Bantamweight Rankings & Boxing Champions

RING BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 23 May, 2026

The Ring Bantamweight Champion

Vacant

Tsutsumi

13-0-3

Inoue

22-2-0

Medina

27-4-0

Higa

21-3-3

Vargas

19-1-1

Masuda

10-1-0

Salas

17-0-0

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Llover

17-0-0

Moloney

29-4-0

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WBO BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 May, 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

106 days - (3 months & 17 days)

Won against

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

Time held

251 days - (8 months & 9 days)

Total defences

Feb 06 2026

UD 12

Curiel (26-6-1)

Activity average

Every 251 days - (8 months & 9 days)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

251 days - (8 months & 9 days)

Masuda

10-1-0

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Takei

12-1-0

Moloney

29-4-0

Rodriguez

23-3-0

Cain

15-1-0

Akitsugi

14-1-0

Bui

11-1-0

Santos

16-1-0

Hernandez

16-0-0

Higa

21-3-3

Cintron

14-1-0

Llover

17-0-0

Santiago

28-5-5

Dropped Out This Month

Estrada

45-5-0

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IBF BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 May, 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

161 days - (5 months & 10 days)

Won against

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

Time held

161 days - (5 months & 10 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

161 days - (5 months & 10 days)

Vacant

Llover

17-0-0

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Masuda

10-1-0

Angeletti

14-0-0

Moloney

29-4-0

Rodriguez

23-3-0

Gaballo

31-2-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Cain

15-1-0

Ngxeke

17-2-1

Crowder

19-0-0

Cervantes

15-3-0

Tso

22-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

Estrada

45-5-0

Akitsugi

14-1-0

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WBC BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 06 May, 2026

WBC World Bantamweight Champion

Takuma
Inoue

22-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Ioka (32-4-1) UD 12 02-May-2026

Time inactive

21 days - (21 days)

Won against

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

Time held

180 days - (5 months & 29 days)

Total defences

May 02 2026

UD 12

Ioka (32-4-1)

Activity average

Every 180 days - (5 months & 29 days)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

180 days - (5 months & 29 days)

Nasukawa [m]

8-1-0

Cain

15-1-0

Masuda

10-1-0

Llover

17-0-0

Moloney

29-4-0

Estrada

45-5-0

Gonzalez

19-7-3

Chitpattana

0-0-0

Takei

12-1-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Ioka

32-5-1

Bonilla

6-0-0

Cervantes

15-3-0

Angeletti

14-0-0

Rodriguez

23-3-0

Dropped Out This Month

Akitsugi

14-1-0

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WBA BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 02 May, 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

158 days - (5 months & 7 days)

Won against

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

Time held

588 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Total defences

Dec 17 2025

SD 12

Donaire (43-8-0)

Activity average

Every 588 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

588 days - (1 year & 7 months)

Masuda

10-1-0

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Donaire

43-10-0

Bonilla

6-0-0

Higa

21-3-3

Takei

12-1-0

Angeletti

14-0-0

Nikhemttolla

21-0-3

Llover

17-0-0

Waseem

15-2-0

Hernandez

16-0-0

Cain

15-1-0

Moreno

13-0-0

Akitsugi

14-1-0

Umezu

10-0-1

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Big upcoming Bantamweight fights

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Rigondeaux

Velasquez

Saturday, May 30 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-05-31T02:00:00Z ()

Hennessy

Persio

Saturday, May 30 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-05-30T20:00:00Z ()

Yokoyama

Paras

Saturday, Jun 06 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-06-06T08:00:00Z ()

Llover

Angeletti

Saturday, Jun 06 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-06-06T07:00:00Z ()

Rodriguez

Vargas

Saturday, Jun 13 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-06-14T03:30:00Z ()

Bantamweight championship

WBA

Recent Bantamweight results

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Inoue

Ioka

Saturday, May 02 2026

Bantamweight championship

WBC

Moloney

Donovan

Thursday, Apr 23 2026

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

Bantamweight boxing rankings

RING BANTAMWEIGHT

Vacant

The Ring Bantamweight Champion

Seiya Tsutsumi
(13-0-3) -
Takuma Inoue
(22-2-0) -
Christian Medina
(27-4-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-3-3) -
Antonio Vargas
(19-1-1) -
Riku Masuda
(10-1-0) -
Jose Salas Reyes
(17-0-0) -
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) -
Kenneth Llover
(17-0-0) -
Jason Moloney
(29-4-0) -

WBO BANTAMWEIGHT

Christian Medina (27-4-0)

WBO World Bantamweight Champion

Riku Masuda
(10-1-0) -
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) 9
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0) -
Yoshiki Takei
(12-1-0) -
Jason Moloney
(29-4-0) 5
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0) 1
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) 2
Katsuma Akitsugi
(14-1-0) 2
Ephraim Bui
(11-1-0) 1
Rubens Diego Dos Santos
(16-1-0) 1
Jordan Orozco Hernandez
(16-0-0) 1
Daigo Higa
(21-3-3)
Jeyvier Cintron
(14-1-0) -
Kenneth Llover
(17-0-0) -
Alejandro Santiago
(28-5-5) -

Dropped Out This Month

Juan Francisco Estrada (45-5-0) (2)

IBF BANTAMWEIGHT

Jose Salas Reyes (17-0-0)

IBF World Bantamweight Champion

Vacant
Vacant
Kenneth Llover
(17-0-0) -
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) 3
Riku Masuda
(10-1-0) 1
Michael Angeletti
(14-0-0) 1
Jason Moloney
(29-4-0) 2
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0)
Reymart Gaballo
(31-2-0) 1
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0) -
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) 1
Landi Ngxeke
(17-2-1) 1
Domnique Crowder
(19-0-0) 1
Jose Calderon Cervantes
(15-3-0)
Rex Tso
(22-0-0) -

Dropped Out This Month

Juan Francisco Estrada (45-5-0) (6)
Katsuma Akitsugi (14-1-0) (11)

WBC BANTAMWEIGHT

Takuma Inoue (22-2-0)

WBC World Bantamweight Champion

Tenshin Nasukawa [m]
(8-1-0) 1
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) 1
Riku Masuda
(10-1-0) 2
Kenneth Llover
(17-0-0) 2
Jason Moloney
(29-4-0) 2
Juan Francisco Estrada
(45-5-0) 5
Alejandro Jair Gonzalez
(19-7-3) 1
Petch Sor Chitpattana
(0-0-0) 1
Yoshiki Takei
(12-1-0) 1
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0) 1
Kazuto Ioka
(32-5-1) 7
Andrey Bonilla
(6-0-0) 2
Jose Calderon Cervantes
(15-3-0)
Michael Angeletti
(14-0-0) 1
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0) -

Dropped Out This Month

Katsuma Akitsugi (14-1-0) (12)

WBA BANTAMWEIGHT

Seiya Tsutsumi (13-0-3)

WBA World Bantamweight Champion

Riku Masuda
(10-1-0) -
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) -
Nonito Donaire
(43-10-0) -
Andrey Bonilla
(6-0-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-3-3) -
Yoshiki Takei
(12-1-0) -
Michael Angeletti
(14-0-0) -
Yelshat Nikhemttolla
(21-0-3) -
Kenneth Llover
(17-0-0) -
Muhammad Waseem
(15-2-0) -
Jordan Orozco Hernandez
(16-0-0) -
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) -
Emanuel Moreno
(13-0-0) -
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 36th 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	Takuma Inoue (22-2-0)	2	(c)	-	-	-	-
3	Christian Medina (27-4-0)	3	-	-	(c)	-	-
4	Daigo Higa (21-3-3)	4	-	-	12	5	-
5	Antonio Vargas (19-1-1)	5	-	-	-	-	-
6	Riku Masuda (10-1-0)	6	3	5	1	1	-
7	Jose Salas Reyes (17-0-0)	7	-	(c)	-	-	-
8	Tenshin Nasukawa (8-1-0)	8	1 [m]	4	2	2	-
9	Kenneth Llover (17-0-0)	9	4	3	14	9	-
10	Jason Moloney (29-4-0)	10	5	7	5	-	-
11	Andrew Cain (15-1-0)	-	2	11	7	12	-
12	Yoshiki Takei (12-1-0)	-	9	-	4	6	-
13	David Cuellar Contreras (29-1-0)	-	10	10	3	-	-
14	Michael Angeletti (14-0-0)	-	14	6	-	7	-
15	Emmanuel Rodriguez (23-3-0)	-	15	8	6	-	-
16	Andrey Bonilla (6-0-0)	-	12	-	-	4	-
17	Nonito Donaire (43-10-0)	-	-	-	-	3	-
18	Juan Francisco Estrada (45-5-0)	-	6	-	-	-	-
19	Katsuma Akitsugi (14-1-0)	-	-	-	8	14	-
20	Jordan Orozco Hernandez (16-0-0)	-	-	-	11	11	-
21	Alejandro Jair Gonzalez (19-7-3)	-	7	-	-	-	-
22	Petch Sor Chitpattana (0-0-0)	-	8	-	-	-	-
23	Yelshat Nikhemttolla (21-0-3)	-	-	-	-	8	-
24	Ephraim Bui (11-1-0)	-	-	-	9	-	-
25	Reymart Gaballo (31-2-0)	-	-	9	-	-	-
26	Muhammad Waseem (15-2-0)	-	-	-	-	10	-
27	Rubens Diego Dos Santos (16-1-0)	-	-	-	10	-	-
28	Kazuto Ioka (32-5-1)	-	11	-	-	-	-
29	Jose Calderon Cervantes (15-3-0)	-	13	14	-	-	-
30	Landi Ngxeke (17-2-1)	-	-	12	-	-	-
31	Domnique Crowder (19-0-0)	-	-	13	-	-	-
32	Emanuel Moreno (13-0-0)	-	-	-	-	13	-
33	Jeyvier Cintron (14-1-0)	-	-	-	13	-	-
34	Alejandro Santiago (28-5-5)	-	-	-	15	-	-
35	Rex Tso (22-0-0)	-	-	15	-	-	-
36	Shori Umezu (10-0-1)	-	-	-	-	15	-