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This list of EBU heavyweight boxing champions provides an overview of all EBU heavyweight boxing champions in chronological order since 1909:
List of EBU heavyweight boxing champions
European Boxing Union (EBU)
|
Boxer's name |
Date of title win |
Number of title defenses |
Boxer's nationality
|
William Hague
|
April 19, 1909 |
0
|
United Kingdom 1801 British
|
Georges Carpentier
|
June 1, 1913 |
6th
|
Third French Republic French
|
Battling Siki
|
September 24, 1922 |
0
|
Third French Republic French
|
Erminio Spalla
|
May 20, 1923 |
2
|
Italy 1861 Italian
|
Paulino Uzcudun
|
May 18, 1926 |
0
|
Spain 1875 Spanish
|
Harry Persson
|
June 14, 1926 |
0
|
Sweden Swedish
|
Phil Scott
|
January 27, 1927 |
0
|
United Kingdom 1801 British
|
Paulino Uzcudun
|
July 7, 1928 |
0
|
Spain 1875 Spanish
|
Pierre Charles
|
February 3, 1929 |
8th
|
Belgium Belgian
|
Hein Muller
|
August 30, 1931 |
1
|
German Empire German
|
Pierre Charles
|
May 28, 1932 |
0
|
Belgium Belgian
|
Paulino Uzcudun
|
May 13, 1933 |
0
|
Spain Second Republic Spanish
|
Pierre Charles
|
June 21, 1935 |
1
|
Belgium Belgian
|
Arno Kölblin
|
March 17, 1937 |
0
|
German Reich NS German
|
Heinz Lazek
|
March 4, 1938 |
3
|
Austria Austrian
|
Adolf Heuser
|
March 17, 1939 |
0
|
German Reich NS German
|
Max Schmeling
|
July 2, 1939 |
0
|
German Reich NS German
|
Olle Tandberg
|
May 30, 1943 |
0
|
Sweden Swedish
|
Karel Sys
|
November 11, 1943 |
0
|
Belgium Belgian
|
Bruce Woodcock
|
July 29, 1946 |
2
|
United Kingdom British
|
Jo Weidin
|
June 3, 1950 |
0
|
Austria Austrian
|
Jack Gardner
|
March 27, 1951 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Hein ten Hoff
|
September 23, 1951 |
0
|
Germany Federal Republic German
|
Karel Sys
|
January 12, 1952 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Heinz Neuhaus
|
March 9, 1952 |
4th
|
Germany Federal Republic German
|
Franco Cavicchi
|
June 26, 1955 |
1
|
Italy Italian
|
Ingemar Johansson
|
September 30, 1956 |
2
|
Sweden Swedish
|
Dick Richardson
|
March 27, 1960 |
3
|
United Kingdom British
|
Ingemar Johansson
|
June 17, 1962 |
0
|
Sweden Swedish
|
Henry Cooper
|
February 24, 1964 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Karl Mildenberger
|
17th October 1964 |
6th
|
Germany Federal Republic German
|
Henry Cooper
|
18th September 1968 |
1
|
United Kingdom British
|
Peter Weiland
|
6th December 1969 |
0
|
Germany Federal Republic German
|
Jose Manuel Urtain
|
3rd April 1970 |
1
|
Spain 1945 Spanish
|
Henry Cooper
|
November 10, 1970 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Joe Bugner
|
March 16, 1971 |
1
|
United Kingdom British
|
Jack Bodell
|
September 27, 1971 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Jose Manuel Urtain
|
17th December 1971 |
0
|
Spain 1945 Spanish
|
Jürgen Blin
|
June 9, 1972 |
0
|
Germany Federal Republic German
|
Joe Bugner
|
October 10, 1972 |
4th
|
United Kingdom British
|
Richard Dunn
|
April 6, 1976 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Joe Bugner
|
October 12, 1976 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Jean-Pierre Coopman
|
March 12, 1977 |
0
|
Belgium Belgian
|
Lucien Rodriguez
|
May 7, 1977 |
0
|
France French
|
Alfredo Evangelista
|
September 9, 1977 |
4th
|
Spain 1977 Spanish
|
Lorenzo Zanon
|
April 18, 1979 |
2
|
Italy Italian
|
John L. Gardner
|
April 22, 1980 |
1
|
United Kingdom British
|
Lucien Rodriguez
|
November 26, 1981 |
6th
|
France French
|
Steffen Tangstad
|
November 9, 1984 |
0
|
Norway Norwegian
|
Eklund is different
|
March 9, 1985 |
0
|
Sweden Swedish
|
Frank Bruno
|
October 1, 1985 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Steffen Tangstad
|
April 18, 1986 |
0
|
Norway Norwegian
|
Alfredo Evangelista
|
January 8, 1987 |
0
|
Spain Spanish
|
Eklund is different
|
March 28, 1987 |
0
|
Sweden Swedish
|
Francesco Damiani
|
October 9, 1987 |
2
|
Italy Italian
|
Derek Williams
|
5th December 1989 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Jean-Maurice Chanet
|
3rd February 1990 |
1
|
France French
|
Lennox Lewis
|
October 31, 1990 |
3
|
United Kingdom British
|
Henry Akinwande
|
May 1, 1993 |
2
|
United Kingdom British
|
Željko Mavrović
|
April 11, 1995 |
6th
|
Croatia Croatian
|
Vitali Klitschko
|
October 24, 1998 |
2
|
Ukraine Ukrainian
|
Wladimir Klitschko
|
September 25, 1999 |
1
|
Ukraine Ukrainian
|
Vitali Klitschko
|
November 25, 2000 |
0
|
Ukraine Ukrainian
|
Luan Krasniqi
|
January 5, 2002 |
0
|
Germany German
|
Przemysław Saleta
|
July 20, 2002 |
0
|
Poland Polish
|
Sinan Şamil Sam
|
October 12, 2002 |
2
|
Turkey Turkish
|
Luan Krasniqi
|
February 14, 2004 |
2
|
Germany German
|
Paolo Vidoz
|
June 11, 2005 |
2
|
Italy Italian
|
Vladimir Virchis
|
July 15, 2006 |
1
|
Ukraine Ukrainian
|
Sinan Şamil Sam
|
4th July 2008 |
0
|
Turkey Turkish
|
Matt Skelton
|
December 19, 2008 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Albert Sosnowski
|
December 18, 2009 |
0
|
Poland Polish
|
Audley Harrison
|
April 9, 2010 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Alexander Dimitrenko
|
July 31, 2010 |
2
|
Ukraine Ukrainian
|
Robert Helenius
|
December 3, 2011 |
0
|
Finland Finnish
|
Kubrat Pulew
|
May 5, 2012 |
1
|
Bulgaria Bulgarian
|
Dereck Chisora
|
21st September 2013 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Tyson Fury
|
November 29, 2014 |
0
|
United Kingdom British
|
Erkan Teper
|
17th July 2015 |
0
|
Turkey Turkish
|
Robert Helenius
|
20th December 2015 |
0
|
Finland Finnish
|
Kubrat Pulew
|
May 7, 2016 |
0
|
Bulgaria Bulgarian
|
Agit Kabayel
|
4th February 2017 |
0
|
Germany German
|
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