List of IBF World Champions - Junior Bantamweight

Junior Bantamweight

Name: Date: Location: Defenses:
Ju-Do Chun
def. Ken Kasugai
December 10, 1983 Osaka, Japan 5
Ellyas Pical May 3, 1985 Jakarta, Indonesia 2
Cesar Polanco February 15, 1986 Jakarta, Indonesia 0
Ellyas Pical (2) July 5, 1986 Jakarta, Indonesia 1
Title vacated February 28, 1987 Pical, who also held the WBA title, was stripped of the IBF title after a loss of the WBA title by TKO to Khaosai Galaxy in Jakarta, Indonesia. His only successful defense was against Dong Chun Lee on December 3, 1986 in Jakarta.
Tae-Il Chang
def. Soon Chun Kwon
May 17, 1987 Busan, South Korea 0
Ellyas Pical (3) October 17, 1987 Jakarta, Indonesia 3
Juan Polo Perez October 14, 1989 Roanoke, Virginia 0
Robert Quiroga April 21, 1990 Sunderland, England 5
Julio César Borboa January 16, 1993 San Antonio, Texas 5
Harold Grey August 29, 1994 Inglewood, California 3
Carlos Gabriel Salazar October 7, 1995 Mar del Plata, Argentina 1
Harold Grey (2) April 27, 1996 Cartagena, Colombia 0
Danny Romero August 24, 1996 Albuquerque, New Mexico 2
Johnny Tapia July 18, 1997 Las Vegas, Nevada 2
Title vacated 1998–1999 Title vacated when Tapia moved up to Bantamweight division. His last successful defense was against Rodolfo Blanco on February 13, 1998 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Mark Johnson
def. Ratanachai Sor Vorapin
April 24, 1999 Washington, D.C. 2
Title vacated 1999–2000 Johnson's last defense was a no-contest against Raul Juarez on November 19, 1999 in Washington, D.C..
Felix Machado
def. Julio Gamboa
July 22, 2000 Miami, Florida 3
Luis Alberto Pérez January 4, 2003 Washington, D.C. (title vacated) 3
Title vacated November 3, 2006 Title stripped due to failure to make weight for a defense.
Dimitri Kirilov
def. José Navarro
October 13, 2007 Moscow, Russia 1
Vic Darchinyan August 2, 2008 United States 3
Title vacated 2009 Darchinyan vacated the title to move up in weight and challenge Joseph Agbeko.
Simphiwe Nongqayi
def. Jorge Arce
September 15, 2009 Cancún, Mexico 0

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