Bantamweight
Limit: 118 lb / 53.5 kg
Bantamweight (118 lb) sits at the upper end of the 'sub-featherweight' classes and has historically been dominated by Latin American and East Asian fighters. The division was held undisputed by Japan's Naoya Inoue from 2022 to 2023 — the first undisputed bantamweight reign of the four-belt era — and is currently the cleanest contender ladder in the sport thanks to Inoue, Junto Nakatani, and the unified bantam champions all coming up via the WBSS tournaments.
Current world champions
- wba
- Takuma Inoue
- wbc
- Junto Nakatani
- ibf
- Ryosuke Nishida
- wbo
- Yoshiki Takei
Alternate division names
- wbc
- Bantamweight
- wba
- Bantamweight
- ibf
- Bantamweight
- wbo
- Bantamweight
Legends of the division
All-time top 2
Trivia
- ▸Brazil's Eder Jofre is widely regarded as the greatest bantamweight of all time; he retired with 78 fights, 50 KOs, and only two losses (both to Fighting Harada).
- ▸Naoya Inoue became undisputed bantamweight champion in only his 24th professional fight (2022).
- ▸Junto Nakatani's 2024 KO of Vincent Astrolabio launched him as the next pound-for-pound elite at the weight.