Lineal Bantamweight World Champions

[118lbs]

Lineal Bantamweight World Championship: Vacant

1.     George Dixon (1890) Vacated. Canada

2.     Jimmy Barry (1897-1899) Retired. USA

3.     Terry McGovern (1899) Vacated. USA

4.     Harry Harris (1901) Vacated. USA

5.     Harry Forbes (1901-1903) USA

6.     Frankie Neil (1903-1904) USA

7.     Joe Bowker (1904-1905) Vacated. UK

8.     Jimmy Walsh (1905-1909) USA

9.     Jimmy Reagan (1909) USA

10.  Monte Attell (1909-1910) USA

11.  Frankie Conley (1910 - 1911) USA

12.  Johnny Coulon (1911-1914) USA

13.  Kid Williams (1914-1917) USA

14.  Pete "Kid" Herman (1917-20) USA

15.  Joe Lynch (1920-21) USA

16.  Pete "Kid" Herman (1921) USA

17.  Johnny Buff (1921-1922) USA

18.  Joe Lynch (1922-1924) USA

19.  Abe Goldstein (1924) USA

20.  Eddie Martin (1924-1925) USA

21.  Charley Phil Rosenberg (1925-1927) Vacated. USA

22.  "Panamá" Al Brown (1931-1935) Panama

23.  Baltasar Sangchili (1935-1936) Spain

24.  Tony Marino (1936) USA

25.  Sixto Escobar (1936-1937) Puerto Rico

26.  Harry Jeffra (1937-1938) USA

27.  Sixto Escobar (1938-1939) Vacated. Puerto Rico

28.  Lou Salica (1940-1942) USA

29.  Manuel Ortiz (1942-1947) USA

30.  Harold Dade (1947) USA

31.  Manuel Ortiz (1947-1950) USA

32.  Vic Toweel (1950-1952) South Africa

33.  Jimmy Carruthers (1952-1954) Retired. Australia

34.  Robert Cohen (1954-1956) France

35.  Mario D'agata (1956-1957) Italy

36.  Alphonse Halimi (1957-1959) France

37.  Jose Becerra (1959-1960) Retired. Mexico

38.  Eder Jofre (1961-1965) Brazil

39.  Masahiko Harada (1965-1968) Japan

40.  Lionel Rose (1968-1969) Australia

41.  Ruben Olivares (1969-1970) Mexico

42.  Jesus Castillo (1970-1971) Mexico

43.  Ruben Olivares (1971-1972) Mexico

44.  Rafael Herrera (1972) Mexico

45.  Enrique Pinder (1972-1973) Panama

46.  Romeo Anaya (1973) Mexico

47.  Arnold Taylor (1973-1974) South Africa

48.  Soo-Hwan Hong (1974-1975) South Korea

49.  Alfonso Zamora (1975-1977) Mexico

50.  Jorge Luján (1977-1980) Panama

51.  Julian Solis (1980) Puerto Rico

52.  Jeff Chandler (1980-1984) USA

53.  Richard Sandoval (1984-1986) USA

54.  Jose "Gaby" Canizales (1986) USA

55.  Bernardo Piñango (1986-1987) Vacated. Venezuela

56.  Naoya Inoue (2022 – 2023) Vacated. Japan

2022

Naoya Inoue defeated Nonito Donaire, on June 7th, 2022, via 2nd round KO2, to fill the Lineal vacancy - the two men were the top two bantamweights in the world, as per the divisional ratings at ESPN, The Ring, Bad Left Hook and the TBRB. Titles: WBA/WBC/IBF/Ring/TBRB.

2023

On January 13th, 2023, Naoya Inoue formally announced that he was relinquishing all of his sanctioning body titles at 118lb and informed the press: “In 2023, I would like to move up one weight class and challenge the super bantamweight division. It's the perfect match, but there's nothing left to do in this bantamweight division, and there's no opponent I want to fight.”

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