List of NABF champions

The following lists title holders over the history of the North American Boxing Federation, in operation since 1969.

Cruiserweight

There have been 22 recognized Cruiserweight Champions with a combined total of 23 title reigns. Dale Brown is the only man to hold the title twice.^[1][2]

Bert Cooper and O'Neil Bell share the record for the most successful defenses, each with five.^[1][3]

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defenses	Notes
1	Marvin Camel	1979-06-06 — 1980-03-31	0	Defeated Bill Sharkey. Camelvacated the title upon winning the WBC Cruiserweight belt on March 31, 1980 title.
2	S.T. Gordon	1980-08-06 — 1982-06-27	1	Defeated Ivy Brown. Gordon vacated the title in order to challenge for Carlos de León's. WBC title.
3	Leon Spinks	1982-10-31 — 1983-03-06	0	Defeated Jesse Burnett. Spinks later vacated the title.
4	Anthony Davis	1984-05-16 — 1985-06-19	0	Defeated Jesse Burnett.
5	Bash Ali	1985-06-19 — 1986-04-22	0
6	Henry Tillman	1986-04-22 — 1986-06-15	0
7	Bert Cooper	1986-06-15 — 1989-02-15	5
8	Nate Miller	1989-02-15 — 1990-12-17	3
9	James Warring	1990-12-17 — 1991-08-07	0	Warring vacated the title to fight for the vacant IBF title.
10	Orlin Norris	1991-08-17 — 1993-11-06	3	Defeated Jesse Shelby. Norris vacated the title upon winning the vacant WBA title.
11	Thomas Hearns	1994-01-29 — 1994-02-20	1	Defeated Dan Ward. Hearns vacated the title.
12	Adolpho Washington	1994-02-24 — 1994-07-14	0	Defeated Dale Jackson. Washington vacated the title to challenge for Anaclet Wamba's WBC title.
13	James Heath	1995-01-27 — 1995-06-17	0	Defeated John McClain. Heath vacated the title.
14	Brian LaSpada	1995-06-17 — 1997-05-05	2	Defeated Art Jimmerson.
15	Dale Brown	1997-05-05 — 2000-02-12	4
16	Wayne Braithwaite	2000-02-12 — 2001-01-05	0	Braithwaite vacated the title.
17	O'Neil Bell	2001-01-18 — 2004-06-01	5	Defeated James Walton. Bell vacated the title in order to pursue the IBF title.
18	Dale Brown (2)	2004-06-08 — 2005-02-04	0	Defeated Robert Daniels. Brown vacated the title in order to challenge for O'Neil Bell's IBF title.
19	Ali Supreme	2005-03-10 — 2005-06-16	0
20	Arthur Williams	2005-06-16 — 2005-10-27	0
21	Felix Cora, Jr.	2005-10-27 — 2006-05-18	1
22	Vadim Tokarev	2006-05-18 — 2007-04-01	1	Tokarev vacated the title in order to pursue the IBF title.
23	Matt Godfrey	2007-04-06 — present	3	Defeated Felix Cora, Jr..

Heavyweight

There have been 30 recognized Heavyweight Champions with a combined total of 39 title reigns.^[4][5]

Muhammad Ali, George Foreman, Orlin Norris, Ken Norton, Samuel Peter, Tony Tucker and Tim Witherspoon are the only men to have held the title twice. Ali is the only one to hold it three times.^[6][7]

Orlin Norris has successfully defended the title more times than anyone else, retaining the title six times.^[5][6]

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defenses	Notes
1	Leotis Martin	1969-12-06 — 1970-02-02	0	Defeated Sonny Liston. Martin relinquished the title and retired due to an eye injury he received in the bout with Liston.
2	Muhammad Ali
3	George Foreman	1971-05-10 — 1971-07-20	0	Defeated Gregorio Peralta. Foreman relinquished the title in order to challenge for the World title, then held by Joe Frazier.
4	Muhammad Ali (2)	1971-1972	5	Defeated Jimmy Ellis.
5	Ken Norton	1973-03-31 — 1973-09-10	0
6	Muhammad Ali (3)	1973-03-31 — 1974-10-30	1	Ali relinquished the title in order to fight Foreman for the WBA and WBC titles.
7	Ken Norton (2)	1975-03-24 — 1976-01-20	0	Defeated Jerry Quarry. Norton relinquished the title in order to challenge for Ali's World title.
8	George Foreman (2)	1976-01-24 — 1977-03-17	1	Defeated Ron Lyle. Foreman relinquished the title upon retirement.
9	Leroy Jones	1978-08-19 — 1979-10-20	0	Defeated Mike Weaver. Jones relinquished the title to challenge Larry Holmes for the WBC title.
10	Michael Dokes	1982-01-30 — 1982-12-10	1	Defeated Lynn Ball. Dokes relinquished the title upon winning the WBA title from Weaver.
11	Tim Witherspoon	1983-09-23 — 1984-03-09	0	Defeated James Tillis. Witherspoon relinquished the title upon winning the vacant WBC title, defeating Greg Page.
12	James Broad	1984-08-23 — 1985-04-29	0	Defeated Eddie Gregg
13	Tim Witherspoon (2)	1985-04-29 — 1986-01-17	1	Witherspoon relinquished the title upon defeating Tony Tubbs for the WBA title.
14	Larry Alexander	1987-04-10 — 1987-11-25	0	Defeated Dorcey Gaymon.
15	Orlin Norris	1987-11-25 — 1990-02-17	6
16	Bert Cooper	1990-02-17 — 1990-08-05	0
17	Ray Mercer	1990-08-05 — 1991-01-11	0	Mercer relinquished the title upon defeating Francesco Damiani for the WBO title.
18	Orlin Norris (2)	1991-04-30 — 1991-06-03	0	Defeated Lionel Washington.
19	Tony Tucker	1991-06-03 — 1992-12-01	1	Tucker relinquished the title in order to challenge Lennox Lewis on 1993-05-08 for the WBC title.
20	Alex García	1992-12-08 — 1994-03-01	3	Defeated Jerry Jones.
21	Joe Hipp	1994-03-01 — 1995-03-09	1	Hipp was stripped of the title.
22	Alexander Zolkin	1995-03-21 — 1996-05-01	2	Defeated Rocky Pepeli. Zolkin was stripped of the title.
23	Tony Tucker (2)	1996-06-29 — December 1996	0	Defeated David Dixon. Tucker was stripped of the title.
24	John Ruiz	1997-01-14 — 1999-01-15	3	Defeated Jimmy Thunder. Ruiz also won the NABA title, defeating Jerry Ballard on 1998-09-19. He relinquished the NABF title in order to focus on the NABA title.
25	Michael Grant	1999-01-30 — 2000-04-29	1	Defeated Ahmad Abdin. Grant relinquished the title in order to fight Lennox Lewis for the WBC, IBF and IBO titles.
26	Robert Davis	2000-04-29 — 2000-08-15	0	Defeated Keith McKnight. Davis was later stripped of the title.
27	Clifford Etienne	2000-09-09 — 2001-03-06	0	Defeated Cliff Couser. Grant was later stripped of the title.
28	Obed Sullivan	2001-05-20 — 2001-09-02	0	Defeated Sherman Williams.
29	Fres Oquendo	2001-09-02 — 2002-04-13	0
30	David Tua	2002-04-13 — 2003-03-29	0	Tua was stripped of the title.
31	Joe Mesi	2003-06-24 — 2003-09-19	0	Defeated Robert Davis.
32	Eliecer Castillo	2003-09-19 — 2004-04-17	1	Castillo had won the interim title by defeating Lawrence Clay-Bey on 2003-06-06, and was promoted to full champion when Joe Mesi failed to defend.
33	DaVarryl Williamson	2004-04-17 — 2004-10-02	1	Williamson was stripped of the title.
34	Samuel Peter	2004-12-04 — 2005-09-24	1	Defeated Jeremy Williams.
35	Wladimir Klitschko	2005-09-24 — 2006-04-22	0	Klitschko relinquished the title in order to challenge Chris Byrd for the IBF and vacant IBO titles.
36	Samuel Peter (2)	2006-04-28 — 2007-05-05	2	Defeated Julius Long
37	Hasim Rahman	2007-06-14 — 2008-06-02	1	Defeated Taurus Sykes for interim title. Rahman relinquished the title to challenge James Toney for the NABO title.
38	Travis Walker	2008-02-29 — 2008-11-29	0	Defeated T.J. Wilson. Interim champion, later promoted to official champion.
39	Chris Arreola	2008-11-29 — present	1

References

See also

• North American Boxing Federation