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
The World Boxing Association (WBA), formerly known as the National Boxing Association (NBA), is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxi ...
(WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
* The
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council (WBC) is an international professional boxing organization. It is among the four major organizations which sanction professional boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), International Boxing Federation ...
(WBC), founded in 1963,
* The
International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
* The
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing ...
(WBO), founded in 1988,
Footnotes
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1 Championship recognition withdrawn due to champion's failure/refusal to defend title against mandatory or designated challenger.
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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 defeated
John Ruiz
John Ruiz (born January 4, 1972) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1992 to 2010, and held the WBA heavyweight title twice between 2001 and 2005. Ruiz is of Puerto Rican descent, and is the first Latino boxer to win a w ...
in an attempt to win the heavyweight title but failed a post-fight drug test and the result was changed to a No Decision.
See also
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List of Australian cruiserweight boxing champions
The Australian cruiserweight boxing championship is a title administered by the Australian National Boxing Federation (previously the Australian Boxing Federation) since its inauguration in 1981. The title is currently vacant.
List of champion ...
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List of British cruiserweight boxing champions
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List of New Zealand cruiserweight boxing champions
This list of New Zealand cruiserweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional cruiserweight championship.
The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand Nation ...
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List of British world boxing champions
References
External links
{{World boxing champions
Cruiserweight Champions
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World boxing champions by weight class