World title lineage
WBC BANTAMWEIGHT Champions
A complete roll of WBC bantamweight champions since 1917 — 39 champions across 69 reigns. TAKUMA INOUE is the current titleholder. The longest reign belongs to BENNY LYNCH (27y 5m, 0 defences).
- 69TAKUMA INOUECURRENT CHAMPION
2026–present · 26d · 0 defences
- 68
2026 · 4m · 0 defences
- 67
2025–2026 · 7m · 1 defence
- 66
2025 · 26d · 0 defences
- 65
2025 · 5m · 0 defences
- 64
2025 · 1m · 0 defences
- 63
2024–2025 · 7m · 1 defence
- 62
2024 · 3m · 0 defences
- 61
2024 · 5m · 1 defence
- 60
2023–2024 · 6m · 0 defences
- 59
2023 · 1m · 0 defences
- 58
2023 · 4m · 1 defence
- 57
2022–2023 · 3m · 0 defences
- 56
2021–2022 · 12m · 2 defences
- 55
2021 · 7m · 1 defence
- 54
2020–2021 · 1y 3m · 2 defences
- 53
2019–2020 · 4m · 0 defences
- 52
2019 · 4m · 0 defences
- 51
2019 · 14d · 0 defences
- 50
2019 · 2m · 0 defences
- 49
2019 · 2m · 0 defences
- 48
2019 · 28d · 0 defences
- 47
2018–2019 · 20d · 0 defences
- 46
2018 · 2m · 0 defences
- 45
2017–2018 · 1y 5m · 1 defence
- 44
2016–2017 · 9m · 2 defences
- 43
2016 · 27d · 0 defences
- 42
2016 · 5m · 1 defence
- 41
2016 · 5d · 0 defences
- 40
2013–2016 · 2y 4m · 9 defences
- 39
2013 · 4m · 0 defences
- 38
2012–2013 · 8m · 1 defence
- 37
2012 · 4m · 0 defences
- 36
2012 · 2m · 0 defences
- 35
2012 · 7d · 0 defences
- 34
2012 · 28d · 0 defences
- 33
2012 · 1m · 0 defences
- 32
2011–2012 · 5m · 2 defences
- 31
2011 · 6m · 0 defences
- 30
2010–2011 · 2m · 0 defences
- 29
2010 · 0d · 0 defences
- 28
2010 · 7d · 0 defences
- 27
2009–2010 · 1y 6m · 0 defences
- 26
2005–2009 · 4y 3m · 0 defences
- 25
2004–2005 · 2m · 0 defences
- 24
2004 · 1m · 0 defences
- 23
2004 · 6m · 0 defences
- 22
2004 · 2m · 0 defences
- 21
2002–2004 · 1y 3m · 0 defences
- 20
1994–2002 · 8y 4m · 0 defences
- 19
1994 · 4m · 0 defences
- 18
1986–1994 · 8y 2m · 0 defences
- 17
1979–1986 · 6y 8m · 8 defences
- 16
1976–1979 · 2y 9m · 1 defence
- 15
1976 · 7m · 0 defences
- 14
1973–1976 · 2y 4m · 0 defences
- 13
1969–1973 · 3y 10m · 0 defences
- 12
1969 · 9m · 0 defences
- 11
1965–1969 · 3y 3m · 0 defences
- 10
1938–1965 · 27y 5m · 0 defences
- 9
1935–1938 · 2y 8m · 0 defences
- 8
1930–1935 · 5y 9m · 0 defences
- 7
1924–1930 · 5y 2m · 0 defences
- 6
1923–1924 · 1y 2m · 3 defences
- 5
1922–1923 · 1y 3m · 2 defences
- 4
1921–1922 · 10m · 0 defences
- 3
1921 · 2m · 0 defences
- 2
1921 · 5m · 0 defences
- 1
1917–1921 · 4y 2m · 1 defence
