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WBO super bantamweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1989. Current champion: Naoya Inoue, since 25th Jul 2023.

World title bouts
87
Champions
24
Longest reign (Naoya Inoue, 2023–present)
3 years, 3 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Marco Antonio Barrera, 1995–1996)
8

Current champion

Naoya InoueSince 25th Jul 2023 · 3 years, 3 months · 8 successful defences

Reigns and world title bouts

Jan 2022 – Jan 2027

WBO
Stephen FultonNaoya Inoue
AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027
1990200020102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Naoya InoueWBO2023–present3 years, 3 months · 8 successful defences
  2. 2Joan GuzmanWBO2002–20052 years, 10 months · 2 successful defences
  3. 3Daniel Ponce de LeonWBO2005–20082 years, 7 months · 6 successful defences
  4. 4Guillermo RigondeauxWBO2013–20152 years, 6 months · 3 successful defences
  5. 5Stephen FultonWBO2021–20232 years, 6 months · 2 successful defences
  6. 6Daniel JimenezWBO1993–19951 year, 9 months · 4 successful defences
  7. 7Marco Antonio BarreraWBO1995–19961 year, 7 months · 8 successful defences
  8. 8Juan Manuel LopezWBO2008–20101 year, 7 months · 5 successful defences
  9. 9Emanuel NavarreteWBO2018–20201 year, 7 months · 5 successful defences
  10. 10Jessie MagdalenoWBO2016–20181 year, 5 months · 1 successful defence
  11. 11Jesse BenavidesWBO1991–19921 year, 4 months · 1 successful defence
  12. 12Marco Antonio BarreraWBO1998–20001 year, 3 months · 2 successful defences
  13. 13Wilfredo Vazquez JrWBO2010–20111 year, 2 months · 2 successful defences
  14. 14Nonito DonaireWBO2012–20131 year, 2 months · 3 successful defences
  15. 15Agapito SanchezWBO2001–20021 year, 1 month · 0 successful defences
  16. 16Marco Antonio BarreraWBO2000–20011 year, 1 month · 3 successful defences
  17. 17Junior JonesWBO1996–19971 year · 1 successful defence
  18. 18Orlando FernandezWBO1990–19911 year · 0 successful defences
  19. 19Nonito DonaireWBO2015–201610 months · 1 successful defence
  20. 20Duke McKenzieWBO1992–19937 months · 0 successful defences
  21. 21Kenny MitchellWBO1989–19897 months · 1 successful defence
  22. 22Isaac DogboeWBO2018–20187 months · 1 successful defence
  23. 23Jorge ArceWBO2011–20116 months · 1 successful defence
  24. 24Angelo LeoWBO2020–20215 months · 0 successful defences
  25. 25Kennedy McKinneyWBO1997–19985 months · 0 successful defences
  26. 26Valerio NatiWBO1989–19905 months · 0 successful defences
  27. 27Erik MoralesWBO2000–20001 day · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1989

  2. Kenny Mitchell beats Julio Gervacio via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  3. Kenny Mitchell beats Simon Skosana via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  4. Valerio Nati beats Kenny Mitchell via disqualification 4/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  1. 1990

  2. Orlando Fernandez beats Valerio Nati via knockout 10/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  3. 1991

  4. Jesse Benavides beats Orlando Fernandez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  5. Jesse Benavides beats Fernando Ramos via knockout 5/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  6. 1992

  7. Duke McKenzie beats Jesse Benavides via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  8. 1993

  9. Daniel Jimenez beats Duke McKenzie via majority decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  10. Daniel Jimenez beats Felix Garcia Losada via knockout 5/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  11. 1994

  12. Daniel Jimenez beats Felix Garcia Losada via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  13. Daniel Jimenez beats Cristobal Pascual via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  14. Daniel Jimenez beats Harald Geier via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  15. 1995

  16. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Daniel Jimenez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  17. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Frankie Toledo via knockout 2/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  18. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Maui Diaz via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  19. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Agapito Sanchez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  20. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Eddie Croft via knockout 7/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  21. 1996

  22. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Kennedy McKinney via knockout 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  23. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Jesse Benavides via knockout 3/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  24. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Orlando Fernandez via knockout 7/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  25. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Jesse Magana via knockout 10/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  26. Junior Jones beats Marco Antonio Barrera via disqualification 5/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  27. 1997

  28. Junior Jones beats Marco Antonio Barrera via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  29. Kennedy McKinney beats Junior Jones via knockout 4/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  30. 1998

  31. Kennedy McKinney’s reign as the WBO super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  32. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Richie Wenton via corner retirement 3/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  33. 1999

  34. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Paul Lloyd via corner retirement 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  35. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Pastor Humberto Maurin via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  1. 2000

  2. Erik Morales beats Marco Antonio Barrera via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBC and WBONew WBO champion

  3. Erik Morales’s reign as the WBO super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

    Marco Antonio Barrera becomes the WBO super bantamweight world champion

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  4. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Luiz Claudio Freitas via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  5. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Jose Luis Valbuena via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  6. Marco Antonio Barrera beats Jesus Salud via corner retirement 6/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  7. 2001

  8. Marco Antonio Barrera’s reign as the WBO super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  9. Agapito Sanchez beats Jorge Monsalvo via knockout 7/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

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

    Super Bantamweight · IBF and WBO

  11. 2002

  12. Agapito Sanchez’s reign as the WBO super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  13. Joan Guzman beats Fabio Daniel Oliva via knockout 3/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  14. 2004

  15. Joan Guzman beats Agapito Sanchez via knockout 7/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  16. 2005

  17. Joan Guzman beats Fernando Beltran via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  18. Joan Guzman’s reign as the WBO super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  19. Daniel Ponce de Leon beats Anusorn Yotjan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  20. 2006

  21. Daniel Ponce de Leon beats Gerson Guerrero via knockout 2/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  22. Daniel Ponce de Leon beats Anusorn Yotjan via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  23. Daniel Ponce de Leon beats Al Seeger via knockout 8/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  24. 2007

  25. Daniel Ponce de Leon beats Gerry Penalosa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  26. Daniel Ponce de Leon beats Rey Bautista via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  27. Daniel Ponce de Leon beats Eduardo Escobedo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  28. 2008

  29. Juan Manuel Lopez beats Daniel Ponce de Leon via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  30. Juan Manuel Lopez beats Cesar Figueroa via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  31. Juan Manuel Lopez beats Sergio Manuel Medina via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  32. 2009

  33. Juan Manuel Lopez beats Gerry Penalosa via corner retirement 9/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  34. Juan Manuel Lopez beats Olivier Lontchi via corner retirement 9/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  35. Juan Manuel Lopez beats Rogers Mtagwa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  1. 2010

  2. Juan Manuel Lopez’s reign as the WBO super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  3. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr beats Marvin Sonsona via knockout 4/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  4. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr beats Zsolt Bedak via knockout 10/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  5. Wilfredo Vazquez Jr beats Ivan Hernandez via knockout 11/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  6. 2011

  7. Jorge Arce beats Wilfredo Vazquez Jr via knockout 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  8. Jorge Arce beats Simphiwe Nongqayi via knockout 4/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  9. Jorge Arce’s reign as the WBO super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  10. 2012

  11. Nonito Donaire beats Wilfredo Vazquez Jr via split decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

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

    Super Bantamweight · IBF and WBO

  13. Nonito Donaire beats Toshiaki Nishioka via knockout 9/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO and The Ring

  14. Nonito Donaire beats Jorge Arce via knockout 3/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO and The Ring

  15. 2013

  16. Guillermo Rigondeaux beats Nonito Donaire via unanimous decision 12/12

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

  17. Guillermo Rigondeaux beats Joseph Agbeko via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super, WBO and The Ring

  18. 2014

  19. Guillermo Rigondeaux beats Anusorn Yotjan via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super, WBO and The Ring

  20. Guillermo Rigondeaux beats Hisashi Amagasa via corner retirement 11/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBA Super, WBO and The Ring

  21. 2015

  22. Guillermo Rigondeaux’s reign as the WBO super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  23. Nonito Donaire beats Cesar Juarez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  24. 2016

  25. Nonito Donaire beats Zsolt Bedak via knockout 3/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  26. Jessie Magdaleno beats Nonito Donaire via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  27. 2017

  28. Jessie Magdaleno beats Adeilson Dos Santos via knockout 2/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  29. 2018

  30. Isaac Dogboe beats Jessie Magdaleno via knockout 11/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  31. Isaac Dogboe beats Hidenori Otake via knockout 1/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  32. Emanuel Navarrete beats Isaac Dogboe via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  33. 2019

  34. Emanuel Navarrete beats Isaac Dogboe via knockout 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  35. Emanuel Navarrete beats Francisco De Vaca via knockout 3/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  36. Emanuel Navarrete beats Juan Miguel Elorde via knockout 4/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  37. Emanuel Navarrete beats Francisco Horta via knockout 4/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  1. 2020

  2. Emanuel Navarrete beats Jeo Santisima via knockout 11/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  3. Emanuel Navarrete’s reign as the WBO super bantamweight world champion ends

    Super Bantamweight · WBO

  4. Angelo Leo beats Tramaine Williams via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  5. 2021

  6. Stephen Fulton beats Angelo Leo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBONew champion

  7. Stephen Fulton beats Brandon Figueroa via majority decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBC and WBO

  8. 2022

  9. Stephen Fulton beats Daniel Roman via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBC and WBO

  10. 2023

  11. Naoya Inoue beats Stephen Fulton via technical knockout 8/12

    Super Bantamweight · WBC and WBONew WBO champion

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

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

  13. 2024

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

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

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

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

  16. 2025

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

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

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

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

  19. 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,

  20. 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,

  21. 2026

  22. 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,