WBA Bantamweight Champion
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Bantamweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Association.
- The maximum weight for this division is 118 pounds (53.5 kg or 8 stone 6 lbs).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
- For National Boxing Association champions, see NBA World Bantamweight Champion.
RELATED LINK: WBA Bantamweight Title Fights
Primary Championship Lineage
- Every Super champion is the primary champion.
- A Regular champion is a primary champion only if Super, Undisputed and Unified is vacant.
- A Unified champion is a primary champion only if Super is vacant.
- Not every Regular or Unified champion gets promoted to Super if it is vacant.
- Not every Regular champion gets to fight for the vacant Super title.
- A Regular or Unified champion that is considered the primary champion is relegated to secondary champion if Super gets occupied.
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eder Jofre | 1962 Sep 11 | 1965 May 18 | 4 | 4 |
| 2 | Fighting Harada | 1965 May 18 | 1968 Feb 27 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Lionel Rose | 1968 Feb 27 | 1969 Aug 22 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Ruben Olivares | 1969 Aug 22 | 1970 Oct 16 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Chucho Castillo | 1970 Oct 16 | 1971 Apr 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Ruben Olivares (2) | 1971 Apr 2 | 1972 Mar 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Rafael Herrera | 1972 Mar 19 | 1972 Jul 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Enrique Pinder | 1972 Jul 29 | 1973 Jan 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Romeo Anaya | 1973 Jan 20 | 1973 Nov 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Arnold Taylor | 1973 Nov 3 | 1974 Jul 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Soo Hwan Hong | 1974 Jul 3 | 1975 Mar 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Alfonso Zamora | 1975 Mar 14 | 1977 Nov 19 | 5 | 5 |
| 13 | Jorge Lujan | 1977 Nov 19 | 1980 Aug 29 | 5 | 4 |
| 14 | Julian Solis | 1980 Aug 29 | 1980 Nov 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Jeff Chandler | 1980 Nov 14 | 1984 Apr 7 | 9 | 7 |
| 16 | Richie Sandoval | 1984 Apr 7 | 1986 Mar 10 | 2 | 2 |
| 17 | Gaby Canizales | 1986 Mar 10 | 1986 Jun 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Bernardo Pinango | 1986 Jun 4 | 1987 Mar 29 V | 3 | 3 |
| 19 | Takuya Muguruma | 1987 Mar 29 | 1987 May 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Chan Yong Park | 1987 May 24 | 1987 Oct 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Wilfredo Vazquez | 1987 Oct 4 | 1988 May 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Khaokor Galaxy | 1988 May 9 | 1988 Aug 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Sung-Kil Moon | 1988 Aug 14 | 1989 Jul 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Khaokor Galaxy (2) | 1989 Jul 9 | 1989 Oct 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Luisito Espinosa | 1989 Oct 18 | 1991 Oct 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Israel Contreras | 1991 Oct 19 | 1992 Mar 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Eddie Cook | 1992 Mar 15 | 1992 Oct 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Jorge Eliecer Julio | 1992 Oct 9 | 1993 Oct 23 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Junior Jones | 1993 Oct 23 | 1994 Apr 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | John Michael Johnson | 1994 Apr 22 | 1994 Jul 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Daorung Chuvatana | 1994 Jul 16 | 1995 Sep 17 | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | Veeraphol Sahaprom | 1995 Sep 17 | 1996 Jan 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Nana Konadu | 1996 Jan 28 | 1996 Oct 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Daorung Chuvatana (2) | 1996 Oct 27 | 1997 Jun 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Nana Konadu (2) | 1997 Jun 21 | 1998 Dec 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Johnny Tapia | 1998 Dec 5 | 1999 Jun 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Paulie Ayala | 1999 Jun 26 | 2001 Aug 7 S | 3 | 3 |
| 38 | Eidy Moya | 2001 Oct 14 | 2002 Apr 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Johnny Bredahl | 2002 Apr 19 | 2004 Oct 11 R | 3 | 3 |
| 40 | Wladimir Sidorenko | 2005 Feb 26 | 2008 May 31 | 6 | 5 |
| 41 | Anselmo Moreno | 2008 May 31 | 2014 Sep 26 | 12 | 11 |
| 42 | Juan Carlos Payano | 2014 Sep 26 | 2016 Jun 18 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | Rau'shee Warren | 2016 Jun 18 | 2017 Feb 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 44 | Zhanat Zhakiyanov | 2017 Feb 10 | 2017 Oct 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 45 | Ryan Burnett | 2017 Oct 21 | 2018 Nov 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | Nonito Donaire | 2018 Nov 3 | 2019 Nov 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | Naoya Inoue | 2019 Nov 7 | Present | 4 | 4 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
RG - Relegated to secondary champion