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title: "Bantamweight Boxing Rankings - May 2023"
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# Bantamweight Boxing Rankings - May 2023

Combined Bantamweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: May 2023. 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 (May 2023) | IBF (May 2023) | WBO (May 2023) | RING (May 2023) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Champion | [Takuma Inoue (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/takuma-inoue) - World Champion |  | Vacant | [Naoya Inoue (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/naoya-inoue) - Champion |
| 1 | Vacant | Vacant | [Jason Moloney (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jason-moloney) | [Emmanuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/emmanuel-rodriguez) |
| 2 | [Melving Lopez (Nicaragua)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/melving-lopez) | [Emmanuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/emmanuel-rodriguez) | [Vincent Astrolabio (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vincent-astrolabio) | [Jason Moloney (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jason-moloney) |
| 3 | [Sho Ishida (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sho-ishida) | [Melving Lopez (Nicaragua)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/melving-lopez) | [Reymart Gaballo (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/reymart-gaballo) | [Nonito Donaire (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/nonito-donaire) |
| 4 | [Victor Santillan (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/victor-santillan) | [Reymart Gaballo (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/reymart-gaballo) | [Gary Antonio Russell (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gary-antonio-russell) | [Vincent Astrolabio (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vincent-astrolabio) |
| 5 | [Khalid Yafai (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/khalid-yafai) | [Ryosuke Nishida (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ryosuke-nishida) | [Paul Butler (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/paul-butler) | [Gary Antonio Russell (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gary-antonio-russell) |
| 6 | [Antonio Vargas (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/antonio-vargas) | [Christian Medina Jimenez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/christian-medina-jimenez) | [Christian Medina Jimenez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/christian-medina-jimenez) | [Alexandro Santiago (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alexandro-santiago) |
| 7 | [Liborio Solis (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/liborio-solis) | [Keita Kurihara (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/keita-kurihara) | [Victor Santillan (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/victor-santillan) | [Paul Butler (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/paul-butler) |
| 8 | [Jerwin Ancajas (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jerwin-ancajas) | [Sho Ishida (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sho-ishida) | [Ryosuke Nishida (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ryosuke-nishida) | [Takuma Inoue (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/takuma-inoue) |
| 9 | [Eros Correa (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/eros-correa) | [Jerwin Ancajas (Philippines)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jerwin-ancajas) | [Dylan Price (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dylan-price) | [Ryosuke Nishida (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ryosuke-nishida) |
| 10 | [Christian Carto (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/christian-carto) | [Seiya Tsutsumi (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/seiya-tsutsumi) | [Ramon Cardenas (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/ramon-cardenas) | [Keita Kurihara (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/keita-kurihara) |
| 11 | [Daigo Higa (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/daigo-higa) | [Dylan Price (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dylan-price) | [Emmanuel Rodriguez (Puerto Rico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/emmanuel-rodriguez) |  |
| 12 | [Yuttapong Tongdee (Thailand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yuttapong-tongdee) | [Aran Dipaen (Thailand)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/aran-dipaen) | [Sho Ishida (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sho-ishida) |  |
| 13 | [Prince Dzanie (Ghana)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/prince-dzanie) | [Kevin Munoz (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/kevin-munoz) | [Christian Carto (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/christian-carto) |  |
| 14 | [Carlos Mujica (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/carlos-mujica) | [Alexandro Santiago (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alexandro-santiago) | [Daigo Higa (Japan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/daigo-higa) |  |
| 15 | [Paul Butler (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/paul-butler) | [Eros Correa (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/eros-correa) | [Antonio Vargas (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/antonio-vargas) |  |

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