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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 first of the current organizations to award a world title was the World Boxing Association (WBA), then known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), when it sanctioned its first title fight in 1921 between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier for the world heavyweight championship.
WBC/lineal heavyweight champion Tyson Fury dropped from seventh to 10th in Yahoo Sports' boxing pound-for-pound rankings after a disappointing effort against Francis Ngannou
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
The title was vacated on IBF's December 1986 ratings posted on 12 December. [105] 4 Lee Seung-hoon (def. Prayurasak Muangsurin) 18 Jan 1987 – 23 Mar 1988 3 Lee is forced to vacate the title when the IBF stops promoting fights in South Korea. Lee was ranked on WBC's March 1988 ratings posted on 23 March, meaning that he had already vacated the ...
Claressa Shields has made boxing history on Sunday night, as she became the first-ever undisputed women's heavyweight champion after defeating Danielle Perkins.
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. The list only includes title reigns during which the champion: