List of WBC World Champions - Bantamweight

Bantamweight

Name Reign period No. of successful defenses
Éder Jofre April 4, 1963 – May 18, 1965 2
Masahiko "Fighting" Harada May 18, 1965 – February 27, 1968 4
Lionel Rose February 27, 1968 – August 22, 1969 3
Rubén Olivares August 22, 1969 – October 16, 1970 2
Jesús "Chucho" Castillo October 16, 1970 – April 2, 1971 0
Rubén Olivares April 2, 1971 – March 19, 1972 2
Rafael Herrera March 19, 1972 – July 29, 1972 0
Enrique Pinder July 29, 1972 – 1973 (stripped) 0
Rafael Herrera
def. Rodolfo Martínez
April 14, 1973 – December 7, 1974 2
Rodolfo Martínez December 7, 1974 – May 8, 1976 3
Carlos Zárate May 8, 1976 – June 3, 1979 9
José Guadalupe Pintor June 3, 1979 – 1982 (vacated) 8
Alberto Dávila
def. Francisco "Kiko" Bejines
September 1, 1983 – 1984 (vacated) 1
Daniel Zaragoza
def. Fred Jackson
May 4, 1985 – August 9, 1985 0
Miguel Lora August 9, 1985 – October 29, 1988 7
Raúl Pérez October 29, 1988 – February 25, 1991 7
Greg Richardson February 25, 1991 – September 19, 1991 1
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi September 19, 1991 – September 17, 1992 0
Victor Rabanales September 17, 1992 – March 28, 1993 4
Jung-Il Byun March 28, 1993 – December 23, 1993 1
Yasuei Yakushiji December 23, 1993 – July 30, 1995 4
Wayne McCullough July 30, 1995 – January, 1997 (vacated) 2
Sirimongkol Singwangcha
(Elevated from Interim status)
January, 1997 – November 22, 1997 3
Joichiro Tatsuyoshi November 22, 1997 – December 29, 1998 2
Veeraphol Sahaprom December 29, 1998 – April 16, 2005 14
Hozumi Hasegawa April 16, 2005 – April 30, 2010 10
Fernando Montiel April 30, 2010 – February 19, 2011 1
Nonito Donaire February 19, 2011 – October 22, 2011 (vacated) 1
Shinsuke Yamanaka
def. Christian Esquivel
November 5, 2011 – Present 1

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