List of world cruiserweight boxing champions

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "redirect hatnote". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use dmy dates This is a chronological list of world cruiserweight boxing champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

Championship recognition

No. Reign began Reign ended Champion Recognition
1 31 March 1980 25 November 1980 Template:Flagicon Marvin Camel Universal
Camel and Mate Parlov fought to a draw in the first Cruiserweight championship bout on 12 August 1979, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council. Camel won the rematch to become champion. Since the WBC was the only sanctioning body to recognize a Cruiserweight division at the time, he is considered by some an undisputed champion.
2 25 November 1980 13 February 1982 Template:Flagicon Carlos De León Universal
3 13 February 1982 27 June 1982 Template:Flagicon Carlos De Leon WBC
4 13 February 1982 1 December 1984 Template:Flagicon Ossie Ocasio WBA
Ocasio defeated Robbie Williams in the first Cruiserweight championship bout sanctioned by the World Boxing Association.
5 27 June 1982 17 July 1983 Template:Flagicon S. T. Gordon WBC
6 17 July 1983 6 June 1985 Template:Flagicon Carlos De León WBC
7 13 February 1983 6 October 1984 Template:Flagicon Marvin Camel IBF
Just as he had done with the WBC title, Camel became the first champion in the division crowned by the International Boxing Federation, defeating Roddy McDonald to win the vacant title.
8 6 October 1984 25 October 1986 Template:Flagicon Lee Roy Murphy IBF
9 1 December 1984 27 July 1985 Template:Flagicon Piet Crous WBA
10 6 June 1985 21 September 1985 Template:Flagicon Alfonso Ratliff WBC
11 27 July 1985 12 July 1986 Template:Flagicon Dwight Muhammad Qawi (Dwight Braxton) WBA
12 21 September 1985 22 March 1986 Template:Flagicon Bernard Benton WBC
13 22 March 1986 9 April 1988 Template:Flagicon Carlos De León WBC
14 12 July 1986 15 May 1987 Template:Flagicon Evander Holyfield WBA
15 25 October 1986 15 May 1987 Template:Flagicon Rickey Parkey IBF
16 15 May 1987 9 April 1988 Template:Flagicon Evander Holyfield WBA & IBF
17 9 April 1988 4 December 19882 Template:Flagicon Evander Holyfield Universal
Holyfield unified his titles with Carlos De Leon's WBC title, making him the division's first truly undisputed champion.
18 25 March 1989 25 September 19892 Template:Flagicon Taoufik Belbouli WBA
Belbouli defeated Michael Greer to win the vacant title.
19 17 May 1989 27 July 1990 Template:Flagicon Carlos De León WBC
De Leon defeated Sammy Reeson to win the vacant title.
20 3 June 1989 22 March 1990 Template:Flagicon Glenn McCrory IBF
McCrory defeated Patrick Lumumba to win the vacant title.
21 27 November 1989 8 March 1991 Template:Flagicon Robert Daniels WBA
Daniels defeated Dwight Muhammad Qawi to win the vacant title.
22 3 December 1989 17 May 1990 Template:Flagicon Boone Pultz WBO
Pultz defeated Magne Havnå to win the inaugural WBO cruiserweight title.
23 22 March 1990 27 July 19911 Template:Flagicon Jeff Lampkin IBF
24 17 May 1990 1 May 1992 Template:Flagicon Magne Havnå2 WBO
25 27 July 1990 20 July 1991 Template:Flagicon Massimiliano Duran WBC
26 8 March 1991 5 August 19932 Template:Flagicon Bobby Czyz WBA
27 20 July 1991 7 July 19952 Template:Flagicon Anaclet Wamba WBC
28 7 September 1991 30 July 1992 Template:Flagicon James Warring IBF
Warring defeated James Pritchard to win the vacant title.
29 25 July 1992 13 February 1993 Template:Flagicon Tyrone Booze WBO
Booze defeated Derek Angol to win the vacant title.
30 30 July 1992 30 April 19962 Template:Flagicon Alfred Cole IBF
31 13 February 1993 26 June 1993 Template:Flagicon Markus Bott WBO
32 26 June 1993 17 December 1994 Template:Flagicon Nestor Hipolito Giovannini WBO
33 6 November 1993 22 July 1995 Template:Flagicon Orlin Norris WBA
Norris defeated Marcelo Victor Figueroa to win the vacant title.
34 17 December 1994 1 January 19952 Template:Flagicon Dariusz Michalczewski WBO
35 10 June 1995 4 October 1997 Template:Flagicon Ralf Rocchigiani WBO
Rocchigiani defeated Carl Thompson to win the vacant title.
36 22 July 1995 8 November 1997 Template:Flagicon Nate Miller WBA
37 25 July 1995 21 February 1998 Template:Flagicon Marcelo Dominguez WBC
Dominguez defeated Akim Tafer to win the vacant title.
38 31 August 1996 21 June 1997 Template:Flagicon Adolpho Washington IBF
Washington defeated Torsten May to win the vacant title.
39 21 June 1997 8 November 1997 Template:Flagicon Uriah Grant IBF
40 4 October 1997 27 March 1999 Template:Flagicon Carl Thompson WBO
41 8 November 1997 30 October 1998 Template:Flagicon Imamu Mayfield IBF
42 8 November 1997 9 December 2000 Template:Flagicon Fabrice Tiozzo WBA
43 21 February 1998 19 February 20022 Template:Flagicon Juan Carlos Gómez WBC
44 30 October 1998 5 June 1999 Template:Flagicon Arthur Williams IBF
45 27 March 1999 22 September 20062 Template:Flagicon Johnny Nelson WBO
46 5 June 1999 26 April 2003 Template:Flagicon Vassiliy Jirov IBF
47 9 December 2000 23 February 2002 Template:Flagicon Virgil Hill WBA
48 23 February 2002 2 April 2005 Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Mormeck WBA
49 11 October 2002 2 April 2005 Template:Flagicon Wayne Braithwaite WBC
Braithwaite defeated Vincenzo Cantatore to win the vacant title.
50 2 April 2005 7 January 2006 Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Mormeck WBA & WBC
Upon unifying the WBA and WBC titles against Wayne Braithwaite, the WBA upgraded Mormeck to the title of "super champion" and the "regular" title was declared vacant.
51 26 April 2003 9 December 20032 Template:Flagicon James Toney IBF
52 1 May 2004 20 May 20052 Template:Flagicon Kelvin Davis IBF
Davis defeated Ezra Sellers to win the vacant title.
53 20 May 2005 7 January 2006 Template:Flagicon O'Neil Bell IBF
Bell defeated Dale Brown to win the vacant title.
54 7 January 2006 31 March 20061 Template:Flagicon O'Neil Bell WBA (super Champion), WBC, & IBF
O'Neil Bell defeated Jean-Marc Mormeck on 7 January 2006, by knockout in round 10, unifying his IBF belt with Mormeck's WBA and WBC belts. That distinction lasted just under three months, as the IBF withdrew its recognition of Bell when Bell failed to reach an agreement to fight the organization's mandatory challenger.
55 27 January 2006 24 November 2007 Template:Flagicon Virgil Hill WBA (regular champion)
Hill defeated Valery Brudov to win the vacant WBA "regular" title.
56 31 March 2006 17 March 2007 Template:Flagicon O'Neil Bell WBA (super champion) & WBC
57 22 September 2006 8 March 2008 Template:Flagicon Enzo Maccarinelli WBO
Maccarinelli won the interim title by defeating Marcelo Dominguez on 8 July 2006. Upon champion Johnny Nelson's retirement, Maccarinelli was upgraded to full champion status.
58 26 November 2006 26 May 2007 Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Włodarczyk IBF
Wlodarczyk defeated Steve Cunningham to win the vacant title.
59 17 March 2007 10 November 2007 Template:Flagicon Jean-Marc Mormeck WBA (super champion), WBC
60 26 May 2007 11 December 2008 Template:Flagicon Steve Cunningham IBF
61 10 November 2007 8 March 2008 Template:Flagicon David Haye WBA (super champion), WBC
62 24 November 2007 28 September 2008 Template:Flagicon Firat Arslan WBA (regular champion)
63 8 March 2008 12 May 20082 Template:Flagicon David Haye WBA (super champion), WBC, WBO
David Haye defeated Enzo Maccarinelli on 8 March 2008 and unified his WBA and WBC titles with Maccarinelli's WBO title. On 12 May, he relinquished his WBC belt and would eventually relinquish the WBA and WBO belts in order to move up in weight.
64 28 September 2008 30 October 2012 1 Template:Flagicon Guillermo Jones WBA
On 30 October 2012, Guillermo Jones was stripped of the WBA title and named "Champion in Recess" due to his failure to meet mandatory challenger and interim champion Denis Lebedev in a timely manner thus elevating Lebedev to full champion status. The two would eventually meet on 17 May 2013 with Jones knocking Lebedev out in the 11th round of a brutal fight. However, in the post-fight drug screen Jones tested positive for a banned substance and although the fight still stands as a win for Jones, Lebedev was subsequently reinstated as champion. The WBA ordered a rematch that was scheduled to take place on 25 April 2014 however, Jones once again tested positive for a banned substance in the pre-fight drug screen and the rematch was canceled.
65 28 October 2008 22 November 2009 Template:Flagicon Giacobbe Fragomeni WBC
Fragomeni defeated Rudolf Kraj to win the vacant title.
66 11 December 2008 18 October 20092 Template:Flagicon Tomasz Adamek IBF
67 17 January 2009 29 August 2009 Template:Flagicon Victor Emilio Ramírez WBO
Ramirez defeated Aleksandr Alekseyev to win the interim title. Once champion David Haye made it clear he would no longer compete in the cruiserweight division, Ramirez was upgraded to full champion status.
68 29 August 2009 14 August 2015 Template:Flagicon Marco Huck WBO
69 22 November 2009 22 January 20102 Template:Flagicon Zsolt Erdei WBC
70 15 May 2010 27 September 2014 Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Włodarczyk WBC
Wlodarczyk defeated Giacobbe Fragomeni to win the vacant title.
71 5 June 2010 1 October 2011 Template:Flagicon Steve Cunningham IBF
Cunningham defeated Troy Ross to win the vacant title.
72 1 October 2011 21 September 20151 Template:Flagicon Yoan Pablo Hernández IBF
73 30 October 2012 1 February 2018 Template:Flagicon Denis Lebedev WBA
74 29 May 2016 Vacated Template:Flagicon Tony Bellew WBC
75 27 September 2014 17 September 2016 Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Głowacki WBO
76 21 September 2015 21 May 2016 Template:Flagicon Victor Emilio Ramirez IBF
77 21 May 2016 3 December 2016 Template:Flagicon Denis Lebedev WBA, IBF
78 17 September 2016 5 June 2019 Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Usyk WBO
79 3 December 2016 21 July 2018 Template:Flagicon Murat Gassiev IBF
80 1 April 2017 27 January 2018 Template:Flagicon Mairis Briedis WBC
81 27 January 2018 27 March 2019 Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Usyk WBO, WBC
82 3 February 2018 21 July 2018 Template:Flagicon Murat Gassiev WBA, IBF
83 21 July 2018 27 March 2019 Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Usyk WBO, WBC, WBA, IBF, The Ring
84 31 May 2019 30 March 2024 Template:Flagicon Arsen Goulamirian WBA
85 31 January 2020 26 February 2023 Template:Flagicon Ilunga Makabu WBC
86 26 September 2020 2 July 2022 Template:Flagicon Mairis Briedis IBF, The Ring
87 20 March 2021 27 May 2023 Template:Flagicon Lawrence Okolie WBO
88 2 July 2022 Present Template:Flagicon Jai Opetaia IBF, The Ring
IBF title vacated by Opetaia on 17 December 2023, after dispute with IBF. On 18 May 2024, Opetaia won IBF title again, defeating Mairis Briedis.
89 26 February 2023 17 September 2023 Template:Flagicon Badou Jack WBC
90 27 May 2023 16 November 2024 Template:Flagicon Chris Billam-Smith WBO
91 4 November 2023 11 December 2024 Template:Flagicon Noel Mikaelian WBC
Mikaelian defeated Ilunga Makabu to win the vacant title.
92 30 March 2024 Present Template:Flagicon Gilberto Ramirez WBA
93 16 November 2024 Present Template:Flagicon Gilberto Ramirez WBO
94 11 December 2024 13 December 2025 Template:Flagicon Badou Jack WBC
Jack reinstated by WBC.
95 13 December 2025 Present Template:Flagicon Noel Mikaelian WBC

Footnotes

1 Championship recognition withdrawn due to champion's failure/refusal to defend title against mandatory or designated challenger.
2 Relinquished title.

Cruiserweight champions who won belts in other divisions

  • Braxton, Jack, Michalczewski, Hill, Erdei, Adamek, Shumenov and Tiozzo all were light-heavyweight champions.
  • Holyfield, Haye, and Usyk are the only former cruiserweight champions to win the heavyweight title with Holyfield and Usyk earning recognition as undisputed champions in both divisions.
  • Toney won titles at middleweight and super middleweight. He also defeated John Ruiz in an attempt to win the heavyweight title but failed a post-fight drug test and the result was changed to a No Decision.
  • Jack won titles at super middleweight.

See also

References

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External links

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