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Sullivan would be defeated for the title by "Gentleman" Jim Corbett over 21 rounds on September 7, 1892, the first heavyweight titleholder solely under Queensberry rules. In 1920, a de facto minimum weight for a heavyweight was set at 175 pounds (12 st 7 lb, 79 kg) with the standardization of a weight limit for the light heavyweight division.
held at least two major world heavyweight titles [25] [26] [27] simultaneously; defeated a fighter that either had to drop his own world title prior to the fight due to organization's championship policy or would become world heavyweight champion while the winner's reign was still active; As of February 19, 2025.
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 ...
Any fighter weighing more than 175 pounds was a heavyweight. The cruiserweight division (first for boxers in the 175–190 pound range) was established in 1979 and recognized by the various boxing organizations in the 1980s with a maximum weight of either 190 pounds (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) or 195 pounds (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb).
It is all here in this series: This is the history of heavyweight championship – every one of the main players. At the very start of 1970 Muhammad Ali was still in boxing exile, Joe Frazier was ...
Toney opted to stay at heavyweight. The title is vacated on IBF's January 2004 rankings posted on 11 February. [9] 15 Kelvin Davis (def. Ezra Sellers) 1 May 2004 – 9 Feb 2005 0 Davis was stripped of the title after a fight with O'Neil Bell scheduled for 5 February 2005 was cancelled. [10] 16 O'Neil Bell (def. Dale Brown) 20 May 2005 – 6 Apr ...
The following tables show the professional boxers listed in the latest top-10 pound for pound world rankings published by each of: The Ring magazine; Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA — men only) Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB — men only) ESPN; BoxRec
Light-heavyweight Jon Jones’ career has been overshadowed by indiscretions in and out of the ring (Getty Images) Jon Jones (27-1, 1 No Contest; 10 KO/TKOs, 7 submissions, 10 decisions)