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2 Rocky Marciano [3] [6] 49–0–0 Heavyweight World 1952–1956 6 Terry Marsh [3] [4] 26–0–1 Light welterweight IBF 1987 1 Retired from boxing due to epilepsy. Floyd Mayweather Jr. [7] 50–0–0 Super featherweight WBC 1998–2002 8 Vacated title to move up to lightweight. Lightweight WBC, The Ring: 2002–2004 3 Vacated title to move up ...
In time, each organization would have its own spin-off sanctioning organization break from its ranks: the United States Boxing Association, which disassociated with the WBA in the late 1970s and became the International Boxing Federation in 1983, and the World Boxing Organization, whose members would split from the WBC in 1988.
18 Feb 1969 – 3 Mar 1970 1 7 Ismael Laguna (2) 3 Mar – 16 Sep 1970 1 Laguna's undisputed status ended when he was stripped of the WBC title. [63] 8 Ken Buchanan (def. Rubén Navarro) 12 Feb – 25 Jun 1971 0 Buchanan's undisputed status ended when he was stripped of the WBC title for failing to defend it against Pedro Carrasco. [64] 9 ...
Map of countries, number of beaten opponents in world heavyweight boxing championship fights reached by country citizen - undisputed champion (July 2, 1921-present), lineal champion (August 29, 1885–July 2, 1921), The Ring champion; as of December 2022.
1. On Oct. 1, 1975, heavyweights Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier met for the third and final time in Manila, Philippines, of all places. It turned out to be, in my view, the greatest fight in boxing ...
10 May 1935 – 3 Sep 1936 1 9 Lou Ambers: 3 Sep 1936 – 17 Aug 1938 2 10 Henry Armstrong: 17 Aug 1938 – 22 Aug 1939 1 11 Lou Ambers (2) 22 Aug 1939 – 10 May 1940 0 12 Lew Jenkins: 10 May 1940 – 19 Dec 1941 1 13 Sammy Angott: 19 Dec 1941 – 13 Nov 1942 1 Angott retires. [47] 14 Ike Williams (def. Bob Montgomery) 4 Aug 1947 – 25 May ...
There are now four major sanctioning bodies in professional boxing. 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 ...
17 Sep 2005 – 3 Feb 2007 1 18 Julio Díaz (2) 3 Feb – 13 Oct 2007 1 19 Juan Díaz: 13 Oct 2007 – 8 Mar 2008 0 20 Nate Campbell: 8 Mar 2008 – 13 Feb 2009 0 Campbell was stripped of his unified IBF and WBO world titles after failing to make weight the day before his fight against Ali Funeka. [75] 21 Miguel Vázquez (def. Kim Ji-Hoon)