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Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, Michael Spinks and Marvis Frazier. Boxing in the 1980s was filled with important fights, events and personalities that shaped the sport. [1] Boxing in the 1980s was shaped by many different situations, such as the continuous corporate battles between the different world sanctioning organizations, the void left by Muhammad Ali as the sport's ambassador and consequent ...
28 Jan 1978 – 1 Nov 1980 8 Argüello vacates the title to move up to lightweight. The title is declared vacant on WBC's ranking released on 1 November. [103] 10 Rafael Limón (def. Idelfonso Bethelmy) 11 Dec 1980 – 8 Mar 1981 0 11 Cornelius Boza-Edwards: 8 Mar – 29 Aug 1981 1 12 Rolando Navarrete: 29 Aug 1981 – 29 May 1982 1 13 Rafael ...
Beginning with boxer Pat Bradley, is a chronological widely recognized List of World Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA)
The following is a list of European Boxing Union champions. ... 22 April 1980: 1 British Lucien Rodriguez 26 November 1981: 6 French Steffen Tangstad: 9 November 1984: 0
List of Commonwealth Boxing Council champions is a table showing the Commonwealth champions certificated by the Commonwealth Boxing Council (CBC). The CBC is also affiliated with the WBC. v — Champion vacated title. s — Champion stripped of title. (n) — where 'n' is the number of occasions the title has been won.
30 Nov 1979 – 20 Jun 1980 1 42 Roberto Durán: 20 Jun – 25 Nov 1980 0 43 Sugar Ray Leonard (2) 25 Nov 1980 – 9 Nov 1982 2 Leonard retires for the first time due to an eye injury. [37] 44 Donald Curry (def. Milton McCrory) 6 Dec 1985 – 27 Sep 1986 1 45 Lloyd Honeyghan: 27 Sep 1986 – 27 Oct 1987 3 46 Jorge Vaca: 27 Oct 1987 – 29 Mar ...
31 March 1980 25 November 1980 Marvin Camel: Universal Camel and Mate Parlov fought to a draw in the first Cruiserweight championship bout on 12 August 1979, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council. Camel won the rematch to become champion.
1980 – Matthew Saad Muhammad KO 14 Yaqui Lopez II; 1981 – Sugar Ray Leonard TKO 14 Thomas Hearns I; 1982 – Bobby Chacon UD 15 Rafael Limon IV; 1983 – Bobby Chacon W 12 Cornelius Boza-Edwards II; 1984 – José Luis Ramírez KO 4 Edwin Rosario II; 1985 – Marvelous Marvin Hagler TKO 3 Thomas Hearns; 1986 – Stevie Cruz W 15 Barry McGuigan