RING BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 11 Jun, 2026

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The Ring Bantamweight Champion

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1
Japan flag
Seiya Tsutsumi photo
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Tsutsumi
2
Japan flag
Takuma Inoue photo
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Inoue
3
Mexico flag
Christian Medina photo
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Medina
4
Japan flag
Daigo Higa photo
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Higa
5
United States flag
Antonio Vargas photo
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Vargas
6
Japan flag
Riku Masuda photo
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Masuda
7
Mexico flag
Jose Salas Reyes photo
-
Salas
8
Japan flag
Tenshin Nasukawa photo
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Nasukawa
9
United States flag
Michael Angeletti photo
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Angeletti

15-0-0

10
Australia flag
Jason Moloney photo
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Moloney

WBO BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 02 Jun, 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
136 days - (4 months & 16 days)
Won against
Japan flag Takei (11-0-0) TKO 4 14-Sep-2025
Time held
281 days - (9 months & 8 days)
Total defences
1
Feb 06 2026
UD 12 Mexico flag Curiel (26-6-1)
Activity average
Every 281 days - (9 months & 8 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
281 days - (9 months & 8 days)
1
Japan flag
Riku Masuda photo
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Masuda
2
Japan flag
Tenshin Nasukawa photo
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Nasukawa
3
Japan flag
Yoshiki Takei photo
1
Takei
4
Mexico flag
David Cuellar Contreras photo
1
Contreras
5
Australia flag
Jason Moloney photo
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Moloney
6
Puerto Rico flag
Emmanuel Rodriguez photo
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Rodriguez
7
United Kingdom flag
Andrew Cain photo
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Cain
8
United States flag
Katsuma Akitsugi photo
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Akitsugi

14-1-0

9
Brazil flag
Rubens Diego Dos Santos photo
1
Santos

16-1-0

10
Nicaragua flag
Jordan Orozco Hernandez photo
1
Hernandez

16-0-0

11
Japan flag
Daigo Higa photo
1
Higa
12
Puerto Rico flag
Jeyvier Cintron photo
1
Cintron
13
Philippines flag
Kenneth Llover photo
1
Llover

17-1-0

14
Mexico flag
Alejandro Santiago photo
1
Santiago
15
United States flag
Michael Angeletti photo
Angeletti

15-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

United States flag
Ephraim Bui photo
Bui

11-1-0

IBF BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 Jun, 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
191 days - (6 months & 9 days)
Won against
South Africa flag Ngxeke (16-1-1) TKO 7 13-Dec-2025
Time held
191 days - (6 months & 9 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
191 days - (6 months & 9 days)
1
United States flag
Michael Angeletti photo
5
Angeletti

15-0-0

2
Blank photo
1
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3
Japan flag
Tenshin Nasukawa photo
1
Nasukawa
4
Japan flag
Riku Masuda photo
1
Masuda
5
Australia flag
Jason Moloney photo
2
Moloney
6
Puerto Rico flag
Emmanuel Rodriguez photo
2
Rodriguez
7
Philippines flag
Kenneth Llover photo
4
Llover

17-1-0

8
Mexico flag
David Cuellar Contreras photo
2
Contreras
9
United Kingdom flag
Andrew Cain photo
2
Cain
10
South Africa flag
Landi Ngxeke photo
2
Ngxeke

17-2-1

11
United States flag
Domnique Crowder photo
2
Crowder

19-0-0

12
Japan flag
Sento Ito photo
Ito

6-0-0

13
Japan flag
Keita Nakayama photo
Nakayama

4-0-0

14
Puerto Rico flag
Jeyvier Cintron photo
Cintron
15
China flag
Rex Tso photo
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Tso

Dropped Out This Month

Philippines flag
Reymart Gaballo photo
Gaballo
Mexico flag
Jose Calderon Cervantes photo
Cervantes

15-3-0

WBC BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 03 Jun, 2026

Japan flag
Takuma Inoue photo

WBC World Bantamweight Champion

Takuma
Inoue

22-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Japan flag Ioka (32-4-1) UD 12 02-May-2026
Time inactive
51 days - (1 month & 20 days)
Won against
Japan flag Nasukawa (7-0-0) UD 12 24-Nov-2025
Time held
210 days - (6 months & 28 days)
Total defences
1
May 02 2026
UD 12 Japan flag Ioka (32-4-1)
Activity average
Every 210 days - (6 months & 28 days)
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
210 days - (6 months & 28 days)
1
Japan flag
Tenshin Nasukawa photo
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Nasukawa
2
United Kingdom flag
Andrew Cain photo
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Cain
3
Japan flag
Riku Masuda photo
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Masuda
4
Philippines flag
Kenneth Llover photo
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Llover

17-1-0

5
Australia flag
Jason Moloney photo
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Moloney
6
Mexico flag
Juan Francisco Estrada photo
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Estrada
7
Mexico flag
Alejandro Jair Gonzalez photo
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Gonzalez

19-7-3

8
Thailand flag
Petch Sor Chitpattana photo
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Chitpattana

0-0-0

9
Mexico flag
David Cuellar Contreras photo
1
Contreras
10
Japan flag
Kazuto Ioka photo
1
Ioka
11
United States flag
Andrey Bonilla photo
1
Bonilla

6-0-0

12
Mexico flag
Jose Calderon Cervantes photo
1
Cervantes

15-3-0

13
United States flag
Michael Angeletti photo
1
Angeletti

15-0-0

14
Puerto Rico flag
Emmanuel Rodriguez photo
1
Rodriguez
15
Puerto Rico flag
Jeyvier Cintron photo
Cintron

Dropped Out This Month

Japan flag
Yoshiki Takei photo
Takei

WBA BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 05 Jun, 2026

United States flag
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez photo

WBA World Bantamweight Champion

Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez

24-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence
TBA
Last defence
Not Defended Yet
Time inactive
9 days - (9 days)
Won against
United States flag Vargas (19-1-1) KO 6 13-Jun-2026
Time held
9 days - (9 days)
Total defences
0
Activity average
N/A
Mandatory challenger
TBC
Last mandatory
None Called Yet
Since a mandatory
9 days - (9 days)
1
Japan flag
Riku Masuda photo
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Masuda
2
Japan flag
Daigo Higa photo
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Higa
3
Philippines flag
Nonito Donaire photo
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Donaire
4
United States flag
Andrey Bonilla photo
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Bonilla

6-0-0

5
Japan flag
Yoshiki Takei photo
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Takei
6
Japan flag
Tenshin Nasukawa photo
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Nasukawa
7
Kazakhstan flag
Yelshat Nikhemttolla photo
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Nikhemttolla

21-0-3

8
Pakistan flag
Muhammad Waseem photo
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Waseem
9
Nicaragua flag
Jordan Orozco Hernandez photo
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Hernandez

16-0-0

10
United Kingdom flag
Andrew Cain photo
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Cain
11
United States flag
Emanuel Moreno photo
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Moreno

13-0-0

12
United States flag
Katsuma Akitsugi photo
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Akitsugi

14-1-0

13
Mexico flag
David Cuellar Contreras photo
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Contreras
14
Japan flag
Shori Umezu photo
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Umezu

13-2-3

15
United States flag
Domnique Crowder photo
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Crowder

19-0-0

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The Ring Bantamweight Champion

  1. (13-0-3) -
  2. (22-2-0) -
  3. (27-4-0) -
  4. (21-3-3) -
  5. (19-2-1) -
  6. (10-1-0) -
  7. (17-0-0) -
  8. (8-1-0) -
  9. United States flag Michael Angeletti
    (15-0-0) -
  10. (29-4-0) -
WBO BANTAMWEIGHT
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Mexico flag Christian Medina (27-4-0)

WBO World Bantamweight Champion

  1. (10-1-0) -
  2. (8-1-0) -
  3. (12-1-0) 1
  4. (29-1-0) 1
  5. (29-4-0) -
  6. (23-3-0) -
  7. (15-1-0) -
  8. United States flag Katsuma Akitsugi
    (14-1-0) -
  9. Brazil flag Rubens Diego Dos Santos
    (16-1-0) 1
  10. Nicaragua flag Jordan Orozco Hernandez
    (16-0-0) 1
  11. (21-3-3) 1
  12. (14-1-0) 1
  13. Philippines flag Kenneth Llover
    (17-1-0) 1
  14. (30-5-5) 1
  15. United States flag Michael Angeletti
    (15-0-0)
Dropped Out This Month
  • United States flag Ephraim Bui (11-1-0) (9)
IBF BANTAMWEIGHT
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Mexico flag Jose Salas Reyes (17-0-0)

IBF World Bantamweight Champion

  1. United States flag Michael Angeletti
    (15-0-0) 5
  2. Vacant
  3. (8-1-0) 1
  4. (10-1-0) 1
  5. (29-4-0) 2
  6. (23-3-0) 2
  7. Philippines flag Kenneth Llover
    (17-1-0) 4
  8. (29-1-0) 2
  9. (15-1-0) 2
  10. South Africa flag Landi Ngxeke
    (17-2-1) 2
  11. United States flag Domnique Crowder
    (19-0-0) 2
  12. Japan flag Sento Ito
    (6-0-0)
  13. Japan flag Keita Nakayama
    (4-0-0)
  14. (14-1-0)
  15. (24-0-1) -
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WBC BANTAMWEIGHT
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Japan flag Takuma Inoue (22-2-0)

WBC World Bantamweight Champion

  1. (8-1-0) -
  2. (15-1-0) -
  3. (10-1-0) -
  4. Philippines flag Kenneth Llover
    (17-1-0) -
  5. (29-4-0) -
  6. (45-5-0) -
  7. Mexico flag Alejandro Jair Gonzalez
    (19-7-3) -
  8. Thailand flag Petch Sor Chitpattana
    (0-0-0) -
  9. (29-1-0) 1
  10. (32-5-1) 1
  11. United States flag Andrey Bonilla
    (6-0-0) 1
  12. Mexico flag Jose Calderon Cervantes
    (15-3-0) 1
  13. United States flag Michael Angeletti
    (15-0-0) 1
  14. (23-3-0) 1
  15. (14-1-0)
Dropped Out This Month
WBA BANTAMWEIGHT
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United States flag Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (24-0-0)

WBA World Bantamweight Champion

  1. (10-1-0) -
  2. (21-3-3) -
  3. (43-10-0) -
  4. United States flag Andrey Bonilla
    (6-0-0) -
  5. (12-1-0) -
  6. (8-1-0) -
  7. Kazakhstan flag Yelshat Nikhemttolla
    (21-0-3) -
  8. (15-2-0) -
  9. Nicaragua flag Jordan Orozco Hernandez
    (16-0-0) -
  10. (15-1-0) -
  11. United States flag Emanuel Moreno
    (13-0-0) -
  12. United States flag Katsuma Akitsugi
    (14-1-0) -
  13. (29-1-0) -
  14. Japan flag Shori Umezu
    (13-2-3) -
  15. United States flag Domnique Crowder
    (19-0-0) -

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

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