List of undisputed world boxing champions
This is a list of undisputed champions in professional boxing.
Championship recognition
Titles have been awarded by:
- New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), founded in 1920
- World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA); re-founded in 1962
- World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963
- International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983
- World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988
Criteria
- 1922–1963, a boxer who held both the NYSAC and NBA (WBA) titles simultaneously
- 1963–1983, a boxer who held both the WBA and WBC titles simultaneously
- 1983–2007, a boxer who held the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles simultaneously
- 2007–present, a boxer who holds the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO titles simultaneously[1][2][3]
Heavyweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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July 24, 1922 | September 23, 1926 | NYSAC, NBA | 2 | |
September 23, 1926 | July 31, 1928 | NYSAC, NBA | 2 | |
June 12, 1930 | January 7, 1931 | NYSAC, NBA | 1 | |
June 21, 1932 | June 29, 1933 | NYSAC, NBA | 0 | |
June 29, 1933 | June 14, 1934 | NYSAC, NBA | 1 | |
June 14, 1934 | June 13, 1935 | NYSAC, NBA | 0 | |
June 13, 1935 | June 22, 1937 | NYSAC, NBA | 0 | |
June 22, 1937 | March 1, 1949 | NYSAC, NBA | 26[4] | |
September 27, 1950 | July 18, 1951 | NYSAC, NBA | 4 | |
July 18, 1951 | September 23, 1952 | NYSAC, NBA | 1 | |
September 23, 1952 | April 27, 1956 | NYSAC, NBA | 6 | |
November 30, 1956 | June 26, 1959 | NYSAC, NBA | 4 | |
June 26, 1959 | June 20, 1960 | NYSAC, NBA | 0 | |
June 20, 1960 | September 25, 1962 | NYSAC, NBA | 2 | |
September 25, 1962 | July 22, 1963 | NYSAC, WBA | 1 | |
July 22, 1963 | February 25, 1964 | WBC, WBA | 1 | |
February 25, 1964 | September 19, 1964 | WBC, WBA | 0 | |
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February 6, 1967 | April 28, 1967 | WBC, WBA | 1 | |
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February 16, 1970 | January 22, 1973 | WBC, WBA | 4 | |
January 22, 1973 | October 30, 1974 | WBC, WBA | 2 | |
October 30, 1974 | February 15, 1978 | WBC, WBA | 10 | |
February 15, 1978 | March 18, 1978 | WBC, WBA | 0 | |
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August 1, 1987 | February 11, 1990 | WBC, WBA, IBF | 9 | |
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February 11, 1990 | October 25, 1990 | WBC, WBA, IBF | 0 | |
October 25, 1990 | November 13, 1992 | WBC, WBA, IBF | 3 | |
November 13, 1992 | December 14, 1992 | WBC, WBA, IBF | 0 | |
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November 13, 1999 | April 29, 2000 | WBC, WBA, IBF | 0 | |
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Cruiserweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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April 9, 1988 | 1988 | IBF, WBA, WBC | 0 | |
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January 7, 2006 | 2006 | IBF, WBA, WBC | 0 | |
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July 21, 2018 | March 27, 2019 | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO | 1 | |
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Light heavyweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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June 1, 1963 | March 30, 1965 | WBC, WBA | 2 | |
March 30, 1965 | December 16, 1966 | WBC, WBA | 3 | |
December 16, 1966 | May 24, 1968 | WBC WBA | 2 | |
May 24, 1968 | December 9, 1970 | WBC, WBA | 4 | |
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April 7, 1972 | September 16, 1974 | WBC, WBA | 5 | |
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March 18, 1983 | September 21, 1985 | WBA, WBC, IBF | 4 | |
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June 5, 1999 | September 7, 2002 | WBA, WBC, IBF | 7 | |
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Super middleweight
To date, there have been no undisputed super middleweight champions. The closest the division came to having an undisputed champion was on November 3, 2007, when Joe Calzaghe defeated Mikkel Kessler to unify the WBA (Super), WBC, and WBO titles; the IBF champion at the time was Lucian Bute.
Middleweight
Men's middleweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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August 10, 1963 | December 12, 1963 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
December 12, 1963 | October 21, 1965 | WBA, WBC | 4 | |
October 21, 1965 | April 25, 1966 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
April 17, 1967 | September 29, 1967 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
September 29, 1967 | March 4, 1968 | WBA, WBC | 2 | |
March 4, 1968 | November 7, 1970 | WBA, WBC | 4 | |
November 7, 1970 | February 9, 1974 | WBA, WBC | 9 | |
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June 26, 1976 | July 30, 1977 | WBA, WBC | 1 | |
November 5, 1977 | May 22, 1978 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
May 22, 1978 | June 30, 1979 | WBA, WBC | 2 | |
June 30, 1979 | March 16, 1980 | WBA, WBC | 1 | |
March 16, 1980 | September 27, 1980 | WBA, WBC | 1 | |
September 27, 1980 | April 6, 1987 | WBA, WBC, IBF | 12 | |
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September 29, 2001 | July 16, 2005 | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO | 6 | |
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July 16, 2005 | December 14, 2006 | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO | 0 | |
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Women's middleweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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April 13, 2019 | present | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO | 0 |
Light middleweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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1962-10-20 | 1963-04-29 | WBA, WBC | 2 | |
1963-04-29 | 1963-09-07 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
1963-09-07 | 1965-06-18 | WBA, WBC | 1 | |
1965-06-18 | 1966-06-25 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
1966-06-25 | 1968-05-26 | WBA, WBC | 2 | |
1968-05-26 | 1968-10-25-Stripped | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
1969-03-17 | 1970-07-09 | WBA, WBC | 2 | |
1970-07-09 | 1971-10-31 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
1971-10-31 | 1974-06-04 | WBA, WBC | 6 | |
1974-06-04 | 1975-01-21 | WBA, WBC | 1 | |
1975-01-21 | 1975-03-22 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
March 13, 2004 | November 20, 2004 | WBA, WBC, IBF | 0 | |
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Welterweight
Men's welterweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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March 21, 1963 | June 8, 1963 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
June 8, 1963 | December 10, 1965 | WBA, WBC | 6 | |
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November 28, 1966 | April 18, 1969 | WBA, WBC | 5 | |
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April 18, 1969 | December 3, 1970 | WBA, WBC | 3 | |
December 3, 1970 | June 4, 1971 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
June 4, 1971 | May 1975 | WBA, WBC | 9 | |
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September 16, 1981 | February 15, 1982 | WBA, WBC | 1 | |
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December 6, 1985 | September 27, 1986 | WBA, WBC, IBF | 1 | |
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September 27, 1986 | 1987 | WBA, WBC, IBF | 2 | |
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December 13, 2003 | February 5, 2005 | WBA, WBC, IBF | 2 | |
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February 5, 2005 | January 7, 2006 | WBA, WBC, IBF | 1 | |
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Women's welterweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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September 13, 2014 | present | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO | 10 |
Light welterweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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June 15, 1963 | January 18, 1965 | WBA, WBC | 2 | |
January 18, 1965 | April 29, 1966 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
April 29, 1966 | April 30, 1967 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
April 30, 1967 | November 16, 1967 (Vacated) | WBA, WBC | 1 | |
November 3, 2001 | January 19, 2003 | WBA, WBC, IBF | 2 | |
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August 19, 2017 | August 30, 2017 | WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO | 0 | |
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Lightweight
Men's lightweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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April 7, 1963 | April 10, 1965 | WBA, WBC | 2 | |
April 10, 1965 | November 13, 1965 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
November 13, 1965 | June 29, 1968 | WBA, WBC | 5 | |
June 29, 1968 | February 18, 1969 | WBA, WBC | 1 | |
February 18, 1969 | March 3, 1970 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
March 3, 1970 | September 15, 1970 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
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February 12, 1971 | June 25, 1971 | WBA, WBC | 1 | |
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January 21, 1978 | January 1979 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
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August 11, 1990 | January 18, 1992 | WBA, WBC, IBF | 3 | |
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Women's lightweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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June 1, 2019 | Present | WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF. | 0 |
Super featherweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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February 16, 1963 | June 15, 1967 | WBA, WBC | 5 | |
June 15, 1967 | December 14, 1967 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
December 14, 1967 | January 19, 1969 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
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Featherweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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March 21, 1963 | September 26, 1964 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
September 26, 1964 | October 14, 1967 | WBA, WBC | 7 | |
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Bantamweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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September 11, 1962 | May 18, 1965 | WBA, WBC | 2 | |
May 18, 1965 | February 27, 1968 | WBA, WBC | 4 | |
February 27, 1968 | August 22, 1969 | WBA, WBC | 3 | |
August 22, 1969 | October 16, 1970 | WBA, WBC | 2 | |
October 16, 1970 | April 2, 1971 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
April 2, 1971 | March 19, 1972 | WBA, WBC | 2 | |
March 19, 1972 | July 29, 1972 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
July 29, 1972 | April 14, 1973 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
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Super flyweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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July 5, 1984 | March 30, 1986 | WBA, WBC | 3 | |
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Flyweight
Reign began | Reign ended | Champion | Recognition | Title defenses |
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September 18, 1963 | January 23, 1964 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
January 23, 1964 | April 23, 1965 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
April 23, 1965 | November 1965 | WBA, WBC | 0 | |
See also
References
- Compare
"WBC Bantamweight Ratings (incl. WBO)". WBC. Archived from the original on August 3, 2004. Retrieved November 15, 2008. and
"WBC Bantamweight Ratings (excl. WBO)". WBC. Archived from the original on February 4, 2004. Retrieved November 15, 2008. -
"IBF/USBA Rules Governing Championship Contests" (PDF). IBF. May 2006. pp. 10–11. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
For the purpose of unification of titles, the Champions of the World Boxing Association ('WBA') and the World Boxing Council ('WBC') may be designated as 'elite contenders' and may be permitted to fight for the unified title. Unification bouts with other organizations will be considered on a case to case basis.
- "IBF Ratings". IBF. February 2007. Archived from the original on February 2, 2007. Retrieved November 15, 2008.
- "Joe Louis, p. 575" (pdf). The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall Of Fame Official Record Book. International Boxing Hall Of Fame. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
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