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Below is a list of longest reigning heavyweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Both The Ring and lineal championships are included. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not apply.
Encyclopedia of Boxing. London: WH Smith Books. ISBN 1-85435-200-8. Boxing Title Fights; NBA World Heavyweight Champion - BoxRec; NYSAC World Heavyweight Champion – BoxRec; The BoxRec – Boxing's Official Record Keeper; The BoxRec Wiki Encyclopedia; The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall Of Fame Official Record Book (archive)
4 4 Paul Jones: 22 Nov 1995 – 26 Feb 1996 0 Jones was stripped of the title after withdrawing from a bout against no. 1 contender Bronco McKart. [36] 5 Bronco McKart (def. Santos Cardona) 1 Mar – 17 May 1996 0 6 Winky Wright: 17 May 1996 – 22 Aug 1998 3 7 Harry Simon: 22 Aug 1998 – 27 Nov 2001 4 Simon vacated the title to move up to ...
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 .
Boxing magazine The Ring has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922. The first Ring world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, and the second was awarded to flyweight champion Pancho Villa. The magazine stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s ...
The following is a list of WBU world champions, a table showing the world champions certificated by the World Boxing Union (WBU), founded in the United States in 1995. This does not includes champions of the identically named German based organization that was active in the 2010s. r – Champion relinquished title. s – Champion stripped of title.
The National Boxing Association (NBA), was formed in 1921 as the first organization aimed at regulating boxing on a national (and later global) level. The prominence of New York City as the epicenter of boxing would lead to a governmental entity, the powerful New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), to join the NBA in sanctioning bouts as "world championships."
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