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Haney is declared champion in recess after injuring his right shoulder. [99] 46 Devin Haney (2) (reinstated) [100] 22 Apr 2020 – 1 Aug 2023 6 Haney is declared champion in recess after opting to challenge for the WBC super lightweight title. [101] 47 Shakur Stevenson (def. Edwin De Los Santos) 16 Nov 2023 – present 2
Deontay Leshun Wilder (/ ˈ w aɪ l d ər /; born October 22, 1985) is an American professional boxer.He held the World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight title from 2015 to 2020. By winning the title, Wilder became the first American world heavyweight champion since 2007, which was the longest period of time in boxing history without an American heavyweight champion.
As an amateur, Usyk won heavyweight gold medals at the 2011 World Championships and 2012 Olympics while accumulating a record of 335 wins and 15 losses. He turned professional in 2013, winning his first world title in 2016.
During Klitschko's reign as world heavyweight champion, his fights would reportedly generate up to 500 million viewers worldwide. [c] Klitschko holds records for the longest cumulative heavyweight title reign of all time, with 4,382 days as world heavyweight champion, and most fighters beaten for the world heavyweight championship, at 23.
Lennox Claudius Lewis (born 2 September 1965) is a boxing commentator and former professional boxer who competed in the heavyweight division from 1989 to 2003. He was a three-time world champion, a two-time lineal champion, and held the undisputed championship.
The Iowa Gold burger pictured Monday, April 29, 2024 at the Wilder in downtown Iowa City, Iowa.
On January 26, 2017, Washington became a front runner to land a fight against WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder (37-0, 36 KOs) at the Legacy Arena in Birmingham, Alabama, on February 25 on Fox. This came after Wilder's original opponent for the fight, Polish boxer Andrzej Wawrzyk , tested positive for stanozolol , an anabolic steroid ...
Wilder then had a rematch with Luis Ortiz (31–1, 26 KOs) on November 23, 2019, and won by seventh-round KO. [12] Both Fury and Wilder called each other out after their fights, and the rematch was officially announced on December 27, 2019, for February 22, 2020 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. [13]