List of undisputed boxing champions

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This is a list of current and past undisputed champions of boxing.

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983, and
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988.

Contents 1 Heavyweight 2 Cruiserweight 3 Light Heavyweight 4 Super Middleweight 5 Middleweight 6 Junior Middleweight 7 Welterweight 8 Junior Welterweight 9 Lightweight 10 Super Featherweight 11 Featherweight 12 Super Bantamweight 13 Bantamweight 14 Super Flyweight 15 Flyweight 16 Junior Flyweight 17 Minimumweight 18 External links

[edit] Heavyweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
February 25, 1964	June 19, 1964	Muhammad Ali	WBC, WBA
Ali relinquished the WBA title in June 1964, after refusing to fight the WBA's mandatory challenger.
March 8, 1971	January 22, 1973	Joe Frazier	WBC, WBA
Despite Ali's exile he was still recognized as champion by the WBC, Frazier unified his WBA belt with Ali's WBC title by defeating him in their first bout
January 22, 1973	October 30, 1974	George Foreman	WBC, WBA
October 30, 1974	February 15, 1978	Muhammad Ali	WBC, WBA
February 15, 1978	March 18, 1978	Leon Spinks	WBC, WBA
Leon Spinks stripped of the WBA belt for defending against Muhammad Ali, who was not their #1 contender
August 1, 1987	February 11, 1990	Mike Tyson	IBF, WBA & WBC
Mike Tyson became the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion by unifying his WBA, WBC, with Tony Tucker's IBF belt
February 11, 1990	October 25, 1990	James Douglas	IBF, WBA & WBC
October 25, 1990	November 13, 1992	Evander Holyfield	IBF, WBA & WBC
November 13, 1992	December 14, 1992	Riddick Bowe	IBF, WBA & WBC
Bowe was stripped of his WBC championship for refusing to fight Lennox Lewis.
November 13, 1999	April 29, 2000	Lennox Lewis	IBF, WBA & WBC
Lennox Lewis became the next undisputed champion by defeating Evander Holyfield, successfully unifiying his WBC belt, with Holyfield's WBA and IBF belt. Lewis would later get stripped of his WBA belt for refusing to fight John Ruiz

[edit] Cruiserweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
April 16, 1988	1988	Evander Holyfield	IBF, WBA & WBC
Evander Holyfield became the first undisputed Cruiserweight Champion by defeating Carlos De Leon, to unify his WBA and IBF belts with De Leon's WBC belt. He relinquished all the belts after moving up to the Heavyweight division.
January 7, 2006	March 31, 2006	O'Neil Bell	IBF, WBA & WBC
O'Neil Bell unifies his IBF belt with Jean Marc Mormeck's WBA and WBC belt to become the second undisputed champion of the division's history. He was later stripped for not agreeing to fight the IBF's #1 challenger Steve Cunningham.
March 8, 2008	May 12, 2008	David Haye	WBC, WBA, & WBO
David Haye TKO'd Enzo Maccarinelli in the second round to win Maccarinelli's WBO belt; after the fight he said his next fight would be in the heavyweight division, in an attempt to emulate his predecessor and the first undisputed cruiserweight champion, Evander Holyfield. On May 12, 2008, Haye vacated the WBC cruiserweight title.

[edit] Light Heavyweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
June 1, 1963	March 30, 1965	Willie Pastrano	WBC WBA
March 30, 1965	December 16, 1966	Jose Torres	WBC WBA
December 16, 1966	May 24, 1968	Dick Tiger	WBC WBA
May 24, 1968	October 17, 1974	Bob Foster	WBC WBA
March 18, 1983	September 21, 1985	Michael Spinks	WBA, WBC, IBF
Michael Spinks unified the title by defeating Dwight Muhammad Qawi. He later added the IBF title to his undisputed recognition. He vacated all of the belts after moving to the heavyweight division.
June 5, 1999	March 1, 2003	Roy Jones Jr.	WBA, WBC, IBF
Roy Jones Jr. unified the title after defeating Reggie Johnson for his IBF belt, successfully unifying his WBA and WBC belts. Jones relinquished his titles after he moved to the heavyweight division.

[edit] Super Middleweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
November 3, 2007	Current	Joe Calzaghe	WBA WBC WBO

[edit] Middleweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
August 10, 1963	December 12, 1963	Dick Tiger	WBA WBC
December 12, 1963	October 21, 1965	Joey Giardello	WBA WBC
October 21, 1965	April 17, 1967	Emile Griffith	WBA WBC
April 17, 1967	September 29, 1967	Nino Benvenuti	WBA WBC
September 29, 1967	March 4, 1968	Emile Griffith	WBA WBC
March 4, 1968	November 7, 1970	Nino Benvenuti	WBA WBC
November 7, 1970	February 9, 1974	Carlos Monzon	WBA WBC
May 25, 1974	June 26, 1976	Rodrigo Valdez	WBA WBC
June 26, 1976	July 30, 1977	Carlos Monzon	WBA WBC
May 22, 1978	June 30, 1979	Hugo Corro	WBA WBC
June 30, 1979	March 16, 1980	Vito Antuofermo	WBA WBC
March 16, 1980	September 27, 1980	Alan Minter	WBA WBC
September 27, 1980	June 6, 1987	Marvin Hagler	WBA WBC IBF
Hagler was recognized as the inaugural IBF champion, adding the belt to his undisputed status. He lost the IBF and WBA belt recognitions after deciding to fight Sugar Ray Leonard. He lost the WBC belt after losing to Leonard.
September 29, 2001	July 16, 2005	Bernard Hopkins	WBA WBC IBF WBO
Bernard Hopkins became the undisputed champion after defeating Felix Trinidad in a Middleweight tournament to successfully unify the WBC WBA and IBF belts. He later added the WBO to his undisputed status after defeating Oscar de la Hoya, becoming the first man to ever hold all four titles simultaneously.
July 16, 2005	December 14, 2006	Jermain Taylor	WBA WBC IBF WBO
Taylor lost his IBF belt for taking a rematch against Hopkins instead of fighting the IBF #1 challenger Arthur Abraham. He officially lost his undisputed status after being stripped of his WBA belt on December 14, 2006

[edit] Junior Middleweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
1962-10-20	1963-04-29	Denny Moyer	WBA/WBC
1963-04-29	1963-09-07	Ralph Dupas	WBA/WBC
1963-09-07	1965-06-18	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA/WBC
1965-06-18	1966-06-25	Nino Benvenuti	WBA/WBC
1966-06-25	1968-05-26	Ki Soo Kim	WBA/WBC
1968-05-26	1968-10-25-Stripped	Sandro Mazzinghi	WBA/WBC
1969-03-17	1970-07-09	Freddie Little	WBA/WBC
1970-07-09	1971-10-31	Carmelo Bossi	WBA/WBC
1971-10-31	1974-06-04	Koichi Wajima	WBA/WBC
1974-06-04	1975-01-21	Oscar Albarado	WBA/WBC
1975-01-21	1975-01-21	Koichi Wajima	WBA/WBC
March 13, 2004	November 20, 2004	Winky Wright	WBA,WBC,IBF
Winky Wright became the first undisputed champion of the light middleweight division after unifying his IBF belt with Sugar Shane Mosley's WBA and WBC belts. Wright lost the IBF belt for taking a rematch against Mosley.

[edit] Welterweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
March 21, 1963	June 8, 1963	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	WBA WBC
June 8, 1963	December 10, 1965	Emile Griffith	WBA WBC
Emile Griffith relinquished the title after moving to the middleweight division.
November 28, 1966	April 18, 1969	Curtis Cokes	WBA WBC
Cokes reunited the titles after defeating Jean Josselin.
April 18, 1969	December 3, 1970	Jose Napoles	WBA WBC
December 3, 1970	June 4, 1971	Billy Backus	WBA WBC
June 4, 1971	May 1975	Jose Napoles	WBA WBC
Napoles gave up the WBA belt after rematching Armando Muniz.
September 16, 1981	February 15, 1982	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBA WBC
Sugar Ray Leonard unified his WBA with Thomas Hearns's WBC in a legendary showdown to become the first undisputed champ in seven years. Leonard later relinquished the title after retiring from boxing because of a detached retina in his eyes.
December 6, 1985	September 27, 1986	Donald Curry	WBA WBC IBF
Donald Curry unified his WBA and IBF titles with Milton McCrory's WBC title to become the next undisputed champ.
September 27, 1986	1987	Lloyd Honeyghan	WBA WBC IBF
Honeyghan later relinquished the WBA title
December 13, 2003	February 5, 2005	Cory Spinks	WBA WBC IBF
Spinks won the undisputed title by unifying his IBF belt with Ricardo Mayorga's WBC and WBA belts.
February 5, 2005	January 7, 2006	Zab Judah	WBA WBC IBF
Judah defeated Spinks to become the next undisputed champion. He lost the undisputed status after losing to Carlos Baldomir. Despite being recognized as the "true" welterweight champion, Baldomir wins only the WBC belt because of not paying sanctioning fees for the IBF and WBA . The WBA relinquished Judah as its champion, while the IBF still recognized Judah. Judah later lost the IBF title after losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr..

[edit] Junior Welterweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
1963-03-21	1963-06-15	Roberto Cruz	WBA WBC
1963-06-15	1965-01-18	Eddie Perkins	WBA WBC
1965-01-18	1966-04-29	Carlos Hernandez	WBA WBC
1966-04-29	1967-04-30	Sandro Lopopolo	WBA WBC
1967-04-30	1967-11-16-Vacated	Takeshi Fuji	WBA WBC
November 3, 2001	January 19, 2003	Kostya Tszyu	WBA WBC IBF
Kostya Tszyu became the undisputed junior welterweight champ after defeating Zab Judah to successfully unify his WBA and WBC belt with Judah's IBF belt. Tszyu was stripped of the WBA and WBC titles because of extended inactivity due to training injuries and lost his IBF belt to Ricky Hatton.

[edit] Lightweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
April 7, 1963	April 10, 1965	Carlos Ortiz	WBA WBC
April 10, 1965	November 13, 1965	Ismael Laguna	WBA WBC
November 13, 1965	June 29, 1968	Carlos Ortiz	WBA WBC
June 29, 1968	February 18, 1969	Carlos Cruz	WBA WBC
February 18, 1969	March 3, 1970	Mando Ramos	WBA WBC
March 3, 1971	1971	Ken Buchanan	WBA WBC
Buchanan gave up the WBC title after a contractual dispute, although he is still recognized as the true champion.
January 21, 1978	January 1979	Roberto Duran	WBA WBC
Duran, the WBA champion, won the undisputed title after defeating WBC Champion Estaban De Jesus. Duran gave up the titles after moving up to the welterweight division.
August 11, 1990	January 18, 1992	Pernell Whitaker	WBA WBC IBF
Whitaker, the unified IBF and WBC champion, won Juan Nazario's WBA belt becoming the undisputed champ . Whitaker relinquished all of the belts after moving to the junior welterweight division.
October 13, 2007	March 8, 2008	Juan Díaz	WBA IBF WBO
March 8, 2008	-	Nate Campbell	WBA IBF WBO

[edit] Super Featherweight

• Flash Elorde (WBA,WBC)
• Yoshiaki Numata　(WBA,WBC)
• Hiroshi Kobayashi　(WBA,WBC)

[edit] Featherweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
March 21, 1963	September 26, 1964	Sugar Ramos	WBA WBC
September 26, 1964	October 14, 1967	Vicente Saldivar	WBA WBC
Saldivar retired after his title defense against Howard Winstone.

[edit] Super Bantamweight

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[edit] Bantamweight

• Rafael Herrera (WBA,WBC)
• Ruben Olivares (WBA,WBC)
• Enrique Pinder (WBA,WBC)

[edit] Super Flyweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
July 5, 1984	March 30, 1986	Jiro Watanabe	WBA WBC
Watanabe had his WBA title stripped for unifying the Super Flyweight championship with the WBC champion Payao Poontarat. He was regarded as the undisputed champion until his loss to Gilberto Roman.

[edit] Flyweight

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[edit] Junior Flyweight

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[edit] Minimumweight

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[edit] External links

• http://www.boxrec.com
• http://www.IBHOF.com

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