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IBF bantamweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1984. Current champion: Jose Salas, since 13th Dec 2025.

World title bouts
88
Champions
24
Longest reign (Tim Austin, 1997–2003)
5 years, 6 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Orlando Canizales, 1988–1994)
12

Current champion

Jose SalasSince 13th Dec 2025 · 11 months · 0 successful defences

Reigns and world title bouts

Jan 2022 – Jan 2027

IBF
Naoya InoueEmmanuel RodriguezRyosuke NishidaJose Salas
AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027
1990200020102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Tim AustinIBF1997–20035 years, 6 months · 9 successful defences
  2. 2Orlando CanizalesIBF1988–19945 years, 5 months · 12 successful defences
  3. 3Rafael MarquezIBF2003–20074 years, 1 month · 7 successful defences
  4. 4Naoya InoueIBF2019–20233 years, 7 months · 6 successful defences
  5. 5Mbulelo BotileIBF1995–19972 years, 2 months · 5 successful defences
  6. 6Joseph AgbekoIBF2007–20092 years, 1 month · 2 successful defences
  7. 7Jeff FenechIBF1985–19871 year, 9 months · 3 successful defences
  8. 8Lee HaskinsIBF2015–20171 year, 6 months · 2 successful defences
  9. 9Kelvin SeabrooksIBF1987–19881 year, 1 month · 3 successful defences
  10. 10Yonnhy PerezIBF2009–20101 year, 1 month · 0 successful defences
  11. 11Ryosuke NishidaIBF2024–20251 year, 1 month · 1 successful defence
  12. 12Randy CaballeroIBF2014–20151 year · 0 successful defences
  13. 13Emmanuel RodriguezIBF2018–20191 year · 1 successful defence
  14. 14Satoshi ShingakiIBF1984–19851 year · 1 successful defence
  15. 15Jose SalasIBF2025–present11 months · 0 successful defences
  16. 16Emmanuel RodriguezIBF2023–20248 months · 0 successful defences
  17. 17Leo Santa CruzIBF2012–20138 months · 3 successful defences
  18. 18Ryan BurnettIBF2017–20188 months · 1 successful defence
  19. 19Joseph AgbekoIBF2010–20118 months · 0 successful defences
  20. 20Abner MaresIBF2011–20125 months · 1 successful defence
  21. 21Stuart HallIBF2013–20145 months · 0 successful defences
  22. 22Jamie McDonnellIBF2013–20135 months · 0 successful defences
  23. 23Junto NakataniIBF2025–20253 months · 0 successful defences
  24. 24Harold MestreIBF1995–19953 months · 0 successful defences
  25. 25Luis Alberto PerezIBF2007–20072 months · 0 successful defences
  26. 26Paul ButlerIBF2014–201425 days · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1984

  2. Satoshi Shingaki beats Elmer Magallano via technical knockout 8/15

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  3. Satoshi Shingaki beats Joves De La Puz via split decision 15/15

    Bantamweight · IBF

  4. 1985

  5. Jeff Fenech beats Satoshi Shingaki via technical knockout 9/15

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  6. Jeff Fenech beats Satoshi Shingaki via technical knockout 4/15

    Bantamweight · IBF

  7. Jeff Fenech beats Jerome Coffee via unanimous decision 15/15

    Bantamweight · IBF

  8. 1986

  9. Jeff Fenech beats Steve McCrory via technical knockout 14/15

    Bantamweight · IBF

  10. 1987

  11. Jeff Fenech’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

  12. Kelvin Seabrooks beats Miguel Maturana via knockout 5/15

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  13. Kelvin Seabrooks beats Thierry Jacob via corner retirement 9/15

    Bantamweight · IBF

  14. Kelvin Seabrooks beats Ernie Cataluna via technical knockout 4/15

    Bantamweight · IBF

  15. 1988

  16. Kelvin Seabrooks beats Fernando Beltran via technical knockout 2/15

    Bantamweight · IBF

  17. Orlando Canizales beats Kelvin Seabrooks via technical knockout 15/15

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  18. Orlando Canizales beats Jimmy Navarro via knockout 1/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  19. 1989

  20. Orlando Canizales beats Kelvin Seabrooks via technical knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  1. 1990

  2. Orlando Canizales beats Billy Hardy via split decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  3. Orlando Canizales beats Paul Gonzales via technical knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  4. Orlando Canizales beats Eddie Rangel via knockout 5/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  5. 1991

  6. Orlando Canizales beats Billy Hardy via technical knockout 8/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  7. Orlando Canizales beats Fernie Morales via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  8. Orlando Canizales beats Ray Minus via technical knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  9. 1992

  10. Orlando Canizales beats Francisco Alvarez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  11. Orlando Canizales beats Samuel Duran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  12. 1993

  13. Orlando Canizales beats Clarence Adams via technical knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  14. Orlando Canizales v Derrick Whiteboy ends in a no contest

    Bantamweight · IBF

  15. Orlando Canizales beats Juvenal Berrio via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  16. 1994

  17. Orlando Canizales’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

  18. Orlando Canizales beats Gerardo Martinez via technical knockout 4/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  19. Orlando Canizales beats Rolando Bohol via knockout 5/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  20. Orlando Canizales beats Sergio Reyes via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  21. 1995

  22. Harold Mestre beats Juvenal Berrio via technical knockout 8/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  23. Mbulelo Botile beats Harold Mestre via knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  24. Mbulelo Botile beats Sammy Stewart via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  25. Mbulelo Botile beats Reynaldo Hurtado via knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  26. 1996

  27. Mbulelo Botile beats Ancee Gedeon via knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  28. Mbulelo Botile beats Marlon Arlos via corner retirement 8/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  29. Mbulelo Botile beats Aristead Clayton via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  30. 1997

  31. Tim Austin beats Mbulelo Botile via technical knockout 8/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  32. 1998

  33. Tim Austin beats Paul Lloyd via technical knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  34. Tim Austin beats Andrian Kaspari via technical knockout 3/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  35. 1999

  36. Tim Austin beats Sergio Aguila via knockout 9/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  37. Tim Austin beats Bernardo Mendoza via technical knockout 1/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  1. 2000

  2. Tim Austin beats Arthur Johnson via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  3. 2001

  4. Tim Austin beats Jesus Salvador Perez via technical knockout 6/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  5. Tim Austin beats Steve Dotse via technical knockout 6/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  6. Tim Austin beats Chaiya Pothang via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  7. 2002

  8. Tim Austin beats Adan Vargas via technical knockout 10/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  9. 2003

  10. Rafael Marquez beats Tim Austin via technical knockout 8/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  11. Rafael Marquez beats Mauricio Pastrana via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  12. 2004

  13. Rafael Marquez beats Pete Frissina via technical knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  14. Rafael Marquez beats Heriberto Ruiz via knockout 3/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  15. Rafael Marquez beats Mauricio Pastrana via technical knockout 8/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  16. 2005

  17. Rafael Marquez beats Ricardo Vargas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  18. Rafael Marquez beats Silence Mabuza via technical knockout 4/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  19. 2006

  20. Rafael Marquez beats Silence Mabuza via corner retirement 9/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  21. 2007

  22. Rafael Marquez’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

  23. Luis Alberto Perez beats Genaro Garcia via technical knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  24. Joseph Agbeko beats Luis Alberto Perez via corner retirement 7/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  25. 2008

  26. Joseph Agbeko beats William Gonzalez via majority decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  27. 2009

  28. Joseph Agbeko beats Vic Darchinyan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  29. Yonnhy Perez beats Joseph Agbeko via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  1. 2010

  2. Yonnhy Perez and Abner Mares draw via majority decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  3. Joseph Agbeko beats Yonnhy Perez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  4. 2011

  5. Abner Mares beats Joseph Agbeko via majority decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  6. Abner Mares beats Joseph Agbeko via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  7. 2012

  8. Abner Mares’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

  9. Leo Santa Cruz beats Vusi Malinga via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  10. Leo Santa Cruz beats Eric Morel via corner retirement 5/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  11. Leo Santa Cruz beats Victor Zaleta via technical knockout 9/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  12. Leo Santa Cruz beats Alberto Guevara via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  13. 2013

  14. Leo Santa Cruz’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

  15. Jamie McDonnell beats Julio Ceja via majority decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  16. Jamie McDonnell’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

  17. Stuart Hall beats Vusi Malinga via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  18. 2014

  19. Stuart Hall and Martin Ward draw via technical decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  20. Paul Butler beats Stuart Hall via split decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  21. Paul Butler’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

  22. Randy Caballero beats Stuart Hall via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  23. 2015

  24. Randy Caballero’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

    Lee Haskins becomes the IBF bantamweight world champion

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  25. 2016

  26. Lee Haskins beats Ivan Morales via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  27. Lee Haskins beats Stuart Hall via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  28. 2017

  29. Ryan Burnett beats Lee Haskins via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  30. Ryan Burnett beats Zhanat Zhakiyanov via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBF

  31. 2018

  32. Ryan Burnett’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

  33. Emmanuel Rodriguez beats Paul Butler via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  34. Emmanuel Rodriguez beats Jason Moloney via split decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  35. 2019

  36. Naoya Inoue beats Emmanuel Rodriguez via knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight · IBF and The RingNew IBF champion

    Source: Inoue dominant in WBSS semi win vs. Rodriguez(opens in a new tab), ESPN, Nick Parkinson,

  37. Naoya Inoue beats Nonito Donaire via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · WBA Super, IBF and The Ring

  1. 2020

  2. Naoya Inoue beats Jason Moloney via knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight · WBA Super, IBF and The Ring

  3. 2021

  4. Naoya Inoue beats Michael Dasmarinas via knockout 3/12

    Bantamweight · WBA Super, IBF and The Ring

  5. Naoya Inoue beats Aran Dipaen via technical knockout 8/12

    Bantamweight · WBA Super, IBF and The Ring

  6. 2022

  7. Naoya Inoue beats Nonito Donaire via technical knockout 2/12

    Bantamweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF and The Ring

  8. Naoya Inoue beats Paul Butler via knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring

  9. 2023

  10. Naoya Inoue’s reign as the IBF bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · IBF

  11. Emmanuel Rodriguez beats Melving Lopez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  12. 2024

  13. Ryosuke Nishida beats Emmanuel Rodriguez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  14. Ryosuke Nishida beats Anuchai Donsua via knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight · IBF

  15. 2025

  16. Junto Nakatani beats Ryosuke Nishida via corner retirement 6/12

    Bantamweight · WBC, IBF and The RingNew IBF champion

  17. Junto Nakatani vacates the IBF bantamweight world title

    Bantamweight · IBF

    Source: Junto Nakatani vacates bantamweight world titles ahead of 122lb debut(opens in a new tab), Boxing News, Tom Eaton,

  18. Jose Salas beats Landile Ngxeke via technical knockout 7/12

    Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

    Source: Jose Salas Reyes Stops Landile Ngxeke In Round 7(opens in a new tab), Boxing Only,