List of North American Heavyweight Champions (Boxing)
This list of North American heavyweight champions provides an overview of all North American heavyweight champions in chronological order since 1969:
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No. | North American champions | From | To | Number of title defenses |
1 | Leotis Martin | 6th December 1969 | 2nd February 1970 | 0 |
2 | Muhammad Ali | 7th December 1970 | 8: March 1971 | 0 |
3 | George Foreman | May 0, 1971 | 20th July 1971 | 0 |
4th | Muhammad Ali (2) | July 26, 1971 | March 31, 1973 | 5 |
5 | Ken Norton | March 31, 1973 | September 10, 1973 | 0 |
6th | Muhammad Ali (3) | September 10, 1973 | October 30, 1974 | 1 |
7th | Ken Norton | March 24, 1975 | 20th January 1976 | 0 |
8th | George Foreman (2) | January 24, 1976 | March 17, 1977 | 1 |
9 | Leroy Jones | 19th August 1978 | 20th October 1979 | 0 |
10 | Lynn Ball | March 13, 1981 | January 30, 1982 | 0 |
11 | Michael Dokes | January 30, 1982 | December 10, 1982 | 1 |
12 | Tim Witherspoon | September 29, 1983 | March 9, 1984 | 0 |
13 | James Broad | 23rd August 1984 | April 29, 1985 | 0 |
14th | Tim Witherspoon (2) | April 29, 1985 | 17th January 1986 | 1 |
15th | Larry Alexander | April 10, 1987 | November 25, 1987 | 0 |
16 | Orlin Norris | November 25, 1987 | 17th February 1990 | 6th |
17th | Bert Cooper | 17th February 1990 | 5th August 1990 | 0 |
18th | Ray Mercer | 5th August 1990 | January 11, 1991 | 0 |
19th | Orlin Norris (2) | April 30, 1991 | June 3, 1991 | 0 |
20th | Tony Tucker | June 3, 1991 | 1st December 1992 | 1 |
21st | Alex Garcia | December 8, 1992 | March 1, 1994 | 4th |
22nd | Joe Hipp | March 1, 1994 | March 9, 1995 | 1 |
23 | Alexander Zolkin | March 21, 1995 | May 1, 1996 | 2 |
24 | Tony Tucker | June 26, 1996 | December 1996 | 0 |
25th | John Ruiz | January 14, 1997 | January 15, 1999 | 3 |
26th | Michael Grant | January 30, 1999 | April 29, 2000 | 1 |
27 | Robert Davis | April 29, 2000 | August 15, 2000 | 0 |
28 | Clifford Etienne | September 9, 2000 | March 6, 2001 | 0 |
29 | Obed Sullivan | May 20, 2001 | September 2, 2001 | 0 |
30th | Fres Oquendo | September 2, 2001 | April 13, 2002 | 0 |
31 | David Tua | April 13, 2002 | March 29, 2003 | 0 |
32 | Joe Mesi | June 24, 2003 | September 19, 2003 | 0 |
33 | Eliezer Castillo | September 19, 2003 | April 17, 2004 | 1 |
34 | DaVarryl Williamson | April 17, 2004 | October 2, 2004 | 0 |
35 | Samuel Peter | 4th December 2004 | September 24, 2005 | 1 |
36 | Wladimir Klitschko | September 24, 2005 | April 22, 2006 | 0 |
37 | Samuel Peter (2) | April 28, 2006 | May 5, 2007 | 2 |
38 | Hasim Rahman | June 14, 2007 | June 2, 2008 | 1 |
39 | Travis Walker | June 2, 2008 | November 29, 2008 | 0 |
40 | Chris Arreola | November 29, 2008 | September 26, 2009 | 1 |
41 | Johnathon Banks | March 20, 2010 | May 1, 2012 | 3 |
42 | Tony Grano | June 23, 2012 | April 27, 2013 | 0 |
43 | Eric Molina | April 27, 2013 | October 12, 2013 | 0 |
44 | Andy Ruiz | November 24, 2013 | December 10, 2016 | 5 |