RING BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 03 Mar, 2026

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The Ring Bantamweight Champion

Vacant

2
Japan flag
Seiya Tsutsumi photo
1
Tsutsumi
3
Mexico flag
Christian Medina photo
1
Medina
4
Japan flag
Takuma Inoue photo
1
Inoue
5
Japan flag
Daigo Higa photo
1
Higa
6
United States flag
Antonio Vargas photo
1
Vargas
7
Mexico flag
Jose Salas Reyes photo
1
Salas
8
Japan flag
Yoshiki Takei photo
1
Takei
9
Japan flag
Kazuto Ioka photo
1
Ioka
10
Japan flag
Riku Masuda photo
1
Masuda

9-1-0

11
Philippines flag
Kenneth Llover photo
1
Llover

17-0-0

WBO BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 03 Mar, 2026

Mexico flag
Christian Medina photo

WBO World Bantamweight Champion

Christian
Medina

27-4-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Mexico flag Curiel (26-6-1) UD 12 06-Feb-2026
Time inactive
26 days - (26 days)
Won against
Japan flag Takei (11-0-0) TKO 4 14-Sep-2025
Time held
171 days - (5 months & 20 days)
Total defences
1
Feb 06 2026
UD 12 Mexico flag Curiel (26-6-1)
Activity average
Every 171 days - (5 months & 20 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
171 days - (5 months & 20 days)
1
Mexico flag
Juan Francisco Estrada photo
-
Estrada
2
Japan flag
Kazuto Ioka photo
-
Ioka
3
Mexico flag
David Cuellar Contreras photo
-
Contreras
4
Japan flag
Yoshiki Takei photo
-
Takei
5
United Kingdom flag
Andrew Cain photo
-
Cain
6
Japan flag
Riku Masuda photo
-
Masuda

9-1-0

7
Philippines flag
Nonito Donaire photo
-
Donaire
8
United States flag
Katsuma Akitsugi photo
-
Akitsugi

14-0-0

9
Puerto Rico flag
Emmanuel Rodriguez photo
-
Rodriguez
10
United States flag
Ephraim Bui photo
-
Bui

11-1-0

11
Brazil flag
Rubens Diego Dos Santos photo
-
Santos

16-1-0

12
Australia flag
Jason Moloney photo
-
Moloney
13
Japan flag
Tenshin Nasukawa photo
-
Nasukawa
14
Nicaragua flag
Jordan Orozco Hernandez photo
-
Hernandez

15-0-0

15
Puerto Rico flag
Jeyvier Cintron photo
-
Cintron

IBF BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 10 Feb, 2026

Mexico flag
Jose Salas Reyes photo

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
81 days - (2 months & 22 days)
Won against
South Africa flag Ngxeke (16-1-1) TKO 7 13-Dec-2025
Time held
81 days - (2 months & 22 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
81 days - (2 months & 22 days)
1
Vacant
-
Vacant

Vacant

2
Vacant
1
Vacant

Vacant

3
Philippines flag
Kenneth Llover photo
2
Llover

17-0-0

4
Japan flag
Riku Masuda photo
2
Masuda

9-1-0

5
United Kingdom flag
Andrew Cain photo
2
Cain
6
United States flag
Katsuma Akitsugi photo
4
Akitsugi

14-0-0

7
United States flag
Michael Angeletti photo
1
Angeletti

14-0-0

8
Japan flag
Kazuto Ioka photo
4
Ioka
9
Philippines flag
Nonito Donaire photo
Donaire
10
Japan flag
Tenshin Nasukawa photo
Nasukawa
11
Philippines flag
Reymart Gaballo photo
2
Gaballo
12
Japan flag
Daigo Higa photo
1
Higa
13
Australia flag
Jason Moloney photo
Moloney
14
South Africa flag
Landi Ngxeke photo
10
Ngxeke

16-2-1

15
United States flag
Domnique Crowder photo
2
Crowder

19-0-0

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Mexico flag
Jose Salas Reyes photo
Salas
South Africa flag
Charlton Malajika photo
Malajika

9-1-0

Mexico flag
David Cuellar Contreras photo
Contreras

WBC BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 03 Mar, 2026

Placeholder fighter photo

WBC World Bantamweight Champion

Vacant

1
Mexico flag
Juan Francisco Estrada photo
-
Estrada
2
Japan flag
Tenshin Nasukawa photo
-
Nasukawa
3
United Kingdom flag
Andrew Cain photo
-
Cain
4
Japan flag
Kazuto Ioka photo
1
Ioka
5
Japan flag
Riku Masuda photo
1
Masuda

9-1-0

6
Philippines flag
Kenneth Llover photo
1
Llover

17-0-0

7
Australia flag
Jason Moloney photo
1
Moloney
8
Mexico flag
Alejandro Jair Gonzalez photo
4
Gonzalez

19-7-3

9
Thailand flag
Petch Sor Chitpattana photo
3
Chitpattana

0-0-0

10
Japan flag
Yoshiki Takei photo
1
Takei
11
Mexico flag
David Cuellar Contreras photo
-
Contreras
12
United States flag
Katsuma Akitsugi photo
1
Akitsugi

14-0-0

13
United States flag
Michael Angeletti photo
1
Angeletti

14-0-0

14
United States flag
Andrey Bonilla photo
1
Bonilla

5-0-0

15
Puerto Rico flag
Emmanuel Rodriguez photo
Rodriguez

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Philippines flag
Nonito Donaire photo
Donaire

WBA BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 02 Mar, 2026

Japan flag
Seiya Tsutsumi photo

WBA World Bantamweight Champion

Seiya
Tsutsumi

13-0-3

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Philippines flag Donaire (43-8-0) SD 12 17-Dec-2025
Time inactive
77 days - (2 months & 18 days)
Won against
Japan flag Inoue (20-1-0) UD 12 13-Oct-2024
Time held
507 days - (1 year & 4 months)
Total defences
1
Dec 17 2025
SD 12 Philippines flag Donaire (43-8-0)
Activity average
Every 507 days - (1 year & 4 months)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
507 days - (1 year & 4 months)
1
Philippines flag
Nonito Donaire photo
-
Donaire
2
Japan flag
Tenshin Nasukawa photo
-
Nasukawa
3
Japan flag
Kazuto Ioka photo
-
Ioka
4
Japan flag
Riku Masuda photo
-
Masuda

9-1-0

5
United States flag
Andrey Bonilla photo
-
Bonilla

5-0-0

6
Japan flag
Daigo Higa photo
-
Higa
7
Japan flag
Yoshiki Takei photo
-
Takei
8
United States flag
Michael Angeletti photo
-
Angeletti

14-0-0

9
Kazakhstan flag
Yelshat Nikhemttolla photo
-
Nikhemttolla

21-0-3

10
Philippines flag
Kenneth Llover photo
-
Llover

17-0-0

11
Pakistan flag
Muhammad Waseem photo
-
Waseem
12
Nicaragua flag
Jordan Orozco Hernandez photo
-
Hernandez

15-0-0

13
United States flag
Emanuel Moreno photo
-
Moreno

12-0-0

14
United States flag
Katsuma Akitsugi photo
-
Akitsugi

14-0-0

15
Japan flag
Shori Umezu photo
-
Umezu

10-0-1

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RING BANTAMWEIGHT
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Vacant

The Ring Bantamweight Champion

  1. (13-0-3) 1
  2. (27-4-0) 1
  3. (21-2-0) 1
  4. (21-3-3) 1
  5. (19-1-1) 1
  6. (17-0-0) 1
  7. (11-1-0) 1
  8. (32-4-1) 1
  9. Japan flag Riku Masuda
    (9-1-0) 1
  10. Philippines flag Kenneth Llover
    (17-0-0) 1
WBO BANTAMWEIGHT
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Mexico flag Christian Medina (27-4-0)

WBO World Bantamweight Champion

  1. (45-4-0) -
  2. (32-4-1) -
  3. (29-1-0) -
  4. (11-1-0) -
  5. (15-1-0) -
  6. Japan flag Riku Masuda
    (9-1-0) -
  7. (43-9-0) -
  8. United States flag Katsuma Akitsugi
    (14-0-0) -
  9. (23-3-0) -
  10. United States flag Ephraim Bui
    (11-1-0) -
  11. Brazil flag Rubens Diego Dos Santos
    (16-1-0) -
  12. (28-4-0) -
  13. (7-1-0) -
  14. Nicaragua flag Jordan Orozco Hernandez
    (15-0-0) -
  15. (14-1-0) -
IBF BANTAMWEIGHT
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Mexico flag Jose Salas Reyes (17-0-0)

IBF World Bantamweight Champion

  1. Vacant
  2. Vacant
  3. Philippines flag Kenneth Llover
    (17-0-0) 2
  4. Japan flag Riku Masuda
    (9-1-0) 2
  5. (15-1-0) 2
  6. United States flag Katsuma Akitsugi
    (14-0-0) 4
  7. United States flag Michael Angeletti
    (14-0-0) 1
  8. (32-4-1) 4
  9. (43-9-0)
  10. (7-1-0)
  11. (30-2-0) 2
  12. (21-3-3) 1
  13. (28-4-0)
  14. South Africa flag Landi Ngxeke
    (16-2-1) 10
  15. United States flag Domnique Crowder
    (19-0-0) 2
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WBC BANTAMWEIGHT
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Vacant

WBC World Bantamweight Champion

  1. (45-4-0) -
  2. (7-1-0) -
  3. (15-1-0) -
  4. (32-4-1) 1
  5. Japan flag Riku Masuda
    (9-1-0) 1
  6. Philippines flag Kenneth Llover
    (17-0-0) 1
  7. (28-4-0) 1
  8. Mexico flag Alejandro Jair Gonzalez
    (19-7-3) 4
  9. Thailand flag Petch Sor Chitpattana
    (0-0-0) 3
  10. (11-1-0) 1
  11. (29-1-0) -
  12. United States flag Katsuma Akitsugi
    (14-0-0) 1
  13. United States flag Michael Angeletti
    (14-0-0) 1
  14. United States flag Andrey Bonilla
    (5-0-0) 1
  15. (23-3-0)
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WBA BANTAMWEIGHT
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Japan flag Seiya Tsutsumi (13-0-3)

WBA World Bantamweight Champion

  1. (43-9-0) -
  2. (7-1-0) -
  3. (32-4-1) -
  4. Japan flag Riku Masuda
    (9-1-0) -
  5. United States flag Andrey Bonilla
    (5-0-0) -
  6. (21-3-3) -
  7. (11-1-0) -
  8. United States flag Michael Angeletti
    (14-0-0) -
  9. Kazakhstan flag Yelshat Nikhemttolla
    (21-0-3) -
  10. Philippines flag Kenneth Llover
    (17-0-0) -
  11. (15-2-0) -
  12. Nicaragua flag Jordan Orozco Hernandez
    (15-0-0) -
  13. United States flag Emanuel Moreno
    (12-0-0) -
  14. United States flag Katsuma Akitsugi
    (14-0-0) -
  15. Japan flag 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 33rd 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) Japan flag 2 - - - (c) -
2 Christian Medina (27-4-0) Mexico flag 3 - - (c) - -
3 Takuma Inoue (21-2-0) Japan flag 4 - - - - -
4 Daigo Higa (21-3-3) Japan flag 5 - 12 - 6 -
5 Antonio Vargas (19-1-1) United States flag 6 - - - - -
6 Jose Salas Reyes (17-0-0) Mexico flag 7 - (c) - - -
7 Yoshiki Takei (11-1-0) Japan flag 8 10 - 4 7 -
8 Kazuto Ioka (32-4-1) Japan flag 9 4 8 2 3 -
9 Riku Masuda (9-1-0) Japan flag 10 5 4 6 4 -
10 Kenneth Llover (17-0-0) Philippines flag 11 6 3 - 10 -
11 Tenshin Nasukawa (7-1-0) Japan flag - 2 10 13 2 +1
12 Andrew Cain (15-1-0) United Kingdom flag - 3 5 5 - +1
13 Nonito Donaire (43-9-0) Philippines flag - - 9 7 1 -2
14 Juan Francisco Estrada (45-4-0) Mexico flag - 1 - 1 - -
15 Katsuma Akitsugi (14-0-0) United States flag - 12 6 8 14 -
16 Michael Angeletti (14-0-0) United States flag - 13 7 - 8 -
17 David Cuellar Contreras (29-1-0) Mexico flag - 11 - 3 - +7
18 Jason Moloney (28-4-0) Australia flag - 7 13 12 - -
19 Andrey Bonilla (5-0-0) United States flag - 14 - - 5 +1
20 Alejandro Jair Gonzalez (19-7-3) Mexico flag - 8 - - - -1
21 Emmanuel Rodriguez (23-3-0) Puerto Rico flag - 15 - 9 - +2
22 Petch Sor Chitpattana (0-0-0) Thailand flag - 9 - - - +7
23 Yelshat Nikhemttolla (21-0-3) Kazakhstan flag - - - - 9 -1
24 Ephraim Bui (11-1-0) United States flag - - - 10 - +1
25 Jordan Orozco Hernandez (15-0-0) Nicaragua flag - - - 14 12 +3
26 Muhammad Waseem (15-2-0) Pakistan flag - - - - 11 -
27 Reymart Gaballo (30-2-0) Philippines flag - - 11 - - -
28 Rubens Diego Dos Santos (16-1-0) Brazil flag - - - 11 - +2
29 Emanuel Moreno (12-0-0) United States flag - - - - 13 +2
30 Landi Ngxeke (16-2-1) South Africa flag - - 14 - - -13
31 Domnique Crowder (19-0-0) United States flag - - 15 - - +1
32 Jeyvier Cintron (14-1-0) Puerto Rico flag - - - 15 - * New *
33 Shori Umezu (10-0-1) Japan flag - - - - 15 -

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