List of world bantamweight boxing champions

This is a chronological List of World Bantamweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-04-15	1985-04-26	Satoshi Shingaki	IBF
1985-04-26	1986-07-18	Jeff Fenech-Vacated	IBF
1987-05-15	1988-07-09	Kelvin Seabrooks	IBF
1988-07-09	1994-10-15-Vacated	Orlando Canizales	IBF
1995-01-21	1995-04-29	Harold Mestre	IBF
1995-04-29	1997-07-19	Mbulelo Botile	IBF
1997-07-19	2003-02-15	Tim Austin	IBF
2003-02-15	current	Rafael Marquez	IBF
WBC
1977-05-21	1982-12-03-Vacated	Wilfredo Gomez	WBC
1983-06-15	1984-11-03	Jaime Garza	WBC
1984-11-03	1985-08-18	Juan Meza	WBC
1985-08-18	1986-01-18	Lupe Pintor	WBC
1986-01-18	1987-05-08	Samart Payakaroon	WBC
1987-05-08	1987-10-16-Vacated	Jeff Fenech	WBC
1988-02-29	1990-11-05	Daniel Zaragoza	WBC
1990-04-23	1990-11-05	Paul Banke	WBC
1990-11-05	1991-02-03	Pedro Ruben Decima	WBC
1991-02-03	1991-06-14	Kiyoshi Hatanaka	WBC
1991-06-14	1992-03-20	Daniel Zaragoza	WBC
1992-03-20	1992-06-23	Thierry Jacob	WBC
1992-06-23	1994-08-26	Tracy Harris Patterson	WBC
1994-08-26	1995-11-06	Hector Acero Sanchez	WBC
1995-11-06	1997-09-06	Daniel Zaragoza	WBC
1997-09-06	2000-02-19-Vacated	Erik Morales	WBC
2000-09-09	2002-02-05-Vacated	Willie Jorrin	WBC
2002-05-17	2005-12-03	Oscar Larios	WBC
2005-12-03	current	Israel Vazquez	WBC
WBA
1977-11-26	1978-05-07	Soo Hwan Hong	WBA
1978-05-07	1980-05-04	Ricardo Cardona	WBA
1980-05-04	1980-08-09	Leo Randolph	WBA
1980-08-09	1982-06-12	Sergio Victor Palma	WBA
1982-06-12	1984-02-22	Leonardo Cruz	WBA
1984-02-22	1984-05-26	Loris Stecca	WBA
1984-05-26	1985-11-08-Vacated	Victor Callejas	WBA
1987-01-16	1987-11-28	Louie Espinoza	WBA
1987-11-28	1988-02-27	Julio Gervacio	WBA
1988-02-27	1988-05-28	Bernardo Pinango	WBA
1988-05-28	1989-12-11	Juan Jose Estrada	WBA
1989-12-11	1989-12-11-Vacated	Jesus Salud	WBA
1990-09-11	1991-10-07	Luis Enrique Mendoza	WBA
1991-10-07	1992-03-27	Raul Perez	WBA
1992-03-27	1995-05-13	Wilfredo Vazquez	WBA
1995-05-13	1997-09-27	Antonio Cermeno	WBA
1998-02-08	1998-12-12	Enrique Sanchez	WBA
1998-12-12	2000-03-04	Nestor Garza	WBA
2000-03-04	2001-03-23-Vacated	Clarence Adams	WBA
2001-11-17	2002-02-21	Yober Ortega	WBA
2002-02-21	2002-05-18	Yoddamrong Sithyodthong	WBA
2002-05-18	2002-10-09	Osamu Sato	WBA
2002-10-09	2003-07-04	Salim Medjkoune	WBA
2003-07-04	2005-06-25-Vacated	Mahyar Monshipour	WBA
2005-10-15	2006-02-04-Vacated	Celestino Caballero	WBA
2006-03-18	current	Somsak Sithchatchawal	WBA
WBO
Title inaugurated
1989-04-29	1989-12-09	Kenny Mitchell	WBO
1989-12-09	1990-05-12	Valerio Nati	WBO
1990-05-12	1991-05-24	Orlando Fernandez	WBO
1991-05-24	1992-10-15	Jesse Benavides	WBO
1992-10-15	1993-06-09	Duke McKenzie	WBO
1993-06-09	1995-03-31	Daniel Jimenez	WBO
1995-03-31	1996-11-22	Marco Antonio Barrera	WBO
1996-11-22	1997-12-19	Junior Jones	WBO
1997-12-19	1997-12-19-Vacated	Kennedy McKinney	WBO
1998-10-31	2000-02-19	Marco Antonio Barrera	WBO
2000-02-19	2000-02-19-Vacated	Erik Morales	WBO
2000-06-17	2000-12-01-Vacated	Marco Antonio Barrera	WBO
2001-06-23	2001-11-10-Vacated	Agapito Sanchez	WBO
2002-08-17	2005-04-22-Vacated	Joan Guzman	WBO
2005-10-29	current	Daniel Ponce De Leon	WBO