Heavyweight
| Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larry Holmes | December 11, 1983 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 |
| Michael Spinks | September 21, 1985 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 2 |
| Title vacated | February 19, 1987 | The IBF stripped Spinks of the title. His last successful defense was against Steffen Tangstad on September 6, 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | |
| Tony Tucker def. James "Buster" Douglas |
May 30, 1987 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 0 |
| Mike Tyson | August 1, 1987 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 6 |
| James Douglas | February 11, 1990 | Tokyo, Japan | 0 |
| Evander Holyfield | October 25, 1990 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 |
| Riddick Bowe | November 13, 1992 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 1 |
| Evander Holyfield (2) | November 6, 1993 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 0 |
| Michael Moorer | April 22, 1994 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 0 |
| George Foreman | November 5, 1994 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 1 |
| Title vacated | June 28, 1995 | Foreman was stripped of the title by the IBF for his refusing to grant a rematch to Axel Schulz, whom he defeated in his only successful defense on April 22, 1995 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | |
| Michael Moorer (2) def. Axel Schulz |
June 22, 1996 | Dortmund, Germany | 2 |
| Evander Holyfield (3) | November 8, 1997 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 2 |
| Lennox Lewis | November 13, 1999 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 |
| Hasim Rahman | April 22, 2001 | Brakpan, South Africa | 0 |
| Lennox Lewis (2) | November 17, 2001 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 1 |
| Title vacated | September 5, 2002 | Lewis gave up the IBF title after being paid US$1 million by promoter Don King to do so, because King wished to promote a fight between Chris Byrd and Evander Holyfield for the vacant title. Lewis' only successful defense was against Mike Tyson on June 8, 2002 in Memphis, Tennessee. | |
| Chris Byrd def. Evander Holyfield |
December 14, 2002 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | 4 |
| Wladimir Klitschko | April 22, 2006 | Mannheim, Germany | 13 |
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