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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 ...
Retired from boxing due to chronic spinal injuries. Harry Simon [9] 31–0–0 Light middleweight: WBO 1998–2001 4 Vacated title to move up to middleweight. Middleweight WBO 2002 0 Won WBO interim middleweight title in 2001 and the outright title in 2002. Stripped of title at 22–0 when he was unable to defend it due to injuries suffered in ...
There are now four major sanctioning bodies in professional boxing. The official rules and regulations of the WBA, [1] World Boxing Council (WBC), [2] International Boxing Federation (IBF), [3] and World Boxing Organization (WBO) [4] all recognize each other in their rankings and title unification rules. Each of these organizations sanction and ...
1921–1963, a boxer who held both the NYSAC and NBA (WBA) world titles simultaneously; 1963–1983, a boxer who held both the WBA and WBC world titles simultaneously; 1983–2007, a boxer who held the WBA, WBC, and IBF world titles simultaneously; 2007–present, a boxer who holds the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO world titles simultaneously [1] [2] [3]
The following tables show the professional boxers listed in the latest top-10 pound for pound world rankings published by each of: The Ring magazine; Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA — men only) Transnational Boxing Rankings Board (TBRB — men only) ESPN; BoxRec
He is ranked number 28 on The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. On October 14, 2006, Durán was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in Riverside, California, [24] and on June 10, 2007, into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York.
This project page is incomplete. Please help to improve the page, or discuss the issue on the talk page. Boxing magazine The Ring began naming the top 10 pound for pound boxers in 1989. The first #1 pound for pound fighter was heavyweight champion Mike Tyson. To reduce the number of tables, a table is only added if there are changes in the rankings. For WBA titles, only titles in the primary ...
Beginning with boxer Pat Bradley, is a chronological widely recognized List of World Welterweight 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)