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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.
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 ...
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 20, 2025.
Light heavyweight – 5 7 5 6 7 Errol Spence Jr. 28–1 (22 KO) ... Women's top 10 rankings Boxer Record Weight class Current world title(s) Ranker The Ring [6]
The lower limit for "heavyweight" was established in 1948 at 81 kg. When a new limit of 91+ kg was established in 1984, the name "heavyweight" was kept by the 81+ kg class, and the 91+ kg class was named "super heavyweight", a name not currently used in professional boxing. Classes are as follows: [16]
Spinks, who had won the IBF heavyweight title the previous month against Larry Holmes, was stripped of the WBC light heavyweight title due to the WBC's policy against fighters holding world titles in multiple divisions at the same time. [21] 13 J. B. Williamson (def. Prince Mama Mohammed) 10 Dec 1985 – 30 Apr 1986 0 14 Dennis Andries
In fact, the now-36-year-old Aldo was unbeaten in 10 years prior to that famous result in 2015. While his record was patchy thereafter (6-6), up until his retirement in 2022, all of those bouts ...
Moorer vacated the title so that he could be ranked by other sanctioning bodies. [2] 4 Tommy Morrison (def. George Foreman) 7 Jun – 29 Oct 1993 1 5 Michael Bentt: 29 Oct 1993 – 19 Mar 1994 0 6 Herbie Hide: 19 Mar 1994 – 11 Mar 1995 0 7 Riddick Bowe: 11 Mar 1995 – 5 May 1996 1 Bowe was stripped of the title when he rejected Don King's ...