Damit alle wissen, wovon geredet wird. Das waren die Weltmeister des WBC:
Heavyweight
No. Name Reign Defenses
1 Sonny Liston
(def. Floyd Patterson) 22 Jul 1963 – 25 Feb 1964 0
2 Muhammad Ali 25 Feb 1964 – 6 Mar 1969 9
Ali was stripped of the title due to being suspended for refusing to be inducted in the U.S. Army.[1]
3 Joe Frazier
(def. Jimmy Ellis) 16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 1973 4
4 George Foreman 22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 1974 2
5 Muhammad Ali (2) 30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 1978 9
6 Leon Spinks 15 Feb – 18 Mar 1978 0
Spinks was stripped of the title for pursuing a rematch against Muhammad Ali instead of a bout against mandatory challenger Ken Norton.[2]
7 Ken Norton
(no. 1 contender promoted) 18 Mar – 9 Jun 1978 0
8 Larry Holmes 9 Jun 1978 – 11 Dec 1983 16
Holmes vacated the title after a dispute with his promoter Don King over the proposed purse for a fight against mandatory challenger Greg Page.[3]
9 Tim Witherspoon
(def. Greg Page) 9 Mar – 31 Aug 1984 0
10 Pinklon Thomas 31 Aug 1984 – 22 Mar 1986 1
11 Trevor Berbick 22 Mar – 22 Nov 1986 0
12 Mike Tyson 22 Nov 1986 – 11 Feb 1990 9
13 Buster Douglas 11 Feb – 25 Oct 1990 0
14 Evander Holyfield 25 Oct 1990 – 13 Nov 1992 2
15 Riddick Bowe 13 Nov – 14 Dec 1992 0
Bowe vacated the title instead of fighting mandatory challenger Lennox Lewis, then dumped his WBC belt in a trash bin during a news conference in London.[4]
16 Lennox Lewis
(no. 1 contender promoted) 14 Dec 1992 – 24 Sep 1994 3
17 Oliver McCall 24 Sept 1994 – 2 Sep 1995 1
18 Frank Bruno 2 Sep 1995 – 16 Mar 1996 0
19 Mike Tyson (2) 16 Mar – 24 Sep 1996 0
Tyson vacated the title to pursue a bout against Evander Holyfield instead of mandatory challenger Lennox Lewis.[5]
20 Lennox Lewis (2)
(def. Oliver McCall) 7 Feb 1997 – 22 Apr 2001 9
21 Hasim Rahman 22 Apr – 17 Nov 2001 0
22 Lennox Lewis (3) 17 Nov 2001 – 6 Feb 2004 2
Lewis retired as champion and chose not to rematch Vitali Klitschko ahead of a WBC-mandated 1 March deadline to accept the bout.[6]
23 Vitali Klitschko
(def. Corrie Sanders) 24 Apr 2004 – 9 Nov 2005 1
Klitschko announced his retirement after withdrawing from a bout against Hasim Rahman due to injuries.[7]
24 Hasim Rahman (2)
(interim champion promoted) 9 Nov 2005 – 12 Aug 2006 1
25 Oleg Maskaev 12 Aug 2006 – 8 Mar 2008 1
26 Samuel Peter 8 Mar – 11 Oct 2008 0
27 Vitali Klitschko (2) 11 Oct 2008 – 16 Dec 2013 9
Klitschko vacated the title to focus on his career in politics in Ukraine.[8]
28 Bermane Stiverne
(def. Chris Arreola) 10 May 2014 – 17 Jan 2015 0
29 Deontay Wilder 17 Jan 2015 – 22 Feb 2020 10
30 Tyson Fury 22 Feb 2020 – present 3
Das waren die Weltmeister der WBA:
Heavyweight
Primary champion lineage
No. Name Reign Defenses
1 Jack Dempsey
(awarded inaugural title) Jan 1921 – 23 Sep 1926 3
2 Gene Tunney 23 Sep 1926 – 31 Jul 1928 2
Tunney retires.[1]
3 Max Schmeling
(def. Jack Sharkey) 12 Jun 1930 – 21 Jun 1932 1
4 Jack Sharkey 21 Jun 1932 – 29 Jun 1933 0
5 Primo Carnera 29 Jun 1933 – 14 Jun 1934 1
6 Max Baer 14 Jun 1934 – 13 Jun 1935 0
7 James J. Braddock 13 Jun 1935 – 22 Jun 1937 0
8 Joe Louis 22 Jun 1937 – 1 Mar 1949 25
Louis vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Ezzard Charles.[2]
9 Ezzard Charles
(def. Jersey Joe Walcott) 22 Jun 1949 – 18 Jul 1951 8
10 Jersey Joe Walcott 18 Jul 1951 – 23 Sep 1952 1
11 Rocky Marciano 23 Sep 1952 – 27 Apr 1956 6
Marciano retires.[3]
12 Floyd Patterson
(def. Archie Moore) 30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 1959 3
13 Ingemar Johansson 26 Jun 1959 – 20 Jun 1960 0
14 Floyd Patterson (2) 20 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 1962 2
The NBA changes its name to WBA on 23 August 1962,[4] making Patterson the first WBA heavyweight champion and last NBA heavyweight champion.
15 Sonny Liston 25 Sep 1962 – 25 Feb 1964 1
16 Muhammad Ali 25 Feb – 14 Sep 1964 0
Ali was stripped of the title for signing to a rematch with Liston.[5]
17 Ernie Terrell
(def. Eddie Machen) 5 Mar 1965 – 6 Feb 1967 2
18 Muhammad Ali (2) 6 Feb – 28 Apr 1967 1
Ali was stripped of the title due to his refusal to be drafted to Army service.[6]
19 Jimmy Ellis
(def. Jerry Quarry) 27 Apr 1968 – 16 Feb 1970 1
20 Joe Frazier 16 Feb 1970 – 22 Jan 1973 4
21 George Foreman 22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 1974 2
22 Muhammad Ali (3) 30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 1978 10
23 Leon Spinks 15 Feb – 15 Sep 1978 0
24 Muhammad Ali (4) 15 Sep 1978 – 4 Jul 1979 0
Ali vacated the title and retired, but would come back a year later to fight Larry Holmes.[7]
25 John Tate
(def. Gerrie Coetzee) 20 Oct 1979 – 31 Mar 1980 0
26 Mike Weaver 31 Mar 1980 – 10 Dec 1982 2
27 Michael Dokes 10 Dec 1982 – 23 Sep 1983 1
28 Gerrie Coetzee 23 Sep 1983 – 1 Dec 1984 0
29 Greg Page 1 Dec 1984 – 29 Apr 1985 0
30 Tony Tubbs 29 Apr 1985 – 17 Jan 1986 0
31 Tim Witherspoon 17 Jan – 12 Dec 1986 1
32 James Smith 12 Dec 1986 – 7 Mar 1987 0
33 Mike Tyson 7 Mar 1987 – 11 Feb 1990 8
34 Buster Douglas 11 Feb – 25 Oct 1990 0
35 Evander Holyfield 25 Oct 1990 – 13 Nov 1992 3
36 Riddick Bowe 13 Nov 1992 – 6 Nov 1993 2
37 Evander Holyfield (2) 6 Nov 1993 – 22 Apr 1994 0
38 Michael Moorer 22 Apr – 5 Nov 1994 0
39 George Foreman (2) 5 Nov 1994 – 4 Mar 1995 0
Foreman was stripped after refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker.[8]
40 Bruce Seldon
(def. Tony Tucker) 8 Apr 1995 – 7 Sep 1996 1
41 Mike Tyson (2) 7 Sep – 9 Nov 1996 0
42 Evander Holyfield (3) 9 Nov 1996 – 13 Nov 1999 4
43 Lennox Lewis 13 Nov 1999 – 13 Apr 2000 0
Lewis was stripped after agreeing to fight WBC challenger Michael Grant instead of John Ruiz. Ruiz challenged this decision in court on the basis of a clause in the Lewis–Holyfield rematch contract which said Lewis's first bout as undisputed champion would be against the WBA's number one contender.[9]
44 Evander Holyfield (4)
(def. John Ruiz) 12 Aug 2000 – 3 Mar 2001 0
45 John Ruiz 3 Mar 2001 – 1 Mar 2003 2
46 Roy Jones Jr. 1 Mar 2003 – 24 Feb 2004 0
Jones Jr. vacated the title to stay at light heavyweight.[10]
47 John Ruiz (2)
(interim champion promoted) 24 Feb 2004 – 17 Dec 2005 2
48 Nikolai Valuev 17 Dec 2005 – 14 Apr 2007 3
49 Ruslan Chagaev 14 Apr 2007 – 3 Jul 2008 2
Chagaev tore his achilles tendon and was declared champion in recess.[11]
50 Nikolai Valuev (2)
(def. John Ruiz) 30 Aug 2008 – 7 Nov 2009 1
51 David Haye 7 Nov 2009 – 2 Jul 2011 2
Haye fought for the inaugural Unified title against Wladimir Klitschko.
52 Wladimir Klitschko – Unified champion
(def. David Haye) 2 Jul 2011 – 28 Nov 2015 0
Promoted to Super champion on WBA's July 2011 official ratings posted on August.[12]
Wladimir Klitschko – Super champion
(Unified champion promoted) Aug 2011 8
53 Tyson Fury 28 Nov 2015 – 12 Oct 2016 0
Fury was recognized as Unified champion on WBA's November rankings posted on 10 December.[13]
Tyson Fury – Unified champion 10 Dec 2015 – 12 Oct 2016 0
Fury vacated the title after cancelling a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko for a second time, citing depression after a positive test for cocaine.[14]
54 Anthony Joshua – Super champion
(def. Wladimir Klitschko) 29 Apr 2017 – 1 Jun 2019 3
55 Andy Ruiz Jr. 1 Jun – 7 Dec 2019 0
56 Anthony Joshua (2) 7 Dec 2019 – 25 Sep 2021 1
57 Oleksandr Usyk 25 Sep 2021 – present 1
Das waren die Weltmeister der IBF:
Heavyweight
No. Name Reign Defenses
1 Larry Holmes
(awarded inaugural title) 11 Dec 1983 – 21 Sep 1985 3
2 Michael Spinks 21 Sep 1985 – 26 Feb 1987 2
Spinks was stripped of the title for refusing to fight mandatory challenger Tony Tucker.[1]
3 Tony Tucker
(def. Buster Douglas) 30 May – 1 Aug 1987 0
4 Mike Tyson 1 Aug 1987 – 11 Feb 1990 6
5 Buster Douglas 11 Feb – 25 Oct 1990 0
6 Evander Holyfield 25 Oct 1990 – 13 Nov 1992 3
7 Riddick Bowe 13 Nov 1992 – 6 Nov 1993 1
8 Evander Holyfield (2) 6 Nov 1993 – 22 Apr 1994 0
9 Michael Moorer 22 Apr – 5 Nov 1994 0
10 George Foreman 5 Nov 1994 – 29 Jun 1995 1
Foreman vacated the title after refusing to participate in an IBF-mandated rematch with Axel Schulz.[2]
11 Michael Moorer (2)
(def. Axel Schulz) 22 Jun 1996 – 8 Nov 1997 2
12 Evander Holyfield (3) 8 Nov 1997 – 13 Nov 1999 2
13 Lennox Lewis 13 Nov 1999 – 22 Apr 2001 3
14 Hasim Rahman 22 Apr – 17 Nov 2001 0
15 Lennox Lewis (2) 17 Nov 2001 – 5 Sep 2002 1
Lewis vacated the IBF title after refusing to negotiate terms with mandatory challenger Chris Byrd and by being given US$1 million and a Range Rover by promoter Don King to do so, because King wished to promote a fight between Byrd and Evander Holyfield for the vacant title.[3]
16 Chris Byrd
(def. Evander Holyfield) 14 Dec 2002 – 22 Apr 2006 4
17 Wladimir Klitschko 22 Apr 2006 – 28 Nov 2015 18
18 Tyson Fury 28 Nov – 8 Dec 2015 0
Fury was stripped of the title for being unable to fight mandatory challenger Vyacheslav Glazkov, due to agreeing to a rematch with Wladimir Klitschko.[4]
19 Charles Martin
(def. Vyacheslav Glazkov) 16 Jan – 9 Apr 2016 0
20 Anthony Joshua 9 Apr 2016 – 1 Jun 2019 6
21 Andy Ruiz Jr. 1 Jun – 7 Dec 2019 0
22 Anthony Joshua (2) 7 Dec 2019 – 25 Sep 2021 1
23 Oleksandr Usyk 25 Sep 2021 – present 1
Das waren die Weltmeister der WBO:
Heavyweight
No. Name Reign Defenses
1 Francesco Damiani
(def. Johnny du Plooy) 6 May 1989 – 11 Jan 1991 1
2 Ray Mercer 11 Jan – 28 Dec 1991 1
Mercer was stripped of the title in December 1991 for signing for a bout against Larry Holmes instead of mandatory challenger Michael Moorer.[1]
3 Michael Moorer
(def. Bert Cooper) 15 May 1992 – 8 Feb 1993 0
Moorer vacated the title so that he could be ranked by other sanctioning bodies.[2]
4 Tommy Morrison
(def. George Foreman) 7 Jun – 29 Oct 1993 1
5 Michael Bentt 29 Oct 1993 – 19 Mar 1994 0
6 Herbie Hide 19 Mar 1994 – 11 Mar 1995 0
7 Riddick Bowe 11 Mar 1995 – 5 May 1996 1
Bowe was stripped of the title when he rejected Don King's purse offer.[3]
8 Henry Akinwande
(def. Jeremy Williams) 29 Jun 1996 – 29 Jan 1997 2
Akinwande vacated the title at the request of the WBC to become the mandatory challenger of the upcoming fight between Lennox Lewis and Oliver McCall for the vacant belt.[4]
9 Herbie Hide (2)
(def. Tony Tucker) 28 Jun 1997 – 26 Jun 1999 2
10 Vitali Klitschko 26 Jun 1999 – 1 Apr 2000 2
11 Chris Byrd 1 Apr – 14 Oct 2000 0
12 Wladimir Klitschko 14 Oct 2000 – 8 Mar 2003 5
13 Corrie Sanders 8 Mar – 7 Oct 2003 0
Sanders vacated the title to sign with Don King.[5]
14 Lamon Brewster
(def. Wladimir Klitschko) 10 Apr 2004 – 1 Apr 2006 3
15 Siarhei Liakhovich 1 Apr – 4 Nov 2006 0
16 Shannon Briggs 4 Nov 2006 – 2 Jun 2007 0
17 Sultan Ibragimov 2 Jun 2007 – 23 Feb 2008 1
18 Wladimir Klitschko (2) 23 Feb 2008 – 28 Nov 2015 14
19 Tyson Fury 28 Nov 2015 – 12 Oct 2016 0
Fury, who had previously withdrawn from a rematch against Wladimir Klitschko before testing positive in a Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA) test for cocaine on 29 September, vacated the title on 12 October 2016 after testing positive a second time, citing his need to focus on treatment for depression.[6]
20 Joseph Parker
(def. Andy Ruiz Jr.) 10 Dec 2016 – 31 Mar 2018 2
21 Anthony Joshua 31 Mar 2018 – 1 Jun 2019 1
22 Andy Ruiz Jr. 1 June – 7 Dec 2019 0
23 Anthony Joshua (2) 7 Dec 2019 – 25 Sep 2021 1
24 Oleksandr Usyk 25 Sep 2021 – present 1