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Bantamweight Boxing Rankings

Latest official Bantamweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO, with champions and a full contender list in one table.

Use the weight-class arrows to move up or down divisions, the month controls to jump between updates, and click any fighter's name to see their ranking history across the four organisations.

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Rank	WBAJanuary 2026	WBCFebruary 2026	IBFJanuary 2026	WBOJanuary 2026
🏆	Seiya Tsutsumi World Champion	Takuma Inoue Champion	Jose Salas Reyes Champion	Christian Medina Jimenez Champion

1	Nonito Donaire	Juan Francisco Estrada	Vacant	Juan Francisco Estrada
2	Tenshin Nasukawa	Tenshin Nasukawa	Vacant	Landile Ngxeke
3	Kazuto Ioka	Andrew Cain	Kenneth Llover	Kazuto Ioka▲+4
4	Riku Masuda	Alejandro Jair Gonzalez▲+2	Riku Masuda	Yoshiki Takei▼-1
5	Andrey Bonilla	Kazuto Ioka▼-1	Andrew Cain	Andrew Cain▼-1
6	Daigo Higa	Riku Masuda▼-1	Katsuma Akitsugi	Riku Masuda
7	Yoshiki Takei	Kenneth Llover▲+2	Michael Angeletti	Nonito DonaireNEW
8	Michael Angeletti	Jason Moloney▲+3	Kazuto Ioka	Katsuma Akitsugi
9	Yelshat Nikhemttolla	Yoshiki Takei▼-2	Nonito DonaireNEW	Adrian Curiel Dominguez▲+1
10	Kenneth Llover	Nonito DonaireNEW	Tenshin NasukawaNEW	Emmanuel RodriguezNEW
11	Muhammad Waseem	David Cuellar Contreras▼-3	Reymart Gaballo▼-2	Ephraim Bui
12	Jordan Orozco Hernandez	Petch Sor Chitpattana▼-2	Daigo Higa▼-2	Rubens Diego Dos SantosNEW
13	Emanuel Moreno	Katsuma Akitsugi▼-1	Jason Moloney▼-2	Tenshin NakusawaNEW
14	Katsuma Akitsugi	Michael Angeletti▼-1	Landile Ngxeke▼-2	Jason MoloneyNEW
15	Andrew Cain	Andrey Bonilla▼-1	Dominique Crowder▼-2	Jordan Orozco▼-1
16		Emannuel RodriguezNEW
17		Jeyvier Cintron▲+3
18		David Mwale▼-1
19		Jose Calderon Cervantes▼-4
20		Landile NgxekeNEW
21		Charlton Malajika▼-5
22		Cristian Zara▼-4
23		Mauro Forte
24		Shori Umezu▼-5
25		Dominique Crowder▼-4
26		Alvin Camique
27		Yelshat NikhemthotollaNEW
28		Jose Andres Teran▼-6
29		Keita Kurihara▼-5
30		Ibrahim Mafia▲+1
31		Sergio Cordova Ibañez▼-4
32		Oswaldo Garcia Rojas▼-3
33		Laldinsanga Laldinsanga▼-1
34		Dago ValdesNEW
35		Jordan Orozco▲+3
36		Ephraim BuiNEW
37		Rubens Diego Dos Santos▼-3
38		Adrian Lerasan▼-3
39		David Nunez▼-3
40		Harvey Smith▼-3