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Michael Spinks. 18 Mar 1983 – 9 Oct 1985. 4. Spinks, who had won the IBF heavyweight title the previous month against Larry Holmes, was stripped of the WBC light heavyweight title due to the WBC's policy against fighters holding world titles in multiple divisions at the same time.[19] 13. J. B. Williamson.
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)
This is a list of WBC Muaythai world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council Muaythai (WBC Muaythai).The WBC, which is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, started certifying their own Muay Thai world champions in 19 different weight classes in 2005.
The World Boxing Council (WBC) was founded in Mexico City, Mexico on February 14, 1963, to establish an international regulating body. [7] The WBC established many of today's safety measures in boxing, such as the standing eight count , [ 8 ] a limit of 12 rounds instead of 15, and additional weight divisions.
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). Many historically high-profile bouts have been sanctioned ...
WBC super lightweight champion. The Ring No. 3 ranked pound-for-pound fighter. 3-division world champion. Result. De La Hoya wins via 12-round unanimous decision (116-110, 116-110, 115-111) Pernell Whitaker vs. Oscar De La Hoya, billed as Pound for Pound, was a professional boxing match contested on April 12, 1997 for the WBC welterweight ...
The Super Fight. Roberto Durán vs. Sugar Ray Leonard II, billed as The Super Fight, and later popularly known as the No Más Fight, was a professional boxing match contested on November 25, 1980, for the WBC and The Ring welterweight championship. [1] It took place at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans, United States.
Donald Curry (born September 7, 1961), is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1980 to 1991, and in 1997. He held the WBA world welterweight title from 1983 to 1986, the undisputed world welterweight title from 1985 to 1986 and the WBC light middleweight title from 1988 to 1989, and challenged once for the IBF middleweight title in 1990.