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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: Championship recognition * 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(IBF), founded in 1983, * The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988, Footnotes :1 Championship recognition withdrawn due to champion's failure/refusal to defend title against mandatory or designated challenger.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, Michalczewski, Hill, Adamek and Tiozzo all were light-heavyweight champions. *Holyfield, Haye, and Usyk are the only former cruiserweight champions to win the heavyweight title with Holyfield earning recognition as undisputed champions in both divisions. *Toney won titles at middleweight and super middleweight. He also d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruiserweight (boxing)
Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class (boxing), weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight. Before the advent of the current cruiserweight class, "light heavyweight" and "cruiserweight" were sometimes used interchangeably in the United Kingdom. Professional boxing The current weight limit for the division is . When originally established, the weight limit was . The division was established in order to accommodate smaller heavyweight boxers who could not compete with the growing size of boxers in that division. While many great heavyweight champions (such as Rocky Marciano and Joe Louis) weighed around 190 pounds in their career, during the 1970s it became fairly standard that fit heavyweight boxers weighed at least . It was felt by many boxing authorities that asking men weighing between and to fight these larger men was unfair. The WBC was the first boxing organization to recognize the cruiserweight division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Footnotes
A note is a string of text placed at the bottom of a page in a book or document or at the end of a chapter, volume, or the whole text. The note can provide an author's comments on the main text or citations of a reference work in support of the text. Footnotes are notes at the foot of the page while endnotes are collected under a separate heading at the end of a chapter, volume, or entire work. Unlike footnotes, endnotes have the advantage of not affecting the layout of the main text, but may cause inconvenience to readers who have to move back and forth between the main text and the endnotes. In some editions of the Bible, notes are placed in a narrow column in the middle of each page between two columns of biblical text. Numbering and symbols In English, a footnote or endnote is normally flagged by a superscripted number immediately following that portion of the text the note references, each such footnote being numbered sequentially. Occasionally, a number between brack ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Pritchard (boxer)
James Pritchard (born April 28, 1961 in Louisville, Kentucky) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 1997. He challenged once for the IBF cruiserweight title in 1991. Amateur Pritchard had a stellar amateur career, becoming the 1985 National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champion. Professional career Pritchard turned pro in 1985 and went undefeated in 17 bouts, including a draw with Mike 'The Bounty' Hunter, before facing ex-world heavyweight champion Mike Weaver in a crossroads fight. Pritchard was stopped by the big punching Weaver on his feet in six, but returned to win three fights in a row before meeting another former world champion, this time Michael Dokes. Pritchard was stopped in seven, but gained a reputation for toughness as Dokes, like Weaver, could not drop Pritchard. Pritchard travelled to apartheid South Africa for several fights, boxing to a controversial draw with Johnny DuPlooy when he had apparently got the better of DuPlooy. He was st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Warring
James Warring (born November 26, 1958) is an American boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. In professional boxing, he held the IBF world cruiserweight title from 1991 until 1992. In kickboxing, Warring is a four-time world champion, which included WKA world titles in 1983 and 1989. Biography Career * Kickboxing ** US kickboxing champion ** KICK World Cruiserweight Champion ** PKC World Cruiserweight Champion ** FFKA World Super Heavyweight Champion ** WKA World Cruiserweight Champion ** WKA World Heavyweight champion * Boxing ** NABF Cruiserweight Champion (December 12, 1990 - ?) ** IBF World Cruiserweight Champion (September 7, 1991 – July 30, 1992) * Mixed Martial Arts ** World Combat Championship Runner-Up (1995) Career after fighting As of 2002, Warring was a referee for the Florida State Athletic Commission in Shin Do Kumate and boxing. Fighting records Professional boxing Professional MMA , - bgcolor="#FFBBBB" , 1995-10-17 , , Loss , , align=le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anaclet Wamba
Anaclet Wamba (born January 6, 1960) is a Congolese-French former professional boxer who competed from 1982 to 1994. He held the WBC Cruiserweight title from 1990 until 1994. Amateur career Wamba had a notable amateur career. He represented the People's Republic of the Congo in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, as a Light Heavyweight where he lost to Benny Pike Geoffrey Benjamin Pike (born 13 May 1954) is an Australian boxer. He competed in the men's light heavyweight event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. References 1954 births Living people Australian male boxers Olympic boxers of Australia ... (Australia) in the round of 16. Professional career Wamba turned pro in 1982 and in 1990 landed a shot at WBC Cruiserweight Title holder Massimiliano Duran, but lost via disqualification in the 12th round. Wamba had been penalized a total of five points before he was disqualified. He was given a rematch with Duran the following year, and won the belt via TKO. He defended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Czyz
Robert Edward Czyz ( ; born February 10, 1962) is an American retired boxer and commentator. Czyz was a two-division world titlist at light heavyweight and cruiserweight. Czyz was born in Orange, New Jersey. He grew up in Wanaque, New Jersey and attended Lakeland Regional High School. He is three quarters Italian and one quarter Polish. His younger brother is avant-garde fiction writer Vincent Czyz. Nicknamed "the Matinee Idol", Czyz was a member of the United States amateur boxing team whose other members died aboard LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007 when it crashed in 1980. Czyz did not make the trip as he was recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident. Amateur career As an amateur, Czyz was doing his best to secure his spot at the U.S. Olympic team for the eventually missed 1980 Moscow Olympics. He was one of a few boxers (along with Sal Cenicola and Tony Tucker) who survived the LOT Flight 7 crash by staying at home in the United States. He finished his amateur ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimiliano Duran
Massimiliano Duran (born 3 November 1963) is an Italian former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 1994. He held the WBC cruiserweight title from 1990 to 1991 and the European cruiserweight title from 1993 to 1994. He is also known for being the only fighter in boxing history to earn a shot at, win, and defend a world title with three consecutive disqualification wins. Professional career Duran was born in Ferrara. His father was the Argentine-Italian boxer Juan Carlos Duran; his brother, the Italian boxer Alessandro Duran. Duran turned pro in 1986 when he defeated Momo Cupelic. The win earned him the nickname "Momo". Duran's first defeat came at the hands of Ndomingiedi Lusikina. This bout began a long-standing rivalry that resulted in the two boxers fighting each other five times as professionals. In 1990 Duran won the WBC cruiserweight title by defeating Carlos De León, when De León was disqualified for hitting after the bell to end the 11th round. Duran was lea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Lampkin
Jeff Lampkin (born September 21, 1961) is an American former professional boxer. During his 11-year professional career, Lampkin won the USBA cruiserweight title and IBF cruiserweight belt. Amateur career Lampkin had a stellar amateur career, winning the National AAU Light Heavyweight Championship in 1980. He became a professional later that year. On June 11, 1982, Lampkin, along with another Youngstown-area boxer, Earnie Shavers, had an undercard spot on the Larry Holmes-Gerry Cooney fight. Professional career Lampkin's professional boxing career peaked on March 22, 1990, when he won the IBF Cruiserweight Title with a technical knockout of British boxer Glenn McCrory, in London. He defended the belt once against Siza Makathini before vacating the title in 1991. This decision came in the wake of a controversy surrounding Lampkin's participation in an IBF bout in South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magne Havnå
Magne Havnå (16 September 1963 – 29 May 2004) was a Norwegian professional boxer who once held the WBO world title in cruiserweight, beating Boone Pultz (USA) in 5 rounds in May 1990. His son Kai Robin Havnaa is also a boxer in the cruiserweight division, currently undefeated as a professional. Amateur career *Club: Sentrum BK, Oslo, under legendary trainer Leif Hvalby, who was amateur champion and a sparring partner for the Danish EBU champion Christian Christensen in the 1950s and '60s. *1981 Scandavian Junior Amateur heavyweight champion *1984 Norwegian heavyweight champion *Represented Norway as a Heavyweight at 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. **Lost to Haakan Brock (Sweden) KO by 3 *1985 Norwegian heavyweight champion *1986 Norwegian heavyweight champion Professional career After boxing in the 1984 Summer Olympics, Havnå turned pro in 1986. During his career, Havnå had 22 professional fights with 19 wins. His first fight was a 4-round decision over the UK's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boone Pultz
Richard Boone Pultz (born November 18, 1959) is an American former professional boxer who won the WBO Cruiserweight title in December 1989. Amateur career Pultz who grew up in Cape St. Claire, Maryland took up boxing as a teenager after seeing a Rocky Balboa film. He won four straight Golden Gloves and Amateur Athletic Union championships before turning pro in 1982. Professional career Pultz made his professional debut in 1982. After winning his first ten fights, Pultz fought Bernard Benton for the USBA Cruiserweight Title in Atlantic City, New Jersey on March 27 1985, winning a decision over 12 rounds. In 1989 the undefeated Pultz got the opportunity to fight Magne Havnå for the vacant WBO Cruiserweight title. Pultz travelled to Copenhagen and was successful, denying the Norwegian the title in a close 12 round split - decision contest. Sixth months later Pultz again travelled to Denmark for a rematch, this time suffering his first defeat via a knockout in the 5th roun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Daniels
Robert Daniels (born August 30, 1968) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2007, with a comeback in 2012. He held the WBA cruiserweight title from 1989 to 1991. Professional career Daniels turned pro in 1984 and in 1989 he captured the vacant WBA cruiserweight title by defeating a badly faded 36-year-old Dwight Muhammad Qawi in France. He defended the title twice before losing the title to Bobby Czyz in 1991 in a close split decision in Atlantic City. He continued to fight as both a cruiserweight and heavyweight through 1997. In his highest profile fights as a heavyweight, he lost to Lawrence Clay-Bey and David Tua. Robert Daniels was managed by Michael Frost, the boxing manager and former marketing agent for Gary Sheffield, Jeff Conine, Robb Nenn, Bret Barberie, and others. Professional boxing record See also * List of cruiserweight boxing champions This is a chronological list of world cruiserweight boxing champions, as recognized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glenn McCrory
Glenn McCrory (born 23 September 1964) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 1993. He held the IBF cruiserweight title from 1989 to 1990, and at regional level held the British and Commonwealth cruiserweight title between 1987 and 1988. He has worked as a commentator and pundit for Sky Sports since 1989. Professional boxing career Early career McCrory was born in Annfield Plain in County Durham. He made his professional debut in February 1984, scoring a 1st round knock out against Barry Ellis. Over the next 15 months he fought a further 12 times, winning on each occasion before suffering his first defeat against John Westgarth in September 1985. The defeat was to be the first in a series of losses for McCrory as he went on to lose a further four fights out of his next five. In November 1986 this run came to an end when a visit to Louisville, Kentucky saw him get back to winning ways against the inexperienced Joe Adams. British and Commonwealth ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |