Bantamweight Rankings & Boxing Champions

RING BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 22 Jul, 2026

The Ring Bantamweight Champion

Vacant

Tsutsumi

13-0-3

Inoue

22-2-0

Rodriguez

24-0-0

Medina

27-4-0

Higa

21-4-3

Masuda

11-1-0

Salas

17-0-0

Vargas

19-2-1

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Angeletti

15-0-0

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WBO BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 15 Jul, 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

168 days - (5 months & 18 days)

Won against

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

Time held

313 days - (10 months & 10 days)

Total defences

Feb 06 2026

UD 12

Curiel (26-6-1)

Activity average

Every 313 days - (10 months & 10 days)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

313 days - (10 months & 10 days)

Masuda

11-1-0

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Takei

12-1-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Moloney

29-4-0

Rodriguez

23-3-0

Cain

15-1-0

Hernandez

17-0-0

Santos

16-1-0

Akitsugi

15-1-0

Higa

21-4-3

Cintron

14-1-0

Angeletti

15-0-0

Santiago

30-6-5

Ito

6-0-0

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IBF BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 Jul, 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

223 days - (7 months & 11 days)

Won against

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

Time held

223 days - (7 months & 11 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

223 days - (7 months & 11 days)

Angeletti

15-0-0

Vacant

Nasukawa

8-1-0

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

Crowder

19-0-0

Ito

6-0-0

Nakayama

4-0-0

Cintron

14-1-0

Tso

24-0-1

Dropped Out This Month

Masuda

11-1-0

Llover

17-1-0

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WBC BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 22 Jul, 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

83 days - (2 months & 22 days)

Won against

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

Time held

242 days - (8 months)

Total defences

May 02 2026

UD 12

Ioka (32-4-1)

Activity average

Every 242 days - (8 months)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

242 days - (8 months)

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

6-0-0

Vargas

19-2-1

Cervantes

15-3-0

Rodriguez

23-3-0

Cintron

14-1-0

Mwale

13-0-0

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WBA BANTAMWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 01 Jul, 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

41 days - (1 month & 11 days)

Won against

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

Time held

41 days - (1 month & 11 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

41 days - (1 month & 11 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

4 days - (4 days)

Won against

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

Time held

4 days - (4 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

4 days - (4 days)

Masuda

11-1-0

Higa

21-4-3

Teran

19-2-0

Donaire

43-10-0

Bonilla

6-0-0

Takei

12-1-0

Vargas

19-2-1

Nasukawa

8-1-0

Hernandez

17-0-0

Ioka

32-5-1

Waseem

15-2-0

Nikhemttolla

21-0-3

Cain

15-1-0

Moreno

13-0-0

Kurihara

21-9-1

Dropped Out This Month

Akitsugi

15-1-0

Contreras

29-1-0

Umezu

13-2-3

Crowder

19-0-0

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Big upcoming Bantamweight fights

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Johnson

Thorslund

Saturday, Aug 08 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-08-09T03:00:00Z ()

Recent Bantamweight results

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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

Takei

Medina

Sunday, Sep 14 2025

Bantamweight championship

WBO

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) -
Christian Medina
(27-4-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-4-3) -
Riku Masuda
(11-1-0) -
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

Riku Masuda
(11-1-0) -
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) -
Yoshiki Takei
(12-1-0) -
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0) -
Jason Moloney
(29-4-0) -
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0) -
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) -
Jordan Orozco Hernandez
(17-0-0) -
Rubens Diego Dos Santos
(16-1-0) -
Katsuma Akitsugi
(15-1-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-4-3) -
Jeyvier Cintron
(14-1-0) -
Michael Angeletti
(15-0-0) -
Alejandro Santiago
(30-6-5) -
Sento Ito
(6-0-0) -

IBF BANTAMWEIGHT

Jose Salas Reyes (17-0-0)

IBF World Bantamweight Champion

Michael Angeletti
(15-0-0) -
Vacant
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) -
Jason Moloney
(29-4-0) 1
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0) 1
David Cuellar Contreras
(29-1-0) 2
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) 2
Kazuto Ioka
(32-5-1)
Landi Ngxeke
(17-2-1) 1
Aoi Yokoyama
(5-0-0)
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

Riku Masuda (11-1-0) (4)
Kenneth Llover (17-1-0) (7)

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
(6-0-0) -
Antonio Vargas
(19-2-1) -
Jose Calderon Cervantes
(15-3-0) -
Emmanuel Rodriguez
(23-3-0) -
Jeyvier Cintron
(14-1-0) -
David Mwale
(13-0-0) -

WBA BANTAMWEIGHT

Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (24-0-0)

WBA Super World Bantamweight Champion

Riku Masuda (11-1-0)

WBA World Bantamweight Champion

Riku Masuda
(11-1-0) -
Daigo Higa
(21-4-3) -
Jose Andres Teran
(19-2-0)
Nonito Donaire
(43-10-0) 1
Andrey Bonilla
(6-0-0) 1
Yoshiki Takei
(12-1-0) 1
Antonio Vargas
(19-2-1)
Tenshin Nasukawa
(8-1-0) 2
Jordan Orozco Hernandez
(17-0-0) -
Kazuto Ioka
(32-5-1)
Muhammad Waseem
(15-2-0) 3
Yelshat Nikhemttolla
(21-0-3) 5
Andrew Cain
(15-1-0) 3
Emanuel Moreno
(13-0-0) 3
Keita Kurihara
(21-9-1)

Dropped Out This Month

Katsuma Akitsugi (15-1-0) (12)
David Cuellar Contreras (29-1-0) (13)
Shori Umezu (13-2-3) (14)
Domnique Crowder (19-0-0) (15)

Box.Live Power Rankings – Bantamweight

Box.Live's Power Rankings provide a simple method for ranking active fighters 1st through 39th 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	-	-	-	-	-
2	Takuma Inoue (22-2-0)	2	(c)	-	-	-	-
3	Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez (24-0-0)	3	-	-	-	(c)	-
4	Christian Medina (27-4-0)	4	-	-	(c)	-	-
5	Daigo Higa (21-4-3)	5	-	-	11	2	-
6	Riku Masuda (11-1-0)	6	-	-	1	(reg)	-
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	3	2	8	-
10	Michael Angeletti (15-0-0)	10	7	1	13	-	-
11	Jason Moloney (29-4-0)	-	3	4	5	-	-
12	Andrew Cain (15-1-0)	-	2	7	7	13	-
13	David Cuellar Contreras (29-1-0)	-	8	6	4	-	-
14	Emmanuel Rodriguez (23-3-0)	-	13	5	6	-	-
15	Yoshiki Takei (12-1-0)	-	-	-	3	6	-
16	Kazuto Ioka (32-5-1)	-	9	8	-	10	-
17	Andrey Bonilla (6-0-0)	-	10	-	-	5	-
18	Jordan Orozco Hernandez (17-0-0)	-	-	-	8	9	-
19	Jose Andres Teran (19-2-0)	-	-	-	-	3	-
20	Juan Francisco Estrada (45-5-0)	-	4	-	-	-	-
21	Nonito Donaire (43-10-0)	-	-	-	-	4	-
22	Alejandro Jair Gonzalez (20-7-3)	-	5	-	-	-	-
23	Petch Sor Chitpattana (0-0-0)	-	6	-	-	-	-
24	Jeyvier Cintron (14-1-0)	-	14	14	12	-	-
25	Landi Ngxeke (17-2-1)	-	-	9	-	-	-
26	Rubens Diego Dos Santos (16-1-0)	-	-	-	9	-	-
27	Aoi Yokoyama (5-0-0)	-	-	10	-	-	-
28	Katsuma Akitsugi (15-1-0)	-	-	-	10	-	-
29	Domnique Crowder (19-0-0)	-	-	11	-	-	-
30	Muhammad Waseem (15-2-0)	-	-	-	-	11	-
31	Sento Ito (6-0-0)	-	-	12	15	-	-
32	Jose Calderon Cervantes (15-3-0)	-	12	-	-	-	-
33	Yelshat Nikhemttolla (21-0-3)	-	-	-	-	12	-
34	Keita Nakayama (4-0-0)	-	-	13	-	-	-
35	Alejandro Santiago (30-6-5)	-	-	-	14	-	-
36	Emanuel Moreno (13-0-0)	-	-	-	-	14	-
37	David Mwale (13-0-0)	-	15	-	-	-	-
38	Keita Kurihara (21-9-1)	-	-	-	-	15	-
39	Rex Tso (24-0-1)	-	-	15	-	-	-