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IBF super bantamweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1983. Current champion: Naoya Inoue, since 26th Dec 2023.

World title bouts
103
Champions
28
Longest reign (Vuyani Bungu, 1994–1999)
4 years, 6 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Vuyani Bungu, 1994–1999)
13

Current champion

Naoya InoueSince 26th Dec 2023 · 2 years, 10 months · 7 successful defences

Reigns and world title bouts

Jan 2022 – Jan 2027

IBF
Murodjon AkhmadalievMarlon TapalesNaoya Inoue
AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027
1990200020102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Vuyani BunguIBF1994–19994 years, 6 months · 13 successful defences
  2. 2Murodjon AkhmadalievIBF2020–20233 years, 2 months · 3 successful defences
  3. 3Naoya InoueIBF2023–present2 years, 10 months · 7 successful defences
  4. 4Welcome NcitaIBF1990–19922 years, 8 months · 6 successful defences
  5. 5Manny PacquiaoIBF2001–20042 years, 6 months · 3 successful defences
  6. 6Lehlo LedwabaIBF1999–20012 years · 5 successful defences
  7. 7Steve MolitorIBF2006–20082 years · 5 successful defences
  8. 8Kennedy McKinneyIBF1992–19941 year, 8 months · 5 successful defences
  9. 9Carl FramptonIBF2014–20161 year, 7 months · 3 successful defences
  10. 10Celestino CaballeroIBF2008–20101 year, 2 months · 2 successful defences
  11. 11Kiko MartinezIBF2013–20141 year · 2 successful defences
  12. 12Fabrice BenichouIBF1989–19901 year · 2 successful defences
  13. 13Steve MolitorIBF2010–201111 months · 1 successful defence
  14. 14Takalani NdlovuIBF2011–201211 months · 1 successful defence
  15. 15Kim Ji-wonIBF1985–198611 months · 3 successful defences
  16. 16Lee Seung-hoonIBF1987–198811 months · 3 successful defences
  17. 17Ryosuke IwasaIBF2017–201811 months · 1 successful defence
  18. 18Jose SanabriaIBF1988–19899 months · 3 successful defences
  19. 19Israel VazquezIBF2004–20059 months · 1 successful defence
  20. 20Daniel RomanIBF2019–20209 months · 0 successful defences
  21. 21Suh Sung-inIBF1984–19858 months · 1 successful defence
  22. 22Marlon TapalesIBF2023–20238 months · 0 successful defences
  23. 23Yukinori OguniIBF2016–20178 months · 0 successful defences
  24. 24TJ DohenyIBF2018–20198 months · 1 successful defence
  25. 25Jhonatan RomeroIBF2013–20136 months · 0 successful defences
  26. 26Jonathan GuzmanIBF2016–20165 months · 0 successful defences
  27. 27Bobby BernaIBF1983–19844 months · 0 successful defences
  28. 28Jeffrey MathebulaIBF2012–20123 months · 0 successful defences
  29. 29Nonito DonaireIBF2012–20123 months · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1983

  2. Bobby Berna beats Suh Sung-in via corner retirement 9/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  3. 1984

  4. Suh Sung-in beats Bobby Berna via knockout 10/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  5. Suh Sung-in beats Cleo Garcia via knockout 4/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  6. 1985

  7. Kim Ji-won beats Suh Sung-in via knockout 10/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  8. Kim Ji-won beats Ruben Dario Palacio via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  9. Kim Ji-won beats Bobby Berna via knockout 4/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  10. Kim Ji-won beats Suh Sung-in via knockout 1/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  11. 1986

  12. Kim Ji-won’s reign as the IBF super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  13. Kim Ji-won beats Rudy Casicas via knockout 2/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  14. 1987

  15. Lee Seung-hoon beats Prayurasak Muangsurin via knockout 9/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  16. Lee Seung-hoon beats Jorge Urbina Diaz via knockout 10/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  17. Lee Seung-hoon beats Leon Collins via knockout 5/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  18. Lee Seung-hoon beats Jose Sanabria via split decision 15/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  19. 1988

  20. Lee Seung-hoon’s reign as the IBF super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  21. Jose Sanabria beats Moises Fuentes Rocha via knockout 6/15

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  22. Jose Sanabria beats Vincenzo Belcastro via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  23. Jose Sanabria beats Fabrice Benichou via knockout 10/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  24. Jose Sanabria beats Thierry Jacob via knockout 6/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  25. 1989

  26. Fabrice Benichou beats Jose Sanabria via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  27. Fabrice Benichou beats Fransie Badenhorst via knockout 5/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  28. Fabrice Benichou beats Ramon Cruz via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  1. 1990

  2. Welcome Ncita beats Fabrice Benichou via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  3. Welcome Ncita beats Ramon Cruz via knockout 7/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  4. Welcome Ncita beats Gerardo Lopez via knockout 8/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  5. 1991

  6. Welcome Ncita beats Sugar Baby Rojas via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  7. Welcome Ncita beats Hurley Snead via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  8. Welcome Ncita beats Sugar Baby Rojas via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  9. 1992

  10. Welcome Ncita beats Jesus Salud via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  11. Kennedy McKinney beats Welcome Ncita via knockout 11/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  12. 1993

  13. Kennedy McKinney beats Richard Duran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  14. Kennedy McKinney beats Rudy Zavala via knockout 3/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  15. Kennedy McKinney beats Jesus Salud via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  16. 1994

  17. Kennedy McKinney beats Jose Rincones via knockout 5/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  18. Kennedy McKinney beats Welcome Ncita via majority decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  19. Vuyani Bungu beats Kennedy McKinney via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  20. Vuyani Bungu beats Felix Camacho via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  21. 1995

  22. Vuyani Bungu beats Mohammad Nurhuda via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  23. Vuyani Bungu beats Victor Llerena via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  24. Vuyani Bungu beats Laureano Ramirez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  25. 1996

  26. Vuyani Bungu beats Johnny Lewus via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  27. Vuyani Bungu beats Pablo Osuna via knockout 2/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  28. Vuyani Bungu beats Jesus Salud via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  29. 1997

  30. Vuyani Bungu beats Kennedy McKinney via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  31. Vuyani Bungu beats Enrique Jupiter via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  32. Vuyani Bungu beats Arnel Barotillo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  33. 1998

  34. Vuyani Bungu beats Ernesto Grey via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  35. Vuyani Bungu beats Danny Romero Jr via majority decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  36. 1999

  37. Vuyani Bungu beats Victor Llerena via corner retirement 7/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  38. Vuyani Bungu’s reign as the IBF super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  39. Lehlo Ledwaba beats John Michael Johnson via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  40. Lehlo Ledwaba beats Edison Valencia Diaz via knockout 5/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  1. 2000

  2. Lehlo Ledwaba beats Ernesto Grey via knockout 8/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  3. Lehlo Ledwaba beats Eduardo Enrique Alvarez via knockout 8/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  4. 2001

  5. Lehlo Ledwaba beats Arnel Barotillo via knockout 9/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  6. Lehlo Ledwaba beats Carlos Contreras via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  7. Manny Pacquiao beats Lehlo Ledwaba via knockout 6/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  8. Agapito Sanchez and Manny Pacquiao draw via technical decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF and WBO

  9. 2002

  10. Manny Pacquiao beats Jorge Eliecer Julio via knockout 2/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  11. Manny Pacquiao beats Prayat Sawaingam via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  12. 2003

  13. Manny Pacquiao beats Emmanuel Lucero via knockout 3/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  14. 2004

  15. Manny Pacquiao’s reign as the IBF super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  16. Israel Vazquez beats Jose Luis Valbuena via knockout 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  17. Israel Vazquez beats Artyom Simonyan via knockout 5/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  18. 2005

  19. Israel Vazquez’s reign as the IBF super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  20. Israel Vazquez beats Armando Guerrero via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  21. 2006

  22. Steve Molitor beats Michael Hunter via knockout 5/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  23. 2007

  24. Steve Molitor beats Takalani Ndlovu via knockout 9/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  25. Steve Molitor beats Narongrit Pirang via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  26. 2008

  27. Steve Molitor beats Ricardo Castillo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  28. Steve Molitor beats Fernando Beltran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  29. Steve Molitor beats Ceferino Dario Labarda via knockout 10/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  30. Celestino Caballero beats Steve Molitor via knockout 4/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBFNew IBF champion

  31. 2009

  32. Celestino Caballero beats Jeffrey Mathebula via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBF

  33. Celestino Caballero beats Francisco Leal via corner retirement 7/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBF

  1. 2010

  2. Celestino Caballero’s reign as the IBF super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  3. Steve Molitor beats Takalani Ndlovu via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  4. Steve Molitor beats Jason Booth via majority decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  5. 2011

  6. Takalani Ndlovu beats Steve Molitor via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  7. Takalani Ndlovu beats Giovanni Caro via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  8. 2012

  9. Jeffrey Mathebula beats Takalani Ndlovu via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  10. Nonito Donaire beats Jeffrey Mathebula via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF and WBONew IBF champion

  11. Nonito Donaire’s reign as the IBF super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  12. 2013

  13. Jhonatan Romero beats Alejandro Lopez via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  14. Kiko Martinez beats Jhonatan Romero via knockout 6/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  15. Kiko Martinez beats Jeffrey Mathebula via knockout 9/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  16. 2014

  17. Kiko Martinez beats Hozumi Hasegawa via knockout 7/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  18. Carl Frampton beats Kiko Martinez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  19. 2015

  20. Carl Frampton beats Chris Avalos via knockout 5/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  21. Carl Frampton beats Alejandro Gonzalez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  22. 2016

  23. Carl Frampton beats Scott Quigg via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBF

  24. Carl Frampton’s reign as the IBF super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  25. Jonathan Guzman beats Shingo Wake via knockout 11/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  26. Jonathan Guzman becomes the IBF super bantamweight world champion

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  27. Yukinori Oguni beats Jonathan Guzman via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  28. 2017

  29. Ryosuke Iwasa beats Yukinori Oguni via knockout 6/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  30. 2018

  31. Ryosuke Iwasa beats Ernesto Saulong via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  32. TJ Doheny beats Ryosuke Iwasa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBFNew champion

  33. 2019

  34. TJ Doheny beats Ryohei Takahashi via knockout 11/12

    Super Bantamweight · IBF

  35. Daniel Roman beats TJ Doheny via majority decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBFNew IBF champion

  1. 2020

  2. Murodjon Akhmadaliev beats Daniel Roman via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBFNew IBF champion

  3. 2021

  4. Murodjon Akhmadaliev beats Ryosuke Iwasa via knockout 5/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBF

  5. Murodjon Akhmadaliev beats Jose Velasquez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBF

  6. 2022

  7. Murodjon Akhmadaliev beats Ronny Rios via technical knockout 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBF

  8. 2023

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

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super and IBFNew IBF champion

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

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The RingNew IBF champion

  11. 2024

  12. Naoya Inoue beats Luis Nery via technical knockout 6/12

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

  13. Naoya Inoue beats TJ Doheny via technical knockout 7/12

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

  14. 2025

  15. Naoya Inoue beats Ye Joon Kim via knockout 4/12

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

  16. Naoya Inoue beats Ramon Cardenas via technical knockout 8/12

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

  17. Naoya Inoue beats Murodjon Akhmadaliev via unanimous decision 12/12

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

    Source: Naoya Inoue beats Murodjon Akhmadaliev in Japan, retains titles(opens in a new tab), ESPN, James Regan,

  18. Naoya Inoue beats David Picasso via unanimous decision 12/12

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

    Source: Naoya Inoue outclasses Alan David Picasso to retain undisputed super-bantamweight title and remain undefeated(opens in a new tab), Sky Sports,

  19. 2026

  20. Naoya Inoue beats Junto Nakatani via unanimous decision 12/12

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

    Source: Naoya Inoue beats Junto Nakatani to win battle of Japan, retains titles(opens in a new tab), The Ring, Tom Gray,