List of undisputed boxing champions

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This is a list of current and past undisputed champions of boxing.

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983, and
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988.

Contents 1 Heavyweight 2 Cruiserweight 3 Light Heavyweight 4 Super Middleweight 5 Middleweight 6 Junior Middleweight 7 Welterweight 8 Junior Welterweight 9 Lightweight 10 Super Featherweight 11 Featherweight 12 Super Bantamweight 13 Bantamweight 14 Super Flyweight 15 Flyweight 16 Junior Flyweight 17 Minimumweight 18 External links 19 External links

[edit] Heavyweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
June 19, 1964	April 29, 1967	Muhammad Ali	WBC, WBA
All sanctioning bodies withdrew recognition of Ali as champion for his refusal to be inducted into the United States Army subsequent to being drafted in early 1967.
February 16, 1970	January 22, 1973	Joe Frazier	WBC, WBA
After Ali's exile Joe Frazier successfully unifies the Heavyweight Division by defeating Jimmy Ellis for his WBA belt and the vacated WBC belt
January 22, 1973	October 30, 1974	George Foreman	WBC,WBA
October 30, 1974	February 15, 1978	Muhammad Ali	WBC, WBA
February 15, 1978	March 18, 1978	Leon Spinks	WBC,WBA
Leon Spinks loses the WBA belt for challenging Muhammad Ali, who was not their #1 contender
August 1, 1987	February 10, 1990	Mike Tyson	IBF, WBA & WBC
Mike Tyson becomes the Undisputed Heavyweight Champion by unifying his WBA, WBC, with Tony Tucker's IBF belt
February 10, 1990	October 25, 1990	James "Buster" Douglas	IBF, WBA & WBC
October 25, 1990	November 13, 1992	Evander Holyfield	IBF, WBA & WBC
November 13, 1992	December 14, 1992	Riddick Bowe	IBF, WBA & WBC
Bowe was stripped of his WBC championship for refusing to fight Lennox Lewis.
November 13, 1999	April 29, 2000	Lennox Lewis	IBF, WBA & WBC
Lennox Lewis becomes the next undisputed champion by defeating Evander Holyfield, successfully unifiying his WBC belt, with Holyfield's WBA and IBF belt. Lewis would later get stripped of his WBA belt for refusing to challenge John Ruiz

[edit] Cruiserweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
April 16, 1988	1988	Evander Holyfield	IBF, WBA & WBC
Evander Holyfield becomes the first undisputed Cruiserweight Champion by defeating Carlos De Leon, to unify his WBA and IBF belts with De Leon's WBA belt. He relinquished all the belts after moving up to the Heavyweight division.
January 7, 2006	March 31, 2006	O'Neil Bell	WBA,WBC,IBF
O'Neil Bell becomes the unifies the his IBF belt with Jean Marc Mormeck's WBA and WBC belt to become the second undisputed champion of the division's history. He is later stripped for not agreeing to fight the IBF's #1 challenger Homer Richards.

[edit] Light Heavyweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
June 1, 1963	March 30, 1965	Willie Pastrano	WBC WBA
March 30, 1965	December 16, 1966	Jose Torres	WBC WBA
December 16, 1966	May 24, 1968	Dick Tiger	WBC WBA
May 24, 1968	October 17, 1974	Bob Foster	WBC WBA
March 18, 1983	September 21, 1985	Michael Spinks	WBA, WBC, IBF
Michael Spinks unifies the title by defeating Dwight Muhammad Qawi. He later adds the IBF title to his undisputed recognition. He loses all of the belts after moving to the heavyweight division.
June 5, 1999	March 1, 2003	Roy Jones Jr.	WBA, WBC, IBF
Roy Jones Jr. unifies the title after defeating Reggie Johnson for his IBF belt, successfully unifying his WBA and WBC belts. Jones relinquishes his titles after he moves to the heavyweight division.

[edit] Super Middleweight

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[edit] Middleweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
August 10, 1963	December 12, 1963	Dick Tiger	WBA WBC
December 12, 1963	October 21, 1965	Joey Giardello	WBA WBC
October 21, 1965	April 17, 1967	Emile Griffith	WBA WBC
April 17, 1967	September 29, 1967	Nino Benvenuti	WBA WBC
September 29, 1967	March 4, 1968	Emile Griffith	WBA WBC
March 4, 1968	November 7, 1970	Nino Benvenuti	WBA WBC
November 7, 1970	February 9, 1974	Carlos Monzon	WBA WBC
May 25, 1974	June 26, 1976	Rodrigo Valdez	WBA WBC
June 26, 1976	July 30, 1977	Carlos Monzon	WBA WBC
May 22, 1978	June 30, 1979	Hugo Corro	WBA WBC
June 30, 1979	March 16, 1980	Vito Antuofermo	WBA WBC
March 16, 1980	September 27, 1980	Alan Minter	WBA WBC
September 27, 1980	June 6, 1987	Marvin Hagler	WBA WBC IBF
Hagler is recognized as the inaugural IBF champion, adding the belt to his undisputed status. He loses the IBF and WBA belt recognitions after deciding to fight Sugar Ray Leonard. He loses the WBC belt after losing to Leonard.
September 29, 2001	July 16, 2005	Bernard Hopkins	WBA WBC IBF WBO
Bernard Hopkins becomes the undisputed champion after defeating Felix Trinidad in a Middleweight tournament to successfully unify WBC WBA and IBF belts. He later add the WBO to his undisputed status after defeating Oscar de la Hoya.
July 16, 2005	2005	Jermain Taylor	WBA WBC IBF WBO
Taylor loses the undisputed status after taking a rematch against Hopkins instead of fighting the IBF #1 challenger Arthur Abraham.

[edit] Junior Middleweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
March 13, 2004	November 20, 2004	Winky Wright	WBA,WBC,IBF
Winky Wright becomes the first undisputed champion of the light middleweight division after unifying his IBF belt with Sugar Shane Mosley's WBA and WBC belts. Wright loses the IBF belt for taking a rematch against Mosley.

[edit] Welterweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
March 21, 1963	June 8, 1963	Luis Manuel Rodriguez	WBA WBC
June 8, 1963	December 10, 1965	Emile Griffith	WBA WBC
Emile Griffith relinquishes the title after moving to the middleweight division.
November 28, 1966	April 18, 1969	Curtis Cokes	WBA WBC
Cokes reunites the titles after defeating Jean Josselin.
April 18, 1969	December 3, 1970	Jose Napoles	WBA WBC
December 3, 1970	June 4, 1971	Billy Backus	WBA WBC
June 4, 1971	May 1975	Jose Napoles	WBA WBC
Napoles gives up the WBA belt after rematching Armando Muniz.
September 16, 1981	February 15, 1982	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBA WBC
Sugar Ray Leonard unifies his WBA with Thomas Hearns's WBC in a legendary showdown to become the first undisputed champ in seven years. Leonard later relinquishes the title after retiring from boxing because of a detached retina in his eyes.
December 6, 1985	September 27, 1986	Donald Curry	WBA WBC IBF
Donald Curry unifies his WBA and IBF titles with Milton McCrory's WBC title to become the next undisputed champ.
September 27, 1986	1987	Lloyd Honeyghan	WBA WBC IBF
Honeyghan later relinquishes the WBA title
December 13, 2003	February 5, 2005	Cory Spinks	WBA WBC IBF
Spinks wins the undisputed title by unifying his IBF belt with Ricardo Mayorga's WBC and WBA belts.
February 5, 2005	January 7, 2006	Zab Judah	WBA WBC IBF
Judah defeats Spinks to become the next undisputed champion. He loses the undisputed status after losing to Carlos Baldomir. Despite being recognized as the "true" welterweight champion, Baldomir wins only the WBC belt because of not paying sanctioning fees for the IBF and WBA . The WBA relinquished Judah as its champion, while the IBF still recognized Judah. Judah later loses the IBF title after losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr..

[edit] Junior Welterweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
November 3, 2001	January 19, 2003	Kostya Tszyu	WBA,WBC,IBF
Kostya Tszyu becomes the undisputed junior welterweight champ after defeating Zab Judah successfully unifies his WBA and WBC belt with Judah's IBF belt. Tszyu later relinquishes the WBA and WBC titles.

[edit] Lightweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
April 7, 1963	April 10, 1965	Carlos Ortiz	WBA WBC
April 10, 1965	November 13, 1965	Ismael Laguna	WBA WBC
November 13, 1965	June 29, 1968	Carlos Ortiz	WBA WBC
June 29, 1968	February 18, 1969	Carlos Cruz	WBA WBC
February 18, 1969	March 3, 1970	Mando Ramos	WBA WBC
March 3, 1971	1971	Ken Buchanan	WBA WBC
Buchanan gives up the WBC title after a contractual dispute, although he is still recognized as the true champion.
January 21, 1978	January 1979	Roberto Duran	WBA WBC
Duran, the WBA champion, wins the undisputed title after defeating WBC Champion Estaban De Jesus. Duran gives up the titles after moving up to the welterweight division.
August 11, 1990	January 18, 1992	Pernell Whitaker	WBA WBC IBF
Whitaker, the unified IBF and WBC champion, wins Juan Nazario's WBA belt becoming the undisputed champ . Whitaker relinquishes all of the belts after moving to the junior welterweight division.

[edit] Super Featherweight

• Flash Elorde (WBA,WBC)

[edit] Featherweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
March 21, 1963	September 26, 1964	Sugar Ramos	WBA WBC
September 26, 1964	October 14, 1967	Vicente Saldivar	WBA WBC
Saldivar retired after his title defense against Howard Winstone.

[edit] Super Bantamweight

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[edit] Bantamweight

• Rafael Herrera (WBA,WBC)
• Ruben Olivares (WBA,WBC)
• Enrique Pinder (WBA,WBC)

[edit] Super Flyweight

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
July 5, 1984	March 30, 1986	Jiro Watanabe	WBA WBC
Watanabe had his WBA title stripped for unifying the Super Flyweight championship with the WBC champion Payao Poontarat. He was regarded as the undisputed champion until his loss to Gilberto Roman.

[edit] Flyweight

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[edit] Junior Flyweight

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[edit] Minimumweight

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[edit] External links

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[edit] External links

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Champions by weight class:	Heavyweight | Cruiserweight | Light heavyweight | Super middleweight | Middleweight | Super welterweight | Welterweight | Super lightweight | Lightweight | Super featherweight | Featherweight | Super bantamweight | Bantamweight | Super flyweight | Flyweight | Light flyweight | Strawweight
Champions by organization:	WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | The Ring | Undisputed
Terms:	Interim championship | Undisputed championship