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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 .
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 ...
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 regulate championship bouts and award world titles.
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.
WBA Super Champion 2001-11-17 2003-12-13-Lost to Super Champion William Joppy: WBA Regular Champion 2004-05-01 2006-03-11 Maselino Masoe: WBA Regular Champion 2005-07-16 2006-12-14-Stripped Jermain Taylor: WBA Super Champion 2006-03-11 2006-07-15 Felix Sturm: WBA Regular Champion 2006-07-15 2007-04-28 Javier Castillejo: WBA Regular Champion ...
Beginning with boxer Pat Bradley, is a chronological widely recognized List of World Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA) The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963
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]