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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 .
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 ...
The official rules and regulations of the WBA, [1] World Boxing Council (WBC), [2] International Boxing Federation (IBF), [3] and World Boxing Organization (WBO) [4] all recognize each other in their rankings and title unification rules. Each of these organizations sanction and regulate championship bouts and award world titles.
Drozd is declared champion in recess due to injury. [14] 23 Tony Bellew (def. Ilunga Makabu) 29 May 2016 – 28 Mar 2017 1 Bellew was stripped of the title and named Emeritus champion after moving up to heavyweight. [15] 24 Mairis Briedis (def. Marco Huck) 1 Apr 2017 – 27 Jan 2018 1 25 Oleksandr Usyk: 27 Jan 2018 – 4 Jun 2019 2
May 11, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020 0 16 Jeison Rosario: Jan 18, 2020 – Apr 1, 2020 r: 0 17 Erislandy Lara (2) Aug 29, 2020 – Sep 1, 2021 r: 0 18 Sam Eggington. Jun 25, 2022 – Oct 8 2022 0 19 Dennis Hogan. Oct 8, 2022 – May 20, 2023 0 20 JJ Metcalf. May 20, 2023 – present 0
The boxing press accepted the new weight division and Root was accepted as the inaugural world champion. Jack Root was defeated in his first title defense against George Gardner (boxer) , who was considered the most thrilling fighter in the division, and the first undisputed Light - Heavyweight Champion of the World.
This is a list of IBF world champions, showing every world champion recognized by the International Boxing Federation (IBF). The IBF is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and has awarded world champions in 17 different weight classes since 1983.
June 26 - Interim IBF champion Daniel Dubois is elevated to full heavyweight champion after Oleksandr Usyk vacates the belt to have a rematch with Tyson Fury rather than face his mandatory Dubois. June 28 - Lamont Roach Jr. stops Feargal McCrory in the eighth round to retain the WBA super-featherweight title