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The WBA often recognize up to two world champions in a given weight class; Super champion and Regular champion. The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 1963. The International Boxing Federation (IBF), established in 1983.
Status changes to Unified champion on WBA's April 2008 ratings posted on 14 May, [20] just days after vacating his WBC title. David Haye – Unified champion: 14 May – 19 Jun 2008 0 (1) Haye intends to move up to heavyweight. The title is vacated on WBA's May 2008 official ratings posted on 19 June. [21] 16 Firat Arslan – Regular champion
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A WBA Super champion is afforded special consideration by the organization with respect to meeting mandatory defense obligations to maintain championship recognition, but it also has opened the door for the organization to recognize a separate world champion, commonly referred to as the Regular champion; creating confusion among fans as to who ...
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John Ruiz (born January 4, 1972) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2010, and held the WBA heavyweight title twice between 2001 and 2005. Ruiz is of Puerto Rican descent, and is the first Latino boxer to win a world heavyweight title.
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After the fight, it was not known if Jones was going to continue to fight in the heavyweight division or return to the light heavyweight division. As a result, the WBA named Jones the "champion in recess" and gave him until February 20, 2004 to defend the title. The WBC and IBF, meanwhile, stripped Jones of their light heavyweight championships.