WBO Minimumweight Champion
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Minimumweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Organization.
- Known as Minimumweight (WBA).
- Also known as Strawweight (WBC) and Mini Flyweight (IBF/WBO).
- The maximum weight for this division is 105 pounds (47.6 kg or 7½ stone).
RELATED LINK: WBO Minimumweight Title Fights
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rafael Torres | 1989 Aug 30 | 1993 V | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Paul Weir | 1993 May 15 | 1993 V | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Alex Sanchez | 1993 Dec 22 | 1997 Aug 23 | 6 | 6 |
| 4 | Ricardo Lopez | 1997 Aug 23 | 1998 Mar 6 V | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Eric Jamili | 1997 Dec 19 | 1998 May 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Kermin Guardia | 1998 May 30 | 2001 V | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Jorge Mata | 2002 Jun 29 | 2003 Mar 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Eduardo Ray Marquez | 2003 Mar 28 | 2003 May 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Ivan Calderon | 2003 May 3 | 2007 Aug 25 V | 11 | 11 |
| 10 | Donnie Nietes | 2007 Sep 30 | 2011 Feb 28 V | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Raul Garcia | 2011 Feb 28 | 2011 Aug 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Moises Fuentes | 2011 Aug 27 | 2013 Apr 19 V | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Merlito Sabillo | 2013 Apr 19 | 2014 Mar 22 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Francisco Rodriguez Jr | 2014 Mar 22 | 2014 Dec 15 V | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Katsunari Takayama | 2014 Dec 31 | 2015 Mar 3 V | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Kosei Tanaka | 2015 May 30 | 2016 Apr 7 V | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Katsunari Takayama (2) | 2016 Aug 20 | 2017 Apr 3 R | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Tatsuya Fukuhara | 2017 Apr 14 | 2017 Aug 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ryuya Yamanaka | 2017 Aug 27 | 2018 Jul 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Vic Saludar | 2018 Jul 13 | 2019 Aug 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 21 | Wilfredo Mendez | 2019 Aug 24 | 2021 Dec 14 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Masataka Taniguchi | 2021 Dec 14 | Present | 1 | 1 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated