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Status changed to Unified champion on WBA's July 2002 official ratings posted on 5 August. [46] Bernard Hopkins – Unified champion: 5 Aug 2002 – 26 Sep 2003 1 (2) Status changed to Undisputed champion on WBA's June–July 2003 official ratings posted in September. [79] Bernard Hopkins – Undisputed champion: 26 Sep 2003 – 16 Jul 2005 4 ...
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.
This is a list of world bantamweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing: The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA).
WBA Super Champion 12 September 2003 2 April 2005 Jose Antonio Rivera: WBA Regular Champion 13 December 2003 5 February 2005 Cory Spinks: WBA Super Champion 5 February 2005 7 January 2006-Stripped Zab Judah: WBA Super Champion 2 April 2005 13 May 2006 Luis Collazo: WBA Regular Champion 13 May 2006 31 August 2006-Vacated Ricky Hatton: WBA 2 ...
The most prominent designation is that of the WBA Super champion, which was created in 2000 following a suggestion by Lennox Lewis after he was forced to relinquish his WBA heavyweight title prior to his defense against Michael Grant. This distinction was initially reserved for WBA champions who are simultaneously recognized by the WBC, IBF or WBO.
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 ...
This is a chronological List of World Super Middleweight 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),
Pages in category "World Boxing Association champions" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 656 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .