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Boxer Record Weight class (boxing) Title(s) held Championship years Title defenses Notes Jimmy Barry [1] 61–0–10, 1NC Bantamweight World: 1894–1899 6 Fought when the bantamweight category was not fully established. The weight limits in the United States shifted during his career. Joe Calzaghe [2] 46–0–0: Super middleweight WBO: 1997 ...
Ambers' undisputed status ended when he was stripped of his NBA title after failing to defend the title within 6 months and refusing to fight the top contender Davey Day. [60] 11 Sammy Angott (def. Lew Jenkins) 19 Dec 1941 – 14 Nov 1942 1 Angott announced his temporary retirement. [61] 12 Ike Williams (def. Bob Montgomery) 4 Aug 1947 – 25 ...
Only eleven women have held all four versions of the belts at the same time, two have done so in two divisions. Cecilia Brækhus unified all four welterweight titles in September 2014. Claressa Shields unified all four titles in two weight classes— middleweight in April 2019 and light middleweight in May 2021.
This category lists professional boxers who retired undefeated, and held a world championship by the four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO) at any stage in their career. Pages in category "Undefeated world boxing champions"
The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize up to two world champions in a given weight class; Super champion and Regular champion. The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 1963.
NBA Angott won the vacant NBA lightweight title versus Slugger White. 8 March 1944 18 April 1945 Juan Zurita: NBA 18 April 1945 25 May 1951 Ike Williams: Universal Ike Williams became the undisputed champion on the 4th of August, 1947 when he knocked out Bob Montgomery, retaining his NBA title and winning Montgomery's NYSAC title. 25 May 1951
These ten men stand out as some of the greatest athletes of all time. Muhammad Ali American boxer Muhammad Ali (1942-2016) training with a speed bag ahead of his fight against Britain’s Brian ...
As professional boxing has four major sanctioning bodies (WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO) each with their own champions, the sport doesn't have a centralized ranking system.The rankings published by these organizations share the trait of not ranking the other organizations' champions, as each one of the sanctioning bodies expects their champion to frequently defend their title against their top-ranked ...