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World Heavyweight Boxing Champions

Name: World Heavyweight Boxing Champions
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Heavyweight boxing world champions throughout history.

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No.↕	Champion↕	Recognition↕	Begin reign↕	End reign↕	Day(s)↕	Title defense(s)↕	Additional recognition↕	Note(s)↕	Source(s)↕
1	John L. Sullivandef. Dominick McCaffrey	World	August 29, 1885	September 7, 1892	2,566	–		,
2	James J. Corbett	September 7, 1892	March 17, 1897	1,652	def. Charley Mitchell on January 25, 1894				—
3	Bob Fitzsimmons	March 17, 1897	June 9, 1899	814	–				—
4	James J. Jeffries	June 9, 1899	May 15, 1905	2,166	def. Tom Sharkey on November 3, 1899def. John Finnegan on April 6, 1900def. James J. Corbett on May 11, 1900def. Gus Ruhlin on November 15, 1901def. Bob Fitzsimmons on July 25, 1902def. James J. Corbett on August 14, 1903def. Jack Munroe on August 26, 1904		,		—
5	Marvin Hartdef. Jack Root	July 3, 1905	February 23, 1906	235	–				—
6	Tommy Burns	February 23, 1906	December 26, 1908	1,037	def. James J. Walker on March 28, 1906def. Jim O'Brien on March 28, 1906def. Fireman Jim Flynn on October 2, 1906draw vs. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien on November 28, 1906def. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien on May 8, 1907def. Bill Squires on July 4, 1907def. Gunner Moir on December 2, 1907def. Jack Palmer on February 10, 1908def. Jem Roche on March 17, 1908def. Jewey Smith on April 18, 1908def. Bill Squires on June 13, 1908def. Bill Squires on August 24, 1908def. Bill Lang on September 3, 1908				—
7	Jack Johnson	December 26, 1908	April 5, 1915	2,291	draw vs. Philadelphia Jack O'Brien on May 19, 1909def. Al Kaufman on September 9, 1909def. Stanley Ketchel on October 16, 1909def. James J. Jeffries on July 4, 1910def. Fireman Jim Flynn on July 4, 1912draw vs. Battling Jim Johnson on December 19, 1913def. Frank Moran on June 27, 1914				—
8	Jess Willard	April 5, 1915	July 4, 1919	1,551	def. Frank Moran on March 25, 1916				—
9	Jack Dempsey	July 4, 1919	July 2, 1921	729	def. Billy Miske on September 6, 1920def. Bill Brennan on December 14, 1920 def. Georges Carpentier on July 2, 1921	The Ringawarded the title in 1922			—
NBA	July 2, 1921	July 24, 1922	387	–			—	—	—
NBA, and NYSAC	July 24, 1922	September 23, 1926	1,522	def. Tommy Gibbons on July 4, 1923def. Luis Angel Firpo on September 14, 1923			—	—	—
10	Gene Tunney	September 23, 1926	July 31, 1928	677	def. Jack Dempsey on September 22, 1927def. Tom Heeney on July 26, 1928	The Ring			—
11	Max Schmeling def. Jack Sharkey	June 12, 1930	January 7, 1931	209	–	,		—	—
NBA, and IBU	January 7, 1931	June 21, 1932	531	def. Young Stribling on July 3, 1931	,		—	—	—
12	Jack Sharkey	NBA, NYSAC, and IBU	June 21, 1932	June 29, 1933	373	–			—
13	Primo Carnera	June 29, 1933	June 14, 1934	350	def. Paulino Uzcudun on October 22, 1933def. Tommy Loughran on March 1, 1934	,		—	—
14	Max Baer	June 14, 1934	June 13, 1935	364	–			—	—
15	James J. Braddock	June 13, 1935	June 22, 1937	740	–			—	—
16	Joe Louis	June 22, 1937	March 1, 1949	4,270	def. Tommy Farr on August 30, 1937def. Nathan Mann on February 23, 1938def. Harry Thomas on April 4, 1938def. Max Schmeling on June 22, 1938def. John Henry Lewis on January 25, 1939def. Jack Roper on April 17, 1939def. Tony Galento on June 28, 1939def. Bob Pastor on September 20, 1939def. Arturo Godoy on February 9, 1940def. Johnny Paychek on March 29, 1940def. Arturo Godoy on June 20, 1940def. Al McCoy on December 16, 1940def. Red Burman on January 31, 1941def. Gus Dorazio on February 17, 1941def. Abe Simon on March 21, 1941def. Tony Musto on April 8, 1941def. Buddy Baer on May 23, 1941def. Billy Conn on June 18, 1941def. Lou Nova on September 29, 1941def. Buddy Baer on January 9, 1942def. Abe Simon on March 27, 1942def. Johnny Davis on November 14, 1944def. Billy Conn on June 19, 1946def. Tami Mauriello on September 18, 1946def. Jersey Joe Walcott on December 5, 1947def. Jersey Joe Walcott on June 25, 1948			—	—
17	Ezzard Charlesdef. Jersey Joe Walcott	NBA	June 22, 1949	September 27, 1950	462	def. Gus Lesnevich on August 10, 1949def. Pat Valentino on October 14, 1949def. Freddie Beshore on August 15, 1950def. Joe Louis on September 27, 1950	,		—
NBA, and NYSAC	September 27, 1950	June 16, 1951	261	def. Nick Barone on December 5, 1950def. Lee Oma on January 12, 1951def. Jersey Joe Walcott on March 7, 1951def. Joey Maxim on May 30, 1951	,		—	—	—
NBA, NYSAC, and IBU	June 16, 1951	July 18, 1951	33	–			—	—	—
18	Jersey Joe Walcott	NBA and NYSAC	July 18, 1951	September 23, 1952	433	def. Ezzard Charles on June 5, 1952			—
19	Rocky Marciano	September 23, 1952	April 27, 1956	1,312	def. Jersey Joe Walcott on March 15, 1953def. Roland LaStarza on September 24, 1953def. Ezzard Charles on June 17, 1954def. Ezzard Charles on September 17, 1954def. Don Cockell on May 16, 1955def. Archie Moore on September 21, 1955			—	—
20	Floyd Pattersondef. Archie Moore	November 30, 1956	June 26, 1959	938	def. Tommy Jackson on July 29, 1957def. Pete Rademacher on August 22, 1957def. Roy Harris on August 18, 1958def. Brian London on May 1, 1959	,		—	—
21	Ingemar Johansson	June 26, 1959	June 20, 1960	360	–			—	—
22	Floyd Patterson (Second reign)	June 20, 1960	September 25, 1962	827	def. Ingemar Johansson on March 13, 1961def. Tom McNeeley on December 4, 1961			—	—
23	Sonny Liston	NYSAC and WBA	September 25, 1962	July 22, 1963	270	def. Floyd Patterson on July 22, 1963			—
NYSAC, WBA, and WBC	July 22, 1963	February 25, 1964	248	–			—	—	—
24	Muhammad Ali	February 25, 1964	June 19, 1964	115	–			—	—
NYSAC, and WBC	June 19, 1964	February 6, 1967	962	def. Sonny Liston on May 25, 1965def. Floyd Patterson on November 22, 1965def. George Chuvalo on March 29, 1966def. Henry Cooper on May 21, 1966def. Brian London on August 6, 1966def. Karl Mildenberger on September 10, 1966def. Cleveland Williams on November 14, 1966def. Ernie Terrell on February 6, 1967			—	—	—
NYSAC, WBA, and WBC	February 6, 1967	April 29, 1967	82	def. Zora Folley on March 22, 1967			—	—	—
25	Ernie Terrelldef. Eddie Machen	WBA	March 5, 1965	February 6, 1967	703	def. George Chuvalo on November 1, 1965def. Doug Jones on June 28, 1966	–
26	Joe Frazierdef. Buster Mathis	NYSAC	March 4, 1968	February 16, 1970	714	def. Manuel Ramos on June 24, 1968def. Oscar Bonavena on December 10, 1968def. Dave Zyglewicz on April 22, 1969def. Jerry Quarry on June 23, 1969def. Jimmy Ellis on February 16, 1970	The Ringdef. Muhammad Ali on March 8, 1971
WBA, and WBC	February 16, 1970	January 22, 1973	1,071	def. Bob Foster on November 18, 1970def. Muhammad Ali on March 8, 1971def. Terry Daniels on January 15, 1972def. Ron Stander on May 25, 1972			—	—	—
27	Jimmy Ellisdef. Jerry Quarry	WBA	April 27, 1968	February 16, 1970	660	def. Floyd Patterson on September 14, 1968	–	,
28	George Foreman	WBA and WBC	January 22, 1973	October 30, 1974	646	def. José Roman on September 1, 1973def. Ken Norton on March 26, 1974	The Ring	,
29	Muhammad Ali (Second reign)	October 30, 1974	February 15, 1978	1,204	def. Chuck Wepner on March 24, 1975def. Ron Lyle on May 16, 1975def. Joe Bugner on June 30, 1975def. Joe Frazier on October 1, 1975def. Jean-Pierre Coopman on February 20, 1976def. Jimmy Young on April 30, 1976def. Richard Dunn on May 24, 1976def. Ken Norton on September 28, 1976def. Alfredo Evangelista on May 16, 1977def. Earnie Shavers on September 29, 1977			—	—
30	Leon Spinks	February 15, 1978	March 18, 1978	31	–			—	—
WBA	March 18, 1978	September 15, 1978	181	–			—	—	—
31	Ken Nortonawarded the title	WBC	March 18, 1978	June 9, 1978	83	–	–
32	Larry Holmes	June 9, 1978	December 11, 1983	2,011	def. Alfredo Evangelista on November 10, 1978def. Ossie Ocasio on March 23, 1979def. Mike Weaver on June 22, 1979def. Earnie Shavers on September 28, 1979def. Lorenzo Zanon on February 3, 1980def. Leroy Jones on March 31, 1980def. Scott LeDoux on July 7, 1980def. Muhammad Ali on October 2, 1980def. Trevor Berbick on April 11, 1981def. Leon Spinks on June 12, 1981def. Renaldo Snipes on November 6, 1981def. Gerry Cooney on June 11, 1982def. Randall "Tex" Cobb on November 26, 1982def. Lucien Rodriguez on March 27, 1983def. Tim Witherspoon on May 20, 1983def. Scott Frank on September 10, 1983	The Ringdef. Muhammad Ali on October 2, 1980			—
IBF	December 11, 1983	September 21, 1985	650	def. James Smith on November 9, 1984def. David Bey on March 15, 1985def. Carl Williams on May 20, 1985			—	—	—
33	Muhammad Ali (Third reign)	WBA	September 15, 1978	October 18, 1979	398	–	The Ring
34	John Tatedef. Gerrie Coetzee	October 20, 1979	March 31, 1980	163	–	–			—
35	Mike Weaver	March 31, 1980	December 10, 1982	984	def. Gerrie Coetzee on October 25, 1980def. James Tillis on October 3, 1981	–			—
36	Michael Dokes	December 10, 1982	September 23, 1983	287	draw vs. Mike Weaver on May 20, 1983	–			—
37	Gerrie Coetzee	September 23, 1983	December 1, 1984	435	–	–			—
38	Tim Witherspoondef. Greg Page	WBC	March 9, 1984	August 31, 1984	175	–	–
39	Pinklon Thomas	August 31, 1984	March 22, 1986	568	def. Mike Weaver on June 15, 1985	–			—
40	Greg Page	WBA	December 1, 1984	April 29, 1985	149	–	–
41	Tony Tubbs	April 29, 1985	January 17, 1986	263	–	–			—
42	Michael Spinks	IBF	September 21, 1985	February 26, 1987	523	def. Larry Holmes on April 19, 1986def. Steffen Tangstad on September 6, 1986	The Ring
43	Tim Witherspoon (Second reign)	WBA	January 17, 1986	December 12, 1986	329	def. Frank Bruno on July 19, 1986	–
44	Trevor Berbick	WBC	March 22, 1986	November 22, 1986	245	–	–
45	Mike Tyson	November 22, 1986	March 7, 1987	105	def. James Smith on March 7, 1987	The Ringdef. Michael Spinks on June 27, 1988			—
WBA and WBC	March 7, 1987	August 1, 1987	147	def. Pinklon Thomas on May 30, 1987def. Tony Tucker on August 1, 1987			—	—	—
WBA, WBC, and IBF	August 1, 1987	February 11, 1990	925	def. Tyrell Biggs on October 16, 1987def. Larry Holmes on January 22, 1988def. Tony Tubbs on March 21, 1988def. Michael Spinks on June 27, 1988def. Frank Bruno on February 25, 1989def. Carl Williams on July 21, 1989			—	—	—
46	James "Bonecrusher" Smith	WBA	December 12, 1986	March 7, 1987	85	–	–
47	Tony Tuckerdef. Buster Douglas	IBF	May 30, 1987	August 1, 1987	64	–	–
48	Francesco Damianidef. Johnny du Plooy	WBO	May 6, 1989	January 11, 1991	616	def. Daniel Eduardo Neto on December 16, 1989	–
49	James "Buster" Douglas	WBA, WBC, and IBF	February 11, 1990	October 25, 1990	257	–	–
50	Evander Holyfield	October 25, 1990	November 13, 1992	751	def. George Foreman on April 19, 1991def. Bert Cooper on November 23, 1991def. Larry Holmes on June 19, 1992	–			—
51	Ray Mercer	WBO	January 11, 1991	December 24, 1991	348	def. Tommy Morrison on October 18, 1991	–
52	Michael Moorerdef. Bert Cooper	May 15, 1992	February 3, 1993	265	–	–	,		—
53	Riddick Bowe	WBA, WBC, and IBF	November 13, 1992	December 14, 1992	32	–	–
WBA, and IBF	December 14, 1992	November 6, 1993	328	def. Michael Dokes on February 6, 1993def. Jesse Ferguson on May 22, 1993	–			—	—
54	Lennox Lewisawarded the title	WBC	December 14, 1992	September 24, 1994	650	def. Tony Tucker on May 8, 1993def. Frank Bruno on October 1, 1993def. Phil Jackson on May 6, 1994	–
55	Tommy Morrisondef. George Foreman	WBO	June 7, 1993	October 29, 1993	145	def. Tim Tomashek on August 30, 1993	–
56	Michael Bentt	October 29, 1993	March 19, 1994	142	–	–			—
57	Evander Holyfield (Second reign)	WBA, and IBF	November 6, 1993	April 22, 1994	168	–	–
58	Herbie Hide	WBO	March 19, 1994	March 11, 1995	358	–	–
59	Michael Moorer (Second reign)	WBA, and IBF	April 22, 1994	November 5, 1994	198	–	–
60	Oliver McCall	WBC	September 24, 1994	September 2, 1995	344	def. Larry Holmes on April 8, 1995	–
61	George Foreman (Second reign)	WBA, and IBF	November 5, 1994	March 4, 1995	119	–	–
IBF	March 4, 1995	June 29, 1995	117	def. Axel Schulz on April 22, 1995	−			—	—
62	Riddick Bowe (Second reign)	WBO	March 11, 1995	May 1, 1996	418	def. Jorge Luis Gonzalez on June 17, 1995	–
63	Bruce Seldondef. Tony Tucker	WBA	April 8, 1995	September 7, 1996	519	def. Joe Hipp on August 19, 1995	–
64	Frank Bruno	WBC	September 2, 1995	March 16, 1996	197	–	–
65	Mike Tyson (Second reign)	March 16, 1996	September 7, 1996	175	–	–			—
WBA, and WBC	September 7, 1996	September 24, 1996	17	–	–			—	—
WBA	September 24, 1996	November 9, 1996	46	–	–			—	—
66	Michael Moorer (Third reign)def. Axel Schulz	IBF	June 22, 1996	November 8, 1997	505	def. Francois Botha on November 9, 1996def. Vaughn Bean on March 29, 1997	–	,
67	Henry Akinwandedef. Jeremy Williams	WBO	June 29, 1996	February 17, 1997	234	def. Alexander Zolkin on November 9, 1996def. Scott Welch on January 11, 1997	–	,
68	Evander Holyfield (Third reign)	WBA	November 9, 1996	November 8, 1997	365	def. Mike Tyson on June 28, 1997def. Michael Moorer on November 8, 1997	–
WBA, and IBF	November 8, 1997	November 13, 1999	736	def. Vaughn Bean on September 19, 1998draw vs. Lennox Lewis on March 13, 1999	–			—	—
69	Lennox Lewis (Second reign)def. Oliver McCall	WBC	February 7, 1997	November 13, 1999	1010	def. Henry Akinwande on July 12, 1997def. Andrzej Golota on October 4, 1997def. Shannon Briggs on March 28, 1998def. Željko Mavrović on September 26, 1998draw vs. Evander Holyfield on March 13, 1999def. Evander Holyfield on November 13, 1999	–
WBA, WBC, and IBF	November 13, 1999	April 29, 2000	168	–	–			—	—
WBC, and IBF	April 29, 2000	April 22, 2001	358	def. Michael Grant on April 29, 2000def. Francois Botha on July 15, 2000def. David Tua on November 11, 2000	–			—	—
70	Herbie Hide (Second reign)def. Tony Tucker	WBO	June 28, 1997	June 26, 1999	729	def. Damon Reed on April 18, 1998def. Wilhelm Fischer on September 26, 1998	–
71	Vitali Klitschko	June 26, 1999	April 1, 2000	281	def. Ed Mahone on October 9, 1999def. Obed Sullivan on December 11, 1999	–			—
72	Chris Byrd	April 1, 2000	October 14, 2000	197	–	–			—
73	Evander Holyfield (Fourth reign)def. John Ruiz	WBA	August 12, 2000	March 3, 2001	204	–	–
74	Wladimir Klitschko	WBO	October 14, 2000	March 8, 2003	876	def. Derrick Jefferson on March 24, 2001def. Charles Shufford on August 4, 2001def. Francois Botha on March 16, 2002def. Ray Mercer on June 29, 2002def. Jameel McCline on December 7, 2002	–
75	John Ruiz	WBA	March 3, 2001	March 1, 2003	729	draw vs. Evander Holyfield on December 15, 2001def. Kirk Johnson on July 27, 2002	–
76	Hasim Rahman	WBC and IBF	April 22, 2001	November 17, 2001	210	–	–
77	Lennox Lewis (Third reign)	November 17, 2001	September 5, 2002	293	def. Mike Tyson on June 8, 2002	The Ringawarded the title in 2002			—
WBC	September 5, 2002	February 6, 2004	519	def. Vitali Klitschko on June 21, 2003			—	—	—
78	Chris Byrd (Second reign)def. Evander Holyfield	IBF	December 14, 2002	1,591	def. Fres Oquendo on September 20, 2003draw vs. Andrzej Golota on April 17, 2004def. Jameel McCline on November 13, 2004def. DaVarryl Williamson on October 1, 2005	–
79	Roy Jones Jr.	WBA	March 1, 2003	February 20, 2004	357	–	–
80	Corrie Sanders	WBO	March 8, 2003	October 9, 2003	216	–	–
81	John Ruiz (Second reign)def. Hasim Rahman for interim title	WBA	February 20, 2004	December 17, 2005	667	def. Fres Oquendo on April 17, 2004def. Andrzej Golota on November 13, 2004	–
82	Lamon Brewsterdef. Wladimir Klitschko	WBO	April 10, 2004	April 1, 2006	722	def. Kali Meehan on September 4, 2004def. Andrzej Golota on May 21, 2005def. Luan Krasniqi on September 28, 2005	–
83	Vitali Klitschko (Second reign)def. Corrie Sanders	WBC	April 24, 2004	November 9, 2005	565	def. Danny Williams on December 11, 2004	The Ring	,
84	Hasim Rahman (Second reign)def. Monte Barrett for interim title	November 9, 2005	August 12, 2006	277	draw vs. James Toney on March 18, 2006	–			—
85	Nikolai Valuev	WBA	December 17, 2005	April 14, 2007	484	def. Owen Beck on June 3, 2006def. Monte Barrett on October 7, 2006def. Jameel McCline on January 20, 2007	–	,
86	Siarhei Liakhovich	WBO	April 1, 2006	November 4, 2006	218	–	–
87	Wladimir Klitschko (Second reign)	IBF	April 22, 2006	February 23, 2008	673	def. Calvin Brock on November 11, 2006def. Ray Austin on March 10, 2007def. Lamon Brewster on July 7, 2007def. Sultan Ibragimov on February 23, 2008	The Ringdef. Ruslan Chagaev on June 20, 2009
IBF and WBO	February 23, 2008	July 2, 2011	1,226	def. Tony Thompson on July 12, 2008def. Hasim Rahman on December 13, 2008def. Ruslan Chagaev on June 20, 2009def. Eddie Chambers on March 20, 2010def. Samuel Peter on September 11, 2010def. David Haye on July 2, 2011			—	—	—
WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO	July 2, 2011	November 28, 2015	1,611	def. Jean-Marc Mormeck on March 13, 2012def. Tony Thompson on July 7, 2012def. Mariusz Wach on November 10, 2012def. Francesco Pianeta on May 4, 2013def. Alexander Povetkin on October 5, 2013def. Alex Leapai on April 26, 2014def. Kubrat Pulev on November 15, 2014def. Bryant Jennings on April 25, 2015			—	—	—
88	Oleg Maskaev	WBC	August 12, 2006	December 9, 2006	120	–	–
December 9, 2006	March 8, 2008	456	def. Okello Peter on December 10, 2006	–		—	—	—	—
89	Shannon Briggs	WBO	November 4, 2006	June 2, 2007	211	–	–
90	Ruslan Chagaev	WBA	April 14, 2007	July 3, 2008	799	def. Matt Skelton on January 19, 2008	–
91	Sultan Ibragimov	WBO	June 2, 2007	February 23, 2008	267	def. Evander Holyfield on October 13, 2007	–
92	Samuel Peter	WBC	March 8, 2008	October 11, 2008	218	–	–
93	Nikolai Valuev (Second reign)def. John Ruiz	WBA	August 30, 2008	November 7, 2009	435	def. Evander Holyfield on December 20, 2008	–	,
94	Vitali Klitschko (Third reign)	WBC	October 11, 2008	December 15, 2013	1,892	def. Juan Carlos Gomez on March 21, 2009def. Chris Arreola on September 26, 2009def. Kevin Johnson on December 12, 2009def. Albert Sosnowski on May 29, 2010def. Shannon Briggs on October 16, 2010def. Odlanier Solís on March 19, 2011def. Tomasz Adamek on September 10, 2011def. Derek Chisora on February 18, 2012def. Mahmoud Charr on September 8, 2012	–
95	David Haye	WBA	November 7, 2009	July 2, 2011	603	def. John Ruiz on April 3, 2010def. Audley Harrison on November 13, 2010	–
–	Alexander Povetkindef. Ruslan Chagaev	WBA (Regular)	August 27, 2011	October 5, 2013	771	def. Cedric Boswell on December 3, 2011def. Marco Huck on February 25, 2012def. Hasim Rahman on September 29, 2012def. Andrzej Wawrzyk on May 17, 2013	–	,
96	Bermane Stivernedef. Chris Arreola	WBC	May 10, 2014	January 17, 2015	253	–	–
–	Ruslan Chagaevdef. Fres Oquendo	WBA (Regular)	July 6, 2014	March 5, 2016	609	def. Francesco Pianeta on July 11, 2015	–
97	Deontay Wilder	WBC	January 17, 2015	February 22, 2020	1,863	def. Eric Molina on June 13, 2015def. Johann Duhaupas on September 26, 2015def. Artur Szpilka on January 16, 2016def. Chris Arreola on July 16, 2016def. Gerald Washington on February 25, 2017def. Bermane Stiverne on November 4, 2017def. Luis Ortiz on March 3, 2018draw vs. Tyson Fury on December 1, 2018def. Dominic Breazeale on May 18, 2019def. Luis Ortiz on November 23, 2019	–
98	Tyson Fury	WBA (Super), IBF, and WBO	November 28, 2015	December 8, 2015	11	–	The Ring
WBA (Super) and WBO	December 8, 2015	October 12, 2016	310	–			—	—	—
99	Charles Martindef. Vyacheslav Glazkov	IBF	January 16, 2016	April 9, 2016	85	–	–
–	Lucas Browne	WBA (Regular)	March 5, 2016	May 12, 2016	69	–	–
100	Anthony Joshua	IBF	April 9, 2016	April 29, 2017	386	def. Dominic Breazeale on June 25, 2016def. Eric Molina on December 10, 2016def. Wladimir Klitschko on April 29, 2017	–
WBA (Super) and IBF	April 29, 2017	March 31, 2018	337	def. Carlos Takam on October 28, 2017def. Joseph Parker on March 31, 2018	–			—	—
WBA (Super), IBF, WBO	March 31, 2018	June 1, 2019	428	def. Alexander Povetkin on September 22, 2018	–			—	—
–	Ruslan Chagaevawarded the title	WBA (Regular)	May 12, 2016	July 25, 2016	75	–	–
101	Joseph Parkerdef. Andy Ruiz Jr.	WBO	December 10, 2016	March 31, 2018	477	def. Răzvan Cojanu on May 6, 2017def. Hughie Fury on September 23, 2017	–
–	Mahmoud Charrdef. Alexander Ustinov	WBA (Regular)	November 25, 2017	January 29, 2021	1,162	–	–
102	Andy Ruiz Jr.	WBA (Super), IBF, WBO	June 1, 2019	December 7, 2019	190	–	–
103	Anthony Joshua (Second reign)	December 7, 2019	September 25, 2021	659	def. Kubrat Pulev on December 12, 2020	–			—
104	Tyson Fury (Second reign)	WBC	February 22, 2020	May 18, 2024	1,548	def. Deontay Wilder on October 9, 2021def. Dillian Whyte on April 23, 2022def. Derek Chisora on December 3, 2022	The Ring
–	Trevor Bryandef. Bermane Stiverne	WBA (Regular)	January 29, 2021	June 11, 2022	498	def. Jonathan Guidry on January 29, 2022	–	,
105	Oleksandr Usyk	WBA (Super), IBF, WBO	September 25, 2021	May 18, 2024	967	def. Anthony Joshua on August 20, 2022def. Daniel Dubois on August 26, 2023def. Tyson Fury on May 18, 2024	The Ringdef. Anthony Joshua on August 20, 2022
WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO	May 18, 2024	June 25, 2024	38		—	—	—	—	—
WBA (Super), WBC, WBO	June 25, 2024	July 19, 2025	389	def. Tyson Fury on December 21, 2024def. Daniel Dubois on July 19, 2025	—	—	—	—	—
WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO	July 19, 2025	November 17, 2025	121		—	—	—	—	—
WBA (Super), WBC, IBF	November 17, 2025	present	93		—	—	—	—	—
−	Daniel Dubois	WBA (Regular)	June 11, 2022	August 26, 2023	441	def. Kevin Lerena on December 3, 2022	–
–	Mahmoud CharrReinstated by legal appeal	August 31, 2023	December 7, 2024	901		−			—
106	Daniel Duboisinterim champion promoted	IBF	June 26, 2024	July 19, 2025	388	def. Anthony Joshua on September 21, 2024	–
–	Kubrat Pulev	WBA (Regular)	December 7, 2024	December 12, 2025	370		−
107	Fabio Wardleyinterim champion promoted	WBO	November 17, 2025	present	93		−
–	Murat Gassiev	WBA (Regular)	December 12, 2025	present	68		−

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