Last fight
L
3 Apr 2026 · UD · 12
WBO World Light Fly
Judges' scorecards : 110-117 · 111-116 · 113-114 (WBA record)
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Masataka Taniguchi
Light flyweight · 108 lb · 49.0 kg · 32 years old
- Wins
- 21
- Losses
- 6
- Draws
- 0
- KOs
- 15
71% of wins inside the distance
- WBCNo. 9
- WBANo. 12
- WBONo. 6
- IBFNo. 13
- IBONo. 9
Fights
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Before that
- W3 Aug 2025Takeru InoueTKO
- W20 May 2025Condor InabaTKO
- L15 Dec 2024Thanongsak Simsri*SD
- W13 Oct 2024Phai PharobKO
- W11 May 2024Jaysever AbcedeTKO
- W5 Aug 2023Kenichi HorikawaMD
- L6 Jan 2023Melvin JerusalemTKO
- W22 Apr 2022Kai IshizawaTKO
- W14 Dec 2021Wilfredo MendezTKO
16 older fights · BoxRec profile ↗
Rankings
Best: No. 6
- WBC
9
No. 9
- WBA
12
No. 12
- WBO
6
No. 6
- IBF
13
No. 13
- IBO
9
No. 9
World titles
1 championship reign · 1 sanctioning body · 1 weight class
Past reigns
- WBOMinimumweight14 Dec 2021 – 6 Jan 2023 · 1 year 1 month↗
Current titles: the sanctioning bodies' official rankings. History and dates: Wikipedia's lists of world champions (CC BY-SA 4.0), re-read every week.
Movement
Places gained or lost with each sanctioning body. Green is up, red is down, “New” marks an entry into the rankings, and a dot a period with no published archive.
| Body | The boxer's place in the sanctioning body's official ranking. “C”: world champion, above No. 1. No. 1 is the leading contender for the title. | 1M | 3M | 6M | 1Y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBC | 9 | · | · | · | · |
| WBA | 12 | · | · | · | · |
| WBO | 6 | · | · | · | · |
| IBF | 13 | 1 | New | New | 1 |
| IBO | 9 | · | · | · | · |
Trajectory, body by body
IBF
No. 13 since Aug 2026 · best No. 5 (Jun 2018)tracked since Oct 2016
WBA
No. 12tracked since Aug 2026
WBC
No. 9tracked since Sep 2026
WBO
No. 6tracked since Aug 2026
IBO
No. 9tracked since Sep 2026
See the changes in detail
| Oct 2016 | No. 14 |
| Dec 2016 | No. 9 |
| Jan 2017 | No. 7 |
| Feb 2017 | No. 6 |
| Apr 2017 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Jun 2017 | No. 15 |
| Jul 2017 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Nov 2017 | No. 11 |
| Jan 2018 | No. 12 |
| Feb 2018 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Mar 2018 | No. 12 |
| Apr 2018 | No. 11 |
| May 2018 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Jun 2018 | No. 5 |
| Aug 2018 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Oct 2018 | No. 5 |
| Nov 2018 | No. 6 |
| Jan 2019 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Feb 2021 | No. 14 |
| Apr 2021 | No. 13 |
| Jul 2021 | No. 8 |
| Oct 2021 | No. 5 |
| Jan 2022 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Sep 2023 | No. 9 |
| Oct 2023 | No. 11 |
| Nov 2023 | No. 12 |
| Dec 2023 | No. 11 |
| Jan 2024 | No. 10 |
| Apr 2024 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Apr 2024 | No. 10 |
| Jul 2024 | No. 11 |
| Sep 2024 | No. 9 |
| Oct 2024 | No. 7 |
| Dec 2024 | No. 9 |
| Jan 2025 | No. 8 |
| Apr 2025 | No. 9 |
| May 2025 | No. 7 |
| Jul 2025 | No. 6 |
| Aug 2025 | No. 12 |
| Oct 2025 | No. 13 |
| Nov 2025 | No. 12 |
| Dec 2025 | No. 10 |
| Jan 2026 | No. 11 |
| Feb 2026 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Jun 2026 | No. 14 |
| Jul 2026 | dropped out of the ranking |
| Aug 2026 | No. 13 |
| Aug 2026 | No. 12 |
| Sep 2026 | No. 9 |
| Aug 2026 | No. 6 |
| Sep 2026 | No. 9 |