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Marlon Tapales

Marlon Tapales held the WBA Super and IBF super bantamweight world titles and the WBO bantamweight world title between 2016 and 2023.

World title bouts
4
Record in world title bouts (won–lost)
3–1
World titles held
3
Longest world title reign (WBO bantamweight, 2016–2017)
8 months

World title reigns and bouts

Jan 2016 – Jan 2024

Super BantamweightWBA Super
BantamweightWBO
2016age 232017age 242018age 252019age 262020age 272021age 282022age 292023age 302024age 31
20162018202020222024

WonLostDrawn or no contest

Timeline of world title events

  1. 2025

  2. The Ring magazine rates Marlon Tapales No. 1 at super bantamweight in its annual ratings

  3. 2024

  4. The Ring magazine rates Marlon Tapales No. 1 at super bantamweight in its annual ratings

  5. 2023

  6. The Ring magazine rates Marlon Tapales No. 2 at super bantamweight in its annual ratings

  7. Naoya Inoue beats Marlon Tapales via knockout 10/12

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

  8. Marlon Tapales beats Murodjon Akhmadaliev via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBF

  9. 2022

  10. The Ring magazine rates Marlon Tapales No. 5 at super bantamweight in its annual ratings

  11. 2021

  12. The Ring magazine rates Marlon Tapales No. 9 at super bantamweight in its annual ratings

  13. 2017

  14. Marlon Tapales beats Shohei Omori via knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight · WBO

  15. Marlon Tapales’s reign as the WBO bantamweight world champion ends

    Bantamweight · WBO

  16. 2016

  17. The Ring magazine rates Marlon Tapales No. 6 at bantamweight in its annual ratings

  18. Marlon Tapales beats Panya Uthok via knockout 11/12

    Bantamweight · WBO

  19. 2015

  20. The Ring magazine rates Marlon Tapales No. 10 at bantamweight in its annual ratings