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The first of the current organizations to award a world title was the World Boxing Association (WBA), then known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), when it sanctioned its first title fight in 1921 between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier for the world heavyweight championship.
The 2023 IBA World Boxing Championships were held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from 30 April to 14 May 2023. Athletes from all five continents took part in the championship and competed for medals in 13 weight categories, which were approved by the Board of Directors of the International Boxing Association (IBA) in July 2021.
On February 20, 2004, Jones relinquished his heavyweight title to resume boxing as a light heavyweight, at which point Ruiz was elevated to full championship recognition. On April 30, 2005, Ruiz was defeated by James Toney in a championship defense, but post-fight drug testing determined Toney had taken Nandrolone , an anabolic steroid .
Diagram that represents top 26 world heavyweight champions by number of opponents beaten for the world heavyweight title (as of 19 May 2024) The list does not include The Ring and lineal championship fights after July 2, 1921, although it only includes heavyweight champions that captured undisputed championship (July 2, 1921–present), lineal ...
Heavyweight at the 2023 IBA World Boxing Championships; Venue: Humo Arena: Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan: ... This page was last edited on 25 August 2024, at 17:22 ...
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 ...
Cuban Felix Savon is the most successful boxer in the World Amateur Boxing Championships (Men's editions) of all time having won 6 gold medals as a heavyweight. As of 1 August 2021, men are grouped into 13 weight classes as follows: [4] 46–48 kg (Minimumweight) 48–51 kg ; 51–54 kg (Bantamweight) 54–57 kg (Featherweight)
22 Oct 2021 – 6 Jan 2023 0 Rivas is declared champion in recess after suffering an injury. [9] 2 Lukasz Rozanski (def. Alen Babić) 22 Apr 2023 – 24 May 2024 0 3 Lawrence Okolie: 24 May – 8 Oct 2024 0 Okolie vacated the title to move up to heavyweight. [10] 4 Kevin Lerena (interim champion promoted) 8 Oct 2024 – present 0