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A. Abdelhak Aatkani; Borislav Abadzhiev; Muhammad Abdullaev; Mauricio Aceves; Pedro Adigue; Charles Adkins (boxer) Ebrahim Afsharpour; Aurélien Agnan; Khariton Agrba
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 ...
The light-heavyweight division was created in 1903, the brainchild of Chicago journalist Lou Houseman who was also a boxing manager and promoter. He matched his own fighter Jack Root with Kid McCoy and announced the fight as being for the light-heavyweight championship of the world.
This is a list of world lightweight boxing champions by organization, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: . The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition World Claim 1923-01-30 1925-03-27 Pinky Mitchell: NBA/Undisputed 1925-03-27 1925-03-31 Abandoned: James Red Herring
Lewis Williams (born 24 December 1998 [1] in Leamington Spa [2]) is an English boxer. [3] [4] [5] He competed at the 2022 European Amateur Boxing Championships, winning the bronze medal in the heavyweight event. [6]
Manny Pacquiao has won world championships in eight weight divisions, more than any other boxer in history. The Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir , held all four major titles in the heavyweight division from 2011 to 2013; they were the first brothers to hold versions of the heavyweight championship at the same time.
Ricky Anderson; William Abelyan; Arthur Abraham; Miguel Acosta; Tomasz Adamek; Ola Afolabi; Joachim Alcine; Devon Alexander; José Alfaro; Muhammad Ali; Canelo Álvarez