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On February 20, 2004, Jones relinquished his heavyweight title to resume boxing as a light heavyweight, at which point Ruiz was elevated to full championship recognition. On April 30, 2005, Ruiz was defeated by James Toney in a championship defense, but post-fight drug testing determined Toney had taken Nandrolone , an anabolic steroid .
This is a list of current male world boxing champions. ... and Georges Carpentier for the world heavyweight championship. ... champion 35–3 (23 KO) March 8, 2024
For the first time in decades, there seem to be 25 or more heavyweight attractions. It was a great year, and 2025 could be even better Thanks to a sparkling 2024, heavyweight is boxing’s glamour ...
The list does not include The Ring and lineal championship fights after July 2, 1921, although it only includes heavyweight champions that captured undisputed championship (July 2, 1921–present), lineal championship (August 29, 1885–July 2, 1921) or The Ring championship. As of 26 May 2024.
2024 schedule. The BBC is not responsible for any changes to dates and fixtures. 21 December. Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury 2 (WBA, WBO & WBC heavyweight titles)
The fight crowned the first undisputed heavyweight champion in the modern era since Lennox Lewis in 2000, as well as the first in the four-belt era. In addition to the four sanctioned belts, special commemorative belts were made specifically for the fight on 18 May 2024. Queensbury Promotions made a special edition belt for the undisputed ...
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...
Rivas is declared champion in recess after suffering an injury. [9] 2 Lukasz Rozanski (def. Alen Babić) 22 Apr 2023 – 24 May 2024 0 3 Lawrence Okolie: 24 May – 8 Oct 2024 0 Okolie vacated the title to move up to heavyweight. [10] 4 Kevin Lerena (interim champion promoted) 8 Oct 2024 – present 0