List of world super bantamweight boxing champions

This list of the super bantamweight boxing world champions provides an overview of all the world boxing champions of the four recognized and currently active world federations ( WBC , WBA , IBF , WBO ) in super bantamweight in chronological order in separate tables. The WBA superchampions are listed both in the chronological WBA table and in a separate table. The status of the super champion of the WBA is ranked higher than that of the regular. Therefore, the WBA super champion is the actual world champion. The WBO has only been one of the major associations since 2007.

WBC

World Champion	Office
Panama Rigoberto Riasco	1976
Japan Royal Kobayashi	1976
Korea South Dong Kyun Yum	1976-1977
Puerto Rico Wilfredo Gomez	1977-1983
United States Jaime Garza	1983-1984
Mexico Juan Meza	1984-1985
Mexico Lupe Pintor	1985-1986
Thailand Samart Payakaroon	1986-1987
Australia Jeff Fenech	1987-1988
Mexico Daniel Zaragoza	1988-1990
United States Paul Banke	1990
Argentina Pedro Ruben Decima	1990-1991
Japan Kiyoshi Hatanaka	1991
Mexico Daniel Zaragoza (2)	1991-1992
France Thierry Jacob	1992
United States Tracy Harris Patterson	1992-1994
Dominican Republic Hector Acero-Sanchez	1994-1995
Mexico Daniel Zaragoza (3)	1995-1997
Mexico Erik Morales	1997-2000
United States Willie Jorrin	2000-2002
Mexico Óscar Larios	2002-2005
Mexico Israel Vazquez	2005-2007
Mexico Rafael Marquez	2007
Mexico Israel Vazquez (2)	2007-2008
Japan Toshiaki Nishioka	2008–2012
Mexico Abner Mares	2012-2013
Mexico Víctor Terrazas	2013
Mexico Léo Santa Cruz	2013-2015
Mexico Julio Ceja	2015-2016
Mexico Hugo Ruiz	2016
Japan Hozumi Hasegawa	2016
Mexico Rey Vargas	since 2016

WBA

World Champion	Office
Korea South Soo Hwan Hong	1977-1988
Colombia Ricardo Cardona	1978-1980
United States Leo Randolph	1980
Argentina Sergio Víctor Palma	1980-1982
Dominican Republic Leonardo Cruz	1982-1984
Italy Loris Stecca	1984
Puerto Rico Victor Callejas	1984-1986
United States Louie Espinoza	1987
Dominican Republic Julio Gervacio	1987-1988
Venezuela Bernardo Pinango	1988
Mexico Juan José Estrada	1988-1989
United States Jesus Salud	1989-1990
Colombia Luis Enrique Mendoza	1990-1991
Mexico Raúl Pérez	1991-1992
Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vázquez	1992-1995
Venezuela Antonio Cermeño	1995-1998
Mexico Enrique Sánchez	1998
Mexico Néstor Garza	1998-12000
United States Clarence Adams	2000-2001
Venezuela Yober Ortega	2001-2002
Thailand Yoddamrong Sithyodthong	2002
Japan Osamu Satō	2002
France Salim Medjkoune	2002-2003
France Mahyar Monshipour	2003-2006
Thailand Somsak Sithchatchawal	2006
Panama Celestino Caballero	2006-2010
Panama Ricardo Cordoba	2008-2009
Ireland Bernard Dunne	2009
Thailand Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym	2009-2010
Japan Ryol Li Lee	2010-2011
Japan Akifumi Shimoda	2011
Puerto Rico Rico Ramos	2011–2012
Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux	2012-2015
United Kingdom Scott Quigg	2013-2016
United Kingdom Carl Frampton	2016
Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux (2)	2016-2017
Venezuela Nehomar Cermeño	2016-2017
Japan Shun Kubo	2017
United States Daniel Roman	since 2017

WBA super champions

World Champion	Office
Panama Celestino Caballero	2008-2010
Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux	2013-2015
Panama Celestino Caballero	2008-2010
United Kingdom Carl Frampton	2016
Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux (2)	2016-2017

IBF

World Champion	Office
Philippines Bobby Berna	1983-1984
Korea South Seung-Il Suh	1984-1985
Korea South Ji-won Kim	1985-1986
Korea South Seung Hoon Lee	1987-1988
Venezuela José Sanabria	1988-1989
France Fabrice Bénichou	1989-1990
South Africa Welcome Ncita	1990-1992
United States Kennedy McKinney	1992-1994
South Africa Vuyani Bungu	1994-1999
South Africa Lehlohonolo Ledwaba	1999-2001
Philippines Manny Pacquiao	2001-2003
Mexico Israel Vazquez	2004-2005
Canada Steve Molitor	2006-2008
Panama Celestino Caballero	2008-2010
Canada Steve Molitor (2)	2010-2011
South Africa Takalani Ndlovu	2011–2012
South Africa Jeffrey Mathebula	2012
Philippines Nonito Donaire	2012
Colombia Jonathan Romero	2013
Spain Kiko Martinez	2013-2014
United Kingdom Carl Frampton	2014-2016
Dominican Republic Jonathan Guzman	2016
Japan Yukinori Oguni	2016-2017
Japan Ryosuke Iwasa	2017-2018
Ireland TJ Doheny	since 2018

WBO

World Champion	Office
United States Kenny Mitchell	1989
Italy Valerio Nati	1989-1990
Puerto Rico Orlando Fernandez	1990-1991
United States Jesse Benavides	1991-1992
United Kingdom Duke McKenzie	1992-1993
Puerto Rico Daniel Jiménez	1993-1995
Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera	1995-1996
United States Junior Jones	1996-1997
United States Kennedy McKinney	1997-1998
Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera (2)	1998-2000
Mexico Erik Morales	2000
Mexico Marco Antonio Barrera (3)	2000-2001
Dominican Republic Agapito Sánchez	2001-2002
Dominican Republic Joan Guzman	2002-2005
Mexico Daniel Ponce de León	2005-2008
Puerto Rico Juan Manuel López	2008-2010
Puerto Rico Wilfredo Vazquez Jr.	2010-2011
Mexico Jorge Arce	2011
Philippines Nonito Donaire	2012-2013
Cuba Guillermo Rigondeaux	201302015
Philippines Nonito Donaire (2)	2015-2016
United States Jessie Magdaleno	2016-2018
Ghana Isaac Dogboe	2018
Mexico Emanuel Navarrete	since 2018

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Individual evidence

↑ Joshua's compatriot owned the belts of WBA, IBF and WBC, at that time the WBO was not yet part of the illustrious circle. She has only been there since 2007. Since then, the undisputed champion has had four titles.

[1] Joshua's compatriot owned the belts of WBA, IBF and WBC, at that time the WBO was not yet part of the illustrious circle. She has only been there since 2007. Since then, the undisputed champion has had four titles.