List of Cruiserweight Boxing Champions

List Of Cruiserweight Boxing Champions

This is a chronological List of World Cruiserweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

  • 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,
  • The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,
Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition
31 March 1980 25 November 1980 Marvin Camel Universal (WBC)
Camel and Mate Parlov fought to a draw in the first Cruiserweight championship bout on August 12, 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 as an undisputed champion.
25 November 1980 27 June 1982 Carlos De León Universal (WBC)
13 February 1982 1 December 1984 Ossie Ocasio WBA
Ocasio defeated Robbie Williams in the first Cruiserweight championship bout sanctioned by the World Boxing Association.
27 June 1982 17 July 1983 S. T. Gordon WBC
17 July 1983 6 June 1985 Carlos De León WBC
13 February 1983 6 October 1984 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 title.
6 October 1984 25 October 1986 Lee Roy Murphy IBF
1 December 1984 27 July 1985 Piet Crous WBA
6 June 1985 21 September 1985 Alfonso Ratliff WBC
27 July 1985 12 July 19861 Dwight Braxton WBA
21 September 1985 22 March 1986 Bernard Benton WBC
22 March 1986 9 April 1988 Carlos De León WBC
12 July 1986 15 May 1987 Evander Holyfield WBA
25 October 1986 15 May 1987 Rickey Parkey IBF
15 May 1987 9 April 1988 Evander Holyfield WBA & IBF
Holyfield defeated Parkey to unify the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation titles.
9 April 1988 4 December 19883 Evander Holyfield Universal
Holyfield defeated Carlos De León to earn the World Boxing Council championship, making him the division's first truly undisputed champion.
25 March 1989 25 September 19892 Taoufik Belbouli WBA
17 May 1989 27 July 1990 Carlos De León WBC
3 June 1989 22 March 1990 Glenn McCrory IBF
27 November 1989 8 March 1991 Robert Daniels WBA
12 March 1989 17 May 1990 Boone Pultz WBO
22 March 1990 27 July 19912 Jeff Lampkin IBF
17 May 1990 1 May 1992 Magne Havnå3 WBO
27 July 1990 20 July 1991 Massimiliano Duran WBC
8 March 1991 5 August 19932 Bobby Czyz WBA
20 July 1991 7 July 19952 Anaclet Wamba WBC
7 September 1991 30 July 1992 James Warring IBF
25 July 1992 13 February 1993 Tyrone Booze WBO
30 July 1992 30 April 19963 Alfred Cole IBF
13 February 1993 26 June 1993 Markus Bott WBO
26 June 1993 17 December 1994 Nestor Giovannini WBO
6 November 1993 22 July 1995 Orlin Norris WBA
17 December 1994 1 January 19953 Dariusz Michalczewski WBO
10 June 1995 4 October 1997 Ralf Rocchigiani WBO
22 July 1995 8 November 1997 Nate Miller WBA
25 July 1995 21 February 1998 Marcelo Dominguez WBC
31 August 1996 21 June 1997 Adolpho Washington IBF
21 June 1997 8 November 1997 Uriah Grant IBF
4 October 1997 27 March 1999 Carl Thompson WBO
8 November 1997 30 October 1998 Imamu Mayfield IBF
8 November 1997 9 December 2000 Fabrice Tiozzo WBA
21 February 1998 19 February 20023 Juan Carlos Gómez WBC
30 October 1998 5 June 1999 Arthur Williams IBF
27 March 1999 22 September 2006 Johnny Nelson WBO
5 June 1999 26 April 2003 Vassiliy Jirov IBF
9 December 2000 23 February 2002 Virgil Hill WBA
23 February 2002 7 January 2006 Jean-Marc Mormeck WBA & WBC
When he defeated Wayne Braithwaite for the WBC title on 2 April 2005, the WBA "upgraded" Mormeck to the title of "super champion" and the "regular" WBA Cruiserweight championship was declared vacant.
12 October 2003 2 April 2005 Wayne Braithwaite WBC
26 April 2003 9 December 20033 James Toney IBF
1 May 2004 20 May 20053 Kelvin Davis IBF
20 May 2005 7 January 2006 O'Neil Bell IBF
7 January 2006 31 March 2006 O'Neil Bell WBA (super Champion), WBC, & IBF
O'Neil Bell defeated Jean-Marc Mormeck on January 7, 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.
27 January 2006 24 November 2007 Virgil Hill WBA (regular champion)
31 March 2006 17 March 2007 O'Neil Bell WBA (super champion), WBC
22 September 2006 8 March 2008 Enzo Maccarinelli WBO
26 November 2006 26 May 2007 Krzysztof Włodarczyk IBF
17 March 2007 10 November 2007 Jean-Marc Mormeck WBA (super champion), WBC
26 May 2007 11 December 2008 Steve Cunningham IBF
10 November 2007 8 March 2008 David Haye WBA (super champion), WBC
8 March 2008 12 May 2008 David Haye WBA (super champion), WBC, WBO
David Haye defeated Enzo Maccarinelli on March 8, 2008, by knockout in round 2, unifying his WBA and WBC belt with Maccarinelli's WBO belt. On May 12, he relinquished his WBC belt in order to move up to the heavyweight division in an attempt to emulate the success of Evander Holyfield.
10 November 2007
12 May 2008 		15 July 2008 3 David Haye WBA (super champion), WBO
24 November 2007 28 September 2008 Firat Arslan WBA (regular champion)
28 September 2008 30 October 2012 2 Guillermo Jones WBA
28 October 2008 22 November 2009 Giacobbe Fragomeni WBC
11 December 2008 18 October 20093 Tomasz Adamek IBF
17 January 2009 29 August 2009 Victor Emilio Ramírez WBO
29 August 2009 Present Marco Huck WBO
22 November 2009 22 January 20103 Zsolt Erdei WBC
16 May 2010 Present Krzysztof Włodarczyk WBC
5 June 2010 1 October 2011 Steve Cunningham IBF
1 October 2011 Present Yoan Pablo Hernández IBF
30 October 2012 Present Denis Lebedev WBA

Read more about List Of Cruiserweight Boxing Champions:  Footnotes, Cruiserweight Champions Who Won Belts in Other Divisions, List of Cruiserweight Champions Prior To 1980

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