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'{{Short description|None}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2021}} {{Gallery | title = Current world heavyweight boxing champions | align = right | footer = | style = | state = | height = 250 | width = 200 | captionstyle = | File:Oleksandr Usyk training - 20150409 - 24 (cut).jpg | alt1= | Current [[WBA (Super)]], [[International Boxing Federation|IBF]], [[World Boxing Organization|WBO]], ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]]'' champion [[Oleksandr Usyk]] | File:Tyson Fury at Place Bell, Laval Quebec, Canada - Dec 16 2017 (cropped).jpg | alt2= | Current [[World Boxing Council|WBC]] heavyweight champion [[Tyson Fury]] }} At [[boxing]]'s beginning, the [[heavyweight]] division had no [[weight class (boxing)|weight limit]], and historically the weight class has gone with vague or no definition. During the 19th century many heavyweights were 170 [[Pound (mass)|pound]]s (12 st 2&nbsp;lb, 77&nbsp;kg) or less, though others weighed considerably more. [[John L. Sullivan]] was the first widely recognized champion under [[Marquess of Queensberry rules]]. Known as the "Boston Strong Boy," Sullivan weighed around 200 pounds when in shape, and helped transition the sport from its bare-knuckle era. Sullivan would be defeated for the title by [[James J. Corbett|"Gentleman" Jim Corbett]] over 21 rounds on September 7, 1892, the first heavyweight titleholder solely under Queensberry rules. In 1920 a de facto minimum weight for a heavyweight was set at 175 pounds (12 st 7&nbsp;lb, 79&nbsp;kg) with the standardization of a weight limit for the light heavyweight division. The addition of the [[Cruiserweight (boxing)|cruiserweight]] division, which began in 1979, reset the de facto minimum, first to 190 pounds and then to 200 pounds in 2004 when boxing's major sanctioning bodies universally raised the weight limit at which they'd recognize champions. The [[World Boxing Council]] created a new division called [[bridgerweight]] for boxers weighing between 200 and 225 pounds. As of June 2022 no other major organization has recognized the division. The championship of the heavyweight division has been fractured or disputed at various times in its history. Until the 1960s, such disputes were settled in the ring, typically with alternate title claimants largely being forgotten. The rise of sanctioning organizations, however, have produced an environment where typically there is no single world heavyweight champion, with titleholders recognized by one of these organizations (a "World Champion") or more (a "Super Champion," a "Unified Champion," or, in the rare cases where the four most prominent organizations recognize the same boxer, an "Undisputed Champion"). Some title reigns are considered dubious owing to long periods of inactivity, the legitimacy of the organization granting championship recognition, and other factors. In 1967, for example, [[Muhammad Ali]] was denied a boxing license in every U.S. jurisdiction and stripped of his passport because of his [[Clay v. United States|refusal to be inducted into the armed forces]]. On April 29, 1967, his recognition as champion by both the [[World Boxing Association]] and [[World Boxing Council]] was withdrawn. Yet Ali remained the lineal champion and was recognized by ''[[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring magazine]]'' and most boxing purists until [[Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali|his defeat in 1971]]. In pursuit of greater revenues, some organizations have now adopted a practice of simultaneously recognizing multiple champions in a weight division, creating a situation in which a champion may be unable not only to secure recognition from multiple sanctioning bodies but to secure sole recognition from a single one. ==Championship recognition== [[File:BoxChamps2012.02.PNG|200px|thumb|All heavyweight champions]] <gallery> File:WBA CHAMPIONSHIP BELT.jpg|WBA championship belt File:VitaliKlitschkoWBCbelt.jpg|WBC championship belt File:IBFworldbelt.jpg|IBF championship belt File:WBOBelt.jpg|WBO championship belt File:Ringmagazine3.jpg|''The Ring'' magazine championship belt </gallery> ===Public Acclamation: 1884 to 1921=== World champions were initially recognized by wide public acclamation, with heavyweight champions winning and losing championship recognition solely in the ring. Retirements periodically resulted in no one, true champion being recognized, while in other cases new champions were proclaimed only to see a previously recognized champion come out of retirement. Public interest in boxing resulted in a true champion being determined by means of title claimants facing one another in the ring, with the winner being recognized as world champion. ===The Ring Magazine: 1922 to present === [[The Ring (magazine)|''The Ring'']] magazine has recognized heavyweight champions during two periods, commencing with its inaugural issue in 1922 and continuing until the 1990s, then again from 2002 to the present day. Under its original policy, a champion earned championship recognition in the ring, defeating the preceding champion or winning a bout between its top rated contenders. Once awarded, championship recognition could be lost only by death, retirement, or loss in the ring. In 2012, this policy was revised so championship recognition could be more easily awarded or withdrawn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ringtv.craveonline.com/blog/172677-the-ring-updates-championship-policy|title=''The Ring'' updates championship policy|date=May 3, 2012|work=Ring TV}}</ref> ===Sanctioning Bodies: 1921 to present === The [[World Boxing Association|National Boxing Association]] (NBA) was organized in 1921 to serve as a regulating authority for boxing in the United States. The prominence of New York City as an epicenter of boxing would lead to its state boxing regulatory body, the [[New York State Athletic Commission]] (NYSAC) joining the NBA in recognizing world champions in each weight class. A third entity, the [[International Boxing Union (1913-1946)|European Boxing Union]] (IBU) would follow suit, but with limited exception in the heavyweight division the three organizations recognized the same champion. At its 1962 convention, the NBA's non-United States members exploited a membership rule and took effective control of the organization, rebranding it as the [[World Boxing Association]]. The now WBA would be joined the following year by a combination of state and national boxing commissions (including the NYSAC and IBU) to form a new organization, the [[World Boxing Council]] (WBC). In time, each organization would have its own spin-off sanctioning organization break from its ranks: the [[United States Boxing Association]], which disassociated with the WBA in the late 1970s and became the [[International Boxing Federation]] in 1983, and the [[World Boxing Organization]], whose members would split from the WBC in 1988. Today there are over a dozen sanctioning organizations which recognize champions and sanction world championship bouts, but the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO are recognized by the [[International Boxing Hall Of Fame]] as major sanctioning bodies. ==Current status of prominent championship titles== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Organization !! Recognition !! Champion !! Date won !! Status of next defense |- |rowspan=1|[[World Boxing Association|WBA]] || Super champion || [[Oleksandr Usyk]] {{small|({{abbr|def.|Defeated}} [[Anthony Joshua]])}}|| [[Anthony Joshua vs Oleksandr Usyk|September 25, 2021]] || No present mandatory defense obligation |- |[[World Boxing Council|WBC]] || World champion || [[Tyson Fury]] {{small|(def. [[Deontay Wilder]])}} || [[Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury II|February 22, 2020]] || No present mandatory defense obligation |- | [[IBF]] || World champion || Oleksandr Usyk {{small|(def. Anthony Joshua)}} || September 25, 2021 || No present mandatory defense obligation |- |[[WBO]] || World champion || Oleksandr Usyk {{small|def. Anthony Joshua)}} || September 25, 2021 || No present mandatory defense obligation |- |} ==List of champions== {| class="wikitable sortable" !No. !Champion !Recognition !Begin reign !End reign !Day(s) !Title defense(s) !Additional recognition !Note(s) !Source(s) |- ! 1 | [[John L. Sullivan]]<br /><small>def. [[Dominick McCaffrey]]</small> || World || August 29, 1885 || September 7, 1892 |2,566 | – | || ^{[[#Footnotes|25]]},^{[[#Footnotes|4]]} ||<ref name=sullivan-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/10547|title=Professional boxing record: John L. Sullivan|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 2 | [[James J. Corbett]] || World || September 7, 1892 || March 17, 1897 |1,652 | {{small|def. [[Charley Mitchell (boxer)|Charley Mitchell]] on January 25, 1894}}<br> | || ^{[[#Footnotes|5]]} ||<ref name=corbett-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9021|title=Professional boxing record: James J. Corbett|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 3 | [[Bob Fitzsimmons]] || World || March 17, 1897 || June 9, 1899 |814 | – || || ||<ref name=fitzsimmons-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/10552|title=Professional boxing record: Bob Fitzsimmons|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 4 | [[James J. Jeffries]] || World || June 9, 1899 || May 15, 1905 |2,166 | {{small|def. [[Tom Sharkey]] on March 11, 1899}}<br>{{small|def. John Finnegan on April 6, 1900}}<br>{{small|def. [[James J. Corbett]] on May 11, 1900}}<br>{{small|def. Gus Ruhlin on November 15, 1901}}<br>{{small|def. [[Bob Fitzsimmons]] on July 25, 1902}}<br>{{small|def. [[James J. Corbett]] on August 14, 1903}}<br>{{small|def. Jack Munroe on August 26, 1904}} | || ^{[[#Footnotes|2]]},^{[[#Footnotes|6]]} ||<ref name=jeffries-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9022|title=Professional boxing record: James J. Jeffries|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 5 | [[Marvin Hart]]<br /><small>def. [[Jack Root]]</small> || World || July 3, 1905 || February 23, 1906 |235 | – || || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=marvin-hart-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/11627|title=Professional boxing record: Marvin Hart|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 6 | [[Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)|Tommy Burns]] || World || February 23, 1906 || December 26, 1908 |1,037 | {{small|def. James J. Walker on March 28, 1906}}<br>{{small|def. Jim O'Brien on March 28, 1906}}<br>{{small|def. [[Fireman Jim Flynn]] on October 2, 1906}}<br>{{small|draw vs. [[Philadelphia Jack O'Brien]] on November 28, 1906}}<br>{{small|def. [[Philadelphia Jack O'Brien]] on May 8, 1907}}<br>{{small|def. Bill Squires on July 4, 1907}}<br>{{small|def. [[Gunner Moir]] on December 2, 1907}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jack Palmer (boxer)|Jack Palmer]] on February 10, 1908}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jem Roche]] on March 17, 1908}}<br>{{small|def. Jewey Smith on April 18, 1908}}<br>{{small|def. Bill Squires on June 13, 1908}}<br>{{small|def. Bill Squires on August 24, 1908}}<br>{{small|def. Bill Lang on September 3, 1908}} || || ||<ref name=burns-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/10744|title=Professional boxing record: Tommy Burns|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 7 | [[Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]] || World || December 26, 1908 || April 5, 1915 |2,291 | {{small|draw vs. [[Philadelphia Jack O'Brien]] on May 19, 1909}}<br>{{small|def. [[Al Kaufman]] on September 9, 1909}}<br>{{small|def. [[Stanley Ketchel]] on October 16, 1909}}<br>{{small|def. [[James J. Jeffries]] on [[Jack Johnson vs. James J. Jeffries |July 4, 1910]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Fireman Jim Flynn]] on July 4, 1912}}<br>{{small|draw vs. [[Battling Jim Johnson]] on December 19, 1913}}<br>{{small|def. [[Frank Moran]] on June 27, 1914}} | || ^{[[#Footnotes|7]]} ||<ref name=jack-johnson-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/1187|title=Professional boxing record: Jack Johnson|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 8 | [[Jess Willard]] || World || April 5, 1915 || July 4, 1919 |1,551 | {{small|def. [[Frank Moran]] on March 25, 1916}} || || ||<ref name=willard-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/10602|title=Professional boxing record: Jess Willard|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3"|9 | rowspan="3"|[[Jack Dempsey]] || World || July 4, 1919 || July 2, 1921 | 729|| {{small|def. [[Billy Miske]] on September 6, 1920}}<br>{{small|def. [[Bill Brennan (boxer)|Bill Brennan]] on December 14, 1920}}<br> {{small|def. [[Georges Carpentier]] on July 2, 1921}} || rowspan="3"|''The Ring''<br /><small>awarded the title in 1922</small> || ||<ref name=dempsey-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9009|title=Professional boxing record: Jack Dempsey|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- | NBA || July 2, 1921 || July 24, 1922 | 387|| – || ||<ref name=dempsey-record/> |- | NBA, and NYSAC || July 24, 1922 || September 23, 1926 | 1,522|| {{small|def. [[Tommy Gibbons]] on July 4, 1923}}<br>{{small|def. [[Luis Angel Firpo]] on September 14, 1923}} || ||<ref name=dempsey-record/> |- ! 10 | [[Gene Tunney]] || NBA, and NYSAC || September 23, 1926 || July 31, 1928 | 677|| {{small|def. [[Jack Dempsey]] on September 22, 1927}}<br>{{small|def. [[Tom Heeney]] on July 26, 1928}} || ''The Ring'' ||^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=tunney-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9046|title=Professional boxing record: Gene Tunney|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2"|11 | rowspan="2"|[[Max Schmeling]] <br /><small>def. [[Jack Sharkey]]</small> || NBA, and NYSAC || June 12, 1930 || January 7, 1931 | 209|| – || rowspan="2"|''The Ring'' ||^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|8]]} ||<ref name=schmeling-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9041|title=Professional boxing record: Max Schmeling|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- | NBA, and IBU || January 7, 1931 || June 21, 1932 | 531|| {{small|def. [[Young Stribling]] on July 3, 1931}} || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|10]]} ||<ref name=schmeling-record/> |- ! 12 | [[Jack Sharkey]] || NBA, NYSAC, and IBU || June 21, 1932 || June 29, 1933 | 373|| – || ''The Ring'' || ||<ref name=sharkey-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/10616|title=Professional boxing record: Jack Sharkey|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 13 | [[Primo Carnera]] || NBA, NYSAC, and IBU|| June 29, 1933 || June 14, 1934 | 350|| {{small|def. [[Paulino Uzcudun]] on October 22, 1933}}<br>{{small|def. [[Tommy Loughran]] on March 1, 1934}} || ''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|10]]} ||<ref name=carnera-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/12086|title=Professional boxing record: Primo Carnera|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 14 | [[Max Baer (boxer)|Max Baer]] || NBA, NYSAC, and IBU || June 14, 1934 || June 13, 1935 | 364|| – || ''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|9]]} ||<ref name=max-baer-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/12077|title=Professional boxing record: Max Baer|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 15 | [[James J. Braddock]] || NBA, NYSAC, and IBU || June 13, 1935 || June 22, 1937 | 740|| – || ''The Ring'' || ||<ref name=braddock-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/12072|title=Professional boxing record: Jim Braddock|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 16 | [[Joe Louis]] || NBA, NYSAC, and IBU || June 22, 1937 || March 1, 1949 | 4,270|| {{small|def. [[Tommy Farr]] on August 30, 1937}}<br>{{small|def. Nathan Mann on February 23, 1938}}<br>{{small|def. Harry Thomas on April 4, 1938}}<br>{{small|def. [[Max Schmeling]] on [[Joe Louis vs. Max Schmeling|June 22, 1938]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[John Henry Lewis]] on January 25, 1939}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jack Roper (boxer)|Jack Roper]] on April 17, 1939}}<br>{{small|def. [[Tony Galento]] on June 28, 1939}}<br>{{small|def. [[Bob Pastor]] on September 20, 1939}}<br>{{small|def. [[Arturo Godoy]] on February 9, 1940}}<br>{{small|def. [[Johnny Paychek]] on March 29, 1940}}<br>{{small|def. [[Arturo Godoy]] on June 20, 1940}}<br>{{small|def. [[Al McCoy (boxer)|Al McCoy]] on December 16, 1940}}<br>{{small|def. [[Red Burman]] on January 31, 1941}}<br>{{small|def. Gus Dorazio on February 17, 1941}}<br>{{small|def. [[Abe Simon]] on March 21, 1941}}<br>{{small|def. Tony Musto on April 8, 1941}}<br>{{small|def. [[Buddy Baer]] on May 23, 1941}}<br>{{small|def. [[Billy Conn]] on June 18, 1941}}<br>{{small|def. [[Lou Nova]] on September 29, 1941}}<br>{{small|def. [[Buddy Baer]] on January 9, 1942}}<br>{{small|def. [[Abe Simon]] on March 27, 1942}}<br>{{small|def. Johnny Davis on November 14, 1944}}<br>{{small|def. [[Billy Conn]] on June 19, 1946}}<br>{{small|def. [[Tami Mauriello]] on September 18, 1946}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jersey Joe Walcott]] on December 5, 1947}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jersey Joe Walcott]] on June 25, 1948}}<br> || ''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=louis-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9027|title=Professional boxing record: Joe Louis|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref><ref name=ibhof-book>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/TheBoxingRegisterInternationalBoxingHallOfFameOfficialRecordBook|work=The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall Of Fame Official Record Book |publisher=[[International Boxing Hall Of Fame]] |title=Joe Louis, p. 575 |quote=Johnny Davis, Ret-World-H|format=pdf |access-date=May 26, 2019}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3"|17 | rowspan="3"|[[Ezzard Charles]]<br /><small>def. [[Jersey Joe Walcott]]</small> || NBA || June 22, 1949 || September 27, 1950 | 462|| {{small|def. [[Gus Lesnevich]] on August 10, 1949}}<br>{{small|def. Pat Valentino on October 14, 1949}}<br>{{small|def. Freddie Beshore on August 15, 1950}}<br>{{small|def. [[Joe Louis]] on September 27, 1950}}<br> || rowspan="3"|''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|10]]} ||<ref name=ezzard-charles-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9012|title=Professional boxing record: Ezzard Charles|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- | NBA, and NYSAC || September 27, 1950 || June 16, 1951 | 261|| {{small|def. Nick Barone on December 5, 1950}}<br>{{small|def. Lee Oma on January 12, 1951}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jersey Joe Walcott]] on March 7, 1951}}<br>{{small|def. [[Joey Maxim]] on May 30, 1951}} || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|10]]} ||<ref name=ezzard-charles-record/> |- | NBA, NYSAC, and IBU|| June 16, 1951 || July 18, 1951 | 33|| – || ||<ref name=ezzard-charles-record/> |- ! 18 | [[Jersey Joe Walcott]] || NBA, and NYSAC || July 18, 1951 || September 23, 1952 | 433|| {{small|def. [[Ezzard Charles]] on June 5, 1952}} || ''The Ring'' || ||<ref name=jersey-joe-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/11028|title=Professional boxing record: Jersey Joe Walcott|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 19 | [[Rocky Marciano]] || NBA, and NYSAC || September 23, 1952 || April 27, 1956 | 1,312|| {{small|def. [[Jersey Joe Walcott]] on [[Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott|March 15, 1953]]}}<br>{{small|def. Roland LaStarza on September 24, 1953}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ezzard Charles]] on [[Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles|June 17, 1954]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ezzard Charles]] on [[Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles|September 17, 1954]]}}<br>{{small|def. Don Cockell on May 16, 1955}}<br>{{small|def. [[Archie Moore]] on September 21, 1955}}<br> || ''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=marciano-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9032|title=Professional boxing record: Rocky Marciano|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 20 | [[Floyd Patterson]]<br /><small>def. [[Archie Moore]]</small> || NBA, and NYSAC || November 30, 1956 || June 26, 1959 | 938|| {{small|def. [[Tommy Jackson (boxer)|Tommy Jackson]] on July 29, 1957}}<br>{{small|def. [[Pete Rademacher]] on August 22, 1957}}<br>{{small|def. [[Roy Harris (boxer)|Roy Harris]] on August 18, 1958}}<br>{{small|def. [[Brian London]] on May 1, 1959}}<br> || ''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|11]]} ||<ref name=patterson-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9038|title=Professional boxing record: Floyd Patterson|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 21 | [[Ingemar Johansson]] || NBA, and NYSAC || June 26, 1959 || June 20, 1960 | 360|| – || ''The Ring'' || ||<ref name=johansson-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/12711|title=Professional boxing record: Ingemar Johansson|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 22 | [[Floyd Patterson]] (Second reign) || NBA, and NYSAC || June 20, 1960 || September 25, 1962 | 827|| {{small|def. [[Ingemar Johansson]] on March 13, 1961}}<br>{{small|def. [[Tom McNeeley]] on December 4, 1961}} || ''The Ring'' || ||<ref name=patterson-record/> |- ! rowspan="2"|23 | rowspan="2"|[[Sonny Liston]] || NYSAC, and WBA || September 25, 1962 || July 22, 1963 | 270|| {{small|def. [[Floyd Patterson]] on July 22, 1963}}<br> || rowspan="2"|''The Ring'' || ||<ref name=liston-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9031|title=Professional boxing record: Sonny Liston|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- | NYSAC, WBA, and WBC || July 22, 1963 || February 25, 1964 | 248|| – || ||<ref name=liston-record/> |- ! rowspan="3"|24 | rowspan="3"|[[Muhammad Ali]]|| NYSAC, WBA, and WBC || February 25, 1964 || June 19, 1964 | 115|| – || rowspan="3"|''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|12]]} ||<ref name=ali-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/000180|title=Professional boxing record: Muhammad Ali|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- | NYSAC, and WBC || June 19, 1964 || February 6, 1967 | 962|| {{small|def. [[Sonny Liston]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston|May 25, 1965]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Floyd Patterson]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson|November 22, 1965]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[George Chuvalo]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. George Chuvalo|March 29, 1966]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Henry Cooper]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper|May 21, 1966]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Brian London]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Brian London|August 6, 1966]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Karl Mildenberger]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Karl Mildenberger|September 10, 1966]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Cleveland Williams]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams|November 14, 1966]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ernie Terrell]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell|February 6, 1967]]}}<br> || ||<ref name=ali-record/> |- | NYSAC, WBA, and WBC || February 6, 1967 || April 29, 1967 | 82|| {{small|def. [[Zora Folley]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Zora Folley|March 22, 1967]]}} || ^{[[#Footnotes|13]]} ||<ref name=ali-record/> |- ! 25 | [[Ernie Terrell]]<br /><small>def. [[Eddie Machen]]</small> || WBA || March 5, 1965 || February 6, 1967 | 703|| {{small|def. [[George Chuvalo]] on November 1, 1965}}<br>{{small|def. [[Doug Jones (boxer)|Doug Jones]] on June 28, 1966}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=terrell-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/9383|title=Professional boxing record: Ernie Terrell|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2"|26 | rowspan="2"|[[Joe Frazier]]<br /><small>def. [[Buster Mathis]]</small> || NYSAC || March 4, 1968 || February 16, 1970 | 714|| {{small|def. [[Manuel Ramos (boxer)|Manuel Ramos]] on June 24, 1968}}<br>{{small|def. [[Oscar Bonavena]] on December 10, 1968}}<br>{{small|def. Dave Zyglewicz on April 22, 1969}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jerry Quarry]] on June 23, 1969}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jimmy Ellis (boxer)|Jimmy Ellis]] on February 16, 1970}}<br> || rowspan="2"|''The Ring''<br /><small>def. [[Muhammad Ali]] on [[Fight of the Century|March 8, 1971]]</small> || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=frazier-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/147|title=Professional boxing record: Joe Frazier|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- | WBA, and WBC || February 16, 1970 || January 22, 1973 | 1,071|| {{small|def. [[Bob Foster (boxer)|Bob Foster]] on November 18, 1970}}<br>{{small|def. [[Muhammad Ali]] on [[Fight of the Century|March 8, 1971]]}}<br>{{small|def. Terry Daniels on January 15, 1972}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ron Stander]] on May 25, 1972}}<br> || ^{[[#Footnotes|15]]} ||<ref name=frazier-record/> |- ! 27 | [[Jimmy Ellis (boxer)|Jimmy Ellis]]<br /><small>def. [[Jerry Quarry]]</small> || WBA || April 27, 1968 || February 16, 1970 | 660|| {{small|def. [[Floyd Patterson]] on September 14, 1968}} || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|14]]} ||<ref name=ellis-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/16178|title=Professional boxing record: Jimmy Ellis|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 28 | [[George Foreman]] || WBA, and WBC || January 22, 1973 || October 30, 1974 | 646|| {{small|def. [[José Roman (boxer)|José Roman]] on [[George Foreman vs. José Roman|September 1, 1973]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ken Norton]] on [[George Foreman vs. Ken Norton|March 26, 1974]]}}<br> ||''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|10]]} ||<ref name=foreman-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/90|title=Professional boxing record: George Foreman|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 29 | [[Muhammad Ali]] (Second reign) || WBA, and WBC || October 30, 1974 || February 15, 1978 | 1,204|| {{small|def. [[Chuck Wepner]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Chuck Wepner|March 24, 1975]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ron Lyle]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Ron Lyle|May 16, 1975]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Joe Bugner]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner|June 30, 1975]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Joe Frazier]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III|October 1, 1975]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jean-Pierre Coopman]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Jean-Pierre Coopman|February 20, 1976]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jimmy Young (boxer)|Jimmy Young]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Young|April 30, 1976]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Richard Dunn (boxer)|Richard Dunn]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Richard Dunn|May 24, 1976]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ken Norton]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Ken Norton|September 28, 1976]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Alfredo Evangelista]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Alfredo Evangelista|May 16, 1977]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Earnie Shavers]] on [[Muhammad Ali vs. Earnie Shavers|September 29, 1977]]}}<br> ||''The Ring'' || ||<ref name=ali-record/> |- ! rowspan="2"|30 | rowspan="2"|[[Leon Spinks]] || WBA, and WBC || February 15, 1978 || March 18, 1978 | 31|| – || rowspan="2"|''The Ring'' ||^{[[#Footnotes|3]]} ||<ref name=leon-spinks-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/262|title=Professional boxing record: Leon Spinks|access-date=March 14, 2020}}</ref> |- | WBA || March 18, 1978 || September 15, 1978 | 181|| – || ||<ref name=leon-spinks-record/> |- ! 31 | [[Ken Norton]]<br /><small>awarded the title</small> || WBC || March 18, 1978 || June 9, 1978 | 83|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|16]]} ||<ref name=ken-norton-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/168|title=Professional boxing record: Ken Norton|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2"|32 | rowspan="2"|[[Larry Holmes]] || WBC || June 9, 1978 || December 11, 1983 | 2,011|| {{small|def. [[Alfredo Evangelista]] on November 10, 1978}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ossie Ocasio]] on March 23, 1979}}<br>{{small|def. [[Mike Weaver (boxer)|Mike Weaver]] on June 22, 1979}}<br>{{small|def. [[Earnie Shavers]] on September 28, 1979}}<br>{{small|def. Lorenzo Zanon on February 3, 1980}}<br>{{small|def. [[Leroy Jones (boxer)|Leroy Jones]] on March 31, 1980}}<br>{{small|def. [[Scott LeDoux]] on July 7, 1980}}<br>{{small|def. [[Muhammad Ali]] on [[Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali|October 2, 1980]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Trevor Berbick]] on April 11, 1981}}<br>{{small|def. [[Leon Spinks]] on June 12, 1981}}<br>{{small|def. [[Renaldo Snipes]] on November 6, 1981}}<br>{{small|def. [[Gerry Cooney]] on [[Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney|June 11, 1982]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Randall "Tex" Cobb]] on November 26, 1982}}<br>{{small|def. Lucien Rodriguez on March 27, 1983}}<br>{{small|def. [[Tim Witherspoon]] on May 20, 1983}}<br>{{small|def. Scott Frank on September 10, 1983}}<br> || rowspan="2"|''The Ring''<br /><small>def. [[Muhammad Ali]] on [[Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali|October 2, 1980]]</small> || ^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=holmes-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/150|title=Professional boxing record: Larry Holmes|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> |- | IBF || December 11, 1983 || September 21, 1985 | 650|| {{small|def. [[James Smith (boxer)|James Smith]] on November 9, 1984}}<br>{{small|def. [[David Bey]] on March 15, 1985}}<br>{{small|def. [[Carl Williams (boxer)|Carl Williams]] on May 20, 1985}}<br> || ^{[[#Footnotes|17]]} ||<ref name=holmes-record/> |- ! 33 | [[Muhammad Ali]] (Third reign) || WBA || September 15, 1978 || October 18, 1979 | 398|| – || ''The Ring'' ||^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=ali-record/> |- ! 34 | [[John Tate (boxer)|John Tate]]<br /><small>def. [[Gerrie Coetzee]]</small> || WBA || October 20, 1979 || March 31, 1980 | 153|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=john-tate-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/430|title=Professional boxing record: John Tate|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 35 | [[Mike Weaver (boxer)|Mike Weaver]] || WBA || March 31, 1980 || December 10, 1982 | 994|| {{small|def. [[Gerrie Coetzee]] on October 25, 1980}}<br>{{small|def. [[James Tillis]] on October 3, 1981}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=weaver-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/405|title=Professional boxing record: Mike Weaver|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 36 | [[Michael Dokes]] || WBA || December 10, 1982 || September 23, 1983 | 287|| {{small|draw vs. [[Mike Weaver (boxer)|Mike Weaver]] on May 20, 1983}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=dokes-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/251|title=Professional boxing record: Michael Dokes|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 37 | [[Gerrie Coetzee]] || WBA || September 23, 1983 || December 1, 1984 | 435|| – || – || ||<ref name=coetzee-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/176|title=Professional boxing record: Gerrie Coetzee|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 38 | [[Tim Witherspoon]]<br /><small>def. [[Greg Page (boxer)|Greg Page]]</small> || WBC || March 9, 1984 || August 31, 1984 | 175|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=witherspoon-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/432|title=Professional boxing record: Tim Witherspoon|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 39 | [[Pinklon Thomas]] || WBC || August 31, 1984 || March 22, 1986 | 568|| {{small|def. [[Mike Weaver (boxer)|Mike Weaver]] on June 15, 1985}} || – || ||<ref name=pinklon-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/880|title=Professional boxing record: Pinklon Thomas|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 40 | [[Greg Page (boxer)|Greg Page]] || WBA || December 1, 1984 || April 29, 1985 | 149|| – || – || ||<ref name=greg-page-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/381|title=Professional boxing record: Greg Page|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 41 | [[Tony Tubbs]] || WBA || April 29, 1985 || January 17, 1986 | 263|| – || – || ||<ref name=tubbs-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/834|title=Professional boxing record: Tony Tubbs|access-date=March 15, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 42 | [[Michael Spinks]] || IBF || September 21, 1985 || February 19, 1987 | 516|| {{small|def. [[Larry Holmes]] on April 19, 1986}}<br>{{small|def. [[Steffen Tangstad]] on September 6, 1986}}<br> || ''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|3]]} ||<ref name=michael-spinks-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/001286|title=Professional boxing record: Michael Spinks|access-date=March 18, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 43 | [[Tim Witherspoon]] (Second reign) || WBA || January 17, 1986 || December 12, 1986 | 329|| {{small|def. [[Frank Bruno]] on July 19, 1986}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=witherspoon-record/> |- ! 44 | [[Trevor Berbick]] || WBC || March 22, 1986 || November 22, 1986 | 245|| – || – || ||<ref name=berbick-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/247|title=Professional boxing record: Trevor Berbick|access-date=March 18, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3"|45 | rowspan="3"|[[Mike Tyson]] || WBC || November 22, 1986 || March 7, 1987 | 105|| {{small|def. [[James Smith (boxer)|James Smith]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. James Smith|March 7, 1987]]}}<br> || rowspan="3"|''The Ring''<br /><small>def. [[Michael Spinks]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|June 27, 1988]]</small> || ||<ref name=tyson-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/474|title=Professional boxing record: Mike Tyson|access-date=March 18, 2020}}</ref> |- | WBA, and WBC || March 7, 1987 || August 1, 1987 | 147|| {{small|def. [[Pinklon Thomas]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Pinklon Thomas|May 30, 1987]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Tony Tucker]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Tony Tucker|August 1, 1987]]}}<br> || ||<ref name=tyson-record/> |- | WBA, WBC, and IBF || August 1, 1987 || February 11, 1990 | 925|| {{small|def. [[Tyrell Biggs]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Tyrell Biggs|October 16, 1987]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Larry Holmes]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Larry Holmes|January 22, 1988]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Tony Tubbs]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Tony Tubbs|March 21, 1988]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Michael Spinks]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Michael Spinks|June 27, 1988]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Frank Bruno]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Frank Bruno|February 25, 1989]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Carl Williams (boxer)|Carl Williams]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Carl Williams|July 21, 1989]]}}<br> || ||<ref name=tyson-record/> |- ! 46 | [[James Smith (boxer)|James "Bonecrusher" Smith]] || WBA || December 12, 1986 || March 7, 1987 | 85|| – || – || ||<ref name=smith-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/563|title=Professional boxing record: James Smith|access-date=March 18, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 47 | [[Tony Tucker]]<br /><small>def. [[Buster Douglas]]</small> || IBF || May 30, 1987 || August 1, 1987 | 64|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=tucker-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/495|title=Professional boxing record: Tony Tucker|access-date=March 18, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 48 | [[Francesco Damiani]]<br /><small>def. [[Johnny du Plooy]]</small> || WBO || May 6, 1989 || January 11, 1991 | 616|| {{small|def. Daniel Eduardo Neto on December 16, 1989}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=damiani-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/3748|title=Professional boxing record: Francesco Damiani|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 49 | [[James "Buster" Douglas]] || WBA, WBC, and IBF || February 11, 1990 || October 25, 1990 | 257|| – || – || ||<ref name=buster-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/584|title=Professional boxing record: James Douglas|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 50 | [[Evander Holyfield]] || WBA, WBC, and IBF || October 25, 1990 || November 13, 1992 | 751|| {{small|def. [[George Foreman]] on [[Evander Holyfield vs. George Foreman|April 19, 1991]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Bert Cooper]] on [[Evander Holyfield vs. Bert Cooper|November 23, 1991]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Larry Holmes]] on [[Evander Holyfield vs. Larry Holmes|June 19, 1992]]}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=holyfield-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/499|title=Professional boxing record: Evander Holyfield|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 51 | [[Ray Mercer]] || WBO || January 11, 1991 || December 24, 1991 | 348|| {{small|def. [[Tommy Morrison]] on [[Ray Mercer vs. Tommy Morrison|October 18, 1991]]}} || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|3]]} ||<ref name=mercer-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/1620|title=Professional boxing record: Ray Mercer|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 52 | [[Michael Moorer]]<br /><small>def. [[Bert Cooper]]</small> || WBO || May 15, 1992 || February 3, 1993 | 265|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=moorer-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/1137|title=Professional boxing record: Michael Moorer|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2"|53 | rowspan="2"|[[Riddick Bowe]] || WBA, WBC, and IBF || November 13, 1992 || December 14, 1992 | 32|| – || – ||^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=bowe-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/1640|title=Professional boxing record: Riddick Bowe|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- | WBA, and IBF || December 14, 1992 || November 6, 1993 | 328|| {{small|def. [[Michael Dokes]] on [[Riddick Bowe vs. Michael Dokes|February 6, 1993]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jesse Ferguson]] on [[Riddick Bowe vs. Jesse Ferguson|May 22, 1993]]}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=bowe-record/> |- ! 54 | [[Lennox Lewis]]<br /><small>awarded the title</small> || WBC || December 14, 1992 || September 24, 1994 | 650|| {{small|def. [[Tony Tucker]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Tony Tucker|May 8, 1993]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Frank Bruno]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno|October 1, 1993]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Phil Jackson (boxer)|Phil Jackson]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Phil Jackson|May 6, 1994]]}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|18]]} ||<ref name=lennox-lewis-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/001853|title=Professional boxing record: Lennox Lewis|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 55 | [[Tommy Morrison]]<br /><small>def. [[George Foreman]]</small> || WBO || June 7, 1993 || October 29, 1993 | 145|| {{small|def. Tim Tomashek on August 30, 1993}} || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=morrison-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/1465|title=Professional boxing record: Tommy Morrison|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 56 | [[Michael Bentt]] || WBO || October 29, 1993 || March 19, 1994 | 142|| – || – || ||<ref name=bentt-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/5642|title=Professional boxing record: Michael Bentt|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 57 | [[Evander Holyfield]] (Second reign) || WBA, and IBF || November 6, 1993 || April 22, 1994 | 168|| – || – || ||<ref name=holyfield-record/> |- ! 58 | [[Herbie Hide]] || WBO || March 19, 1994 || March 11, 1995 | 358|| – || – || ||<ref name=hide-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/2039|title=Professional boxing record: Herbie Hide|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 59 | [[Michael Moorer]] (Second reign) || WBA, and IBF || April 22, 1994 || November 5, 1994 | 198|| – || – || ||<ref name=moorer-record/> |- ! 60 | [[Oliver McCall]] || WBC || September 24, 1994 || September 2, 1995 | 344|| {{small|def. [[Larry Holmes]] on [[Oliver McCall vs. Larry Holmes|April 8, 1995]]}} || – || ||<ref name=mccall-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/451|title=Professional boxing record: Oliver McCall|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2"|61 | rowspan="2"|[[George Foreman]] (Second reign) || WBA, and IBF || November 5, 1994 || March 4, 1995 | 120|| – || – ||^{[[#Footnotes|3]]} ||<ref name=foreman-record/> |- | IBF || March 4, 1995 || June 29, 1995 | 118|| {{small|def. [[Axel Schulz]] on [[George Foreman vs. Axel Schulz|April 22, 1995]]}} || − ||^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=foreman-record/> |- ! 62 | [[Riddick Bowe]] (Second reign) || WBO || March 11, 1995 || May 1, 1996 | 418|| {{small|def. [[Jorge Luis Gonzalez]] on [[Riddick Bowe vs. Jorge Luis Gonzalez|June 17, 1995]]}} || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|3]]} ||<ref name=bowe-record/> |- ! 63 | [[Bruce Seldon]]<br /><small>def. [[Tony Tucker]]</small> || WBA || April 8, 1995 || September 7, 1996 | 519|| {{small|def. [[Joe Hipp]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Peter McNeeley|August 19, 1995]]}} || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=seldon-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/1400|title=Professional boxing record: Bruce Seldon|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 64 | [[Frank Bruno]] || WBC || September 2, 1995 || March 16, 1996 | 197|| – || – || ||<ref name=bruno-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/505|title=Professional boxing record: Frank Bruno|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3"|65 | rowspan="3"|[[Mike Tyson]] (Second reign) || WBC || March 16, 1996 || September 7, 1996 | 176|| – || – || ||<ref name=tyson-record/> |- | WBA, and WBC || September 7, 1996 || September 24, 1996 | 18|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=tyson-record/> |- | WBA || September 24, 1996 || November 9, 1996 | 47|| – || – || ||<ref name=tyson-record/> |- ! 66 | [[Michael Moorer]] (Third reign)<br /><small>def. [[Axel Schulz]]</small> || IBF || June 22, 1996 || November 8, 1997 | 505|| {{small|def. [[Francois Botha]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield|November 9, 1996]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Vaughn Bean]] on March 29, 1997}} || – ||^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|19]]} ||<ref name=moorer-record/> |- ! 67 | [[Henry Akinwande]]<br /><small>def. [[Jeremy Williams (boxer)|Jeremy Williams]]</small> || WBO || June 29, 1996 || February 17, 1997 | 234|| {{small|def. Alexander Zolkin on [[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield|November 9, 1996]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Scott Welch]] on [[Mike Tyson vs. Evander Holyfield|January 11, 1997]]}}<br> || – ||^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|2]]}||<ref name=akinwande-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/002011|title=Professional boxing record: Henry Akinwande|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2"|68 | rowspan="2"|[[Evander Holyfield]] (Third reign) || WBA || November 9, 1996 || November 8, 1997 | 365|| {{small|def. [[Mike Tyson]] on [[Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II|June 28, 1997]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Michael Moorer]] on [[Evander Holyfield vs. Michael Moorer II|November 8, 1997]]}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=holyfield-record/> |- | WBA, and IBF || November 8, 1997 || November 13, 1999 | 736|| {{small|def. [[Vaughn Bean]] on [[Evander Holyfield vs. Vaughn Bean|September 19, 1998]]}}<br>{{small|draw vs. [[Lennox Lewis]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Evander Holyfield|March 13, 1999]]}} || – || ||<ref name=holyfield-record/> |- ! rowspan="3"|69 | rowspan="3"|[[Lennox Lewis]] (Second reign)<br /><small>def. [[Oliver McCall]]</small> || WBC || February 7, 1997 || November 13, 1999 | 1010|| {{small|def. [[Henry Akinwande]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Henry Akinwande|July 12, 1997]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Andrzej Golota]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Andrew Golota|October 4, 1997]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Shannon Briggs]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Shannon Briggs|March 28, 1998]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Željko Mavrović]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Željko Mavrović|September 26, 1998]]}}<br>{{small|draw vs. [[Evander Holyfield]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Evander Holyfield|March 13, 1999]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Evander Holyfield]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Evander Holyfield II|November 13, 1999]]}}<br> || – ||^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=lennox-lewis-record/> |- | WBA, WBC, and IBF || November 13, 1999 || April 29, 2000 | 899|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|3]]} ||<ref name=lennox-lewis-record/> |- | WBC, and IBF || April 29, 2000 || April 22, 2001 | 373|| {{small|def. [[Michael Grant (boxer)|Michael Grant]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Michael Grant|April 29, 2000]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Francois Botha]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Francois Botha|July 15, 2000]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[David Tua]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. David Tua|November 11, 2000]]}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=lennox-lewis-record/> |- ! 70 | [[Herbie Hide]] (Second reign)<br /><small>def. [[Tony Tucker]]</small> || WBO || June 28, 1997 || June 26, 1999 | 729|| {{small|def. Damon Reed on [[Naseem Hamed vs. Wilfredo Vázquez|April 18, 1998]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Wilhelm Fischer (boxer)|Wilhelm Fischer]] on [[Naseem Hamed vs. Wilfredo Vázquez|September 26, 1998]]}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=hide-record/> |- ! 71 | [[Vitali Klitschko]] || WBO || June 26, 1999 || April 1, 2000 | 281|| {{small|def. Ed Mahone on October 9, 1999}}<br>{{small|def. [[Obed Sullivan]] on December 11, 1999}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=vitali-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/7033|title=Professional boxing record: Vitali Klitschko|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 72 | [[Chris Byrd]] || WBO || April 1, 2000 || October 14, 2000 | 197|| – || – || ||<ref name=byrd-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/004923|title=Professional boxing record: Chris Byrd|access-date=March 19, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 73 | [[Evander Holyfield]] (Fourth reign)<br /><small>def. [[John Ruiz]]</small> || WBA || August 12, 2000 || March 3, 2001 | 204|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=holyfield-record/> |- ! 74 | [[Wladimir Klitschko]] || WBO || October 14, 2000 || March 8, 2003 | 876|| {{small|def. [[Derrick Jefferson]] on March 24, 2001}}<br>{{small|def. [[Charles Shufford]] on August 4, 2001}}<br>{{small|def. [[Francois Botha]] on March 16, 2002}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ray Mercer]] on June 29, 2002}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jameel McCline]] on December 7, 2002}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=wladimir-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/7035|title=Professional boxing record: Wladimir Klitschko|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 75 | [[John Ruiz]] || WBA || March 3, 2001 || March 1, 2003 | 729|| {{small|draw vs. [[Evander Holyfield]] on [[John Ruiz vs. Evander Holyfield III|December 15, 2001]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Kirk Johnson]] on July 27, 2002}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=ruiz-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/4655|title=Professional boxing record: John Ruiz|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 76 | [[Hasim Rahman]] || WBC, and IBF || April 22, 2001 || November 17, 2001 | 210|| – || – || ||<ref name=rahman-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/6070|title=Professional boxing record: Hasim Rahman|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2"|77 | rowspan="2"|[[Lennox Lewis]] (Third reign) || WBC, and IBF || November 17, 2001 || September 5, 2002 | 293|| {{small|def. [[Mike Tyson]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Mike Tyson|June 8, 2002]]}}<br> || rowspan="2"|''The Ring''<br /><small>awarded the title in 2002</small> || ^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=lennox-lewis-record/> |- | WBC || September 5, 2002 || February 6, 2004 | 885|| {{small|def. [[Vitali Klitschko]] on [[Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko|June 21, 2003]]}} || ^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=lennox-lewis-record/> |- ! 78 | [[Chris Byrd]] (Second reign)<br /><small>def. [[Evander Holyfield]]</small> || IBF || December 14, 2002 || April 22, 2006 | 1,591|| {{small|def. [[Fres Oquendo]] on September 20, 2003}}<br>{{small|draw vs. [[Andrzej Golota]] on April 17, 2004}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jameel McCline]] on November 13, 2004}}<br>{{small|def. [[DaVarryl Williamson]] on October 1, 2005}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=byrd-record/> |- ! 79 | [[Roy Jones Jr.]] || WBA || March 1, 2003 || February 20, 2004 | 357|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=rjj-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/774820|title=Professional boxing record: Roy Jones Jr.|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 80 | [[Corrie Sanders]] || WBO || March 8, 2003 || October 9, 2003 | 216|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=sanders-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/1728|title=Professional boxing record: Corrie Sanders|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 81 | [[John Ruiz]] (Second reign)<br /><small>def. [[Hasim Rahman]] for interim title</small> || WBA || February 20, 2004 || December 17, 2005 | 667|| {{small|def. [[Fres Oquendo]] on April 17, 2004}}<br>{{small|def. [[Andrzej Golota]] on November 13, 2004}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|20]]} ||<ref name=ruiz-record/> |- ! 82 | [[Lamon Brewster]]<br /><small>def. [[Wladimir Klitschko]]</small> || WBO || April 10, 2004 || April 1, 2006 | 722|| {{small|def. [[Kali Meehan]] on September 4, 2004}}<br>{{small|def. [[Andrzej Golota]] on May 21, 2005}}<br>{{small|def. [[Luan Krasniqi]] on September 28, 2005}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=brewster-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/8987|title=Professional boxing record: Lamon Brewster|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 83 | [[Vitali Klitschko]] (Second reign)<br /><small>def. [[Corrie Sanders]]</small> || WBC || April 24, 2004 || November 9, 2005 | 565|| {{small|def. [[Danny Williams (boxer)|Danny Williams]] on December 11, 2004}} || ''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=vitali-record/> |- ! 84 | [[Hasim Rahman]] (Second reign)<br /><small>def. [[Monte Barrett]] for interim title</small> || WBC || November 9, 2005 || August 12, 2006 | 277|| {{small|draw vs. [[James Toney]] on March 18, 2006}} || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|21]]} ||<ref name=rahman-record/> |- ! 85 | [[Nikolai Valuev]] || WBA || December 17, 2005 || April 14, 2007 | 484|| {{small|def. [[Owen Beck (boxer)|Owen Beck]] on June 3, 2006}}<br>{{small|def. [[Monte Barrett]] on October 7, 2006}}<br>{{small|def. [[Jameel McCline]] on January 20, 2007}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|10]]} ||<ref name=valuev-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/19904|title=Professional boxing record: Nikolai Valuev|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 86 | [[Siarhei Liakhovich]] || WBO || April 1, 2006 || November 4, 2006 | 218|| – || – || ||<ref name=liakhovich-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/16692|title=Professional boxing record: Siarhei Liakhovich|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3"|87 | rowspan="3"|[[Wladimir Klitschko]] (Second reign) || IBF || April 22, 2006 || February 23, 2008 | 673|| {{small|def. [[Calvin Brock]] on November 11, 2006}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ray Austin (boxer)|Ray Austin]] on March 10, 2007}}<br>{{small|def. [[Lamon Brewster]] on July 7, 2007}}<br>{{small|def. [[Sultan Ibragimov]] on [[Wladimir Klitschko vs. Sultan Ibragimov|February 23, 2008]]}}<br> || rowspan="3"|''The Ring''<br /><small>def. [[Ruslan Chagaev]] on [[Wladimir Klitschko vs. Ruslan Chagaev|June 20, 2009]]</small> || ||<ref name=wladimir-record/> |- | IBF, and WBO || February 23, 2008 || July 2, 2011 | 1,226|| {{small|def. [[Tony Thompson (boxer)|Tony Thompson]] on July 12, 2008}}<br>{{small|def. [[Hasim Rahman]] on [[Wladimir Klitschko vs. Hasim Rahman|December 13, 2008]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Ruslan Chagaev]] on [[Wladimir Klitschko vs. Ruslan Chagaev|June 20, 2009]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Eddie Chambers]] on March 20, 2010}}<br>{{small|def. [[Samuel Peter]] on September 11, 2010}}<br>{{small|def. [[David Haye]] on [[Wladimir Klitschko vs. David Haye|July 2, 2011]]}}<br> || ||<ref name=wladimir-record/> |- | WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO || July 2, 2011 || November 28, 2015 | 1,611|| {{small|def. [[Jean-Marc Mormeck]] on March 13, 2012}}<br>{{small|def. [[Tony Thompson (boxer)|Tony Thompson]] on July 7, 2012}}<br>{{small|def. [[Mariusz Wach]] on November 10, 2012}}<br>{{small|def. [[Francesco Pianeta]] on May 4, 2013}}<br>{{small|def. [[Alexander Povetkin]] on October 5, 2013}}<br>{{small|def. [[Alex Leapai]] on April 26, 2014}}<br>{{small|def. [[Kubrat Pulev]] on November 15, 2014}}<br>{{small|def. [[Bryant Jennings]] on [[Wladimir Klitschko vs. Bryant Jennings|April 25, 2015]]}}<br> || ||<ref name=wladimir-record/> |- ! rowspan="2"|88 | rowspan="2"|[[Oleg Maskaev]] || rowspan="2" |WBC || August 12, 2006 || December 9, 2006 | 120|| – || – || || rowspan="2"|<ref name=maskaev-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/6688|title=Professional boxing record: Oleg Maskaev|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lenta.ru/news/2006/12/09/rusbox/|title=Президент России предоставил гражданство Олегу Маскаеву}}</ref> |- | December 9, 2006 || March 8, 2008 | 456|| {{small|def. [[Okello Peter]] on December 10, 2006}}<br> || – || |- ! 89 | [[Shannon Briggs]] || WBO || November 4, 2006 || June 2, 2007 | 211|| – || – || ||<ref name=briggs-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/4629|title=Professional boxing record: Shannon Briggs|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 90 | [[Ruslan Chagaev]] || WBA || April 14, 2007 || June 20, 2009 | 799|| {{small|def. [[Matt Skelton]] on January 19, 2008}}<br>{{small|def. [[Carl Davis Drumond]] on February 7, 2009}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|22]]} ||<ref name=chagaev-record/> |- ! 91 | [[Sultan Ibragimov]] || WBO || June 2, 2007 || February 23, 2008 | 267|| {{small|def. [[Evander Holyfield]] on [[Sultan Ibragimov vs. Evander Holyfield|October 13, 2007]]}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=ibragimov-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/113634|title=Professional boxing record: Sultan Ibragimov|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 92 | [[Samuel Peter]] || WBC || March 8, 2008 || October 11, 2008 | 218|| – || – || ||<ref name=samuel-peter-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/32364|title=Professional boxing record: Samuel Peter|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 93 | [[Nikolai Valuev]] (Second reign)<br /><small>def. [[John Ruiz]]</small> || WBA || August 30, 2008 || November 7, 2009 | 435|| {{small|def. [[Evander Holyfield]] on [[Nikolai Valuev vs. Evander Holyfield|December 20, 2008]]}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|22]]} ||<ref name=valuev-record/> |- ! 94 | [[Vitali Klitschko]] (Third reign) || WBC || October 11, 2008 || December 15, 2013 | 1,892|| {{small|def. [[Juan Carlos Gomez]] on March 21, 2009}}<br>{{small|def. [[Chris Arreola]] on September 26, 2009}}<br>{{small|def. [[Kevin Johnson (boxer)|Kevin Johnson]] on December 12, 2009}}<br>{{small|def. [[Albert Sosnowski]] on May 29, 2010}}<br>{{small|def. [[Shannon Briggs]] on October 16, 2010}}<br>{{small|def. [[Odlanier Solís]] on [[Vitali Klitschko vs. Odlanier Solís|March 19, 2011]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Tomasz Adamek]] on [[Vitali Klitschko vs. Tomasz Adamek|September 10, 2011]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Derek Chisora]] on [[Vitali Klitschko vs. Dereck Chisora|February 18, 2012]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Manuel Charr]] on September 8, 2012}}<br> || – ||^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=vitali-record/> |- ! 95 | [[David Haye]] || WBA || November 7, 2009 || July 2, 2011 | 603|| {{small|def. [[John Ruiz]] on April 3, 2010}}<br>{{small|def. [[Audley Harrison]] on November 13, 2010}} || – || ||<ref name=haye-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/155774|title=Professional boxing record: David Haye|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |- ! – | [[Alexander Povetkin]]<br /><small>def. [[Ruslan Chagaev]]</small> || WBA (Regular) || August 27, 2011 || October 5, 2013 | 771|| {{small|def. [[Cedric Boswell]] on December 3, 2011}}<br>{{small|def. [[Marco Huck]] on February 25, 2012}}<br>{{small|def. [[Hasim Rahman]] on September 29, 2012}}<br>{{small|def. [[Andrzej Wawrzyk]] on May 17, 2013}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|23]]} ||<ref name=povetkin-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/318081|title=Professional boxing record: Alexander Povetkin|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 96 | [[Bermane Stiverne]]<br /><small>def. [[Chris Arreola]]</small> || WBC || May 10, 2014 || January 17, 2015 | 253|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=stiverne-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/324806|title=Professional boxing record: Bermane Stiverne|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |- ! – | [[Ruslan Chagaev]]<br /><small>def. [[Fres Oquendo]]</small> || WBA (Regular) || July 6, 2014 || March 5, 2016 | 609|| {{small|def. [[Francesco Pianeta]] on July 11, 2015}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=chagaev-record/> |- ! 97 | [[Deontay Wilder]] || WBC || January 17, 2015 || February 22, 2020 | 1,863|| {{small|def. [[Eric Molina]] on June 13, 2015}}<br>{{small|def. [[Johann Duhaupas]] on September 26, 2015}}<br>{{small|def. [[Artur Szpilka]] on January 16, 2016}}<br>{{small|def. [[Chris Arreola]] on July 16, 2016}}<br>{{small|def. [[Gerald Washington (boxer)|Gerald Washington]] on February 25, 2017}}<br>{{small|def. [[Bermane Stiverne]] on November 4, 2017}}<br>{{small|def. [[Luis Ortiz (Cuban boxer)|Luis Ortiz]] on [[Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz|March 3, 2018]]}}<br>{{small|draw vs. [[Tyson Fury]] on [[Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury|December 1, 2018]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Dominic Breazeale]] on May 18, 2019}}<br>{{small|def. [[Luis Ortiz (Cuban boxer)|Luis Ortiz]] on [[Deontay Wilder vs. Luis Ortiz II|November 23, 2019]]}} || – || ||<ref name=wilder-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/468841|title=Professional boxing record: Deontay Wilder|access-date=March 21, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2"|98 | rowspan="2"|[[Tyson Fury]] || WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO || November 28, 2015 || December 8, 2015 | 11|| – || rowspan="2"|''The Ring'' || ^{[[#Footnotes|3]]} ||<ref name=fury-record/> |- | WBA (Super), and WBO || December 8, 2015 || October 12, 2016 | 310|| – || ^{[[#Footnotes|2]]} ||<ref name=fury-record/> |- ! 99 | [[Charles Martin (boxer)|Charles Martin]]<br /><small>def. [[Vyacheslav Glazkov]]</small> || IBF || January 16, 2016 || April 9, 2016 | 85|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=charles-martin-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/631078|title=Professional boxing record: Charles Martin|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! – | [[Lucas Browne]] || WBA (Regular) || March 5, 2016 || May 12, 2016 | 69|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|24]]} ||<ref name=browne-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/489046|title=Professional boxing record: Lucas Browne|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! rowspan="3"|100 | rowspan="3"|[[Anthony Joshua]] || IBF || April 9, 2016 || April 29, 2017 | 386|| {{small|def. [[Dominic Breazeale]] on June 25, 2016}}<br>{{small|def. [[Eric Molina]] on December 10, 2016}}<br>{{small|def. [[Wladimir Klitschko]] on [[Anthony Joshua vs. Wladimir Klitschko|April 29, 2017]]}}<br> || – || ||<ref name=joshua-record/> |- | WBA (Super), and IBF || April 29, 2017 || March 31, 2018 | 337|| {{small|def. [[Carlos Takam]] on October 28, 2017}}<br>{{small|def. [[Joseph Parker (boxer)|Joseph Parker]] on [[Anthony Joshua vs. Joseph Parker|March 31, 2018]]}} || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=joshua-record/> |- | WBA (Super), IBF, WBO || March 31, 2018 || June 1, 2019 | 428|| {{small|def. [[Alexander Povetkin]] on September 22, 2018}} || – || ||<ref name=joshua-record/> |- ! – | [[Ruslan Chagaev]]<br /><small>awarded the title</small> || WBA (Regular) || May 12, 2016 || July 25, 2016 | 75|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|3]]} ||<ref name=chagaev-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/24358|title=Professional boxing record: Ruslan Chagaev|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 101 | [[Joseph Parker (boxer)|Joseph Parker]]<br /><small>def. [[Andy Ruiz Jr.]]</small> || WBO || December 10, 2016 || March 31, 2018 | 477|| {{small|def. [[Răzvan Cojanu]] on May 6, 2017}}<br>{{small|def. [[Hughie Fury]] on [[Joseph Parker vs. Hughie Fury|September 23, 2017]]}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=parker-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/613846|title=Professional boxing record: Joseph Parker|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! – | [[Manuel Charr]]<br /><small>def. [[Alexander Ustinov]]</small> || WBA (Regular) || November 25, 2017 || January 29, 2021 | 1,162|| – || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]} ||<ref name=charr-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/314362|title=Professional boxing record: Manuel Charr|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 102 | [[Andy Ruiz Jr.]] || WBA (Super), IBF, WBO || June 1, 2019 || December 7, 2019 | 190|| – || – || ||<ref name=andy-ruiz-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/489762|title=Professional boxing record: Andy Ruiz Jr.|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 103 | [[Anthony Joshua]] (Second reign) || WBA (Super), IBF, WBO || December 7, 2019 || September 25, 2021 | 659|| {{small|def. [[Kubrat Pulev]] on [[Anthony Joshua vs. Kubrat Pulev|December 12, 2020]]}} || – || ||<ref name=joshua-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/659461|title=Professional boxing record: Anthony Joshua|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! 104 | [[Tyson Fury]] (Second reign) || WBC || February 22, 2020 || present | {{age in days|February 22 2020}} || {{small|def. [[Deontay Wilder]] on [[Tyson Fury vs. Deontay Wilder III|October 9, 2021]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Dillian Whyte]] on [[Tyson Fury vs. Dillian Whyte|April 23, 2022]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Derek Chisora]] on [[Tyson Fury vs Derek Chisora III|December 3, 2022]]}} || ''The Ring'' || ||<ref name=fury-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/479205|title=Professional boxing record: Tyson Fury|access-date=March 20, 2020}}</ref> |- ! – | [[Trevor Bryan]]<br /><small>def. [[Bermane Stiverne]]</small> || WBA (Regular) || January 29, 2021 || June 11, 2022 | {{age in days|January 29 2021|June 11 2022}} || {{small|def. Jonathan Guidry on January 29, 2022}}<br> || – || ^{[[#Footnotes|1]]},^{[[#Footnotes|26]]} ||<ref name=bryan-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/584916|title=Professional boxing record: Trevor Bryan|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> |- ! 105 | [[Oleksandr Usyk]] || WBA (Super), IBF, WBO || September 25, 2021 || present | {{age in days|September 25 2021}} || {{small|def. [[Anthony Joshua]] on [[Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua II|August 20, 2022]]}}<br>{{small|def. [[Daniel Dubois (boxer)|Daniel Dubois]] on [[Oleksandr Usyk vs Daniel Dubois|August 26, 2023]]}} || ''The Ring''<br>{{small|def. [[Anthony Joshua]] on [[Oleksandr Usyk vs. Anthony Joshua II|August 20, 2022]]}} || ||<ref name=usyk-record>{{Cite web|url=https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/659772|title=Professional boxing record: Oleksandr Usyk|access-date=October 10, 2021}}</ref> |- ! – | [[Daniel Dubois (boxer)|Daniel Dubois]]|| WBA (Regular) || June 11, 2022 || August 26, 2023 | 441 || {{small|def. [[Kevin Lerena]] on December 3, 2022}}<br> || – || || |- ! – | [[Manuel Charr]] ||WBA (Regular) || August 31, 2023|| present || {{age in days|September 1 2023}} ||{{small|Reinstated by legal appeal}} || − || || <ref name=charr-champion-again>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxingscene.com/mahmoud-charr-reinstated-wba-regular-heavyweight-titlist-ordered-next-face-jarrell-miller--177390|title=Mahmoud Charr Reinstated As WBA 'Regular' Heavyweight Titlist, Ordered To Next Face Jarrell Miller|access-date=September 3, 2023}}</ref> |} ===Footnotes=== <div style="font-size:smaller;"> # Won vacant championship title. # Voluntarily relinquished championship title. # Championship recognition withdrawn by sanctioning organization upon his refusal to fight an opponent of the organization's designation. # In 1882, Sullivan defeated [[Paddy Ryan]] to win the bare-knuckle championship of America. A lack of legitimate challengers elsewhere gradually resulted in Sullivan earning worldwide recognition. On August 29, 1885, he defeated [[Dominick McCaffrey]] in a bout described as "the Marquess of Queensberry glove contest for the championship of the world." # Corbett announced his retirement from boxing in 1895, nominating Steve O'Donnell as his successor. As tradition demanded the title be won in the ring, O'Donnell was matched against [[Peter Maher (boxer)|Peter Maher]] on November 11, 1895, at [[Maspeth]], New York. Maher won via first-round knockout, but the public generally didn't accept Maher and Maher himself expressed a desire to fight Corbett for the "real" title. In Maher's next bout, [[Bob Fitzsimmons]] defeated him via first-round knockout on February 21, 1896. Fitzsimmons in turn was defeated by [[Tom Sharkey]] of [[Dundalk]] on December 2, 1896, in a contest billed as for the heavyweight title. Corbett announced his return to the ring shortly thereafter, at which time the championship claims of Maher, Fitzsimmons, and Sharkey were for the most part dismissed. Sharkey's title claims lapsed when he was defeated by Jeffries in May 1898. # Jeffries announced his retirement, relinquishing the title and promoting a match between [[Marvin Hart]] and [[Jack Root]] for the championship. Jeffries returned to the ring to challenge [[Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]]. # The British [[National Sporting Club]] withdrew its recognition of Johnson as champion when he refused to defend his title against the British champion [[William Hague (boxer)|William "Iron" Hague]]. The NSC matched Hague with Canadian [[Sam Langford]] for its title on May 24, 1909. Langford won via fourth-round knockout but never pursued a championship claim. # Schmeling earned championship recognition by defeating [[Jack Sharkey]] by controversial disqualification. The [[New York (state)|New York State Athletic Commission]] withdrew its recognition of Schmeling when he refused to grant Sharkey an immediate rematch. The NYSAC did not recognize a champion until Sharkey defeated Schmeling in 1932. # In late 1934, the [[International Boxing Union (1913–1946)|International Boxing Union]] (IBU) ordered Baer to defend his title against European champion [[Pierre Charles (boxer)|Pierre Charles]] of Belgium. When Baer refused, the IBU sanctioned a bout between Charles and American [[George Godfrey (boxer born 1897)|George Godfrey]] for their title on October 2, 1935. Godfrey won via fifteen-round decision but never pursued a championship claim. The IBU ultimately recognized Baer's successor [[James J. Braddock]] as champion. # Two months after Louis' retirement announcement, the [[European Boxing Union|International Boxing Union]] sanctioned a bout between British champion [[Bruce Woodcock (boxer)|Bruce Woodcock]] and American [[Lee Savold]] for its version of the title. The bout was not staged until June 1950, however, due to delays caused by injuries suffered by Woodcock in an automobile accident. Meanwhile, [[Ezzard Charles]] defeated [[Jersey Joe Walcott]] to win the vacant [[World Boxing Association|National Boxing Association]] championship title. Savold defeated Woodcock in four rounds to win the IBU title, while Charles gained [[New York (state)|New York State Athletic Commission]] recognition and wide public acclaim as champion upon defeating former champion [[Joe Louis]] in September 1950. On June 15, 1951, Joe Louis defeated Savold via sixth-round knockout, after which the IBU withdrew its recognition of Savold and proclaimed Ezzard Charles as champion. # Following Marciano's retirement, Patterson was matched against [[Tommy Hurricane Jackson|Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson]] in a championship eliminator on June 8, 1956. Winning via controversial split decision, Patterson then faced light heavyweight titleholder [[Archie Moore]] for the vacant title. Upon defeating Moore, Patterson fought (and defeated) Jackson a second time on July 29, 1957. # The [[World Boxing Association]] withdrew their championship recognition of Clay (by then known as Muhammad Ali) upon agreeing to an immediate rematch against former champion [[Sonny Liston]], in violation of WBA rules. The newly founded [[World Boxing Council]] and other sanctioning groups continued to recognize Ali as champion. # The [[World Boxing Association]], [[World Boxing Council]], [[New York (state)|New York State Athletic Commission]] and others withdrew their championship recognition of Ali following his refusal to be inducted into the [[United States Army]] subsequent to his conscription. # To fill its vacant championship title, the [[World Boxing Association]] organized a single-elimination tournament involving eight of their ranked contenders ([[Joe Frazier]], who was ranked No. 2, declined to participate): [[Oscar Bonavena]], [[Jimmy Ellis (boxer)|Jimmy Ellis]], [[Leotis Martin]], [[Karl Mildenberger]], two-time former champion [[Floyd Patterson]], [[Jerry Quarry]], [[Thad Spencer]], and former WBA champion [[Ernie Terrell]]. In first round matches, Ellis defeated Martin, Quarry defeated Patterson, Spencer defeated Terrell, and Bonavena defeated Mildenberger. In the semi-finals, Ellis defeated Bonavena while Quarry defeated Spencer; and Ellis defeated Quarry for the championship title. Frazier, meanwhile, was matched against [[Buster Mathis]] for a championship recognized by the [[New York (state)|New York State Athletic Commission]] together with the commissions of Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania. Similar "world" championship recognition was bestowed upon him by the Texas Athletic Commission following a victory over Dave Zyglewicz on April 22, 1969. # Frazier defeated Ellis to unify the heavyweight championship, but did not gain World public acclaim as champion until defeating [[Muhammad Ali]] on March 8, 1971. # In an unprecedented move, upon withdrawing its recognition of [[Leon Spinks]] as champion, the [[World Boxing Council]] immediately recognized [[Ken Norton]] as champion, based on an earlier victory over [[Jimmy Young (boxer)|Jimmy Young]]. As a condition of being named champion, Norton was ordered to face the WBC's new mandatory challenger, [[Larry Holmes]] within 120 days. # Holmes relinquished his [[World Boxing Council]] championship and accepted championship recognition bestowed by the newly organized [[International Boxing Federation]]. # Following its 1978 precedent, upon withdrawing championship recognition from Riddick Bowe, the [[World Boxing Council]] immediately awarded championship recognition to [[Lennox Lewis]], on the basis of his victory in an October 31, 1992 "championship eliminator" over [[Donovan Ruddock]]. # Following its withdrawal of recognition from [[George Foreman]], the [[International Boxing Federation]] sanctioned a December 9, 1995, match between [[Francois Botha]] and [[Axel Schulz]] for its championship. Botha won the bout by split decision, but the bout result and Botha's championship title were vacated after Botha's post-fight drug test revealed he had taken illegal [[anabolic steroids]]. A subsequent bout between Schulz and [[Michael Moorer]] was sanctioned for the IBF championship. # Upon defeating [[John Ruiz]], [[Roy Jones Jr.]] simultaneously held the [[World Boxing Association]]'s heavyweight and light heavyweight titles. At his request, the WBA suspended its rule prohibiting simultaneous title holding. It later declared Jones its "Champion in Recess," and sanctioned a December 13, 2003, bout between Ruiz and [[Hasim Rahman]] for its "interim" championship. Ruiz won the bout. On February 20, 2004, Jones relinquished his heavyweight title to resume boxing as a light heavyweight, at which point Ruiz was elevated to full championship recognition. On April 30, 2005, Ruiz was defeated by [[James Toney]] in a championship defense, but post-fight drug testing determined Toney had taken [[Nandrolone]], an [[anabolic steroid]]. The bout's result was subsequently changed to a "no contest," whereupon the WBA reinstated Ruiz as champion. # Following repeated injuries to champion [[Vitali Klitschko]], the [[World Boxing Council]] sanctioned an August 13, 2005, bout between [[Hasim Rahman]] and [[Monte Barrett]] for its "interim" championship. Rahman won the bout, and when Klitschko relinquished his title three months later, the WBC elevated Rahman to full championship recognition. # Following repeated injuries which prevented him from defending his title, the [[World Boxing Association]] designated Chagaev a "Champion in Recess," sanctioning an August 30, 2008, bout between former champions [[John Ruiz]] and [[Nikolai Valuev]] for its "interim" title; a bout won by Valuev. Upon his recovery however, Chagaev opted to face [[Wladimir Klitschko]] rather than Valuev, whereupon the WBA withdrew championship recognition. # The [[World Boxing Association]] modified its championship structure, creating a new "Super Champion" status to be awarded to champions who hold multiple titles simultaneously. Now subordinated to this was the status of "World Champion," commonly referred to as the "Regular" champion. The organization then sanctioned a bout between Povetkin and former champion [[Ruslan Chagaev]] for this "regular" title. Povetkin's reign as the WBA's "regular champion" ended upon a loss to "Super Champion" [[Wladimir Klitschko]], at which point the "regular" title was vacant. # Browne defeated [[Ruslan Chagaev]] for the [[World Boxing Association]]'s "regular" championship title, but Browne subsequently tested positive for [[Clenbuterol]], a banned substance. Following confirmation of the positive result, the WBA withdrew its recognition of Browne's "regular" championship. # On October 29, 1877, a fight between British fighters [[Tom Allen (boxer)|Tom Allen]] and Tompkin Gilbert at the [[Sadler's Wells Theatre]], London was billed as for the World heavyweight title under [[Marquess of Queensberry Rules]]. Allen won in seven rounds. # Bryan was due to fight Manuel Charr on January 29, 2021, for the WBA Regular championship, but Charr was unable to attain the right visa to come to the US, where the fight was to be held. Due to the long period of inactivity, Charr was stripped of the title and Bryan fought Bermane Stiverne for the now vacant title instead. </div> ==List of combined reigns== {{Main|World heavyweight boxing championship records and statistics}} ''As of September 25, 2021''. Keys: :{{Color box|#B2FFFF|border=darkgray}} Active title reign :{{Color box|transparent|border=darkgray}} Reign has ended :WBO heavyweight title bouts before August 1997 are not included<ref name="wbotitlebouts">Several IBHOF inductees’ professional boxing records printed in the organization's official record books indicate that IBHOF did not recognize WBO as a major organization until at least August 23, 1997: * IBHOF official record book, 1997 edition ** [[Sugar Ray Leonard]]'s opponent [[Thomas Hearns]], who was defending the WBO super middleweight title against him on 12 June 1989, is not marked as World Champion * IBHOF official record book, 1999 edition ** Sugar Ray Leonard's opponent Thomas Hearns, who was defending the WBO super middleweight title against him on 12 June 1989, is not marked as World Champion * IBHOF official record book, 2002 edition ** Sugar Ray Leonard's opponent Thomas Hearns, who was defending the WBO super middleweight title against him on 12 June 1989, is not marked as World Champion * IBHOF official record book, 2006 edition ** Sugar Ray Leonard's opponent Thomas Hearns, who was defending the WBO super middleweight title against him on 12 June 1989, is not marked as World Champion ** [[Michael Carbajal]]'s opponent [[Josue Camacho]], who was defending the WBO junior flyweight title against him on 15 July 1994, is not marked as World Champion ** Michael Carbajal's opponent [[Jorge Arce]], who was defending the WBO junior flyweight title against him on 31 July 1999, is marked as World Champion * IBHOF official record book, 2011 edition ** Sugar Ray Leonard's opponent Thomas Hearns, who was defending the WBO super middleweight title against him on 12 June 1989, is not marked as World Champion ** Michael Carbajal's opponent Josue Camacho, who was defending the WBO junior flyweight title against him on 15 July 1994, is not marked as World Champion ** [[Ricardo Lopez (boxer)|Ricardo Lopez]]'s opponent [[Alex Sanchez (boxer)|Alex Sanchez]], who was defending the WBO minimumweight title against him on 23 August 1997, is marked as World Champion ** Michael Carbajal's opponent Jorge Arce, who was defending the WBO junior flyweight title against him on 31 July 1999, is marked as World Champion</ref> {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Pos.</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Name</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Combined reign</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Days as champion</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Number of reigns</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Title recognition</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Cumulative title wins</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Opponents beaten</span> |- | 1. || [[Wladimir Klitschko]]|| 12 years, 0 months, 0 days || align="center" |4 382 || align="center" |2 || WBA, IBF, WBO|| align="center" |25 ||align="center" |23 |- | 2. || [[Joe Louis]] || 11 years, 8 months, 8 days || align="center" |4 270 || align="center" |1|| NYSAC, NBA|| align="center" |27 ||align="center" |22 |- | 3. || [[Muhammad Ali]] || 9 years, 5 months, 5 days || align="center" |3 443|| align="center" |3 || NYSAC, WBA, WBC|| align="center" |22 ||align="center" |21 |- | 4. || [[Lennox Lewis]] || 8 years, 5 months, 13 days || align="center" |3 086 || align="center" |3|| WBA, WBC, IBF|| align="center" |15 ||align="center" |15 |- | 5. || [[Vitali Klitschko]] || 7 years, 5 months, 28 days || align="center" |2 735 || align="center" |3|| WBC, WBO|| align="center" |15 ||align="center" |15 |- | 6. || [[Larry Holmes]] || 7 years, 3 months, 12 days || align="center" |2 661 || align="center" |1|| WBC, IBF|| align="center" |20 ||align="center" |20 |- | 7. || [[Jack Dempsey]] || 7 years, 2 months, 19 days || align="center" |2 638|| align="center" |1|| NYSAC, NBA|| align="center" |6 ||align="center" |6 |- | 8. || [[John L. Sullivan]] || 7 years, 0 months, 10 days || align="center" |2 566|| align="center" |1 || Universal|| align="center" |5 ||align="center" |5 |- | 9. || [[Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]] || 6 years, 3 months, 11 days || align="center" |2 292|| align="center" |1 || Universal|| align="center" |6 ||align="center" |6 |- | 10. || [[Evander Holyfield]] || 6 years, 1 month, 1 day || align="center" |2 223 || align="center" |4 || WBA, WBC, IBF|| align="center" |11 ||align="center" |10 |- | 11. || [[James J. Jeffries]] || 5 years, 11 months, 4 days || align="center" |2 156 || align="center" |1 || Universal|| align="center" |8 ||align="center" |6 |- | 12. || [[Deontay Wilder]] || 5 years, 1 month, 5 days|| align="center" |1 859|| align="center" |1 || WBC || align="center" | 10 ||align="center" |8 |- | 13. || [[Anthony Joshua]] || 4 years, 11 months, 17 days || align="center" |1 806 || align="center" |2 || WBA, IBF, WBO|| align="center" |9 || align="center" |9 |- | 14. || [[Joe Frazier]] || 4 years, 10 months, 18 days || align="center" |1 785 || align="center" |1 || NYSAC, WBA, WBC|| align="center" |10 ||align="center" |10 |- | 15. || [[Floyd Patterson]] || 4 years, 10 months, 0 days || align="center" |1 765 || align="center" |2 || NYSAC, NBA|| align="center" |8 ||align="center" |7 |- | 16. || [[James J. Corbett]] || 4 years, 6 months, 10 days || align="center" |1 652 || align="center" |1 || Universal|| align="center" |2 ||align="center" |2 |- | 17. || [[Jess Willard]] || 4 years, 2 months, 29 days || align="center" |1 551 || align="center" |1 || Universal|| align="center" |2 ||align="center" |2 |- | 18. || [[Chris Byrd]] || 3 years, 10 months, 22 days || align="center" |1 421 || align="center" |2 || IBF, WBO || align="center" |5 ||align="center" |5 |- | 19. || [[Mike Tyson]] || 3 years, 10 months, 16 days || align="center" |1 415 || align="center" |2 || WBA, WBC, IBF || align="center" |12 ||align="center" |11 |- | 20. || [[John Ruiz]] || 3 years, 9 months, 21 days || align="center" |1 390 || align="center" |2 || WBA || align="center" |4 ||align="center" |4 |- |} ==List of individual reigns== The list includes ''The Ring'' belt. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not apply. Keys: :{{Color box|#B2FFFF|border=darkgray}} Active Title Reign :{{Color box|transparent|border=darkgray}} Reign has ended :The WBO heavyweight title bouts before August 1997 are not included {| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Pos.</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Name</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Title Reign</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Title recognition</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Successful Defenses</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Opponents beaten</span> |- | 1. || [[Joe Louis]] || 11 years, 8 months, 8 days || Universal|| align="center" | 26 ||align="center" |21 |- | 2. || [[Wladimir Klitschko]] || 9 years, 7 months and 6 days || IBF (+WBA, WBO, ''The Ring'')|| align="center" |18 ||align="center" |17 |- | 3. || [[Larry Holmes]] || 7 years, 3 months, 12 days || WBC-to-IBF (+''The Ring'')|| align="center" | 19 ||align="center" |19 |- | 4. || [[Jack Dempsey]] || 7 years, 2 months, 19 days || Universal|| align="center" |5 ||align="center" |5 |- | 5. || [[John L. Sullivan]] || 7 years, 0 months, 9 days || Universal|| align="center" |5 ||align="center" |5 |- | 6. || [[Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]] || 6 years, 3 months, 10 days || Universal|| align="center" |6 ||align="center" |6 |- | 7. || [[Muhammad Ali]] || 5 years, 11 months, 9 days || ''The Ring'', (+WBA, WBC stripped)|| align="center" |9 ||align="center" |9 |- | 8. || [[James J. Jeffries]] || 5 years, 11 months, 4 days || Universal|| align="center" |7 ||align="center" |6 |- | 9. || [[Vitali Klitschko]] || 5 years, 2 months, 4 days || WBC|| align="center" |9 ||align="center" |9 |- | 10. || [[Deontay Wilder]] || 5 years, 1 month, 5 days || WBC || align="center" | 10 ||align="center" |8 |- | 11. || [[Joe Frazier]] || 4 years, 10 months, 18 days || NYSAC (+WBA, WBC)|| align="center" |9 ||align="center" |9 |- | 12. || [[James J. Corbett]] || 4 years, 6 months, 10 days || Universal|| align="center" |1 ||align="center" |1 |- | 13. || [[Jess Willard]] || 4 years, 2 months, 29 days || Universal|| align="center" |1 ||align="center" |1 |- | 14. || [[Lennox Lewis]] || 4 years, 2 months, 15 days || WBC (+IBF, WBA stripped, ''The Ring'')|| align="center" |9 ||align="center" |8 |- | 15. || [[Rocky Marciano]] || 3 years, 11 months, 29 days || Universal|| align="center" |6 ||align="center" |5 |- | 16. || [[Chris Byrd]] || 3 years, 4 months, 8 days || IBF|| align="center" |4 ||align="center" |4 |- | 17. || [[Mike Tyson]] || 3 years, 2 months, 20 days || WBC (+WBA, IBF, ''The Ring'')|| align="center" |9 ||align="center" |9 |- | 18. || [[Anthony Joshua]] || {{Age in years, months and days|2016|04|09|2019|06|01}} || IBF (+WBA, WBO)|| align="center" |6 || align="center" |6 |- | 19. || [[George Foreman]] || 3 years, 0 months, 17 days || (+WBA, IBF stripped)|| align="center" |2 ||align="center" |2 |- | 20. || [[Evander Holyfield]] || 3 years, 0 months, 4 days || WBA (+IBF)|| align="center" |4 ||align="center" |4 |- |} ==By country== [[File:Map of countries, number of current and former world heavyweight boxing champions per country.png|thumb|350px|Map of countries, number of current and former world heavyweight boxing champions per country (as of October 2021). Note: interim titles and secondary belts are not included]] {|class="wikitable sortable" |- ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Country</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Total</span> ! style="background: #D1EEEE; background: black;« width=»10%" |<span style="color:yellow">Boxers by Name</span> |- |style="white-space:nowrap;"|United States |align=center|55 |align=left|[[John L. Sullivan]], [[James J. Corbett]], [[James J. Jeffries]], [[Marvin Hart]], [[Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]], [[Jess Willard]], [[Jack Dempsey]], [[Gene Tunney]], [[Jack Sharkey]], [[Max Baer (boxer)|Max Baer]], [[James J. Braddock]], [[Joe Louis]], [[Ezzard Charles]], [[Lee Savold]], [[Jersey Joe Walcott]], [[Rocky Marciano]], [[Floyd Patterson]], [[Sonny Liston]], [[Muhammad Ali]], [[Ernie Terrell]], [[Joe Frazier]], [[Jimmy Ellis (boxer)|Jimmy Ellis]], [[George Foreman]], [[Leon Spinks]], [[Ken Norton]], [[Larry Holmes]], [[John Tate (boxer)|John Tate]], [[Mike Weaver (boxer)|Mike Weaver]], [[Michael Dokes]], [[Tim Witherspoon]], [[Pinklon Thomas]], [[Greg Page (boxer)|Greg Page]], [[Tony Tubbs]], [[Michael Spinks]], [[Mike Tyson]], [[James Smith (boxer)|James Smith]], [[Tony Tucker]], [[Buster Douglas]], [[Evander Holyfield]], [[Ray Mercer]], [[Michael Moorer]], [[Riddick Bowe]], [[Tommy Morrison]], [[Michael Bentt]]*, [[Oliver McCall]], [[Bruce Seldon]], [[Chris Byrd]], [[John Ruiz]], [[Hasim Rahman]], [[Roy Jones Jr.]], [[Lamon Brewster]], [[Shannon Briggs]], [[Deontay Wilder]], [[Charles Martin (boxer)|Charles Martin]], [[Andy Ruiz Jr.]] |- |United Kingdom |align=center|9 |align=left|[[Bob Fitzsimmons]], [[Lennox Lewis]]*, [[Michael Bentt]]*, [[Herbie Hide]], [[Frank Bruno]], [[Henry Akinwande]], [[David Haye]], [[Tyson Fury]], [[Anthony Joshua]] |- |Canada |align=center|4 |align=left|[[Lennox Lewis]]*, [[Tommy Burns (Canadian boxer)|Tommy Burns]], [[Trevor Berbick]]*, [[Bermane Stiverne]] |- |Russia |align=center|3 |align=left|[[Nikolai Valuev]], [[Oleg Maskaev]], [[Sultan Ibragimov]] |- |Ukraine |align=center|3 |align=left|[[Vitali Klitschko]], [[Wladimir Klitschko]], [[Oleksandr Usyk]] |- |Italy |align=center|2 |align=left|[[Primo Carnera]], [[Francesco Damiani]] |- |South Africa |align=center|2 |align=left|[[Gerrie Coetzee]], [[Corrie Sanders]] |- |Germany | align="center" |1 | align="left" |[[Max Schmeling]] |- |Sweden |align=center|1 |align=left|[[Ingemar Johansson]] |- |Belarus |align=center|1 |align=left|[[Siarhei Liakhovich]] |- |Uzbekistan |align=center|1 |align=left|[[Ruslan Chagaev]] |- |Nigeria |align=center|1 |align=left|[[Samuel Peter]] |- |New Zealand |align=center|1 |align=left|[[Joseph Parker (boxer)|Joseph Parker]]* |- |Jamaica |align=center|1 |align=left|[[Trevor Berbick]]* |- |Samoa |align=center|1 |align=left|[[Joseph Parker (boxer)|Joseph Parker]]* |- |} ==See also== * [[World heavyweight boxing championship records and statistics]] * [[List of Olympic medalists in boxing#Heavyweight|List of Olympic medalists in heavyweight boxing]] * [[List of WBA world champions#Heavyweight|List of WBA heavyweight world champions]] * [[List of WBA female world champions#Heavyweight|List of WBA female heavyweight world champions]] * [[List of WBC world champions#Heavyweight|List of WBC heavyweight world champions]] * [[List of WBC female world champions#Heavyweight|List of WBC female heavyweight world champions]] * [[List of IBF world champions#Heavyweight|List of IBF heavyweight world champions]] * [[List of IBF female world champions#Heavyweight|List of IBF female heavyweight world champions]] * [[List of WBO world champions#Heavyweight|List of WBO heavyweight world champions]] * [[List of WBO female world champions#Heavyweight|List of WBO female heavyweight world champions]] * [[List of British world boxing champions]] ==Further reading== * {{cite book |last1=Florio|first1=John|last2=Shapiro|first2=Ouisie|title= One Punch from the Promised Land: Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title|year=2013 |publisher=Lyons Press |isbn=978-0-7627-8300-7|pages=279}} ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} == Sources == * {{cite book | author=Arnold, Peter | title= Encyclopedia of Boxing | publisher= WH Smith Books | location=London | year = 1989 | isbn=1-85435-200-8}} * [http://www.boxingtitlefights.com/ Boxing Title Fights] * [http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/NBA_World_Heavyweight_Champion NBA World Heavyweight Champion - BoxRec] * [http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/NYSAC_World_Heavyweight_Champion NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion – BoxRec] * [http://boxrec.com The BoxRec – Boxing's Official Record Keeper] * [http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Main_Page The BoxRec Wiki Encyclopedia] * [https://archive.org/details/TheBoxingRegisterInternationalBoxingHallOfFameOfficialRecordBook The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall Of Fame Official Record Book] (archive) {{World boxing champions}} [[Category:Lists of world boxing champions|Heavyweight champions]] [[Category:World heavyweight boxing champions| ]] [[Category:World boxing champions by weight class]]'