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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 ...
Below is a list of longest reigning heavyweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Both The Ring and lineal championships are included. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not apply.
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.
Holyfield vacated the title to move up to heavyweight full time. 5 Glenn McCrory (def. Patrick Lumumba) 3 June 1989 – 22 Mar 1990 1 6 Jeff Lampkin: 22 Mar 1990 – 14 Aug 1991 1 IBF coordinator Bill Brennan revealed that Lampkin vacated the title for unknown reasons. [6] 7 James Warring (def. James Pritchard) 7 Sep 1991 – 30 Jul 1992 2 8 Al ...
HBO World Championship Boxing (in later years stylized in its title card as HBO Boxing – World Championship) is an American sports television series on premium television network HBO. It premiered on January 22, 1973, with a fight that saw George Foreman defeat Joe Frazier in Kingston, Jamaica .
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 ...
Corbett could not make weight and relinquished the title (although some sources say he continued to defend the title at a higher weight). Attell was recognized as the best man at the weight and thus was proclaimed champion. [1] 1904-02-01 1912-02-22 Abe Attell: World 1912-02-22 1923-06-02 Johnny Kilbane: World 1923-06-02 1923-07-26 Eugène ...
26 Feb – 3 Dec 1926 1 3 Mickey Walker: 3 Dec 1926 – 19 Jun 1931 3 Walker vacated to move up to heavyweight. [22] 4 Marcel Thil (def. Gorilla Jones) 11 Jun 1932 – 23 Sep 1937 10 Thil retires. 5 Freddie Steele (awarded title) 23 Sep 1937 – 1938 1 Steele stripped of the title. 6 Tony Zale (def. Georgie Abrams) 28 Nov 1941 – 16 Jul 1947 1 7