Bantamweight • World Boxing Council

Current champion: Vacant (since 14 January 2023)

No scheduled WBC Bantamweight bout

Timeline

  1. 14 Feb 1963

    Eder Jofre becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  2. 4 Apr 1963

    Eder Jofre beats Katsutoshi Aoki via knockout 3/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  3. 18 May 1963

    Eder Jofre beats Johnny Jamito via corner retirement 11/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  4. 27 Nov 1964

    Eder Jofre beats Bernardo Caraballo via knockout 7/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  5. 18 May 1965

    Fighting Harada beats Eder Jofre via split decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Fighting Harada becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  6. 30 Nov 1965

    Fighting Harada beats Alan Rudkin via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  7. 31 May 1966

    Fighting Harada beats Eder Jofre via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  8. 3 Jan 1967

    Fighting Harada beats Jose Medel via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  9. 4 Jul 1967

    Fighting Harada beats Bernardo Caraballo via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  10. 27 Feb 1968

    Lionel Rose beats Fighting Harada via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Lionel Rose becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  11. 2 Jul 1968

    Lionel Rose beats Takao Sakurai via majority decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  12. 6 Dec 1968

    Lionel Rose beats Chucho Castillo via split decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  13. 8 Mar 1969

    Lionel Rose beats Alan Rudkin via split decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  14. 22 Aug 1969

    Ruben Olivares beats Lionel Rose via knockout 5/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Ruben Olivares becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  15. 12 Dec 1969

    Ruben Olivares beats Alan Rudkin via knockout 2/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  16. 18 Apr 1970

    Ruben Olivares beats Chucho Castillo via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  17. 16 Oct 1970

    Chucho Castillo beats Ruben Olivares via knockout 14/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Chucho Castillo becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  18. 2 Apr 1971

    Ruben Olivares beats Chucho Castillo via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Ruben Olivares becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  19. 25 Oct 1971

    Ruben Olivares beats Kazuyoshi Kanazawa via knockout 14/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  20. 14 Dec 1971

    Ruben Olivares beats Jesus Pimentel via corner retirement 11/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  21. 19 Mar 1972

    Rafael Herrera beats Ruben Olivares via knockout 8/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Rafael Herrera becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  22. 29 Jul 1972

    Enrique Pinder beats Rafael Herrera via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Enrique Pinder becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  23. 5 Jan 1973

    Enrique Pinder's WBC Bantamweight world title reign ends

  24. 14 Apr 1973

    Rafael Herrera beats Rodolfo Martinez via knockout 12/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Rafael Herrera becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  25. 13 Oct 1973

    Rafael Herrera beats Venice Borkhorsor via split decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  26. 25 May 1974

    Rafael Herrera beats Romeo Anaya via knockout 6/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  27. 7 Dec 1974

    Rodolfo Martinez beats Rafael Herrera via knockout 4/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Rodolfo Martinez becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  28. 31 May 1975

    Rodolfo Martinez beats Nestor Jimenez via corner retirement 7/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  29. 8 Oct 1975

    Rodolfo Martinez beats Hisami Numata via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  30. 30 Jan 1976

    Rodolfo Martinez beats Venice Borkhorsor via split decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  31. 8 May 1976

    Carlos Zarate beats Rodolfo Martinez via knockout 9/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Carlos Zarate becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  32. 28 Aug 1976

    Carlos Zarate beats Paul Ferreri via knockout 12/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  33. 13 Nov 1976

    Carlos Zarate beats Waruinge Nakayama via knockout 4/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  34. 5 Feb 1977

    Carlos Zarate beats Fernando Cabanela via knockout 3/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  35. 29 Oct 1977

    Carlos Zarate beats Danilo Batista via knockout 6/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  36. 2 Dec 1977

    Carlos Zarate beats Juan Francisco Rodriguez via knockout 5/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  37. 25 Feb 1978

    Carlos Zarate beats Alberto Davila via knockout 8/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  38. 22 Apr 1978

    Carlos Zarate beats Andres Hernandez via knockout 13/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  39. 9 Jun 1978

    Carlos Zarate beats Emilio Hernandez via knockout 4/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  40. 10 Mar 1979

    Carlos Zarate beats John Kodjo Mensan via knockout 3/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  41. 3 Jun 1979

    Lupe Pintor beats Carlos Zarate via split decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Lupe Pintor becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  42. 9 Feb 1980

    Lupe Pintor beats Alberto Sandoval via knockout 12/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  43. 11 Jun 1980

    Lupe Pintor and Eijiro Murata share a draw 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  44. 19 Sep 1980

    Lupe Pintor beats Johnny Owen via knockout 12/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  45. 19 Dec 1980

    Lupe Pintor beats Alberto Davila via majority decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  46. 22 Feb 1981

    Lupe Pintor beats Jose Felix Uziga via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  47. 26 Jul 1981

    Lupe Pintor beats Jovito Rengifo via knockout 8/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  48. 22 Sep 1981

    Lupe Pintor beats Hurricane Teru via knockout 15/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  49. 3 Jun 1982

    Lupe Pintor beats Lee Seung-hoon via knockout 11/15

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  50. 9 Jul 1983

    Lupe Pintor's WBC Bantamweight world title reign ends

  51. 1 Sep 1983

    Alberto Davila becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  52. 1 Jan 1984

    Alberto Davila's WBC Bantamweight world title reign ends

  53. 26 May 1984

    Alberto Davila beats Enrique Sanchez via knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  54. 4 May 1985

    Daniel Zaragoza beats Fred Jackson via disqualification 7/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Daniel Zaragoza becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  55. 9 Aug 1985

    Miguel Lora beats Daniel Zaragoza via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Miguel Lora becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  56. 8 Feb 1986

    Miguel Lora beats Wilfredo Vazquez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  57. 23 Aug 1986

    Miguel Lora beats Enrique Sanchez via knockout 6/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  58. 15 Nov 1986

    Miguel Lora beats Alberto Davila via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  59. 25 Jul 1987

    Miguel Lora beats Antonio Avelar via knockout 4/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  60. 27 Nov 1987

    Miguel Lora beats Ray Minus via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  61. 30 Apr 1988

    Miguel Lora beats Lucio Omar Lopez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  62. 1 Aug 1988

    Miguel Lora beats Alberto Davila via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  63. 29 Oct 1988

    Raul Perez beats Miguel Lora via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Raul Perez becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  64. 9 Mar 1989

    Raul Perez beats Lucio Omar Lopez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  65. 26 Aug 1989

    Raul Perez beats Cardenio Ulloa via knockout 8/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  66. 23 Oct 1989

    Raul Perez beats Diego Avila via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  67. 22 Jan 1990

    Raul Perez beats Gaby Canizales via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  68. 7 May 1990

    Raul Perez beats Gerardo Martinez via knockout 9/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  69. 14 Sep 1990

    Raul Perez and Jose Valdez share a draw 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  70. 17 Dec 1990

    Raul Perez beats Candelario Carmona via knockout 8/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  71. 25 Feb 1991

    Greg Richardson beats Raul Perez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Greg Richardson becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  72. 20 May 1991

    Greg Richardson beats Victor Rabanales via split decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  73. 19 Sep 1991

    Joichiro Tatsuyoshi beats Greg Richardson via corner retirement 10/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Joichiro Tatsuyoshi becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  74. 17 Sep 1992

    Victor Rabanales beats Joichiro Tatsuyoshi via knockout 9/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Victor Rabanales becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  75. 25 Jan 1993

    Victor Rabanales beats Dadoy Andujar via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  76. 28 Mar 1993

    Byun Jung-il beats Victor Rabanales via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Byun Jung-il becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  77. 28 May 1993

    Byun Jung-il beats Josefino Suarez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  78. 23 Dec 1993

    Yasuei Yakushiji beats Byun Jung-il via split decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Yasuei Yakushiji becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  79. 16 Apr 1994

    Yasuei Yakushiji beats Josefino Suarez via knockout 10/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  80. 31 Jul 1994

    Yasuei Yakushiji beats Byun Jung-il via knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  81. 4 Dec 1994

    Yasuei Yakushiji beats Joichiro Tatsuyoshi via majority decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  82. 2 Apr 1995

    Yasuei Yakushiji beats Cuauhtemoc Gomez via majority decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  83. 30 Jul 1995

    Wayne McCullough beats Yasuei Yakushiji via split decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Wayne McCullough becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  84. 2 Dec 1995

    Wayne McCullough beats Johnny Bredahl via knockout 8/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  85. 30 Mar 1996

    Wayne McCullough beats Jose Luis Bueno via split decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  86. 1 Jan 1997

    Sirimongkhon Iamthuam becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  87. 15 Feb 1997

    Sirimongkhon Iamthuam beats Jesus Sarabia via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  88. 26 Apr 1997

    Sirimongkhon Iamthuam beats Javier Campanario via knockout 4/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  89. 4 Jul 1997

    Sirimongkhon Iamthuam beats Victor Rabanales via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  90. 22 Nov 1997

    Joichiro Tatsuyoshi beats Sirimongkhon Iamthuam via knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Joichiro Tatsuyoshi becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  91. 8 Mar 1998

    Joichiro Tatsuyoshi beats Jose Rafael Sosa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  92. 23 Aug 1998

    Joichiro Tatsuyoshi beats Paulie Ayala via technical decision 6/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  93. 29 Dec 1998

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Joichiro Tatsuyoshi via knockout 6/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Veeraphol Sahaprom becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  94. 21 May 1999

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Mauro Blanc via knockout 5/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  95. 29 Aug 1999

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Joichiro Tatsuyoshi via knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  96. 11 Mar 2000

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Adan Vargas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  97. 25 Jun 2000

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Toshiaki Nishioka via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  98. 5 Dec 2000

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Oscar Arciniega via knockout 5/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  99. 14 May 2001

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Ricardo Barajas via knockout 3/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  100. 1 Sep 2001

    Veeraphol Sahaprom and Toshiaki Nishioka share a draw 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  101. 11 Jan 2002

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Sergio Perez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  102. 1 May 2002

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Julio Coronel via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  103. 1 May 2003

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Hugo Dianzo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  104. 4 Oct 2003

    Veeraphol Sahaprom and Toshiaki Nishioka share a draw 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  105. 6 Mar 2004

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Toshiaki Nishioka via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  106. 1 May 2004

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Julio Cesar Avila via knockout 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  107. 11 Sep 2004

    Veeraphol Sahaprom beats Cecilio Santos via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  108. 16 Apr 2005

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Veeraphol Sahaprom via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Hozumi Hasegawa becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  109. 25 Sep 2005

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Gerardo Martinez via knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  110. 25 Mar 2006

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Veeraphol Sahaprom via knockout 9/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  111. 13 Nov 2006

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Genaro Garcia via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  112. 3 May 2007

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Simpiwe Vetyeka via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  113. 10 Jan 2008

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Simone Maludrottu via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  114. 12 Jun 2008

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Cristian Faccio via knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  115. 16 Oct 2008

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Alejandro Valdez via knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  116. 12 Mar 2009

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Vusi Malinga via knockout 1/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  117. 14 Jul 2009

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Nestor Rocha via knockout 1/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  118. 18 Dec 2009

    Hozumi Hasegawa beats Alvaro Perez via knockout 4/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  119. 30 Apr 2010

    Fernando Montiel beats Hozumi Hasegawa via knockout 4/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Fernando Montiel becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  120. 17 Jul 2010

    Fernando Montiel beats Rafael Concepcion via knockout 3/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  121. 19 Feb 2011

    Nonito Donaire beats Fernando Montiel via knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Nonito Donaire becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  122. 22 Oct 2011

    Nonito Donaire beats Omar Narvaez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  123. 6 Nov 2011

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Christian Esquivel via knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Shinsuke Yamanaka becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  124. 6 Apr 2012

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Vic Darchinyan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  125. 3 Nov 2012

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Tomas Rojas via knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  126. 8 Apr 2013

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Malcolm Tunacao via knockout 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  127. 12 Aug 2013

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Jose Nieves via knockout 1/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  128. 10 Nov 2013

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Alberto Guevara via knockout 9/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  129. 23 Apr 2014

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Stephane Jamoye via knockout 9/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  130. 22 Oct 2014

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Suriyan Kaikanha via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  131. 16 Apr 2015

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Diego Ricardo Santillan via knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  132. 22 Sep 2015

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Anselmo Moreno via split decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  133. 4 Mar 2016

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Liborio Solis via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  134. 16 Sep 2016

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Anselmo Moreno via knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  135. 2 Mar 2017

    Shinsuke Yamanaka beats Carlos Carlson via knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  136. 15 Aug 2017

    Luis Nery beats Shinsuke Yamanaka via knockout 4/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Luis Nery becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  137. 28 Feb 2018

    Luis Nery's WBC Bantamweight world title reign ends

  138. 1 Mar 2018

    Luis Nery beats Shinsuke Yamanaka via knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  139. 19 Jan 2019

    Nordine Oubaali beats Rau'shee Warren via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Nordine Oubaali becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  140. 6 Jul 2019

    Nordine Oubaali beats Arthur Villanueva via corner retirement 6/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  141. 7 Nov 2019

    Nordine Oubaali beats Takuma Inoue via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  142. 29 May 2021

    Nonito Donaire beats Nordine Oubaali via knockout 4/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Nonito Donaire becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  143. 11 Dec 2021

    Nonito Donaire beats Reymart Gaballo via knockout 4/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  144. 7 Jun 2022

    Naoya Inoue beats Nonito Donaire via technical knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

    Naoya Inoue becomes the WBC Bantamweight world champion

  145. 13 Dec 2022

    Naoya Inoue beats Paul Butler via knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight (118 lb)

  146. 14 Jan 2023

    Naoya Inoue's WBC Bantamweight world title reign ends

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