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Top 10 Super Bantamweight Boxing Rankings

Updating the best Super Bantamweight Boxing World Rankings after Naoya Inoue remains the Undisputed Super Bantamweight Champion

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By Sunday Umoh | February 7, 2025

Who won the Super Bantamweight Fight Last Night?

Naoya Inoue cements himself on top of the super bantamweight division with another impressive title defense as some fresh faces like Shabaz Masoud enter the top 10. Here is a look at our updated Super Bantamweight Boxing Rankings, but first, here are some honorable mentions.

What is a Super Bantamweight in Boxing?

Super Bantamweight (or Junior Featherweight) is a weight class of boxers that consists of boxers weighing 118 pounds (54kg) to 122 pounds (55kg).

The following are the Best Super Bantamweight Boxers in the World.

Honorable Mention

  • Ramon Cardenas
  • Sebastian Hernandez Reyes

Top 10 Super Bantamweight Boxers

10. John Riel Casimero

John Riel Casimero

Starting off our rankings, we have John Riel Casimero at number 10, a battle-tested Filipino warrior with a professional record of 34 wins, 4 losses, and 1 draw.

A former three-division world champion, Casimero has proven himself against elite competition in multiple weight classes. He is the former WBO bantamweight world champion and has held the IBF title at flyweight as well.

In his most recent fight, he defeated Saul Sanchez via first-round TKO and there is no official announcement about his next fight.

9. TJ Doheny 

TJ Doheny is a professional boxer from Ireland, and he has a record of 26 wins and 5 losses. 

He is the former IBF and WBO Asia Pacific super-bantamweight world champion. Back in 2021, he also fought Michael Conlan for the WBA interim featherweight title.

Recently, Doheny got a chance to fight the current Undisputed champion Naoya Inoue for his titles. However, he lost the fight via TKO and there is no official announcement about his next fight.

8. Elijah Pierce

Coming in at number four on our list is Elijah Pierce is a professional boxer from the USA, and he has a record of 20 wins and 2 losses.  

, a hard-hitting American fighter with a record of 20 wins and 2 losses. 

He is the current  WBA Continental Americas super bantamweight champion and has previously held the WBC Silver super bantamweight title as well. 

In his last outing, he faced off against José Sanmartín and won the fight by decision. His next fight has not been announced as of yet.

7. Shabaz Masoud

Coming in at number five in our super bantamweight rankings is Shabaz Masoud, an undefeated British Pakistani boxer quickly making a name for himself in the 122 lbs weight class.

Masoud is the current IBO super-bantamweight champion and has previously held the WBA Intercontinental super-bantamweight title as well.

In his most recent fight, he defeated Liam Davies via Split Decision, and there is no official announcement about his next fight.

6. Alan Picasso Romero

Coming in at number six on our list is Alan Romero, the undefeated Mexican sensation and current WBC mandatory title challenger.

An undefeated Mexican boxer with 31 wins on his resume. Romero is also the current WBC silver super-bantamweight champion and has held the title since 2023.

In his most recent bout, he delivered a dominant third-round knockout against Yehison Cuello, and he will likely fight the champion Naoya Inoue in his next fight.

5. Luis Nery

Luis Nery

Luis Nery is a professional boxer from Mexico, and he has a record of 35 wins and 2 losses.

Nery has held multiple world titles in two weight classes. He is the former WBC super bantamweight champion and has also held the unified WBC and Ring magazine bantamweight titles.

In his most recent fight, he got an opportunity to fight Naoya Inoue for the undisputed bantamweight title, however, he could not dethrone The Monster, and lost via TKO in the 6th round.

4. Sam Goodman

Next up, we have one of the top super-bantamweight boxers from Australia. Sam Goodman is an undefeated professional boxer, with 19 wins on his record.

Goodman has held multiple regional titles including the IBF Inter-Continental and WBO Oriental Super Bantamweight titles. In his most recent fight, he defeated Chainoi Worawut, and there is no official announcement about his next fight.

3. Murodjon Akhmadaliev

Murodjon Akhmadaliev

Title(s):

  • WBA Super Bantamweight Interim Champion

At number 3, we have Murodjon Akhmadaliev, an Uzbek professional boxer with a record of 13 wins and 1 loss. 

He is the former unified WBA (Super), and IBF super-bantamweight champion, and in his most recent fight, he won the interim WBA super-bantamweight title as well.

Akhmadaliev defeated Ricardo Espinoza Franco via TKO in his last fight, and as of now, there is no official announcement about his next fight. 

2. Marlon Tapales

Marlon Tapales

Next up, we have Marlon Tapales from the Philippines. He has a professional record of 39 wins and 4 losses. 

Tapales has held world championships in two weight classes and is the former unified WBA (Super) and IBF super-bantamweight world champion.

He currently holds the WBC-ABCO Continental super-bantamweight title, which he defended in his most recent fight against Saurabh Kumar. As of now, there is no official announcement about his next fight.

1. Naoya Inoue

Naoya-Inoue

Title(s):

  • WBC Super Bantamweight World Champion
  • WBO Super Bantamweight World Champion
  • WBA Super Bantamweight Super Champion
  • IBF Super Bantamweight World Champion
  • The Ring Super Bantamweight World Champion

Leading the pack at Super Bantamweight, we have Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue. He is undefeated as a professional boxer and has an impressive 29 wins on his record with 26 knockouts. 

Inoue has held multiple world championships in four weight classes. He is the current undisputed super bantamweight world champion, holding the WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring super bantamweight world titles. Inoue has also held the undisputed title at bantamweight.

In his most recent fight, he made his third undisputed world title defense at super bantamweight, defeating Kim Ye-joon, by 4th-round knockout.

As of now, Inoue’s next fight has not been confirmed, but there are talks of him returning to the US to face the WBC Mandatory Challenger Alan Picasso.

How would you rank these Contenders and Champions in the Super Bantamweight Boxing World Rankings? Rank below to be added in the Power Rankings

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  2. Naoya Inoue

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  3. Edwin Palomares

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  4. Thattana Luangphon

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  5. Jose Martin Estrada Garcia

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  6. Mike Plania

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  7. Ionut Baluta

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  8. Diego De La Hoya

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  9. Brad Foster

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  10. Eduardo Baez

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