Kenshiro Teraji is undoubtedly the greatest 108er today. He has 12 defenses split across two reigns, which encompass Teraji picking up the WBC title twice and winning a unification for the WBA, Ring and lineal titles in his second reign. Career timeline: Won WBC title vs reigning WBC champion Gangian Lopez by majority decision Made first defense vs Ring and TBRB #1 and former WBC champion Pedro Guevara by majority decision Made second defense vs unranked Gilberto Persona by KO 4 Made third defense vs TBRB #7 former WBC champion Gangian Lopez by KO 2 Made fourth defense vs TBRB #5 former IBF champion Milan Melindo by KO 7 Made fifth defense vs unrated Saul Juarez by UD Made sixth defense vs unrated Jonathon Taconing by KO 4 Made seventh defense vs unrated Randy Petalcorin by KO 4 Made eighth defense vs TBRB #7 Tetsuya Hisada by UD Loses WBC title to Ring #8 (unrated by TBRB) Masamichi Yabuki by KO 11 Wins WBC title vs TBRB #1 and reigning WBC champion Masamichi Yabuki by KO 3 Makes first defense of WBC title, wins WBA title, wins lineal tifle vs Ring Champion/#1/TBRB #2 and reigning WBA champion Hiroto Kyoguchi by KO 7 Makes second/first defense vs unrated Anthony Oluasca by KO 9 Made third/second defense vs Ring #3/TBRB #4 and former WBA/IBF unified champion Hekkie Budler by KO 9 Made fourth/third defense vs TBRB #5/Ring #7 Carlos Canizales Has he surpassed the great Yoko Gushiken to become the greatest 108er in Japan's rich history?
He's still clearly below gushiken This is my list of top 108lb 1 - yuh 2 - gonzalez 3 - chang 4 - carbajal 5 - gushiken 6 - zapata 7 - teraji 8 - arce 9 - sorjurong 10 - segura