Heavyweight Boxing Championship History!

 

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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

22/04/2006Wladimir Klitschko

Won IBF Bout By TKO in Round 7

Chris Byrd

03/06/2006Nicolai Valuev

Won WBA Bout By TKO in Round 3

Owen Beck
12/08/2006Oleg Maskaev

Won WBC Bout By TKO in Round 12

Hasim Rahman
07/10/2006Nicolai Valuev

Won WBA Bout By TKO in Round 11

Monte Barrett
04/11/2006Shannon Briggs

Won WBO Bout By TKO in Round 12

Sergei Lyakhovic
11/11/2006Wladimir Klitschko

Won IBF Bout By TKO in Round 7

Calvin Brock
10/12/2006Oleg Maskaev

 Won WBC Bout By 12 Round Decision

Peter Okhello
20/01/2007Nicolai Valuev

Won WBA Bout By TKO in Round 3

Jameel McCline
10/03/2007Wladimir Klitschko

Won IBF Bout By TKO in Round 2

Ray Austin
14/04/2007Ruslan Chagaev

 Won WBA Bout By 12 Round Decision

Nicolai Valuev
02/06/2007Sultan Ibragimov

 Won WBO Bout By 12 Round Decision

Shannon Briggs
07/07/2007Wladimir Klitschko

Won IBF Bout By TKO in Round 6

Lamon Brewster
13/10/2007Sultan Ibragimov

 Won WBO Bout By 12 Round Decision

Evander Holyfield
19/01/2008Ruslan Chagaev

 Won WBA Bout By 12 Round Decision

Matt Skelton
23/02/2008Wladimir Klitschko

 Won IBF Bout By 12 Round Decision

Sultan Ibragimov
08/03/2008Samuel Peter

Won WBC Bout By TKO in Round 6

Oleg Maskaev
12/07/2008Wladimir Klitschko

Won WBO Bout By a Knock Out in Round 11

Tony Thompson
30/09/2008Nicolai Valuev

 Won WBA Bout By 12 Round Decision

John Ruiz
11/10/2008Vitali Klitschko

Won WBC Bout By TKO in Round 9

Samuel Peter
13/12/2008Wladimir Klitschko

Won IBF Bout By TKO in Round 7

Hasim Rahman
20/12/2008Nicolai Valuev

 Won WBA Bout By 12 Round Decision

Evander Holyfield
21/03/2009Vitali Klitschko

Won WBC Bout By TKO in Round 9

Juan Carlos Gomez
21/06/2009Wladimir Klitschko

Won WBO  Bout By TKO in Round 10

Ruslan Chagaev
26/09/2009Vitali Klitschko

 Won WBC Bout By 12 Round Decision

Chris Arreola

07/11/2009

David Haye

 Won WBA Title  By 12 Round Decision

Nicolai Valuev
12/12/2009Vitali Klitschko

 Retained WBC Title  By 12 Round Decision

Kevin Johnson
20/03/2010Wladimir Klitschko

Retained WBO Title By a Knock Out in Round 12

Eddie Chambers
04/04/2010David Haye

Retained WBA Title By TKO in Round 9

John Ruiz
    

Boxers Who Won The Championship Title Twice or More

This is a record of Heavyweight Boxing Champions who have become Champions of the Heavyweight Boxing title. The first real heavyweight champion was James J. Corbett under the then new Marquis of Queensbury Boxing Rules. John L. Sullivan was the Bare-knuckled Boxing Champion. Boxers who have won the World Heavyweight Crown more than once. Floyd Patterson is the first boxer in the history of boxing to win the World Heavyweight Championship Title Belt twice. Next Boxer to achieved that status was Muhammad Ali who went on to become the very  first Heavyweight boxer in History to win the World Heavyweight Championship Title Belt three times. 1964 as Cassius Clay, 1974 against George Foreman and again in 1978 against Leon Spinks.

Heavyweight Boxing Championship History

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