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Changed name to European Boxing Union in 1946. It organised world title fights from 1913 to 1963 after which it was incorporated into the World Boxing Council (WBC). The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), formed in 1920. It organised world title bouts until the early 1970s when it became a member of World Boxing Council (WBC).
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), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963, The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
Hearns vacated the title to fight Juan Roldán for the vacant WBC middleweight title. [22] 16 Donny Lalonde (def. Eddie Davis) 27 Nov 1987 – 7 Nov 1988 1 17 Sugar Ray Leonard: 7 Nov – 15 Nov 1988 0 Leonard vacated the title because he was unsure whether he would continue his boxing career. [23] 18 Dennis Andries (2) (def. Tony Willis)
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 ...
Middleweight 14 Feb 1951 Carmen Basilio: Welterweight 10 Jun 1955 Middleweight 23 Sep 1957 Carlos Ortiz: Light welterweight 12 Jun 1959 Lightweight 21 Apr 1962 Fighting Harada: Flyweight 10 Oct 1962 Bantamweight 18 May 1965 Emile Griffith: Welterweight 1 Apr 1961 Middleweight 25 Apr 1966 Dick Tiger: Middleweight 10 Aug 1963 Light heavyweight 16 ...
This is a chronological List of World Super Welterweight / Junior Middleweight / Light 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), The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
There is a shake-up in this list as Devin Haney is on the rise, Canelo slides down the ranking, and Usyk has taken over.
Carlos Roque Monzón (7 August 1942 – 8 January 1995), nicknamed Escopeta (Shotgun), was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight championship for 7 years. [1] He successfully defended his title 14 times [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] against 11 different fighters.