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title: "Bantamweight Boxing Rankings - January 2026"
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# Bantamweight Boxing Rankings - January 2026

Combined Bantamweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: January 2026. These are official monthly lists, not BoxRec fight records. See [Box-Rank vs BoxRec](https://box-rank.com/blog/box-rank-vs-boxrec-which-boxing-site-should-you-use).

| Rank | WBA (January 2026) | IBF (January 2026) | WBO (January 2026) | RING (January 2026) |
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| Champion | [Seiya Tsutsumi (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/seiya-tsutsumi) - World Champion | [Jose Salas Reyes (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jose-salas-reyes) - Champion | [Christian Medina Jimenez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/christian-medina-jimenez) - Champion | Vacant |
| 1 | [Nonito Donaire (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/nonito-donaire) | Vacant | [Juan Francisco Estrada (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juan-francisco-estrada) | [Seiya Tsutsumi (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/seiya-tsutsumi) |
| 2 | [Tenshin Nasukawa (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tenshin-nasukawa) | Vacant | [Landile Ngxeke (South Africa)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/landile-ngxeke) | [Christian Medina Jimenez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/christian-medina-jimenez) |
| 3 | [Kazuto Ioka (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kazuto-ioka) | [Kenneth Llover (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kenneth-llover) | [Kazuto Ioka (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kazuto-ioka) | [Takuma Inoue (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/takuma-inoue) |
| 4 | [Riku Masuda (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/riku-masuda) | [Riku Masuda (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/riku-masuda) | [Yoshiki Takei (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yoshiki-takei) | [Ryosuke Nishida (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ryosuke-nishida) |
| 5 | [Andrey Bonilla (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andrey-bonilla) | [Andrew Cain (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andrew-cain) | [Andrew Cain (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andrew-cain) | [Daigo Higa (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/daigo-higa) |
| 6 | [Daigo Higa (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/daigo-higa) | [Katsuma Akitsugi (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/katsuma-akitsugi) | [Riku Masuda (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/riku-masuda) | [Antonio Vargas (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/antonio-vargas) |
| 7 | [Yoshiki Takei (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yoshiki-takei) | [Michael Angeletti (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/michael-angeletti) | [Nonito Donaire (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/nonito-donaire) | [Jose Salas Reyes (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jose-salas-reyes) |
| 8 | [Michael Angeletti (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/michael-angeletti) | [Kazuto Ioka (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kazuto-ioka) | [Katsuma Akitsugi (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/katsuma-akitsugi) | [Yoshiki Takei (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yoshiki-takei) |
| 9 | [Yelshat Nikhemttolla (Kazakhstan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yelshat-nikhemttolla) | [Nonito Donaire (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/nonito-donaire) | [Adrian Curiel Dominguez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/adrian-curiel-dominguez) | [Kazuto Ioka (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kazuto-ioka) |
| 10 | [Kenneth Llover (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kenneth-llover) | [Tenshin Nasukawa (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tenshin-nasukawa) | [Emmanuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/emmanuel-rodriguez) | [Riku Masuda (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/riku-masuda) |
| 11 | [Muhammad Waseem (Pakistan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/muhammad-waseem) | [Reymart Gaballo (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/reymart-gaballo) | [Ephraim Bui (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ephraim-bui) |  |
| 12 | [Jordan Orozco Hernandez (Nicaragua)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jordan-orozco-hernandez) | [Daigo Higa (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/daigo-higa) | [Rubens Diego Dos Santos (Brazil)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rubens-diego-dos-santos) |  |
| 13 | [Emanuel Moreno (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/emanuel-moreno) | [Jason Moloney (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jason-moloney) | [Tenshin Nasukawa (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tenshin-nasukawa) |  |
| 14 | [Katsuma Akitsugi (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/katsuma-akitsugi) | [Landile Ngxeke (South Africa)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/landile-ngxeke) | [Jason Moloney (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jason-moloney) |  |
| 15 | [Andrew Cain (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andrew-cain) | [Dominique Crowder (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dominique-crowder) | [Jordan Orozco Hernandez (Nicaragua)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jordan-orozco-hernandez) |  |

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