RING Bantamweight Rankings Archive | October 1969

Rank	RINGOctober 1969
	Ruben Olivares World Champion
1	Lionel Rose
2	Chucho Castillo
3	Alan Rudkin
4	Takao Sakurai
5	Rudy Alarcon
6	Katsuyoshi Takayama
7	Kazuyoshi Kanazawa
8	Julio Guerrero+1
9	Raul Cruz+1
10	Leo CalderonNEW

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October 1969 archive

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Month-over-month changes since September 1969

Entered the top 10

Leo CalderonNow ranked #10

Dropped out of the top 10

Salvatore BurruniLast ranked #8

Biggest risers

Julio GuerreroFrom #9 to #8
+1
Raul CruzClimbed a place to #9
+1

RING Bantamweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest RING monthly rankings (December 1924).

RING Bantamweight - World Champion

Junto Nakatani

8 June 202525 September 2025

4 months

Became champion: 8 June 2025

Won the title by defeating Ryosuke Nishida.

First shown in July 2025 rankingsView source

Naoya Inoue

18 May 201913 January 2023

3 years 9 months

Became champion: 18 May 2019

Won the title by defeating Emmanuel Rodriguez.

First shown in May 2019 rankingsView source

Shinsuke Yamanaka

26 September 2017March 2018

7 months

Became champion: 26 September 2017

Was reinstated as champion after Luis Nery's B-sample confirmed a positive drug test.

First shown in October 2017 rankingsView source

Luis Nery

15 August 2017August 2017

1 month

Became champion: 15 August 2017

Won the title by defeating Shinsuke Yamanaka.

First shown in August 2017 rankingsView source

Shinsuke Yamanaka

16 September 201615 August 2017

1 year

Became champion: 16 September 2016

Won the title by defeating Anselmo Moreno.

First shown in October 2016 rankingsView source

Bernardo Pinango

4 June 198613 March 1987

10 months

Became champion: 4 June 1986

Won the title by defeating Gaby Canizales.

First shown in June 1986 rankingsView source

Gaby Canizales

10 March 1986April 1986

2 months

Became champion: 10 March 1986

Won the title by defeating Richie Sandoval.

First shown in March 1986 rankingsView source

Richard Sandoval

7 April 1984January 1986

1 year 10 months

Became champion: 7 April 1984

Won the title by defeating Jeff Chandler.

First shown in April 1984 rankingsView source

Jeff Chandler

14 November 1980February 1984

3 years 4 months

Became champion: 14 November 1980

Won the title by defeating Julian Solis.

First shown in November 1980 rankingsView source

Julian Solis

29 August 198014 November 1980

4 months

Became champion: 29 August 1980

Won the title by defeating Jorge Lujan.

First shown in August 1980 rankingsView source

Jorge Lujan

19 November 197729 August 1980

2 years 10 months

Became champion: 19 November 1977

Won the title by defeating Alfonso Zamora.

First shown in November 1977 rankingsView source

Alfonso Zamora

14 March 197519 November 1977

2 years 9 months

Became champion: 14 March 1975

Won the title by defeating Soo Hwan Hong.

First shown in April 1975 rankingsView source

Soo Hwan Hong

August 197414 March 1975

8 months

Arnold Taylor

3 November 1973July 1974

9 months

Became champion: 3 November 1973

Won the title by defeating Romeo Anaya.

First shown in November 1973 rankingsView source

Romeo Anaya

20 January 19733 November 1973

11 months

Became champion: 20 January 1973

Won the title by defeating Enrique Pinder.

First shown in February 1973 rankingsView source

Enrique Pinder

30 July 1972November 1972

5 months

Became champion: 30 July 1972

Won the title by defeating Rafael Herrera.

First shown in September 1972 rankingsView source

Rafael Herrera

19 March 1972July 1972

5 months

Became champion: 19 March 1972

Won the title by defeating Ruben Olivares.

First shown in April 1972 rankingsView source

Ruben Olivares

May 197119 March 1972

11 months

Chucho Castillo

16 October 1970April 1971

7 months

Became champion: 16 October 1970

Won the title by defeating Ruben Olivares.

First shown in November 1970 rankingsView source

Ruben Olivares

22 August 196916 October 1970

1 year 3 months

Became champion: 22 August 1969

Won the title by defeating Lionel Rose.

First shown in September 1969 rankingsView source

Lionel Rose

26 February 196822 August 1969

1 year 7 months

Became champion: 26 February 1968

Won the title by defeating Fighting Harada.

First shown in March 1968 rankingsView source

Fighting Harada

17 May 196526 February 1968

2 years 10 months

Became champion: 17 May 1965

Won the title by defeating Eder Jofre.

First shown in June 1965 rankingsView source

Eder Jofre

25 March 196117 May 1965

4 years 3 months

Became champion: 25 March 1961

Won the title by defeating Piero Rollo).

First shown in April 1961 rankingsView source

Jose Becerra

8 July 1959October 1960

1 year 4 months

Became champion: 8 July 1959

Won the title by defeating Alphonse Halimi.

First shown in July 1959 rankingsView source

Alphonse Halimi

1 April 19578 July 1959

2 years 4 months

Became champion: 1 April 1957

Won the title by defeating Mario D'Agata.

First shown in April 1957 rankingsView source

Mario D'Agata

29 June 19561 April 1957

11 months

Became champion: 29 June 1956

Won the title by defeating Robert Cohen.

First shown in July 1956 rankingsView source

Robert Cohen

19 September 195429 June 1956

1 year 10 months

Became champion: 19 September 1954

Won the title by defeating Chamroen Songkitrat.

First shown in September 1954 rankingsView source

Jimmy Carruthers

15 November 195216 May 1954

1 year 7 months

Became champion: 15 November 1952

Won the title by defeating Vic Toweel.

First shown in November 1952 rankingsView source

Vic Toweel

31 May 195015 November 1952

2 years 7 months

Became champion: 31 May 1950

Won the title by defeating Manuel Ortiz.

First shown in June 1950 rankingsView source

Manuel Ortiz

11 March 194731 May 1950

3 years 3 months

Became champion: 11 March 1947

Won the title by defeating Harold Dade.

First shown in February 1948 rankingsView source

Harold Dade

January 1948January 1948

1 month

Manuel Ortiz

11 March 1947November 1947

9 months

Became champion: 11 March 1947

Won the title by defeating Harold Dade.

First shown in March 1947 rankingsView source

Harold Dade

6 January 194711 March 1947

3 months

Became champion: 6 January 1947

Won the title by defeating Manuel Ortiz.

First shown in January 1947 rankingsView source

Manuel Ortiz

7 August 1942November 1946

4 years 4 months

Became champion: 7 August 1942

Won the title by defeating Lou Salica.

First shown in August 1942 rankingsView source

Lou Salica

13 January 19417 August 1942

1 year 8 months

Became champion: 13 January 1941

Won the title by defeating Tommy Forte.

First shown in May 1941 rankingsView source

Sixto Escobar

20 February 193826 October 1939

1 year 9 months

Became champion: 20 February 1938

Won the title by defeating Harry Jeffra.

First shown in March 1938 rankingsView source

Harry Jeffra

23 September 193720 February 1938

6 months

Became champion: 23 September 1937

Won the title by defeating Sixto Escobar.

First shown in October 1937 rankingsView source

Sixto Escobar

31 August 193623 September 1937

1 year 2 months

Became champion: 31 August 1936

Won the title by defeating Tony Marino.

First shown in September 1936 rankingsView source

Tony Marino

29 June 193631 August 1936

3 months

Became champion: 29 June 1936

Won the title by defeating Baltasar Sangchili.

First shown in July 1936 rankingsView source

Baltasar Sangchili

1 June 193529 June 1936

1 year 1 month

Became champion: 1 June 1935

Won the title by defeating Al Brown.

First shown in June 1935 rankingsView source

Al Brown

25 August 19311 June 1935

3 years 11 months

Became champion: 25 August 1931

Won the title by defeating Pete Sanstol.

First shown in September 1931 rankingsView source

Charlie Phil Rosenberg

20 March 1925February 1927

2 years

Became champion: 20 March 1925

Won the title by defeating Eddie Martin.

First shown in March 1925 rankingsView source

Eddie Martin

19 December 192420 March 1925

4 months

Became champion: 19 December 1924

Awarded the inaugural title.

First shown in December 1924 rankingsView source

RING Bantamweight Title History

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RING Bantamweight boxing rankings- October 1969

Month-over-month changes since September 1969

Entered the top 10

Dropped out of the top 10

Biggest risers

RING Bantamweight Title History

RING Bantamweight - World Champion

RING Bantamweight Title History

RING Bantamweight Title History

RING Bantamweight - World Champion