List of bantamweight boxing champions
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This is a list of bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by boxing
organizations:
Boxing
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organizations:
- The World Boxing AssociationWorld Boxing AssociationThe World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...
(WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). - The World Boxing CouncilWorld Boxing CouncilThe World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...
(WBC), established in 1963. - The International Boxing FederationInternational Boxing FederationThe International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...
(IBF), established in 1983. - The World Boxing OrganizationWorld Boxing OrganizationThe World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...
(WBO), established in 1988.
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1894 | 1899 | Jimmy Barry Jimmy Barry Jimmy Barry was an Irish-American boxer.Barry fought out of Chicago as a bantamweight, and a flyweight, retiring with a record of 59-0. Along with Rocky Marciano, Ricardo Lopez, Ji-Won Kim, and Joe Calzaghe, Barry is one of only five boxing champions to retire undefeated... |
World |
1899 | 1901 | Terry McGovern Terry McGovern (boxer) Terrible Terry McGovern , born John Terrence McGovern in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United States, was a boxer who held the world bantamweight and featherweight titles.-Professional career:... |
World |
1901 | 1901 | Harry Harris Harry Harris (boxer) Harry Harris was an American boxer.Harris was World Bantamweight Champion in 1901–02.-Boxing career:Harris turned professional in 1896 at the age of 16.... |
World |
1901 | 1903 | Harry Forbes | World |
1903 | 1904 | Frankie Neil | World |
1904 | 1905 | Joe Bowker | World |
1905 | 1909 | Jimmy Walsh | World |
1909 | 1909 | Jimmy Reagan | World |
1909 | 1911 | Monte Attell Monte Attell Monte "The Nob Hill Terror" Attell , born in San Francisco, California, United States, was a champion boxer.-Early Career:... |
World |
1911-02-26 | 1914-06-09 | Johnny Coulon Johnny Coulon John Frederic Coulon was the bantamweight boxing champion of the world from 6 March 1910, when he wrested the crown from England's Jim Kendrick, until 1914, when he was defeated by Kid Williams.-Biography:... |
World |
1914-06-09 | 1917-01-09 | Kid Williams Kid Williams John Gutenko who boxed under the name Kidd Williams, was a boxer from Denmark.-Biography:Williams was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He traveled with his parents to the United States in 1904 where they ended up in Baltimore, Maryland... |
World |
1917-01-09 | 1919-08-15 | Pete Herman Pete Herman Pete Herman was one of the all time great bantamweight world champions. An Italian-American, Herman was born Peter Gulotta in New Orleans, Louisiana, and fought from 1912 until 1922... |
World |
1919-08-15 | 1920-09-11-Stripped | Jackie Sharkey | World |
1920-12-22 | 1921-07-25 | Joe Lynch Joe Lynch (boxer) Joseph Aloysius Lynch was an American Bantamweight boxer.-Pro career:He won the world title at that weight in 1920, defeating Pete Herman. Herman defeated him to regain the title the following year... |
World |
1921-07-25 | 1921-09-23 | Pete Herman Pete Herman Pete Herman was one of the all time great bantamweight world champions. An Italian-American, Herman was born Peter Gulotta in New Orleans, Louisiana, and fought from 1912 until 1922... |
World |
1921-09-23 | 1922-07-10 | Johnny Buff Johnny Buff John "Johnny Buff" Lesky was an American boxer. He was World Bantamweight Champion from 1921 to 1922.-Boxing career:... |
World |
1922-07-10 | 1924-03-21 | Joe Lynch Joe Lynch (boxer) Joseph Aloysius Lynch was an American Bantamweight boxer.-Pro career:He won the world title at that weight in 1920, defeating Pete Herman. Herman defeated him to regain the title the following year... |
World |
1924-03-21 | 1924-12-19 | Abe Goldstein Abe Goldstein Abe Goldstein was an American boxer.He was World Bantamweight Champion in 1924, and was ranked the # 5 bantamweight of all time-Boxing career:... |
World |
1924-12-19 | 1925-03-20 | Eddie 'Cannonball' Martin | World |
1925-03-20 | 1927-02-04-Vacated | Charlie Phil Rosenberg Charlie Phil Rosenberg Charley Phil Rosenberg was an American boxer. He was World Bantamweight Champion from 1925 to 1927.-Boxing career:... |
World |
1927-06-24 | 1928-01-24-Vacated | Bud Taylor Bud Taylor Charles Bernard "Bud" Taylor was an American boxer from Terre Haute, Indiana. He was nicknamed the Terre Haute Terrier and the Blonde Terror of Terre Haute.-Pro Boxing Career:... |
World |
1928-05-23 | 1928-05-23 | Bushy Graham Bushy Graham Bushy Graham was an Italian-American boxer from New York. He held the bantamweight championship in 1928.-Boxing career:... |
World |
1929-06-18 | 1934-04-16-Stripeed | Panama Al Brown Panama Al Brown Alfonso Teofilo Brown , better known as Panama Al Brown, was a bantamweight boxer from Panama who made history by becoming boxing's first Hispanic world champion. Brown was a native of the city of Colón.... |
NBA |
1935-08-07 | 1935-08-26 | Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Competing in the bantamweight division, he became Puerto Rico's first world champion.... |
NBA |
1935-08-26 | 1935-11-15 | Louis Salica Louis Salica Louis Salica was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.As an amateur Salica was the 1932 National AAU flyweight champion... |
NBA |
1935-11-15 | 1935-11-15 | Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar Sixto Escobar was a Puerto Rican professional boxer. Competing in the bantamweight division, he became Puerto Rico's first world champion.... |
NBA |
1940-09-24 | 1942-08-07 | Louis Salica Louis Salica Louis Salica was an American boxer, who won the Flyweight Bronze medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.As an amateur Salica was the 1932 National AAU flyweight champion... |
NBA |
1942-08-07 | 1947-01-06 | Manuel Ortiz Manuel Ortiz (boxer) Manuel Ortiz was one of the very best boxers of the 1940s, and was named to Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years. In 1996, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.... |
World |
1947-01-06 | 1947-03-11 | Harold Dade Harold Dade Harold Dade was an American boxer and Bantamweight champion.-Amateur career:*Won the 1940 Chicago Golden Gloves Championship in the flyweight division by decision over Gene Evans... |
World |
1947-03-11 | 1950-05-31 | Manuel Ortiz Manuel Ortiz (boxer) Manuel Ortiz was one of the very best boxers of the 1940s, and was named to Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years. In 1996, he was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.... |
World |
1950-05-31 | 1952-11-15 | Vic Toweel Vic Toweel Victor "Vic" Anthony Toweel was a South African boxer and former undisputed World bantamweight champion.Toweel was the first South African to hold a world title.-Personal:... |
World |
1952-11-15 | 1954-05-02-Retired | Jimmy Carruthers Jimmy Carruthers James "Jimmy" William Carruthers was an Australian boxer, who became world champion in the bantamweight division.-Amateur career:... |
World |
1955-03-09 | 1957-06-15 | Raúl Macías Raul Macias Raúl Macías Guevara was a former Mexican boxer, actor, and boxing trainer. Born in the same Mexico City barrio as Rubén Olivares, Macías had always expressed pride at being Mexican... |
World |
1957-06-15 | 1959-07-08 | Alphonse Halimi Alphonse Halimi Alphonse Halimi was a French boxer. He was nicknamed "la Petite Terreur."Time wrote of him: "Alphonse went to work with a street fighter's will. A grown-up guttersnipe from the back alleys of Algeria... |
World |
1959-07-08 | 1960-08-30-Retired | Jose Becerra Jose Becerra Jesus "Hit man" Becerra is a retired Mexican boxer. He became world champion in the bantamweight division.-Early life:... |
World |
1960-11-18 | 1963-04-04 | Eder Jofre Eder Jofre Éder Jofre is a retired Brazilian boxer and former bantamweight and featherweight champion .-Amateur career:Jofre represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.-Olympic Results:*1st round bye... |
World |
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1963-04-04 | 1965-05-18 | Eder Jofre Eder Jofre Éder Jofre is a retired Brazilian boxer and former bantamweight and featherweight champion .-Amateur career:Jofre represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.-Olympic Results:*1st round bye... |
WBC |
1965-05-18 | 1968-02-27 | Fighting Harada Fighting Harada Masahiko Harada , better known as Fighting Harada, is a former world boxing champion. He is currently the president of the Japanese boxing commission.... |
WBC |
1968-02-27 | 1969-08-22 | Lionel Rose Lionel Rose Lionel Edmund Rose MBE was an Australian bantamweight boxer, the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title.-Early life:... |
WBC |
1969-08-22 | 1970-10-16 | Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him... |
WBC |
1970-10-16 | 1971-04-02 | Chucho Castillo Chucho Castillo Jesus Castillo Aguillera is a former Mexican boxer. Better known as Chucho Castillo, he was WBA and WBC Bantamweight champion in 1970.... |
WBC |
1971-04-02 | 1972-03-19 | Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him... |
WBC |
1972-03-19 | 1972-07-29 | Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in the Bantamweight division.- Professional career :... |
WBC |
1972-07-29 | 1973-Stripped | Enrique Pinder | WBC |
1973-04-14 | 1974-12-07 | Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in the Bantamweight division.- Professional career :... |
WBC |
1974-12-07 | 1976-05-08 | Rodolfo Martínez Rodolfo Martínez Rodolfo Martínez was a Mexican boxer in the Super Featherweight division. He is a former NABF Super Bantamweight, Bantamweight and the WBC Bantamweight Champion.-Early life:... |
WBC |
1976-05-08 | 1979-06-03 | Carlos Zarate | WBC |
1979-06-03 | 1982-06-03-Vacated | Lupe Pintor Lupe Pintor Jose Guadalupe Pintor Guzman , better known as Lupe Pintor, is a former world boxing champion from Cuajimalpa, Mexico. Nicknamed El Indio De Cuajimalpa or The Indian From Cuajimalpa, he started boxing professionally in 1974... |
WBC |
1983-09-01 | 1984-05-26-Vacated | Alberto Davila Alberto Davila Albert "Alberto" Dávila is a Mexican-American boxer who boxed during the 1970s and 1980s in the bantamweight division. During parts of 1983 and 1984, he held the World Boxing Council championship. Dávila lost world bantamweight championships matches three times, and temporarily left the sport... |
WBC |
1985-05-04 | 1985-08-09 | Daniel Zaragoza Daniel Zaragoza Daniel Zaragoza was a Mexican professional boxer. Known as "The Mouse," Zaragoza a popular champion in the Super Bantamweight division throughout the 1980s and 1990s.-Amateur career:... |
WBC |
1985-08-09 | 1988-10-29 | Miguel Lora | WBC |
1988-10-29 | 1991-02-25 | Raúl Pérez Raúl Pérez Raúl Pérez is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in two weight divisions.- Professional career :... |
WBC |
1991-02-25 | 1991-09-19 | Greg Richardson Greg Richardson - Amateur career :Richardson had an outstanding amateur career, and was the 1974 National AAU and National Golden Gloves flyweight champion.- Pro career :... |
WBC |
1991-09-19 | 1992-09-17 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi Joichiro Tatsuyoshi is a former World Boxing Council world bantamweight champion from Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. His record is 19–6–1 .He is popular for his fight style and unique personality, and has appeared in several television variety shows.... |
WBC |
1992-09-17 | 1993-03-28 | Victor Rabanales Victor Rabanales Victor Manuel Rabanales was a Mexican boxer in the Featherweight division. He is a former WBC FECARBOX and the WBC Bantamweight Champion... |
WBC |
1993-03-28 | 1993-12-23 | Jung-Il Byun | WBC |
1993-12-23 | 1995-07-30 | Yasuei Yakushiji Yasuei Yakushiji is a former professional boxer who fought in the bantamweight division. He successfully defended the WBC bantamweight title four times during his career.- Biography :Yakushiji began boxing under influence of his father, who was an amateur boxer... |
WBC |
1995-07-30 | 1997-01-Vacated | Wayne McCullough Wayne McCullough Wayne William McCullough is a professional boxer. During his professional career, which spans back to 1993, he held the WBC title in the Bantamweight category... |
WBC |
1997-01 | 1997-11-22 | Sirimongkol Singwangcha Sirimongkol Singwangcha Sirimongkol Singwangcha is a professional light welterweight Thai boxer and kickboxer fighting out of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. He has won world titles in two weight divisions. His career record is 54-2 .-Biography and career:... |
WBC |
1997-11-22 | 1998-12-29 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi Joichiro Tatsuyoshi is a former World Boxing Council world bantamweight champion from Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan. His record is 19–6–1 .He is popular for his fight style and unique personality, and has appeared in several television variety shows.... |
WBC |
1998-12-29 | 2005-04-16 | Veeraphol Sahaprom Veeraphol Sahaprom Veerapol Sahaprom is a former WBC and WBA Bantamweight Champion. He is from the Nakhon Ratchasima Province in Thailand... |
WBC |
2005-04-16 | 2010-04-30 | Hozumi Hasegawa Hozumi Hasegawa is a professional boxer and a former WBC world bantamweight champion and former WBC world Featherweight champion. He received consecutive MVP awards from the Japanese Boxing Commission in 2005 and 2006 for his title defenses, and is the only Japanese boxer to have defended a world bantamweight... |
WBC |
2010-04-30 | 2011-02-19 | Fernando Montiel Fernando Montiel Fernando Montiel Martínez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Fernando is a former WBO Flyweight, WBO Super Flyweight and WBO and WBC Bantamweight champion.-Early life:... |
WBC |
2011-02-19 | 2011-10-Vacated | Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer, who is widely known as "The Filipino Flash." He is a three-division world champion, having won five titles across three different boxing weight classes. He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox... |
WBC |
2011-11-06 | Current | Shinsuke Yamanaka Shinsuke Yamanaka is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current WBC bantamweight champion.Yaegashi captured the vacant WBC bantamweight title in his first world title shot against Mexico's Christian Esquivel via an eleventh round technical knockout after knocking him down in the sixth and eleventh rounds at... |
WBC |
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1963-04-04 | 1965-05-18 | Eder Jofre Eder Jofre Éder Jofre is a retired Brazilian boxer and former bantamweight and featherweight champion .-Amateur career:Jofre represented his native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.-Olympic Results:*1st round bye... |
WBA |
1965-05-18 | 1968-02-27 | Fighting Harada Fighting Harada Masahiko Harada , better known as Fighting Harada, is a former world boxing champion. He is currently the president of the Japanese boxing commission.... |
WBA |
1968-02-27 | 1969-08-22 | Lionel Rose Lionel Rose Lionel Edmund Rose MBE was an Australian bantamweight boxer, the first Indigenous Australian to win a world title.-Early life:... |
WBA |
1969-08-22 | 1970-10-16 | Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him... |
WBA |
1970-10-16 | 1971-04-02 | Chucho Castillo Chucho Castillo Jesus Castillo Aguillera is a former Mexican boxer. Better known as Chucho Castillo, he was WBA and WBC Bantamweight champion in 1970.... |
WBA |
1971-04-02 | 1972-03-19 | Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares Rubén Olivares is a former Mexican boxer and current member of the Boxing Hall of Fame. A native of Mexico City, Olivares was a world champion multiple times, and considered by many as the greatest bantamweight champion of all time. He was very popular among Mexicans, many of whom considered him... |
WBA |
1972-03-19 | 1972-07-29 | Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera Rafael Herrera is a former boxer from Mexico. He has won world titles in the Bantamweight division.- Professional career :... |
WBA |
1972-07-29 | 1973-01-20 | Enrique Pinder | WBA |
1973-01-20 | 1973-11-03 | Romeo Anaya Romeo Anaya Romeo Anaya is a Mexican boxer in the Super Bantamweight division. He is the former WBA World Bantamweight Champion.-Pro career:... |
WBA |
1973-11-03 | 1974-07-03 | Arnold Taylor Arnold Taylor Arnold Taylor was a South African boxer who became the WBA Bantamweight champion in 1973.-Background:Taylor lived during the apartheid period; Born to Muriel and Joe Taylor on 15 July 1943. White South African... |
WBA |
1974-07-03 | 1975-03-14 | Soo-Hwan Hong | WBA |
1975-03-14 | 1977-11-19 | Alfonso Zamora Alfonso Zamora Alfonso Zamora Quiroz is a former Mexican boxer who fought from 1973 to 1980. Zamora was the silver medalist at the 1972 Munich Olympics. He enjoyed a meteoric rise in his professional career... |
WBA |
1977-11-19 | 1980-08-29 | Jorge Luján Jorge Luján Jorge Luján was born in Córdoba, Argentina and lives in Mexico City where he writes, sings and runs workshops on creative writing. He has published poetry and children's literature , as well as a short story and a book that teaches a method of writing based on images... |
WBA |
1980-08-29 | 1980-11-14 | Julian Solís Julian Solis Julian Solís is a former boxer from Puerto Rico. He was born in the San Juan area of Río Piedras, but because of the closeness of his birthplace to Caguas, he often trained at the Bairoa Gym in Caguas... |
WBA |
1980-11-14 | 1984-04-07 | Jeff Chandler Jeff Chandler (boxer) "Joltin'" Jeff Chandler is a former boxer. Chandler reigned as the WBA Bantamweight Champion from November 1980 to April 1984.... |
WBA |
1984-04-07 | 1986-03-10 | Richie Sandoval Richie Sandoval Richard Sandoval was a Mexican-American professional boxer and is the former WBA Bantamweight Champion. Richard won a silver medal at the 1979 Pan American Games and was a U.S. Olympian during his amateur career... |
WBA |
1986-03-10 | 1986-06-04 | Gaby Canizales Gaby Canizales Jose 'Gaby' Canizales is a retired American boxer who won world championships in the bantamweight division. -Pro career:Canizales turned pro in 1979 and in 1983 challenged Jeff Chandler for the World Boxing Association bantamweight title but lost a decision. In 1986 he landed a shot at Richie... |
WBA |
1986-06-04 | 1987-02-03-Vacated | Bernardo Pinango Bernardo Piñango José Bernardo Piñango is a retired boxer from Venezuela, who won the silver medal in the Bantamweight division at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. In the final he lost to Cuba's Juan Hernández on points .... |
WBA |
1987-03-29 | 1987-05-24 | Takuya Muguruma Takuya Muguruma (boxer) is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBA bantamweight champion. He is an alumnus of the Kinki University.Muguruma became interested in boxing at the age of a junior high school student. In high school, he belonged to the rugby club. As Muguruma was a slow runner, he was a substitute player... |
WBA |
1987-05-24 | 1987-10-04 | Chan-Yong Park | WBA |
1987-10-04 | 1988-05-09 | Wilfredo Vazquez Wilfredo Vázquez Wilfredo Vázquez is a retired Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is a former World Champion at three different weights, Bantamweight, Super bantamweight and Featherweight.-Early life and amateur career:... |
WBA |
1988-05-09 | 1988-08-14 | Khaokor Galaxy | WBA |
1988-08-14 | 1989-07-09 | Sung-Kil Moon Sung-Kil Moon Moon Sung-Kil is a former two-division world champion boxer from South Korea. His name is also rendered Sung Kil Moon.- Amateur career :... |
WBA |
1989-07-09 | 1989-10-18 | Khaokor Galaxy | WBA |
1989-10-18 | 1991-10-19 | Luisito Espinosa Luisito Espinosa Luisito Pio Espinosa is a retired boxer from the Philippines who won World titles in two different weight divisions.... |
WBA |
1991-10-19 | 1992-03-15 | Israel Contreras Israel Contreras Israel Contreras is a former Venezuelan boxer who won the World Boxing Association bantamweight title. He had a supporting role in the Mel Gibson film Apocalypto.-Boxing career:... |
WBA |
1992-03-15 | 1992-10-09 | Eddie Cook | WBA |
1992-10-09 | 1993-10-23 | Jorge Eliecer Julio | WBA |
1993-10-23 | 1994-04-22 | Junior Jones Junior Jones Junior Jones is an American former professional boxer. Known by his nickname of "Poison", he won world championships at bantamweight and super bantamweight, and is best remembered for his two victories over then-undefeated Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera.-Amateur career:Jones won two New York... |
WBA |
1994-04-22 | 1994-07-16 | John Michael Johnson John Michael Johnson John Michael Johnson was an American bantamweight boxer. He briefly held a championship in that division.- Professional career :... |
WBA |
1994-07-16 | 1995-09-17 | Daorung Chuvatana Daorung Chuvatana Daorung Chuvatana also known as Surapol Sidangnoi is a retired boxer who won World titles in the Bantamweight weight divisions.... |
WBA |
1995-09-17 | 1996-01-28 | Veeraphol Sahaprom Veeraphol Sahaprom Veerapol Sahaprom is a former WBC and WBA Bantamweight Champion. He is from the Nakhon Ratchasima Province in Thailand... |
WBA |
1996-01-28 | 1996-10-27 | Nana Konadu Nana Konadu Nana Yaw Konadu Yeboah is a retired boxer who won World titles in two different weight divisions. Konadu turned pro in 1985 and in 1989 won the WBC Super Flyweight Title by winning a decision over Gilberto Roman. He lost the belt in his first defense to Sung Kil Moon in 1990 and lost a rematch to... |
WBA |
1996-10-27 | 1997-06-21 | Daorung Chuvatana Daorung Chuvatana Daorung Chuvatana also known as Surapol Sidangnoi is a retired boxer who won World titles in the Bantamweight weight divisions.... |
WBA |
1997-06-21 | 1998-12-05 | Nana Konadu Nana Konadu Nana Yaw Konadu Yeboah is a retired boxer who won World titles in two different weight divisions. Konadu turned pro in 1985 and in 1989 won the WBC Super Flyweight Title by winning a decision over Gilberto Roman. He lost the belt in his first defense to Sung Kil Moon in 1990 and lost a rematch to... |
WBA |
1998-12-05 | 1999-06-26 | Johnny Tapia Johnny Tapia John Lee "Johnny" Tapia is a Mexican-American five-time world boxing champion.-Childhood:Johnny Tapia's life began with tragedy. His father had reportedly been murdered while his mother was pregnant with him. At the age of 8, his mother Virginia was kidnapped, raped, hung, repeatedly stabbed, and... |
WBA |
1999-06-26 | 2001-08-07-Stripped | Paulie Ayala Paulie Ayala Paul Anthony Ayala is a Mexican-American former boxer and two time world champion. Ayala is a born-again Christian, and he professed so by thanking God for his success after virtually every fight... |
WBA |
2001-10-14 | 2002-04-19 | Eidy Moya Eidy Moya Eidy Moya is a retired boxer who won World titles in the bantamweight weight division.-Early life:Moya's natural boxing skills showed early in his life when older boys persuade him to brawl in the streets. The winner was awarded with a coke and Venezuelan home-made cookie named "Catalina"... |
WBA |
2002-04-19 | 2004-10-11-Retired | Johnny Bredahl Johnny Bredahl Johnny Bredahl , aka Johny Wahid Johansen, is a retired professional boxer in the bantamweight division. Bredahl is the former WBA world bantamweight champion... |
WBA |
2005-02-26 | 2008-05-31 | Wladimir Sidorenko Wladimir Sidorenko Volodymyr Sydorenko, or Vladimir Sidorenko, is a professional boxer in the bantamweight division. He is the former WBA world bantamweight champion, and twin brother of Valeriy Sydorenko.-Amateur career:... |
WBA |
2008-05-31 | Current | Anselmo Moreno Anselmo Moreno Anselmo Moreno is a professional boxer from El Martillo San Miguelito, Republic of Panama.He is the current WBA Bantamweight Super Champion. In August 2011, Moreno signed a four fight promotional deal with Golden Boy Promotions.-Bantamweight:... |
WBA Super Champion |
2010-12-26 | Current | Koki Kameda Koki Kameda is a Japanese professional boxer in the Flyweight division and the current WBA Bantamweight Regular Champion. He is the oldest of the three Kameda brothers. His younger brother, Daiki Kameda, is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division, and the youngest brother Tomoki, is the WBC Youth... |
WBA Regular Champion |
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1984-04-15 | 1985-04-26 | Satoshi Shingaki Satoshi Shingaki is a Japanese ex-boxer and former world champion. He along with Nobuo Nashiro are the fastest Japanese boxers to become world champions as they both won a world title in only their 8th professional bout.-Career history:... |
IBF |
1985-04-26 | 1987-Vacated | Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech Jeff Fenech is a retired Australian boxer and a three-time world champion who is now a boxing trainer.-Boxing career:... |
IBF |
1987-05-15 | 1988-07-09 | Kelvin Seabrooks Kelvin Seabrooks Kelvin Seabrooks was an American boxer who won the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title and defended it two times.-Boxing career:... |
IBF |
1988-07-09 | 1994-10-15-Vacated | Orlando Canizales Orlando Canizales Orlando Canizales is an American boxer who won the International Boxing Federation bantamweight title and defended it a record sixteen consecutive times.-Boxing career:... |
IBF |
1995-01-21 | 1995-04-29 | Harold Mestre | IBF |
1995-04-29 | 1997-07-19 | Mbulelo Botile Mbulelo Botile Mbulelo Botile is a former South African boxer in the Bantamweight division. -Professional career:... |
IBF |
1997-07-19 | 2003-02-15 | Tim Austin Tim Austin Timothy Austin is a professional boxer from the United States. He was nicknamed the "Cincinnati Kid".- Amateur accomplishments :*1990 National Golden Gloves flyweight champion... |
IBF |
2003-02-15 | 2007-03-16-Vacated | Rafael Márquez Rafael Márquez (boxer) Rafael Márquez Méndez is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former world champion at the IBF / IBO Bantamweight and WBC Super Bantamweight divisions.... |
IBF |
2007-07-07 | 2007-09-27 | Luis Alberto Pérez Luis Alberto Pérez Luís Alberto Pérez is a lifelong resident of Managua, Nicaragua, where he was born. Luis is a southpaw professional boxer in the super bantamweight division. His record is 25-2 . He is a former IBF world super flyweight and bantamweight champion. His manager, also born & raised in Managua,... |
IBF |
2007-09-27 | 2009-10-30 | Joseph Agbeko Joseph Agbeko Joseph Agbeko is a professional boxer with a record of 28-2 . The Ring Magazine currently rates Agbeko at number three in the bantamweight division.-Professional career:... |
IBF |
2009-10-30 | 2010-12-11 | Yonnhy Perez Yonnhy Pérez Yonnhy Pérez , is a professional boxer who resides in Santa Fe Springs, California. He is the former IBF Bantamweight champion. Ring Magazine currently rates Pérez at number seven in the bantamweight division.... |
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2010-12-11 | 2011-08-13 | Joseph Agbeko Joseph Agbeko Joseph Agbeko is a professional boxer with a record of 28-2 . The Ring Magazine currently rates Agbeko at number three in the bantamweight division.-Professional career:... |
IBF |
2011-08-13 | Current | Abner Mares Abner Mares Abner Mares Martínez is an undefeated Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Abner medaled repeatedly in international amateur tournaments for Mexico. Mares grew up in the city of Hawaiian Gardens, California.-Amateur career:As an amateur, Mares compiled a record of 112-8 with 84... |
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1989-02-03 | 1990-09-02-Vacated | Israel Contreras Israel Contreras Israel Contreras is a former Venezuelan boxer who won the World Boxing Association bantamweight title. He had a supporting role in the Mel Gibson film Apocalypto.-Boxing career:... |
WBO |
1991-03-12 | 1991-06-30 | Gaby Canizales Gaby Canizales Jose 'Gaby' Canizales is a retired American boxer who won world championships in the bantamweight division. -Pro career:Canizales turned pro in 1979 and in 1983 challenged Jeff Chandler for the World Boxing Association bantamweight title but lost a decision. In 1986 he landed a shot at Richie... |
WBO |
1991-06-30 | 1992-05-13 | Duke McKenzie Duke McKenzie Duke McKenzie MBE is a British former professional boxer, now a boxing commentator for broadcaster ITV.-Boxing career:Previously a highly successful professional boxer, McKenzie has been British champion at two weights, a European champion once and World champion at three different weights... |
WBO |
1992-05-13 | 1994-07-30 | Rafael Del Valle Rafael del Valle Rafael del Valle was a Spanish poet.Born in Aguadilla, he studied medicine in the University of Barcelona. He was disciple of Luis Pasteur in his institute... |
WBO |
1994-07-30 | 1995-10-21 | Alfred Kotey Alfred Kotey Alfred Kotey is a Ghanaian boxer. Born in Bukom, Kotey represented Ghana at the 1988 Summer Olympics and held the WBO Bantamweight Championship.-Amateur career:Kotey represented Ghana as a Flyweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games... |
WBO |
1995-10-21 | 1996-04-26 | Daniel Jimenez Daniel Jiménez Daniel Jiménez Román is a former Puerto Rican bantamweight boxer. He is best known for having won the WBO title as a pro.-Pro:... |
WBO |
1996-04-26 | 1996-Vacated | Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan Robbie Regan (born 30 August 1968 in Caerphilly, Wales is a Welsh former professional boxer.-Pro career:Regan is a former WBO World Bantamweight champion and former interim IBF World Flyweight champion. In 1995 he captured the interim IBF flyweight title with a KO win... |
WBO |
1997-07-28 | 2000-01-08 | Jorge Julio Rocha Jorge Julio Rocha Jorge Eliécer Julio Rocha is a former Colombian bantamweight boxer best known to win the WBA and later the WBO title as a pro.-Amateur:... |
WBO |
2000-01-08 | 2000-05-06-Vacated | Johnny Tapia Johnny Tapia John Lee "Johnny" Tapia is a Mexican-American five-time world boxing champion.-Childhood:Johnny Tapia's life began with tragedy. His father had reportedly been murdered while his mother was pregnant with him. At the age of 8, his mother Virginia was kidnapped, raped, hung, repeatedly stabbed, and... |
WBO |
2000-09-04 | 2002-03-15 | Mauricio Martinez | WBO |
2002-03-15 | 2004-05-07 | Cruz Carbajal Cruz Carbajal Cruz Carbajal is a professional boxer of height 165 cm. He is the younger brother of Hall of Fame boxer Michael Carbajal.-Pro career:After making his debut in 1992, Carbajal won 14 of his first 17 fights... |
WBO |
2004-05-07 | 2005-10-29 | Ratanachai Sor Vorapin Ratanachai Sor Vorapin Ratanachai Sor Vorapin is a professional boxer and a former WBO bantamweight champion. He is the younger brother of Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, a former IBF strawweight champion.-Professional career:... |
WBO |
2005-10-29 | 2007-08-11 | Jhonny González Jhonny González Jhonny González is a Mexican professional boxer and is the current WBC featherweight champion... |
WBO |
2007-08-11 | 2009-04-25-Vacated | Gerry Peñalosa Gerry Peñalosa Geronimo Peñalosa , more commonly known as Gerry Peñalosa, is a retired Filipino professional boxer.... |
WBO |
2009-04-25 | 2011-02-19 | Fernando Montiel Fernando Montiel Fernando Montiel Martínez is a Mexican professional boxer in the Bantamweight division. Fernando is a former WBO Flyweight, WBO Super Flyweight and WBO and WBC Bantamweight champion.-Early life:... |
WBO |
2011-02-19 | 2011-11-Vacated | Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire Nonito Donaire, Jr. is a Filipino-American professional boxer, who is widely known as "The Filipino Flash." He is a three-division world champion, having won five titles across three different boxing weight classes. He is a known switch-hitter with the ability to fight either southpaw or orthodox... |
WBO |
2011-11-26 | Current | Jorge Arce Jorge Arce Jorge Armando Arce Armenta is a Mexican professional boxer. Arce is the former WBO World Light Flyweight, WBC World Light Flyweight, Interim WBC World Flyweight, Interim WBA World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Flyweight, WBO World Super Bantamweight, and is the current WBO World Bantamweight... |
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