The 2018–19 World Boxing Super Series – bantamweight division is a World Boxing Super Series professional boxing tournament took place between October 2018 and November 2019 in several countries. The Super Series features 8 top-rated bantamweight boxers in a single-elimination tournament. The tournament was organized by Comosa AG. [1]
Rating 1 | Boxer | Record 2 | Stance | Height | Age 2 | World titles 2 |
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3 | Zolani Tete ( RSA) | 27–3–0 | Southpaw | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | March 8, 1988 (aged 30) | WBO World Champion |
2 | Ryan Burnett ( UK) | 19–0–0 | Orthodox | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | May 21, 1992 (aged 26) | WBA (Super) World Champion |
7 | Emmanuel RodrÃguez ( PUR) | 18–0–0 | Orthodox | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | August 8, 1992 (aged 26) | IBF World Champion |
1 | Naoya Inoue ( JPN) | 16–0–0 | Orthodox | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | April 10, 1993 (aged 25) | WBA (Regular) World Champion |
— | Jason Moloney ( AUS) | 17–0–0 | Orthodox | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | January 10, 1991 (aged 27) | |
— | Nonito Donaire ( PHI) | 38–5–0 | Orthodox | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | November 16, 1982 (aged 35) | |
5 | Juan Carlos Payano ( DOM) | 20–1–0 | Southpaw | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | April 12, 1984 (aged 34) | |
— | Mikhail Aloyan ( RUS) | 4–0–0 | Southpaw | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) | August 23, 1988 (aged 30) |
^1
Transnational Boxing Rankings Board rankings on 11 September 2018, the last archived rankings before the start of the tournament.
[2]
^2 Age, records, and titles listed as of the start of the tournament.
Source: [4]
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||
Ryan Burnett ( UK) | |||||||||||
Nonito Donaire ( PHI) | RTD 4 | ||||||||||
Nonito Donaire ( PHI) | KO 6 | ||||||||||
Stephon Young* ( USA) | |||||||||||
Zolani Tete ( RSA) | UD 12 | ||||||||||
Mikhail Aloyan ( RUS) | |||||||||||
Nonito Donaire ( PHI) | |||||||||||
Naoya Inoue ( JPN) | UD 12 | ||||||||||
Naoya Inoue ( JPN) | KO 1 | ||||||||||
Juan Carlos Payano ( DOM) | |||||||||||
Naoya Inoue ( JPN) | KO 2 | ||||||||||
Emmanuel RodrÃguez ( PUR) | |||||||||||
Emmanuel RodrÃguez ( PUR) | SD 12 | ||||||||||
Jason Moloney ( AUS) |
* Zolani Tete withdrew from the semi-final due to an injury and was replaced by Stephon Young. [5]
The quarterfinals are held from 7 October to 3 November 2018.
7 October 2018 | Naoya Inoue | KO 1 | Juan Carlos Payano | Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan |
13 October 2018 | Zolani Tete | UD 12 | Mikhail Aloyan | Expo, Ekaterinburg, Russia |
20 October 2018 | Emmanuel RodrÃguez | SD 12 | Jason Moloney | CFE Arena, Orlando, FL, United States |
3 November 2018 | Nonito Donaire | RTD 4 | Ryan Burnett | SSE Hydro, Glasgow, United Kingdom |
The semifinals will be held in 27 April and 18 May 2019.
27 April 2019 | Nonito Donaire | KO 6 | Stephon Young | Cajundome, Lafayette, LA, United States |
18 May 2019 | Naoya Inoue | KO 2 | Emmanuel RodrÃguez | SSE Hydro, Glasgow, United Kingdom |
For WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring titles.
7 November 2019 | Naoya Inoue | UD 12 | Nonito Donaire | Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan |