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History

The first bantamweight title fight with gloves was between Chappie Moran and Tommy Kelly in 1889. At that time, the limit for this weight class was 110 pounds. In 1910, however, the British settled on a limit of 118. ^[1]

Notable bantamweights

• Monte Attell
• Fabrice Benichou
• Panama Al Brown
• Tony Canzoneri
• Jimmy Carruthers
• Benny "Irish" Cohen
• Joe Lynch (boxer)
• Sixto Escobar
• Luisito Espinosa
• Eder Jofre
• Alphonse Halimi
• Fighting Harada
• Pete Herman
• Miguel "Happy" Lora
• Ruben Olivares
• Manuel Ortiz
• Lionel Rose
• Charlie Phil Rosenberg
• Isadore “Corporal Izzy” Schwartz
• Charles "Bud" Taylor
• Alfonso Zamora
• Carlos Zarate
• Jeff Chandler
• Orlando Canizales
• Naseem Hamed
• Tyler Kennedy

Amateur Champions

Olympic Champions

• 1904:  Oliver Kirk (USA)
• 1908:  Henry Thomas (GBR)
• 1920:  Clarence Walker (RSA)
• 1924:  William Smith (RSA)
• 1928:  Vittorio Tamagnini (ITA)
• 1932:  Horace Gwynne (CAN)
• 1936:  Ulderico Sergo (ITA)
• 1948:  Tibor Csík (HUN)
• 1952:  Pentti Hämäläinen (FIN)
• 1956:  Wolfgang Behrendt (EUA)
• 1960:  Oleg Grigoryev (URS)
• 1964:  Takao Sakurai (JPN)
• 1968:  Valeriy Sokolov (URS)
• 1972:  Orlando Martínez (CUB)
• 1976:  Gu Yong-Ju (PRK)
• 1980:  Juan Hernández (CUB)
• 1984:  Maurizio Stecca (ITA)
• 1988:  Kennedy McKinney (USA)
• 1992:  Joel Casamayor (CUB)
• 1996:  István Kovács (HUN)
• 2000:  Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB)
• 2004:  Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB)

Pan American Champions

• 1951: Ricardo Gonzales (ARG)
• 1955: Salvador Enriquez (VEN)
• 1959: Waldo Claudiano (BRA)
• 1963: Abel Almaraz (ARG)
• 1967: Juvencio Martínez (MEX)
• 1971: Pedro Flores (MEX)
• 1975: Orlando Martínez (CUB)
• 1979: Jackie Beard (USA)
• 1983: Manuel Vilchez (VEN)
• 1987: Manuel Martínez (CUB)
• 1991: Enrique Carrion (CUB)
• 1995: Juan Despaigne (CUB)
• 1999: Gerald Tucker (USA)
• 2003: Guillermo Rigondeaux (CUB)

Professional Champions

Sanctioning Body	Reign Began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	February 26, 2005	Wladimir Sidorenko	20–0–2 (7 KO)	3
WBC	April 16, 2005	Hozumi Hasegawa	22–2 (7 KO)	4
IBF	July 7, 2007	Luis Alberto Perez	25–1 (16 KO)	4
WBO	August 11, 2007	Gerry Peñalosa	52–6–2 (35 KO)	0

For a full list see, List of bantamweight boxing champions

Kickboxing bantamweight

• International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) Bantamweight (Pro & Amateur) 117. 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See also

• Reigning boxing champions

References

1. ^ Mullan, Harry (1996). This is a list of current boxing world champions who are certified by the four major Boxing sanctioning bodies and The Ring magazine The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Boxing. London, England: Carlton Books, 178. ISBN 0785806415.