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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.
The only way to win the championship was to beat the current champion. Retirements or disputed results could lead to a championship being split among several men for periods of time. With only minor exceptions, the heavyweight division remained free from dual title-holders until the 1960s.
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. [21] 13 J. B. Williamson (def. Prince Mama Mohammed) 10 Dec 1985 – 30 Apr 1986 0 14 Dennis Andries
The all-time lineal heavyweight champions boxing list started in 1885 and includes Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson among others.
The title was vacated on IBF's December 1986 ratings posted on 12 December. [104] 4 Lee Seung-hoon (def. Prayurasak Muangsurin) 18 Jan 1987 – 23 Mar 1988 3 Lee is forced to vacate the title when the IBF stops promoting fights in South Korea. Lee was ranked on WBC's March 1988 ratings posted on 23 March, meaning that he had already vacated the ...
This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and has awarded world championships in 17 different weight classes since 1989.
Name Reign Defenses 1 Joe Calzaghe (def. Jeff Lacy) 4 Mar 2006 – 26 Sep 2008 3 Calzaghe vacates the title to stay at light heavyweight. [20] 2 Andre Ward (def. Carl Froch) 17 Dec 2011 – 19 Feb 2015 2 Ward is stripped of the title for failing to schedule a fight with a top 5 contender from any weight class for two years per The Ring policy ...
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 ...