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The National Boxing Association (NBA) was organized in 1921. In 1962, the organization was renamed the World Boxing Association (WBA). The WBC was organized in 1963. The IBF, which was founded in 1983 by the members of the United States Boxing Association after the USBA withdrew from membership in the WBA. The WBO, founded in 1988.
On February 20, 2004, Jones relinquished his heavyweight title to resume boxing as a light heavyweight, at which point Ruiz was elevated to full championship recognition. On April 30, 2005, Ruiz was defeated by James Toney in a championship defense, but post-fight drug testing determined Toney had taken Nandrolone , an anabolic steroid .
This is a list of IBO world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Organization (IBO) since 1993. r – Champion relinquished title; s – Champion stripped of title
The all-time lineal heavyweight champions boxing list started in 1885 and includes Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson among others.
Haye vacates the title to move up to heavyweight. [8] 12 Victor Emilio Ramírez (interim champion promoted) Feb – 5 Dec 2009 1 13 Marco Huck: 5 Dec 2009 – 14 Aug 2015 13 14 Krzysztof Głowacki: 14 Aug 2015 – 17 Sep 2016 1 15 Oleksandr Usyk: 17 Sep 2016 – 5 Jun 2019 6 Usyk vacated the title to move up to heavyweight. [9] 16 Krzysztof ...
Fury won by stopping Wilder at 1:10 of the 11th round in an epic battle that is up there with the best heavyweight fights ever. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier’s epic third fight remains the ...
The following is a list of WBU world champions, a table showing the world champions certificated by the World Boxing Union (WBU), founded in the United States in 1995. This does not includes champions of the identically named German based organization that was active in the 2010s. r – Champion relinquished title.
The following are the lineal champions recognized by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board: Heavyweight. Oleksandr Usyk W12 Anthony Joshua (20 August 2022 – Usyk and Joshua were the top two Transnational-Ranked heavyweights at the time of this bout. Throne declared open as of 15 August 2022 when Fury finally confirmed repeated claims of ...