World Heavyweight Boxing Championship History |
Date | Winner | Results | Loser |
07/02/1882 | John L. Sullivan | Won The Bare-Knuckle Championship By TKO R. 9 | Paddy Ryan |
29/08/1885 | John L. Sullivan | Retained Championship Title Won KO Round 6 | Dominick McCaffery |
07/09/1892 | James J. Corbett | Won By KO in Round 26 (Under the New Queensbury Rules) | John L. Sullivan |
17/03/1897 | Bob Fitzsimmons | Won By KO in Round 14 | James J. Corbett |
09/06/1899 | James J. Jefferies | Won By KO in Round 11 | Bob Fitzsimmons |
03/08/1905 | Marvin Hart | Won Vacant Title Round 12 by KO | Jack Root In Reno, NV |
23/02/1906 | Tommy Burns | Won By KO in Round 20 | Marvin Hart |
| 26/08/1908 | Jack Johnson | Won By KO in Round 14 | Tommy Burns |
| 05/04/1915 | Jess Willard | Won By KO in Round 26 | Jack Johnson |
| 04/07/1919 | Jack Dempsey | Won By KO in Round 4 | Jess Willard |
| 23/09/1926 | Gene Tunney | Won By KO in Round 10 | Jack Dempsey |
| 12/06/1930 | Max Schmeling | Won Vacant Title Round 4 by Disqualification | Jack Sharkley |
| 21/06/1932 | Jack Sharkley | Won By KO in Round 15 | Max Schmeling |
| 29/06/1933 | Primo Carnera | Won By KO in Round 6 | Jack Sharkley |
| 14/06/1934 | Max Baer | Won By KO in Round 11 | Primo Carnera |
| 13/06/1935 | James J. Braddock | Won By KO in Round 15 | Max Baer |
| 15/06/1937 | Joe Louis | Won 15 Round Decision | Tommy Farr |
| 22/06/1937 | Joe Louis | Won By KO in Round 8 | James J. Braddock |
| 22/06/1949 | Ezzard Charles | Won Vacant Title Round15 by KO | Jersey Joe Walcott |
| 18/07/1951 | Jersey Joe Walcott | Won By KO in Round 7 | Ezzard Charles |
| 23/09/1952 | Rocky Marciano | Won By KO in Round 13 | Jersey Joe Walcott |
| 30/11/1956 | Floyd Patterson | Won Vacant Title Round 5 by KO | Archie Moore |
| 26/06/1959 | Ingemar Johansson | Won By KO in Round 3 | Floyd Patterson |
| 20/06/1960 | Floyd Patterson | Won By KO in Round 5 | Ingemar Johansson |
| 25/06/1962 | Sonny Liston | Won By KO in Round 1 | Floyd Patterson |
| 25/02/1964 | Cassius Clay | Won By KO in Round 7 | Sonny Liston |
| 25/02/1965 | Clay as Muhammad Ali | Won By KO in Round 1 | Sonny Liston |
| 05/03/1965 | Ernie Terrell | Won Vacant WBA Title 15 Round Decision | Eddie Machen |
| 06/02/1967 | Muhammad Ali | Won Unified World Titles 15 Round Decision | Ernie Terrell |
| 04/03/1968 | Joe Frazier | Won Vacant New York World Title Round 11 | Buster Mathis |
| 27/04/1968 | Jimmy Ellis | Won Vacant WBA Title - Round 15 | Jerry Quarry |
16/02/1970 | Joe Frazier | Won Unified World Titles KO Round 5 | Jimmy Ellis |
| 22/01/1973 | George Foreman | Won By KO in Round 2 | Joe Frazier |
| 30/10/1974 | Muhammad Ali | Won By KO in Round 8 | George Foreman |
| 15/02/1978 | Leon Spinks | Won 15 Rounds By Decision | Muhammad Ali |
| 09/06/1978 | Larry Holmes | Won Vacant WBC Title 15 Round Decision | Ken Norton |
| 15/09/1978 | Muhammad Ali | Regains The WBA Title 15 Round Decision | Leon Spinks |
| 20/10/1979 | John Tate | Won Vacant WBA Title 15 Round Decision | Gerrie Coetzee |
| 31/03/1980 | Mike Weaver | Won WBA Title By KO 15 Round Decision | John Tate |
| 23/09/1983 | Gerrie Coetzee | Won WBA Title By KO in Round 10 | Mike Weaver |
| 09/03/1984 | Tim Witherspoon | Won Vacant WBA Title 12 Round Decision | Greg Page |
| 31/08/1984 | Pinklon Thomas | Won WBA Title 12 Round Decision | Tim Witherspoon |
| 01/12/1984 | Greg Page | Won WBA Title By KO in Round 8 | Gerrie Coetzee |
| 29/04/1985 | Tony Tubbs | Won WBA Title 15 Round Decision | Greg Page |
| 21/09/1985 | Michael Spinks | Won IBF Title 15 Round Decision | Larry Holmes |
| 10/01/1986 | Tim Witherspoon | Won WBA Title 15 Round Decision | Tony Tubbs |
| 22/03/1986 | Trevor Berbick | Won WBA Title 15 Round Decision | Pinklon Thomas |
| 22/11/1986 | Mike Tyson | Won WBA Title By KO - Round 2 | Trevor Berbick |
| 12/12/1986 | James Smith | Won WBC Title By KO - Round 1 | Tim Witherspoon |
| 07/03/1987 | Mike Tyson | Won WBC Title 12 Round Decision | James Smith |
| 30/05/1987 | Tony Tucker | Won IBF Title by KO Round 10 | Buster Douglas |
| 01/08/1987 | Mike Tyson | Won Unified World Titles 12 Round Decision | Tony Tucker |
11/02/1990 | Buster Douglas | Won Undisputed World Title KO in Round 10 | Mike Tyson |
| 25/11/1990 | Evander Holyfield | Won By KO in Round 3 | Buster Douglas |
| 13/11/1992 | Riddick Bowe | Won Unified Title by 12 Round Decision | Evander Holyfield |
| 06/11/1993 | Evander Holyfield | Regains WBA Title 12 Round Decision | Riddick Bowe |
| 22/04/1994 | Michael Moorer | Won WBA, IBF World Titles 12 Round Decision | Evander Holyfield |
| 24/09/1994 | Oliver McCall | Won WBC World Title KO in Round 2 | Lennox Lewis |
| 05/11/1994 | George Foreman | Won WBA, IBF World Titles By KO in Round 12 | Michael Moorer |
| 08/04/1995 | Bruce Seldon | Won Vacant WBA Title KO in Round 7 | Tony Tucker |
| 02/09/1995 | Frank Bruno | Won WBC World Title 12 Round Decision | Oliver McCall |
06/03/1996 | Mike Tyson | Won WBC World Title KO in Round 3 | Frank Bruno |
| 22/06/1996 | Michael Moorer | Won Vacant IBF World Title 12 Round Decision | Axel Schultz |
| 07/09/1996 | Mike Tyson | Won WBA World Title KO in Round 1 | Bruce Seldon |
| 10/11/1996 | Evander Holyfield | Won WBA World Title KO in Round 11 | Mike Tyson |
| 07/02/1997 | Lennox Lewis | Won Vacant WBC Title KO in Round 5 | Oliver McCall |
| 08/11/1997 | Evander Holyfield | Won IBF Title, Retained WBA title TKO in Round 8 | Michael Moorer |
| 13/11/1999 | Lennox Lewis | Unified World Titles - 12 Round Decision | Evander Holyfield |
| 29/04/2000 | Lennox Lewis | Retained IBF, WBA World Titles KO in Round 2 | Michael Grant |
| 15/07/2000 | Lennox Lewis | Retained IBF, WBA World Titles KO in Round 2 | Francois Botha |
| 15/08/2000 | Evander Holyfield | Won Vacant WBA Title 12 Round Decision | John Ruiz |
| 03/03/2001 | John Ruiz | Won WBA World Title 12 Round Decision | Evander Holyfield |
| 21/04/2001 | Hasim Rahman | Won IBF WBC Titles By KO in Round 5 | Lennox Lewis |
| 17/11/2001 | Lennox Lewis | Retained IBF, WBC World Titles KO in Round 4 | Hasim Rahman |
| 14/12/2002 | Chris Byrd | Won IBF Title 12 Round Decision | Evander Holyfield |
| 01/03/2003 | Roy Jones Jnr | Won WBA World Title 12 Round Decision | John Ruiz |
| 21/06/2003 | Lennox Lewis | Retain WBC Title Fight By TKO Round 6 | Vitali Klitschko |
| 20/09/2003 | Chris Byrd | Won IBF Title 12 Round Decision | Fres Oquendo |
| 13/12/2003 | John Ruiz | Won WBA Interim Title 12 Round Decision | Hasim Rahman |
| 17/01/2004 | John Ruiz | Retained IBF Title By TKO in Round 11 | Fres Oquendo |
| 17/01/2004 | Chris Byrd | WBA Title Fight 12 Round Drawn Match | Andrew Golota |
| 17/01/2004 | Vitali Klitschko | Retain WBC Title Bout By TKO in Round 8 | Corrie Sanders |
| 14/11/2004 | John Ruiz | Won WBA Title Bout By 12 Round Decision | Andrew Golota |
| 14/11/2004 | Chris Byrd | Won IBF Bout By 12 Round Decision | Jameel McCline |
| 11/12/2004 | Vitali Klitschko | Won WBC Title By TKO in Round 8 | Danny Williams |
30/04/2005 | John Ruiz | WBA 12 Round NC | James Toney |
21/05/2005 | Lamon Brewster | Won WBO Bout By TKO in Round 1 | Andrew Golota |
13/08/2005 | Hasim Rahman | Won WBC Bout By 12 Round Decision | Monte Barrett |
09/28/2005 | Lamon Brewster | Won WBO Bout By TKO in Round 9 | Luan Krasniqi |
01/10/2005 | Chris Byrd | Won IBF Bout By 12 Round Decision | DaVarryl Williamso |
17/12/2005 | Nicolai Valuev | Won WBA Bout By 12 Round Decision | John Ruiz |
18/03/2006 | Hasim Rahman | WBO Title Bout 12 Round Draw | James Toney |
01/04/2006 | Sergei Lyakhovic | Won WBO Bout By 12 Round Decision | Lamon Brewster |
| 22/04/2006 | Wladimir Klitschko | Won IBF Bout By TKO in Round 7 | Chris Byrd |
| 03/06/2006 | Nicolai Valuev | Won WBA Bout By TKO in Round 3 | Owen Beck |
| 12/08/2006 | Oleg Maskaev | Won WBC Bout By TKO in Round 12 | Hasim Rahman |
| 07/10/2006 | Nicolai Valuev | Won WBA Bout By TKO in Round 11 | Monte Barrett |
| 04/11/2006 | Shannon Briggs | Won WBO Bout By TKO in Round 12 | Sergei Lyakhovic |
| 11/11/2006 | Wladimir Klitschko | Won IBF Bout By TKO in Round 7 | Calvin Brock |
| 10/12/2006 | Oleg Maskaev | Won WBC Bout By 12 Round Decision | Peter Okhello |
| 20/01/2007 | Nicolai Valuev | Won WBA Bout By TKO in Round 3 | Jameel McCline |
| 10/03/2007 | Wladimir Klitschko | Won IBF Bout By TKO in Round 2 | Ray Austin |
| 14/04/2007 | Ruslan Chagaev | Won WBA Bout By 12 Round Decision | Nicolai Valuev |
| 02/06/2007 | Sultan Ibragimov | Won WBO Bout By 12 Round Decision | Shannon Briggs |
| 07/07/2007 | Wladimir Klitschko | Won IBF Bout By TKO in Round 6 | Lamon Brewster |
| 13/10/2007 | Sultan Ibragimov | Won WBO Bout By 12 Round Decision | Evander Holyfield |
| 19/01/2008 | Ruslan Chagaev | Won WBA Bout By 12 Round Decision | Matt Skelton |
| 23/02/2008 | Wladimir Klitschko | Won IBF Bout By 12 Round Decision | Sultan Ibragimov |
| 08/03/2008 | Samuel Peter | Won WBC Bout By TKO in Round 6 | Oleg Maskaev |
| 12/07/2008 | Wladimir Klitschko | Won WBO Bout By a Knock Out in Round 11 | Tony Thompson |
| 30/09/2008 | Nicolai Valuev | Won WBA Bout By 12 Round Decision | John Ruiz |
| 11/10/2008 | Vitali Klitschko | Won WBC Bout By TKO in Round 9 | Samuel Peter |
| 13/12/2008 | Wladimir Klitschko | Won IBF Bout By TKO in Round 7 | Hasim Rahman |
| 20/12/2008 | Nicolai Valuev | Won WBA Bout By 12 Round Decision | Evander Holyfield |
| 21/03/2009 | Vitali Klitschko | Won WBC Bout By TKO in Round 9 | Juan Carlos Gomez |
| 21/06/2009 | Wladimir Klitschko | Won WBO Bout By TKO in Round 10 | Ruslan Chagaev |
| 26/09/2009 | Vitali Klitschko | Won WBC Bout By 12 Round Decision | Chris Arreola |
07/11/2009 | David Haye | Won WBA Title By 12 Round Decision | Nicolai Valuev |
| 12/12/2009 | Vitali Klitschko | Retained WBC Title By 12 Round Decision | Kevin Johnson |
| 20/03/2010 | Wladimir Klitschko | Retained WBO Title By a Knock Out in Round 12 | Eddie Chambers |
| 04/04/2010 | David Haye | Retained WBA Title By TKO in Round 9 | John Ruiz |
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