List of heavyweight boxing champions

Heavyweight boxing champion: Universal, NYSAC, NBA / WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, IBO and The Ring Magazine 1885–2016

This list of heavyweight boxing world champions provides an overview of all boxing world champions of the NBA association (the NBA was renamed WBA in 1962 ), the former NYSAC association , the four recognized and currently active world associations ( WBC , WBA , IBF , WBO ) and all of them universal world heavyweight champion in chronological order. The WBA super champions are listed both in chronological order and in a separate list. The status of the super champion of the WBA is ranked higher than that of the regular. Therefore, the WBA super champion is the actual world champion. The WBO has only been one of the major associations since 2007.

Universal / NYSAC / NBA / WBA / WBC / IBF / WBO

The Greatest

The Brown Bomber

Black Uhlan of the Rhine

The Easton Assassin

The real deal

The Lion

Smokin 'Joe

Big George

Iron Mike

Dr. Steelhammer and Dr. Iron fist

The Gypsy King

The bronze bomber

AJ

1. John L. Sullivan ; 1885-1892 universal
2. James J. Corbett ; 1892-1897 universal
3. Bob Fitzsimmons ; 1897-1899 universal
4. James J. Jeffries ; 1899-1905 universal
5. Marvin Hart ; 1905-1906 universal
6. Tommy Burns ; 1906-1908 universal
7. Jack Johnson ; 1908-1915 universal
8. Jess Willard ; 1915-1919 universal
9. Jack Dempsey ; 1919-1926 universal; 1921-1926 NBA ; 1922-1926 NYSAC
10. Gene Tunney ; 1926-1928 universal, NBA & NYSAC
11. Max Schmeling ; 1930-1931 NYSAC; 1930-1932 NBA & Universal
12. Jack Sharkey ; 1932-1933 universal, NBA & NYSAC
13. Primo Carnera ; 1933-1934 universal & NYSAC
14. Max Baer ; 1934-1935 universal, NBA & NYSAC
15. James J. Braddock ; 1935-1937 universal, NBA & NYSAC
16. Joe Louis ; 1937-1949 universal, NBA & NYSAC
17. Ezzard Charles ; 1949-1951 universal and NBA; 1950-1951 NYSAC
18. Jersey Joe Walcott ; 1951-1952 universal, NBA & NYSAC
19. Rocky Marciano ; 1952-1956 universal, NBA & NYSAC
20. Floyd Patterson ; 1956-1959 universal, NBA & NYSAC; 1960–1962 universal NBA and NYSAC
21. Ingemar Johansson ; 1959-1960 universal, NBA & NYSAC
22. Sonny Liston ; 1962-1964 universal, NYSAC & WBA ; 1963-1964 WBC
23. Muhammad Ali ; 1964 WBA; 1964-1967 NYSAC; 1964-1969 WBC; 1967 WBA; 1974-1988 WBA & WBC; 1978-1979 WBA
24. Ernie Terrell ; 1965-1967 WBA
25. Jimmy Ellis ; 1968-1970 WBA
26. Joe Frazier ; 1968-1970 NYSAC; 1970-1973 WBA & WBC
27. George Foreman ; 1973-1974 WBA & WBC; 1994-1995 IBF & WBA
28. Leon Spinks ; 1978 WBC & WBA
29. Ken Norton ; 1978 WBC
30. Larry Holmes ; 1978-1983 WBC; 1983-1985 IBF
31. John Tate ; 1979-1980 WBA
32. Mike Weaver ; 1980-1982 WBA
33. Michael Dokes ; 1982-1983 WBA
34. Gerrie Coetzee ; 1983-1984 WBA
35. Tim Witherspoon ; 1984 WBC; 1986 WBA
36. Pinklon Thomas ; 1984-1986 WBC
37. Greg Page ; 1984-1985 WBA
38. Tony Tubbs ; 1985-1986 WBA
39. Michael Spinks ; 1985-1987 IBF
40. Trevor Berbick ; 1986 WBC
41. Mike Tyson ; 1986-1990 WBC; 1987-1990 IBF & WBA; 1996 WBC & WBA
42. James Smith ; 1986-1987 WBA
43. Tony Tucker ; 1987 IBF
44. Francesco Damiani ; 1989-1991 WBO
45. James "Buster" Douglas ; 1990 IBF, WBA & WBC
46. Evander Holyfield ; 1990-1992 IBF, WBA & WBC; 1993-1994 IBF & WBA; 1996-1999 WBA; 1997-1999 IBF; 2000-2001 WBA
47. Ray Mercer ; 1991 WBO
48. Michael Moorer ; 1992-1993 WBO; 1994 IBF & WBA; 1996-1997 IBF
49. Riddick Bowe ; 1992-1993 WBC, WBA & IBF; 1995 WBO
50. Tommy Morrison ; 1993 WBO
51. Michael Bentt ; 1993-1994 WBO
52. Lennox Lewis ; 1992-1994 WBC; 1997-2001 WBC; 1999-2000 WBA; 1999-2001 IBF; 2001-2002 IBF; 2001-2004 WBC
53. Herbie Hide ; 1994-1995 WBO; 1997-1999 WBO
54. Oliver McCall ; 1994-1995 WBC
55. Bruce Seldon ; 1995-1996 WBA
56. Frank Bruno ; 1995-1996 WBC
57. Henry Akinwande ; 1996-1997 WBO
58. Vitali Klitschko ; 1999-2000 WBO; 2004-2005 WBC; 2008-2013 WBC
59. Chris Byrd ; 2000 WBO; 2002-2006 IBF
60. Wladimir Klitschko ; 2000-2003 WBO; 2006-2015 IBF; 2008-2015 WBO; 2011-2015 WBA (super)
61. John Ruiz ; 2001-2003 WBA; 2004-2005 WBA
62. Hasim Rahman ; 2001 IBF & WBC; 2005-2006 WBC
63. Roy Jones Jr .; 2003-2004 WBA
64. Corrie Sanders ; 2003 WBO
65. Lamon Brewster ; 2004-2006 WBO
66. Nikolai Valuev ; 2005-2007 WBA; 2008-2009 WBA
67. Syarhej Lyachowitsch ; 2006 WBO
68. Oleg Maskayev ; 2006-2008 WBC
69. Shannon Briggs ; 2006-2007 WBO
70. Ruslan Chagayev ; 2007-2009 WBA; 2014–2016 WBA (regular)
71. Sultan Ibragimov ; 2007-2008 WBO
72. Samuel Peter ; 2008 WBC
73. David Haye ; 2009-2011 WBA
74. Alexander Powetkin ; 2011–2013 WBA (regular)
75. Bermane Stiverne ; 2014-2015 WBC
76. Deontay Wilder ; 2015-2020 WBC
77. Tyson Fury ; 2015 IBF; 2015–2016 WBO & WBA (great) ; since 2020 WBC
78. Charles Martin ; 2016 IBF
79. Anthony Joshua ; 2016–2019 IBF; 2017–2019 WBA (super); 2018-2019 WBO; since 2019 IBF, WBA (super) & WBO
80. Joseph Parker ; 2016-2018 WBO
81. Manuel Charr ; since 2017 WBA (regular)
82. Andy Ruiz ; 2019 WBA (great) , IBF & WBO

WBA super champions

1. Wladimir Klitschko ; 2011-2015
2. Tyson Fury ; 2015-2016
3. Anthony Joshua ; 2017–2019, since 2019
4. Andy Ruiz ; 2019

See also

• List of fights for world heavyweight boxing titles

Web links

• WBC Heavyweight Champion
• WBA Heavyweight Champion
• IBF Heavyweight Champion
• WBO Heavyweight Champion
• WBA Heavyweight Super champion
• The Ring Magazine Champions
• The Ring Magazine Champions

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joshua's compatriot owned the belts of WBA, IBF and WBC, at that time the WBO was not yet part of the illustrious circle. She has only been there since 2007. Since then, the undisputed champion has had four titles.