List of cruiserweight boxing champions

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This is a chronological List of World Cruiserweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition
31 March 1980 25 November 1981 Marvin Camel Universal (WBC)
Camel and Mate Parlov fought to a draw in the first Cruiserweight championship bout on August 12, 1979, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council. Camel won the rematch to become champion. Since the WBC was the only sanctioning body to recognize a Cruiserweight division at the time, he is considered by some as an undisputed champion.
25 November 1980 27 June 1982 Carlos De Leon Universal (WBC)
13 February 1982 1 December 1984 Ossie Ocasio WBA
Ocasio defeated Robbie Williams in the first Cruiserweight championship bout sanctioned by the World Boxing Association.
26 June 1982 17 July 1983 S.T. Gordon WBC
17 July 1983 6 June 1985 Carlos De Leon WBC
13 February 1983 6 October 1984 Marvin Camel IBF
Just as he had done with the WBC title, Camel became the first champion in the division crowned by the International Boxing Federation, defeating Roddy McDonald to win the title.
6 October 1984 25 October 1986 Lee Roy Murphy IBF
1 December 1984 27 July 1985 Piet Crous WBA
6 June 1985 21 September 1985 Alfonso Ratliff WBC
27 July 1985 12 July 19861 Dwight Braxton WBA
21 September 1985 22 March 1986 Bernard Benton WBC
22 March 1986 9 April 1988 Carlos De Leon WBC
12 July 1986 15 May 1987 Evander Holyfield WBA
25 October 1986 15 May 1987 Rickey Parkey IBF
15 May 1987 9 April 1988 Evander Holyfield WBA & IBF
Holyfield defeated Parkey to unify the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation titles.
9 April 1988 4 December 19883 Evander Holyfield Universal
Holyfield defeated Carlos De Leon to earn the World Boxing Council championship, making him the division's first truly undisputed champion.
25 March 1989 25 September 19892 Taoufik Belbouli WBA
17 May 1989 27 July 1990 Carlos De Leon WBC
3 June 1989 22 March 1990 Glenn McCrory IBF
27 November 1989 8 March 1991 Robert Daniels WBA
12 March 1989 17 May 1990 Boone Pultz WBO
22 March 1990 27 July 19912 Jeff Lampkin IBF
17 May 1990 1 May 1992 Magne Havnaa3 WBO
27 July 1990 20 July 1991 Massimiliano Duran WBC
8 March 1991 5 August 19932 Bobby Czyz WBA
20 July 1991 7 July 19952 Anaclet Wamba WBC
7 September 1991 30 July 1992 James Warring IBF
25 July 1992 13 February 1993 Tyrone Booze WBO
30 July 1992 30 April 19963 Alfred Cole IBF
13 February 1993 26 June 1993 Markus Bott WBO
26 June 1993 17 December 1994 Nestor Giovannini WBO
6 November 1993 22 July 1995 Orlin Norris WBA
17 December 1994 1 January 19953 Dariusz Michalczewski WBO
10 June 1995 4 October 1997 Ralf Rocchigiani WBO
22 July 1995 8 November 1997 Nate Miller WBA
25 July 1995 21 February 1998 Marcelo Dominguez WBC
31 August 1996 21 June 1997 Adolpho Washington IBF
21 June 1997 8 November 1997 Uriah Grant IBF
4 October 1997 27 March 1999 Carl Thompson WBO
8 November 1997 30 October 1998 Imamu Mayfield IBF
8 November 1997 9 December 2000 Fabrice Tiozzo WBA
21 February 1998 19 February 20023 Juan Carlos Gomez WBC
30 October 1998 5 June 1999 Arthur Williams IBF
27 March 1999 Present Johnny Nelson WBO
5 June 1999 26 April 2003 Vassiliy Jirov IBF
9 December 2000 23 February 2002 Virgil Hill WBA
23 February 2002 7 January 2006 Jean-Marc Mormeck WBA & WBC
12 October 2003 22 April 2005 Wayne Braithwaite WBC
26 April 2003 9 December 20033 James Toney IBF
1 May 2004 20 May 20053 Kelvin Davis IBF
20 May 2005 7 January 2006 O'Neil Bell IBF
7 January 2006 31 March 2006 O'Neil Bell WBA, WBC, & IBF
O'Neil Bell defeated Jean-Marc Mormeck on January 7, 2006, by knockout in round 10, unifying his IBF belt with Mormeck's WBA and WBC making him the second undisputed champion of the division. That distinction lasted just under three months, as the IBF withdrew its recognition of Bell when Bell failed to reach an agreement to fight the organization's mandatory challenger.
31 March 2006 current O'Neil Bell WBA, WBC
26 November 2006 current Krzysztof Włodarczyk IBF

[edit] Footnotes

1 Later known as Dwight Muhammad Qawi.
2 Championship recognition withdrawn due to champion's failure/refusal to defend title against mandatory or designated challenger.
3 Relinquished title.

[edit] Cruiserweight champions who won belts in other divisions

  • Braxton, Michalczewski, Hill, and Tiozzo all were light-heavyweight champions.
  • Holyfield and Toney are the only two former cruiserweight champions to win a piece of the heavyweight title. Toney also won titles at middleweight and super middleweight.

[edit] List of Cruiserweight Champions Prior to 1980

The cruiserweight class was inaugurated by the WBC in 1979, and the belt was to be decided by the winner of a fight between Mate Parlov and Marvin Camel. The bout ended in a draw, and the champion wasn't crowned until their rematch on 31 March 1980, which was won by Camel. The WBA followed suit in 1982, inaugurating their belt in a battle between Ossie Ocasio and Robbie Williams, which was won by Ocasio.

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