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At boxing's beginning, the heavyweight division had no weight limit, and historically the weight class has gone with vague or no definition.During the 19th century many heavyweights were 170 pounds (12 st 2 lb, 77 kg) or less, though others weighed considerably more.
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 .
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 ...
Since 2012, lineal champions are predetermined by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, which promotes the concept of a singular world champion per weight class. [1] Lineal champions are listed on Cyber Boxing Zone website which list lineal champions of the Queensberry Era to date. [2]
1 12 Carl Thompson (2) Feb 6, 2004 – Feb 2006 s [3] 1 13 Tomasz Adamek: Jun 9, 2007 – 2008 r: 0 14 Johnathon Banks: Jul 12, 2008 – Feb 27, 2009 s: 0 15 Danny Green: Aug 15, 2009 – Jul 20, 2011 4 16 Antonio Tarver: Jul 20, 2011 – Jul 2012 s: 1 17 Danny Green (2) Nov 21, 2012 – 2013 r: 0 18 Ola Afolabi: Nov 2, 2013 – 2015 r: 0 19 ...
This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and has awarded world championships in 17 different weight classes since 1989.
Map of countries, number of beaten opponents in world heavyweight boxing championship fights reached by country citizen - undisputed champion (July 2, 1921-present), lineal champion (August 29, 1885–July 2, 1921), The Ring champion; as of December 2022. Note: secondary championships are not included
30 Jul 1992 – 1 Aug 1996 5 Cole was still listed as champion on IBF's June 1996 rankings posted on 31 July [7] however, just one day after it was posted, a schedule slated for 31 August was released for the vacant IBF title between Adolpho Washington and Torsten May. [8] 9 Adolpho Washington (def. Torsten May) 31 Aug 1996 – 21 Jun 1997 0 10