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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 ...
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.
As of 2024, Wladimir Klitschko holds records of beating the most boxers for the world heavyweight title, with 23, and the longest cumulative heavyweight title reign of all time, with 4,382 days as world heavyweight champion. [nb 1] Joe Louis has won the most world heavyweight title bouts, with 27, [8] and had the most consecutive title defenses ...
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 ...
Mike Tyson career record: 50-6 (44 KOs), with 2 no-contests. At 20 years and 4 months old, Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history in 1986 after defeating Trevor Berbick.
Vacated titles to move up to light heavyweight. WBA, WBC: 2007–2008 0 Light heavyweight The Ring: 2008 1 Retired and vacated title. Kim Ji-won [3] 16–0–2 Super bantamweight IBF 1985–1986 4 Mihai Leu [4] 28–0–0 Welterweight WBO 1997 1 Retired from boxing due to an injury. Ricardo López [3] 51–0–1 Minimumweight WBC 1990–1998 22
Tyson Fury outslugs the biggest slugger of them all. 10. Tyson Fury and Deontay Wilder met a third time for the WBC heavyweight title on Oct. 9, 2021, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.
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