WBC Bantamweight Rankings Archive | September 2023

Rank	WBCSeptember 2023
	Alexandro SantiagoNEW World Champion
1	Vincent Astrolabio+5
2	Petch Sor Chitpattana+3
3	Keita Kurihara+8
4	Gary Antonio Russell+4
5	Juan Martinez Ayala+4
6	Ryosuke Nishida+4
7	Paul ButlerNEW
8	Sho Ishida-1
9	Nawaphon Sor Rungvisai-7
10	Seiya Tsutsumi+2
11	Nonito Donaire-10
12	Landile NgxekeNEW
13	Victor Reyes+1
14	Daigo Higa+2
15	Victor Santillan
16	Jerwin AncajasNEW
17	Guillermo Rigondeaux
18	Arthur Villanueva+1
19	Ramon Cardenas+1
20	Thomas Essomba+1
21	Adrian LerasanNEW
22	Christian Carto
23	Liborio Solis
24	Dylan Price
25	Saul SanchezNEW
26	Carlos Norberto Lopez-1
27	Ernesto Garcia FloresNEW
28	Alessio Lorusso-2
29	Kazuki Anaguchi+9
30	Kai Chiba-3
31	Antonio Vargas-3
32	Eric Gamboa+7
33	Eros Correa-2
34	Rau'Shee Warren-4
35	Sean McGoldrick-3
36	Juan Zayas-3
37	Ja'Rico O'QuinnNEW
38	Melving LopezNEW
39	Narek AbgaryanNEW
40	Maximiliano Sergio Maidana

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September 2023 archive

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Month-over-month changes since June 2023

There is a new Champion: Alexandro Santiago

Became champion: 29 July 2023

Won the title by defeating Nonito Donaire.

First shown in September 2023 rankingsView source

Entered the top 10

Keita KuriharaPreviously #11, enters at #3
Paul ButlerNow ranked #7
Seiya TsutsumiUp from #12 to #10

Dropped out of the top 10

Nonito DonaireDropped to #11
Reymart GaballoPreviously held #3

Biggest risers

Kazuki AnaguchiUp 9 places to #29
+9
Keita KuriharaJumped from #11 to #3
+8
Eric GamboaNow #32 after being #39 last month
+7

Biggest fallers

Nonito DonaireFell from #1 to #11
-10
Nawaphon Sor RungvisaiDropped from #2 to #9
-7
Rau'shee WarrenFell from #30 to #34
-4

WBC Bantamweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBC monthly rankings (April 1963).

WBC Bantamweight - World Champion

Takuma Inoue

24 November 2025Current

1 year

Became champion: 24 November 2025

Won the vacant title by unanimous decision against Tenshin Nasukawa.

First shown in December 2025 rankingsView source

Junto Nakatani

December 202418 September 2025

10 months

Junto Nakatani

24 February 2024November 2024

10 months

Became champion: 24 February 2024

Won the title by defeating Alexandro Santiago.

First shown in March 2024 rankingsView source

Alexandro Santiago

29 July 202324 February 2024

8 months

Became champion: 29 July 2023

Won the title by defeating Nonito Donaire.

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Naoya Inoue

7 June 202213 January 2023

8 months

Became champion: 7 June 2022

Won the title by defeating Nonito Donaire.

First shown in September 2022 rankingsView source

Nonito Donaire

29 May 2021June 2022

1 year 2 months

Became champion: 29 May 2021

Won the title by defeating Nordine Oubaali.

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Nordine Oubaali

10 January 2021May 2021

5 months

Became champion: 10 January 2021

Reinstated as WBC Champion.

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Nordine Oubaali

19 January 2019November 2020

1 year 11 months

Became champion: 19 January 2019

Won the vacant title by defeating Rau'shee Warren.

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Luis Nery

15 August 2017February 2018

7 months

Became champion: 15 August 2017

Won the title by defeating Shinsuke Yamanaka.

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Shinsuke Yamanaka

6 November 2011August 2017

5 years 10 months

Became champion: 6 November 2011

Won the vacant title by defeating Christian Esquivel.

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Nonito Donaire

19 February 2011October 2011

9 months

Became champion: 19 February 2011

Won the title by defeating Fernando Montiel.

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Fernando Montiel

30 April 2010February 2011

11 months

Became champion: 30 April 2010

Won the title by defeating Hozumi Hasegawa.

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Hozumi Hasegawa

16 April 2005April 2010

5 years 1 month

Became champion: 16 April 2005

Won the title by defeating Veeraphol Sahaprom.

First shown in August 2008 rankingsView source

Veeraphol Sahaprom

29 December 1998April 2005

6 years 5 months

Became champion: 29 December 1998

Won the title by defeating Joichiro Tatsuyoshi.

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Joichiro Tatsuyoshi

22 November 1997December 1998

1 year 2 months

Became champion: 22 November 1997

Won the title by defeating Sirimongkol Singmanasak.

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Sirimongkol Singmanasak

11 January 1997November 1997

11 months

Became champion: 11 January 1997

Was promoted from interim champion to WBC Bantamweight Champion.

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Wayne McCullough

30 July 1995January 1997

1 year 7 months

Became champion: 30 July 1995

Won the title by defeating Yasuei Yakushiji.

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Yasuei Yakushiji

23 December 1993July 1995

1 year 8 months

Became champion: 23 December 1993

Won the title by defeating Byun Jung-Il.

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Byun Jung Il

28 March 1993December 1993

10 months

Became champion: 28 March 1993

Won the title by defeating Victor Rabanales.

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Victor Rabanales

17 September 1992March 1993

7 months

Became champion: 17 September 1992

Won the title by defeating Joichiro Tatsuyoshi.

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Joichiro Tatsuyoshi

19 September 1991September 1992

1 year 1 month

Became champion: 19 September 1991

Won the title by defeating Greg Richardson.

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Greg Richardson

25 February 1991September 1991

8 months

Became champion: 25 February 1991

Won the title by defeating Raúl Pérez.

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Raul Perez

29 October 1988February 1991

2 years 5 months

Became champion: 29 October 1988

Won the title by defeating Miguel Lora.

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Miguel Lora

9 August 1985October 1988

3 years 3 months

Became champion: 9 August 1985

Won the title by defeating Daniel Zaragoza.

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Daniel Zaragoza

4 May 1985August 1985

4 months

Became champion: 4 May 1985

Won the vacant title by defeating Fred Jackson.

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Alberto Davila

1 September 1983March 1985

1 year 7 months

Became champion: 1 September 1983

Promoted from Interim Champion to WBC Champion.

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Lupe Pintor

3 June 1979July 1983

4 years 2 months

Became champion: 3 June 1979

Won the title by defeating Carlos Zárate.

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Carlos Zarate

8 May 1976June 1979

3 years 2 months

Became champion: 8 May 1976

Won the title by defeating Rodolfo Martínez.

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Rodolfo Martinez

7 December 1974May 1976

1 year 6 months

Became champion: 7 December 1974

Won the title by defeating Rafael Herrera.

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Rafael Herrera

14 April 1973December 1974

1 year 9 months

Became champion: 14 April 1973

Won the vacant title by defeating Rodolfo Martínez.

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Enrique Pinder

29 July 1972January 1973

7 months

Became champion: 29 July 1972

Won the title by defeating Rafael Herrera.

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Rafael Herrera

19 March 1972July 1972

5 months

Became champion: 19 March 1972

Won the title by defeating Rubén Olivares.

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Ruben Olivares

2 April 1971March 1972

1 year

Became champion: 2 April 1971

Won the title by defeating Chucho Castillo.

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Chucho Castillo

16 October 1970April 1971

7 months

Became champion: 16 October 1970

Won the title by defeating Rubén Olivares.

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Ruben Olivares

22 August 1969October 1970

1 year 3 months

Became champion: 22 August 1969

Won the title by defeating Lionel Rose.

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Lionel Rose

27 February 1968August 1969

1 year 7 months

Became champion: 27 February 1968

Won the title by defeating Fighting Harada.

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Fighting Harada

18 May 1965February 1968

2 years 10 months

Became champion: 18 May 1965

Won the title by defeating Éder Jofre.

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Eder Jofre

4 April 1963May 1965

2 years 2 months

Became champion: 4 April 1963

Won the title by defeating Katsutoshi Aoki.

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WBC Bantamweight Title History

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WBC Bantamweight boxing rankings- September 2023

Month-over-month changes since June 2023

Entered the top 10

Dropped out of the top 10

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

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