Bantamweight / World Boxing Council
WBC Bantamweight
Takuma Inoue is the current WBC bantamweight champion, since Nov 24, 2025.
37 reigns, most recent first.
2025-11-24 – present
2024-02-24 – 2025-09-18
2023-07-29 – 2024-02-24
2022-06-07 – 2023-01-13
2021-05-29 – 2022-06-07
2021-01-10 – 2021-05-29
2019-01-19 – 2020-11-13
2017-08-15 – 2018-02-28
2011-11-06 – 2017-08-15
2011-02-19 – 2011-10-22
2010-04-30 – 2011-02-19
2005-04-16 – 2010-04-30
1998-12-29 – 2005-04-16
1997-11-22 – 1998-12-29
1997-01-11 – 1997-11-22
1995-07-30 – 1997-01-11
1993-12-23 – 1995-07-30
1993-03-28 – 1993-12-23
1992-09-17 – 1993-03-28
1991-09-19 – 1992-09-17
1991-02-25 – 1991-09-19
1988-10-29 – 1991-02-25
1985-08-09 – 1988-10-29
1985-05-04 – 1985-08-09
1983-09-01 – 1985-03-23
1979-06-03 – 1983-07-09
Carlos Zárate
1976-05-08 – 1979-06-03
1974-12-07 – 1976-05-08
1973-04-14 – 1974-12-07
1972-07-29 – 1973-01-05
1972-03-19 – 1972-07-29
1971-04-02 – 1972-03-19
1970-10-16 – 1971-04-02
1969-08-22 – 1970-10-16
1968-02-27 – 1969-08-22
1965-05-18 – 1968-02-27
1963-04-04 – 1965-05-18
Facts
- Who is the current WBC bantamweight champion?
- Takuma Inoue, champion since Nov 24, 2025.
- Who held the WBC bantamweight title the longest?
- Veeraphol Sahaprom: 2,300 days in total, first won Dec 29, 1998.