WBC Bantamweight Champion
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Bantamweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Council.
- The maximum weight for this division is 118 pounds (53.5 kg or 8 stone 6 lbs).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
RELATED LINK: WBC Bantamweight Title Fights
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eder Jofre | 1963 Feb 14 | 1965 May 18 | 3 | 3 |
| 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 5 S | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Rafael Herrera (2) | 1973 Apr 14 | 1974 Dec 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Rodolfo Martinez | 1974 Dec 7 | 1976 May 8 | 3 | 3 |
| 11 | Carlos Zarate | 1976 May 8 | 1979 Jun 3 | 9 | 9 |
| 12 | Lupe Pintor | 1979 Jun 3 | 1983 Jul 9 S | 8 | 8 |
| 13 | Alberto Davila | 1983 Sep 1 | 1985 Mar 23 S | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Daniel Zaragoza | 1985 May 4 | 1985 Aug 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Miguel Lora | 1985 Aug 9 | 1988 Oct 29 | 7 | 6 |
| 16 | Raul Perez | 1988 Oct 29 | 1991 Feb 25 | 7 | 7 |
| 17 | Greg Richardson | 1991 Feb 25 | 1991 Sep 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi | 1991 Sep 19 | 1992 Sep 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Victor Rabanales | 1992 Sep 17 | 1993 Mar 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Jung-Il Byun | 1993 Mar 28 | 1993 Dec 23 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Yasuei Yakushiji | 1993 Dec 23 | 1995 Jul 30 | 4 | 4 |
| 22 | Wayne McCullough | 1995 Jul 30 | 1997 Jan 11 V | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Sirimongkol Singwancha | 1997 Jan 11 | 1997 Nov 22 | 3 | 3 |
| 24 | Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (2) | 1997 Nov 22 | 1998 Dec 29 | 2 | 2 |
| 25 | Veeraphol Sahaprom | 1998 Dec 29 | 2005 Apr 16 | 14 | 11 |
| 26 | Hozumi Hasegawa | 2005 Apr 16 | 2010 Apr 30 | 10 | 10 |
| 27 | Fernando Montiel | 2010 Apr 30 | 2011 Feb 19 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Nonito Donaire | 2011 Feb 19 | 2011 Oct 22 V | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Shinsuke Yamanaka | 2011 Nov 6 | 2017 Aug 15 | 12 | 11 |
| 30 | Luis Nery | 2017 Aug 15 | 2018 Feb 28 V | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Nordine Oubaali | 2019 Jan 19 | 2020 Nov 13 S | 2 | 2 |
| 32 | Nordine Oubaali (2) | 2021 Jan 10 RS | 2021 May 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Nonito Donaire (2) | 2021 May 29 | 2022 Jun 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Naoya Inoue | 2022 Jun 7 | 2023 Jan 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Alexandro Santiago | 2023 Jul 29 | 2024 Feb 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Junto Nakatani | 2025 Feb 24 | Present | 4 | 4 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
RS - Reinstated