Bantamweight Rankings & Boxing Champions

RING BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 13 Aug, 2026

The Ring Bantamweight Champion

Vacant

Tsutsumi

13-0-3

Inoue

22-2-0

Rodriguez

24-0-0

Masuda

11-1-0

Medina

27-4-0

Higa

21-4-3

Salas

17-0-0

Vargas

19-2-1

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Angeletti

15-0-0

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WBO BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Aug, 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

196 days - (6 months & 15 days)

Won against

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

Time held

341 days - (11 months & 7 days)

Total defences

Feb 06 2026

UD 12

Curiel (26-6-1)

Activity average

Every 341 days - (11 months & 7 days)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

341 days - (11 months & 7 days)

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Takei

12-1-0

Moloney

29-4-0

Cain

15-1-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Rodriguez

23-3-0

Santos

16-1-0

Akitsugi

15-1-0

Hernandez

17-0-0

Angeletti

15-0-0

Cintron

14-1-0

Santiago

30-6-5

Ito

6-0-0

Higa

21-4-3

Gonzalez

20-7-3

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IBF BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 20 Aug, 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

251 days - (8 months & 8 days)

Won against

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

Time held

251 days - (8 months & 8 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

251 days - (8 months & 8 days)

Angeletti

15-0-0

Vacant

Moloney

29-4-0

Rodriguez

23-3-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Cain

15-1-0

Ioka

32-5-1

Ngxeke

17-2-1

Yokoyama

5-0-0

Gaballo

31-2-0

Crowder

19-0-0

Ito

6-0-0

Nakayama

4-0-0

Cintron

14-1-0

Tso

24-0-1

Dropped Out This Month

Nasukawa

8-1-0

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WBC BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Aug, 2026

WBC World Bantamweight Champion

Takuma
Inoue

22-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Nasukawa (8-1-0) 27-Sep-2026

Last defence

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

Time inactive

111 days - (3 months & 19 days)

Won against

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

Time held

270 days - (8 months & 27 days)

Total defences

May 02 2026

UD 12

Ioka (32-4-1)

Activity average

Every 270 days - (8 months & 27 days)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

270 days - (8 months & 27 days)

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Cain

15-1-0

Moloney

29-4-0

Estrada

45-5-0

Gonzalez

20-7-3

Chitpattana

0-0-0

Angeletti

15-0-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Ioka

32-5-1

Bonilla

7-0-0

Vargas

19-2-1

Cervantes

16-3-0

Higa

21-4-3

Rodriguez

23-3-0

Cintron

14-1-0

Dropped Out This Month

Mwale

13-0-0

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WBA BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 19 Aug, 2026

WBA Super World Bantamweight Champion

Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez

24-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

69 days - (2 months & 8 days)

Won against

Vargas (19-1-1) KO 6 13-Jun-2026

Time held

69 days - (2 months & 8 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

69 days - (2 months & 8 days)

WBA World Bantamweight Champion

Riku
Masuda

11-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

32 days - (1 month & 1 day)

Won against

Higa (21-3-3) SD 12 20-Jul-2026

Time held

32 days - (1 month & 1 day)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

32 days - (1 month & 1 day)

Tsutsumi

13-0-3

Teran

19-2-0

Donaire

43-10-0

Higa

21-4-3

Bonilla

7-0-0

Takei

12-1-0

Vargas

19-2-1

Hernandez

17-0-0

Ioka

32-5-1

Waseem

15-2-0

Cain

15-1-0

Akitsugi

15-1-0

Moreno

13-0-0

Kurihara

21-9-1

Moloney

29-4-0

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Big upcoming Bantamweight fights

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Inoue

Nasukawa

Sunday, Sep 27 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-09-27T12:00:00Z ()

Bantamweight championship

WBC

Recent Bantamweight results

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Johnson

Thorslund

Saturday, Aug 08 2026

Masuda

Higa

Monday, Jul 20 2026

Bantamweight championship

WBA

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

Bantamweight boxing rankings

RING BANTAMWEIGHT

Vacant

The Ring Bantamweight Champion

Seiya Tsutsumi
(13-0-3) -
Takuma Inoue
(22-2-0) -
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez
(24-0-0) -
Riku Masuda
(11-1-0) -
Christian Medina
(27-4-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-4-3) -
Jose Salas Reyes
(17-0-0) -
Antonio Vargas
(19-2-1) -
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) -
Michael Angeletti
(15-0-0) -

WBO BANTAMWEIGHT

Christian Medina (27-4-0)

WBO World Bantamweight Champion

Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) -
Yoshiki Takei
(12-1-0) -
Jason Moloney
(29-4-0) -
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) -
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0) -
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0) -
Rubens Diego Dos Santos
(16-1-0) -
Katsuma Akitsugi
(15-1-0) -
Jordan Orozco Hernandez
(17-0-0) -
Michael Angeletti
(15-0-0) -
Jeyvier Cintron
(14-1-0) -
Alejandro Santiago
(30-6-5) -
Sento Ito
(6-0-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-4-3) -
Alejandro Jair Gonzalez
(20-7-3) -

IBF BANTAMWEIGHT

Jose Salas Reyes (17-0-0)

IBF World Bantamweight Champion

Michael Angeletti
(15-0-0) -
Vacant
Jason Moloney
(29-4-0) 1
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0) 1
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0) 1
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) 1
Kazuto Ioka
(32-5-1) 1
Landi Ngxeke
(17-2-1) 1
Aoi Yokoyama
(5-0-0) 1
Reymart Gaballo
(31-2-0)
Domnique Crowder
(19-0-0) -
Sento Ito
(6-0-0) -
Keita Nakayama
(4-0-0) -
Jeyvier Cintron
(14-1-0) -
Rex Tso
(24-0-1) -

Dropped Out This Month

Tenshin Nasukawa (8-1-0) (3)

WBC BANTAMWEIGHT

Takuma Inoue (22-2-0)

WBC World Bantamweight Champion

Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) -
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) -
Jason Moloney
(29-4-0) -
Juan Francisco Estrada
(45-5-0) -
Alejandro Jair Gonzalez
(20-7-3) -
Petch Sor Chitpattana
(0-0-0) -
Michael Angeletti
(15-0-0) -
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0) -
Kazuto Ioka
(32-5-1) -
Andrey Bonilla
(7-0-0) -
Antonio Vargas
(19-2-1) -
Jose Calderon Cervantes
(16-3-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-4-3)
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0) 1
Jeyvier Cintron
(14-1-0) 1

Dropped Out This Month

David Mwale (13-0-0) (15)

WBA BANTAMWEIGHT

Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (24-0-0)

WBA Super World Bantamweight Champion

Riku Masuda (11-1-0)

WBA World Bantamweight Champion

Seiya Tsutsumi
(13-0-3) -
Jose Andres Teran
(19-2-0) -
Nonito Donaire
(43-10-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-4-3) -
Andrey Bonilla
(7-0-0) -
Yoshiki Takei
(12-1-0) -
Antonio Vargas
(19-2-1) -
Jordan Orozco Hernandez
(17-0-0) -
Kazuto Ioka
(32-5-1) -
Muhammad Waseem
(15-2-0) -
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) -
Katsuma Akitsugi
(15-1-0) -
Emanuel Moreno
(13-0-0) -
Keita Kurihara
(21-9-1) -
Jason Moloney
(29-4-0) -

Box.Live Power Rankings – Bantamweight

Box.Live's Power Rankings provide a simple method for ranking active fighters 1st through 38th 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	-	-	-	1	-
2	Takuma Inoue (22-2-0)	2	(c)	-	-	-	-
3	Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (24-0-0)	3	-	-	-	(c)	-
4	Riku Masuda (11-1-0)	4	-	-	-	(reg)	-
5	Christian Medina (27-4-0)	5	-	-	(c)	-	-
6	Daigo Higa (21-4-3)	6	13	-	14	4	-
7	Jose Salas Reyes (17-0-0)	7	-	(c)	-	-	-
8	Antonio Vargas (19-2-1)	8	11	-	-	7	-
9	Tenshin Nasukawa (8-1-0)	9	1	-	1	-	-
10	Michael Angeletti (15-0-0)	10	7	1	10	-	-
11	Andrew Cain (15-1-0)	-	2	6	4	11	-
12	Jason Moloney (29-4-0)	-	3	3	3	15	-
13	David Cuellar Contreras (29-1-0)	-	8	5	5	-	-
14	Yoshiki Takei (12-1-0)	-	-	-	2	6	-
15	Emmanuel Rodriguez (23-3-0)	-	14	4	6	-	-
16	Kazuto Ioka (32-5-1)	-	9	7	-	9	-
17	Andrey Bonilla (7-0-0)	-	10	-	-	5	-
18	Jordan Orozco Hernandez (17-0-0)	-	-	-	9	8	-
19	Jose Andres Teran (19-2-0)	-	-	-	-	2	-
20	Nonito Donaire (43-10-0)	-	-	-	-	3	-
21	Juan Francisco Estrada (45-5-0)	-	4	-	-	-	-
22	Alejandro Jair Gonzalez (20-7-3)	-	5	-	15	-	-
23	Katsuma Akitsugi (15-1-0)	-	-	-	8	12	-
24	Petch Sor Chitpattana (0-0-0)	-	6	-	-	-	-
25	Rubens Diego Dos Santos (16-1-0)	-	-	-	7	-	-
26	Landi Ngxeke (17-2-1)	-	-	8	-	-	+1
27	Jeyvier Cintron (14-1-0)	-	15	14	11	-	-1
28	Aoi Yokoyama (5-0-0)	-	-	9	-	-	+1
29	Sento Ito (6-0-0)	-	-	12	13	-	-1
30	Muhammad Waseem (15-2-0)	-	-	-	-	10	-
31	Reymart Gaballo (31-2-0)	-	-	10	-	-	* New *
32	Domnique Crowder (19-0-0)	-	-	11	-	-	-1
33	Alejandro Santiago (30-6-5)	-	-	-	12	-	-1
34	Jose Calderon Cervantes (16-3-0)	-	12	-	-	-	-1
35	Emanuel Moreno (13-0-0)	-	-	-	-	13	-1
36	Keita Nakayama (4-0-0)	-	-	13	-	-	-1
37	Keita Kurihara (21-9-1)	-	-	-	-	14	-1
38	Rex Tso (24-0-1)	-	-	15	-	-	-1