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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 National Boxing Association (NBA) was organized in 1921 to serve as a regulating authority for boxing in the United States. The prominence of New York City as the epicenter of boxing would lead to its state boxing regulatory body, the New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) joining the NBA in recognizing world champions in each weight class.
The objective of the site is to document every professional boxer and boxing match from the instigation of the Queensberry Rules up to the present times. BoxRec publishes ratings for all active boxers and all-time ratings. [1] Since 2012 the site has hosted Barry Hugman's History of World Championship Boxing.
Boxer Record Weight class (boxing) Title(s) held Championship years Title defenses Notes Jimmy Barry [1] 61–0–10, 1NC Bantamweight World: 1894–1899 6 Fought when the bantamweight category was not fully established. The weight limits in the United States shifted during his career. Joe Calzaghe [2] 46–0–0: Super middleweight WBO: 1997 ...
1921–1963, a boxer who held both the NYSAC and NBA (WBA) world titles simultaneously; 1963–1983, a boxer who held both the WBA and WBC world titles simultaneously; 1983–2007, a boxer who held the WBA, WBC, and IBF world titles simultaneously; 2007–present, a boxer who holds the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO world titles simultaneously [1] [2] [3]
2 Muhammad Ali: 25 Feb 1964 – 6 Mar 1969 9 Ali was stripped of the title due to being suspended for refusing to be inducted in the U.S. Army. [1] 3 Joe Frazier (def. Jimmy Ellis) 16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 1973 4 4 George Foreman: 22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 1974 2 5 Muhammad Ali (2) 30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 1978 10 6 Leon Spinks: 15 Feb – 18 Mar 1978 0
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 ...
Boxing Records; Saddoboxing; Yahoo - Boxing at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-07-14) IBHOF at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-07-06) Cyberboxingzone; Transnational Boxing Rankings Board; Steve Dimitry's Heavyweight Boxing History at the Wayback Machine (archived 2009-10-26) The Top 20 Junior Bantamweights of All-Time/BoxingScene