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At boxing's beginning, the heavyweight division had no weight limit, and historically the weight class has gone with vague or no definition.During the 19th century many heavyweights were 170 pounds (12 st 2 lb, 77 kg) or less, though others weighed considerably more.
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.
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and certifies world champions in 18 different weight classes .
2.1 Heavyweight (224 lbs+ ... This is a list of current men's professional boxing rankings, ... List of current world boxing champions;
Usyk was the first undisputed heavyweight champion since Lennox Lewis was stripped of the title on 12 April 2000, [2] and the first heavyweight in history to hold the world titles of all four major sanctioning bodies—the WBA (Super version), WBC, International Boxing Federation (IBF), and WBO—in the "four-belt era". [3]
Champion Record Defenses Heavyweight: Joseph Parker: 34–3 (23 KO) 0 Bridgerweight: vacant: Cruiserweight: Yamil Peralta: 16–1 (9 KO) 1 Light heavyweight: Willy Hutchinson: 16–1 (12 KO) 0 Super middleweight: Ivan Zucco 18–0 (15 KO) 1 Middleweight: Fiodor Czerkaszyn: 26-1 (15 KO) 0 Super welterweight: Ermal Hadribeaj: 17–0–1 (7 KO) 3 ...
This is a list of IBO world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Organization (IBO) since 1993. r – Champion relinquished title s – Champion stripped of title
As of 2024, Wladimir Klitschko holds records of beating the most boxers for the world heavyweight title, with 23, and the longest cumulative heavyweight title reign of all time, with 4,382 days as world heavyweight champion. [nb 1] Joe Louis has won the most world heavyweight title bouts, with 27, [8] and had the most consecutive title defenses ...