World Bantamweight Champion

Riku Masuda
(10-1-0) 5
Juan Francisco Estrada
(45-5-0) 1
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0) -
Yoshiki Takei
(11-1-0) -
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) -
Katsuma Akitsugi
(14-1-0) 2
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0) 2
Ephraim Bui
(11-1-0) 2
Rubens Diego Dos Santos
(16-1-0) 2
Jason Moloney
(28-4-0) 2
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) 2
Jordan Orozco Hernandez
(15-0-0) 2
Jeyvier Cintron
(14-1-0) 2
Kenneth Llover
(17-0-0)
Alejandro Santiago
(28-5-5)

Dropped Out This Month

Kazuto Ioka (32-4-1) (2)
Nonito Donaire (43-10-0) (7)

IBF BANTAMWEIGHT

Jose Salas Reyes (17-0-0)

IBF World Bantamweight Champion

Vacant
Vacant
Kenneth Llover
(17-0-0) -
Riku Masuda
(10-1-0) -
Michael Angeletti
(14-0-0) 1
Juan Francisco Estrada
(45-5-0) 4
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) 2
Reymart Gaballo
(30-2-0) 3
Jason Moloney
(28-4-0) 4
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0)
Katsuma Akitsugi
(14-1-0) 6
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) -
Landi Ngxeke
(16-2-1) 1
Domnique Crowder
(19-0-0) 1
Rex Tso
(22-0-0)

Dropped Out This Month

Kazuto Ioka (32-4-1) (7)
Nonito Donaire (43-10-0) (8)

WBC BANTAMWEIGHT

Takuma Inoue (21-2-0)

WBC World Bantamweight Champion

Juan Francisco Estrada
(45-5-0) -
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) -
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) -
Kazuto Ioka
(32-4-1) -
Riku Masuda
(10-1-0) -
Kenneth Llover
(17-0-0) -
Jason Moloney
(28-4-0) -
Alejandro Jair Gonzalez
(19-7-3) -
Petch Sor Chitpattana
(0-0-0) -
Yoshiki Takei
(11-1-0) -
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0) -
Katsuma Akitsugi
(14-1-0) -
Michael Angeletti
(14-0-0) -
Andrey Bonilla
(5-0-0) -
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0) -

WBA BANTAMWEIGHT

Seiya Tsutsumi (13-0-3)

WBA World Bantamweight Champion

Riku Masuda
(10-1-0) -
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) -
Kazuto Ioka
(32-4-1) -
Nonito Donaire
(43-10-0) -
Andrey Bonilla
(5-0-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-3-3) -
Yoshiki Takei
(11-1-0) -
Michael Angeletti
(14-0-0) -
Yelshat Nikhemttolla
(21-0-3) -
Kenneth Llover
(17-0-0) -
Muhammad Waseem
(15-2-0) -
Jordan Orozco Hernandez
(15-0-0) -
Emanuel Moreno
(12-0-0) -
Katsuma Akitsugi
(14-1-0) -
Shori Umezu
(10-0-1) -

Box.Live Power Rankings – Bantamweight

Box.Live's Power Rankings provide a simple method for ranking active fighters 1st through 35th in the bantamweight division.

Outside the top 10 or so fighters, who are more likely to be ranked for their current ability and standing at bantamweight, others are considered by their potential future influence as mandatory or eliminator contenders. Every fighter is either a champion or ranked by at least one organisation at bantamweight, so inactive fighters may not appear until they fight again.

Order: Ring champion, Ring positions 1–10, then other world champions, then by combined ranking points (WBC/IBF/WBO/WBA).

Key: (c) = champion, (int) = interim, (reg) = WBA regular when multiple champions, [m] = mandatory.

#	Fighter	The Ring	WBC	IBF	WBO	WBA	Change
1	Seiya Tsutsumi (13-0-3)	1	-	-	-	(c)	-
2	Christian Medina (27-4-0)	2	-	-	(c)	-	-
3	Takuma Inoue (21-2-0)	3	(c)	-	-	-	-
4	Daigo Higa (21-3-3)	4	-	-	-	6	-
5	Antonio Vargas (19-1-1)	5	-	-	-	-	-
6	Riku Masuda (10-1-0)	6	5	4	1	1	-
7	Jose Salas Reyes (17-0-0)	7	-	(c)	-	-	-
8	Yoshiki Takei (11-1-0)	8	10	-	4	7	-
9	Kazuto Ioka (32-4-1)	9	4	-	-	3	-
10	Kenneth Llover (17-0-0)	10	6	3	14	10	-
11	Tenshin Nasukawa (8-1-0)	-	2	7	11	2	-
12	Juan Francisco Estrada (45-5-0)	-	1	6	2	-	-
13	Andrew Cain (15-1-0)	-	3	12	5	-	-
14	David Cuellar Contreras (29-1-0)	-	11	10	3	-	+3
15	Michael Angeletti (14-0-0)	-	13	5	-	8	-
16	Jason Moloney (28-4-0)	-	7	9	10	-	+2
17	Katsuma Akitsugi (14-1-0)	-	12	11	6	14	-3
18	Andrey Bonilla (5-0-0)	-	14	-	-	5	+1
19	Nonito Donaire (43-10-0)	-	-	-	-	4	-3
20	Emmanuel Rodriguez (23-3-0)	-	15	-	7	-	-
21	Alejandro Jair Gonzalez (19-7-3)	-	8	-	-	-	-
22	Ephraim Bui (11-1-0)	-	-	-	8	-	-
23	Reymart Gaballo (30-2-0)	-	-	8	-	-	+5
24	Jordan Orozco Hernandez (15-0-0)	-	-	-	12	12	-1
25	Petch Sor Chitpattana (0-0-0)	-	9	-	-	-	-1
26	Rubens Diego Dos Santos (16-1-0)	-	-	-	9	-	-1
27	Yelshat Nikhemttolla (21-0-3)	-	-	-	-	9	-1
28	Muhammad Waseem (15-2-0)	-	-	-	-	11	-1
29	Emanuel Moreno (12-0-0)	-	-	-	-	13	-
30	Jeyvier Cintron (14-1-0)	-	-	-	13	-	-
31	Landi Ngxeke (16-2-1)	-	-	13	-	-	-
32	Domnique Crowder (19-0-0)	-	-	14	-	-	+1
33	Alejandro Santiago (28-5-5)	-	-	-	15	-	-1
34	Rex Tso (22-0-0)	-	-	15	-	-	* New *
35	Shori Umezu (10-0-1)	-	-	-	-	15	-1