Boxing



Heavyweight title fights as recognized by the National Boxing Association.

1	1921 Jul 2	Jack Dempsey	KO 4	Georges Carpentier	Inaugural	Jersey City, NJ 2	1923 Jul 4	Jack Dempsey	PTS 15	Tommy Gibbons	1	Shelby, MT 3	1923 Sep 14	Jack Dempsey	KO 2	Luis Angel Firpo	2	New York City, NY 4	1926 Sep 23	Gene Tunney	UD 10	Jack Dempsey	-	Philadelphia, PA 5	1927 Sep 22	Gene Tunney	UD 10	Jack Dempsey	1	Chicago, IL 6	1928 Jul 26	Gene Tunney	TKO 11	Tom Heeney	2	Bronx, NY 7	1930 Jun 12	Max Schmeling	DQ 4	Jack Sharkey	Vacant	Bronx, NY 8	1931 Jul 3	Max Schmeling	TKO 15	Young Stribling	1	Cleveland, OH 9	1932 Jun 21	Jack Sharkey	SD 15	Max Schmeling	-	Queens, NY 10	1933 Jun 29	Primo Carnera	KO 6	Jack Sharkey	-	Queens, NY 11	1934 Mar 1	Primo Carnera	UD 15	Tommy Loughran	1	Miami, FL 12	1934 Jun 14	Max Baer	TKO 11	Primo Carnera	-	Queens, NY 13	1935 Jun 13	Jim Braddock	UD 15	Max Baer	-	Queens, NY June 22, 1937 Comiskey Park, Chicago, IL (Joe Louis KO 8 Jim Braddock) 15	1938 Feb 23	Joe Louis	KO 3	Nathan Mann	1	New York City, NY 16	1938 Apr 1	Joe Louis	KO 5	Harry Thomas	2	Chicago, IL June 22, 1938 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY (Joe Louis KO 1 Max Schmeling) 18	1939 Jan 25	Joe Louis	KO 1	John Henry Lewis	4	New York City, NY 19	1939 Apr 17	Joe Louis	KO 1	Jack Roper	5	Los Angeles, CA 20	1939 Jun 28	Joe Louis	TKO 4	Tony Galento	6	Bronx, NY 21	1939 Sep 20	Joe Louis	KO 11	Bob Pastor	7	Detroit, MI 22	1940 Feb 9	Joe Louis	SD 15	Arturo Godoy	8	New York City, NY 23	1940 Mar 29	Joe Louis	TKO 2	Johnny Paychek	9	New York City, NY 24	1940 Jun 20	Joe Louis	TKO 8	Arturo Godoy	10	Bronx, NY 25	1940 Dec 16	Joe Louis	RTD 5	Al McCoy	11	Boston, MA 26	1941 Jan 31	Joe Louis	KO 5	Red Burman	12	New York City, NY 27	1941 Feb 17	Joe Louis	KO 2	Gus Dorazio	13	Philadelphia, PA 28	1941 Mar 21	Joe Louis	TKO 13	Abe Simon	14	Detroit, MI 29	1941 Apr 8	Joe Louis	TKO 9	Tony Musto	15	Saint Louis, MO 30	1941 May 23	Joe Louis	DQ 7	Buddy Baer	16	Washington, DC 31	1941 Jun 18	Joe Louis	KO 13	Billy Conn	17	New York City, NY 32	1941 Sep 29	Joe Louis	TKO 6	Lou Nova	18	New York City, NY 33	1942 Jan 9	Joe Louis	KO 1	Buddy Baer	19	New York City, NY 34	1942 Mar 27	Joe Louis	TKO 6	Abe Simon	20	New York City, NY 35	1946 Jun 19	Joe Louis	KO 8	Billy Conn	21	Bronx, NY 36	1946 Sep 18	Joe Louis	KO 1	Tami Mauriello	22	Bronx, NY 37	1947 Dec 5	Joe Louis	SD 15	Jersey Joe Walcott	23	New York City, NY 38	1948 Jun 25	Joe Louis	KO 11	Jersey Joe Walcott	24	Bronx, NY 39	1949 Jun 22	Ezzard Charles	UD 15	Jersey Joe Walcott	Vacant	Chicago, IL 40	1949 Aug 10	Ezzard Charles	RTD 7	Gus Lesnevich	1	Bronx, NY 41	1949 Oct 14	Ezzard Charles	KO 8	Pat Valentino	2	San Francisco, CA 42	1950 Aug 15	Ezzard Charles	TKO 14	Freddie Beshore	3	Buffalo, NY 43	1950 Sep 27	Ezzard Charles	UD 15	Joe Louis	4	Bronx, NY 44	1950 Dec 5	Ezzard Charles	KO 11	Nick Barone	5	Cincinnati, OH 45	1951 Jan 12	Ezzard Charles	TKO 10	Lee Oma	6	New York City, NY 46	1951 Mar 7	Ezzard Charles	UD 15	Jersey Joe Walcott	7	Detroit, MI 47	1951 May 30	Ezzard Charles	UD 15	Joey Maxim	8	Chicago, IL 48	1951 Jul 18	Jersey Joe Walcott	KO 7	Ezzard Charles	-	Pittsburgh, PA 49	1952 Jun 5	Jersey Joe Walcott	UD 15	Ezzard Charles	1	Philadelphia, PA 50	1952 Sep 23	Rocky Marciano	KO 13	Jersey Joe Walcott	-	Philadelphia, PA 51	1953 May 15	Rocky Marciano	KO 1	Jersey Joe Walcott	1	Chicago, IL 52	1953 Sep 24	Rocky Marciano	TKO 11	Roland LaStarza	2	New York City, NY 53	1954 Jun 17	Rocky Marciano	UD 15	Ezzard Charles	3	Bronx, NY 54	1954 Sep 17	Rocky Marciano	KO 8	Ezzard Charles	4	Bronx, NY 55	1955 May 16	Rocky Marciano	TKO 9	Don Cockell	5	San Francisco, CA 56	1955 Sep 21	Rocky Marciano	KO 9	Archie Moore	6	Bronx, NY 57	1956 Nov 30	Floyd Patterson	KO 5	Archie Moore	Vacant	Chicago, IL 58	1957 Jul 29	Floyd Patterson	TKO 10	Tommy Jackson	1	New York City, NY 59	1957 Aug 22	Floyd Patterson	KO 6	Pete Rademacher	2	Seattle, WA 60	1958 Aug 18	Floyd Patterson	RTD 12	Roy Harris	3	Los Angeles, CA 61	1959 May 1	Floyd Patterson	KO 11	Brian London	4	Indianapolis, IN June 26, 1959 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY (Ingemar Johansson TKO 3 Floyd Patterson) 63	1960 Jun 20	Floyd Patterson (2)	KO 5	Ingemar Johansson	-	New York City, NY 64	1961 Mar 13	Floyd Patterson (2)	KO 6	Ingemar Johansson	1	Miami Beach, FL 65	1961 Dec 4	Floyd Patterson (2)	KO 4	Tom McNeeley Jr.	2 1	Toronto, ON

Footnotes 1 - Last sanctioned bout for the NBA before it became the newly formed World Boxing Association (WBA)

Heavyweight title fights as recognized by the World Boxing Association

1	1962 Sep 25	Sonny Liston	KO 1	Floyd Patterson	Inaugural	Chicago, IL July 22, 1963 Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV (Sonny Liston KO 1 6 Floyd Patterson) February 25, 1964 Convention Hall, Miami Beach, FL (Cassius Clay RTD 6 Sonny Liston) 4	1965 Mar 5	Ernie Terrell	UD 15	Eddie Machen	Vacant	Chicago, IL 5	1965 Nov 1	Ernie Terrell	UD 15	George Chuvalo	1	Toronto, ON 6	1966 Jun 28	Ernie Terrell	UD 15	Doug Jones	2	Houston, TX 7	1967 Feb 6	Muhammad Ali (2)	UD 15	Ernie Terrell	-	Houston, TX 8	1967 Mar 22	Muhammad Ali (2)	KO 7	Zora Folley	1	New York City, NY 9	1968 Apr 27	Jimmy Ellis	MD 15	Jerry Quarry	Vacant	Oakland, CA 10	1968 Sep 14	Jimmy Ellis	PTS 15	Floyd Patterson	1	Stockholm, SWE 11	1970 Feb 16	Joe Frazier	RTD 4	Jimmy Ellis	-	New York City, NY 12	1970 Nov 18	Joe Frazier	KO 2	Bob Foster	1	Detroit, MI 13	1971 Mar 8	Joe Frazier	UD 15	Muhammad Ali	2	New York City, NY 14	1972 Jan 15	Joe Frazier	TKO 4	Terry Daniels	3	New Orleans, LA 15	1972 May 25	Joe Frazier	RTD 4	Ron Stander	4	Omaha, NB 16	1973 Jan 22	George Foreman	TKO 2	Joe Frazier	-	Kingston, JAM 17	1973 Sep 1	George Foreman	KO 1	Jose Roman	1	Tokyo, JPN 18	1974 Mar 26	George Foreman	TKO 2	Ken Norton	2	Caracas, VEN 19	1974 Oct 30	Muhammad Ali (3)	KO 8	George Foreman	-	Kinshasa, La Gombe, COD 20	1975 Mar 24	Muhammad Ali (3)	TKO 15	Chuck Wepner	1	Richfield, OH 21	1975 May 16	Muhammad Ali (3)	TKO 11	Ron Lyle	2	Las Vegas, NV 22	1975 Jun 30	Muhammad Ali (3)	UD 15	Joe Bugner	3	Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, MAS October 1, 1975 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, PHI (Muhammad Ali RTD 14 Joe Frazier) 24	1976 Feb 20	Muhammad Ali (3)	KO 5	Jean-Pierre Coopman	5	San Juan, Hato Rey, PUR 25	1976 Apr 30	Muhammad Ali (3)	UD 15	Jimmy Young	6	Landover, MD 26	1976 May 24	Muhammad Ali (3)	TKO 5	Richard Dunn	7	Munich, GER September 28, 1976 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY (Muhammad Ali UD 15 Ken Norton) 28	1977 May 16	Muhammad Ali (3)	UD 15	Alfredo Evangelista	9	Landover, MD 29	1977 Sep 29	Muhammad Ali (3)	UD 15	Earnie Shavers	10	New York City, NY 30	1978 Feb 15	Leon Spinks	SD 15	Muhammad Ali	-	Las Vegas, NV September 15, 1978 Superdome, New Orleans, LA (Muhammad Ali UD 15 Leon Spinks) 32	1979 Oct 20	John Tate	UD 15	Gerrie Coetzee	Vacant	Pretoria, SA 33	1980 Mar 31	Mike Weaver	KO 15	John Tate	-	Knoxville, TN 34	1980 Oct 25	Mike Weaver	KO 13	Gerrie Coetzee	1	Sun City, SA 35	1981 Oct 3	Mike Weaver	UD 15	James Tillis	2	Rosemont, IL 36	1982 Dec 10	Michael Dokes	TKO 1	Mike Weaver	-	Las Vegas, NV 37	1983 May 20	Michael Dokes	PTS 15	Mike Weaver	1	Las Vegas, NV 38	1983 Sep 23	Gerrie Coetzee	KO 10	Michael Dokes	-	Richfield, OH 39	1984 Dec 1	Greg Page	KO 8	Gerrie Coetzee	-	Sun City, SA 40	1985 Apr 29	Tony Tubbs	UD 15	Greg Page	-	Buffalo, NY 41	1986 Jan 17	Tim Witherspoon	MD 15	Tony Tubbs	-	Atlanta, GA 42	1986 Jul 19	Tim Witherspoon	TKO 11	Frank Bruno	1	Wembley, London, ENG 43	1986 Dec 12	James (Bonecrusher) Smith	TKO 1	Tim Witherspoon	-	New York City, NY 44	1987 Mar 7	Mike Tyson	UD 12	James (Bonecrusher) Smith	-	Las Vegas, NV 45	1987 May 30	Mike Tyson	TKO 6	Pinklon Thomas	1	Las Vegas, NV 46	1987 Aug 1	Mike Tyson	UD 12	Tony Tucker	2	Las Vegas, NV 47	1987 Oct 16	Mike Tyson	TKO 7	Tyrell Biggs	3	Atlantic City, NJ 48	1988 Jan 22	Mike Tyson	TKO 4	Larry Holmes	4	Atlantic City, NJ 49	1988 Mar 21	Mike Tyson	TKO 2	Tony Tubbs	5	Tokyo,JPN 50	1988 Jun 27	Mike Tyson	KO 1	Michael Spinks	6	Atlantic City, NJ 51	1989 Feb 25	Mike Tyson	TKO 5	Frank Bruno	7	Las Vegas, NV 52	1989 Jul 21	Mike Tyson	TKO 1	Carl Williams	8	Atlantic City, NJ 53	1990 Feb 11	James (Buster) Douglas	KO 10	Mike Tyson	-	Tokyo, JPN 54	1990 Oct 25	Evander Holyfield	KO 3	James (Buster) Douglas	-	Las Vegas, NV 55	1991 Apr 19	Evander Holyfield	UD 12	George Foreman	1	Atlantic City, NJ 56	1991 Nov 23	Evander Holyfield	TKO 7	Bert Cooper	2	Atlanta, GA 57	1992 Jun 19	Evander Holyfield	UD 12	Larry Holmes	3	Las Vegas, NV 58	1992 Nov 13	Riddick Bowe	UD 12	Evander Holyfield	-	Las Vegas, NV 59	1993 Feb 6	Riddick Bowe	TKO 1	Michael Dokes	1	New York City, NY 60	1993 May 22	Riddick Bowe	KO 2	Jesse Ferguson	2	Washington, DC 61	1993 Nov 6	Evander Holyfield (2)	MD 12	Riddick Bowe	-	Las Vegas, NV 62	1994 Apr 22	Michael Moorer	MD 12	Evander Holyfield	-	Las Vegas, NV 63	1994 Nov 5	George Foreman (2)	KO 10	Michael Moorer	-	Las Vegas, NV 64	1995 Apr 8	Bruce Seldon	RTD 7	Tony Tucker	Vacant	Las Vegas, NV 65	1995 Aug 19	Bruce Seldon	TKO 10	Joe Hipp	1	Las Vegas, NV 66	1996 Sep 7	Mike Tyson (2)	TKO 1	Bruce Seldon	-	Las Vegas, NV 67	1996 Nov 9	Evander Holyfield (3)	TKO 11	Mike Tyson	-	Las Vegas, NV 68	1997 Jun 28	Evander Holyfield (3)	DQ 3	Mike Tyson	1	Las Vegas, NV 69	1997 Nov 8	Evander Holyfield (3)	RTD 8	Michael Moorer	2	Las Vegas, NV 70	1998 Sep 19	Evander Holyfield (3)	UD 12	Vaughn Bean	3	Atlanta, GA 71	1999 Mar 13	Evander Holyfield (3)	PTS 12	Lennox Lewis	4	New York City, NY 72	1999 Nov 13	Lennox Lewis	UD 12	Evander Holyfield	-	Las Vegas, NV 73	2000 Aug 12	Evander Holyfield (4)	UD 12	John Ruiz	Vacant	Las Vegas, NV 74	2001 Mar 3	John Ruiz	UD 12	Evander Holyfield	-	Las Vegas, NV 75	2001 Dec 15	John Ruiz	PTS 12	Evander Holyfield	1	Mashantucket, CT 76	2002 Jul 27	John Ruiz	DQ 10	Kirk Johnson	2	Las Vegas, NV 77	2003 Mar 1	Roy Jones Jr.	UD 12	John Ruiz	-	Las Vegas, NV 78	2003 Dec 13	John Ruiz	UD 12	Hasim Rahman	Interim 1	Atlantic City, NJ 79	2004 Apr 17	John Ruiz (2)	TKO 11	Fres Oquendo	1	New York City, NY 80	2004 Nov 13	John Ruiz (2)	UD 12	Andrew Golota	2	New York City, NY 81	2005 Apr 30	John Ruiz (2)	ND 12	James Toney	3	New York City, NY 82	2005 Dec 17	Nikolay Valuev	MD 12	John Ruiz	-	Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, GER 83	2006 Jun 3	Nikolay Valuev	TKO 3	Owen Beck	1	Hannover, Niedersachsen, GER 84	2006 Oct 7	Nikolay Valuev	TKO 11	Monte Barrett	2	Rosemont, IL 85	2007 Jan 20	Nikolay Valuev	RTD 3	Jameel McCline	3	Basel, SUI 86	2007 Apr 14	Ruslan Chagaev	MD 12	Nikolay Valuev	-	Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, GER 87	2008 Jan 19	Ruslan Chagaev	UD 12	Matt Skelton	1	Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER 88	2008 Aug 30	Nikolay Valuev (2)	UD 12	John Ruiz	Vacant 2	Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, GER 89	2008 Dec 20	Nikolay Valuev (2)	MD 12	Evander Holyfield	1	Zurich, Canton of Zurich, SUI 90	2009 Feb 7	Ruslan Chagaev CIR	TD 6	Carl Davis Drumond	2	Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, GER 91	2009 Nov 7	David Haye	MD 12	Nikolay Valuev	-	Nürnberg, GER 92	2010 Apr 3	David Haye	TKO 9	John Ruiz	1	Manchester, ENG 93	2010 Nov 13	David Haye	TKO 3	Audley Harrison	2	Manchester, ENG 94	2011 Jul 2	Wladimir Klitschko	UD 12	David Haye	- SC	Altona, Hamburg, GER 95	2011 Aug 27	Alexander Povetkin	UD 12	Ruslan Chagaev	Vacant RC	Erfurt, GER 96	2011 Dec 3	Alexander Povetkin	KO 8	Cedric Boswell	1 RC	Helsinki, FIN 97	2012 Feb 25	Alexander Povetkin	MD 12	Marco Huck	2 RC	Stuttgart, GER 98	2012 Mar 3	Wladimir Klitschko	KO 4	Jean-Marc Mormeck	1 SC	Düsseldorf, GER 99	2012 Jul 7	Wladimir Klitschko	TKO 6	Tony Thompson	2 SC	Berne, SUI 100	2012 Sep 29	Alexander Povetkin	TKO 2	Hasim Rahman	3 RC	Alsterdorf, Hamburg, GER 101	2012 Nov 10	Wladimir Klitschko	UD 12	Mariusz Wach	3 SC	Altona, Hamburg, GER 102	2013 May 4	Wladimir Klitschko	TKO 6	Francesco Pianeta	4 SC	Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GER 103	2013 May 17	Alexander Povetkin	TKO 3	Andrzej Wawrzyk	4 RC	Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, RUS 104	2013 Oct 5	Wladimir Klitschko	UD 12	Alexander Povetkin	5 SC	Moscow, Central Federal District, RUS 105	2014 Apr 26	Wladimir Klitschko	TKO 5	Alex Leapai	6 SC	Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER 106	2014 Jul 6	Ruslan Chagaev (2)	MD 12	Fres Oquendo	Vacant RC	Grozny, RUS 107	2014 Sep 11	Luis Ortiz	NC 1	Lateef Kayode	Interim	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 108	2014 Nov 15	Wladimir Klitschko	KO 5	Kubrat Pulev	7 SC	Altona, Hamburg, GER 109	2015 Apr 25	Wladimir Klitschko	UD 12	Bryant Jennings	8 SC	New York, New York, USA 110	2015 Jul 11	Ruslan Chagaev (2)	KO 1	Francesco Pianeta	1 RC	Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, GER 111	2015 Oct 17	Luis Ortiz	KO 3	Matías Ariel Vidondo	Interim	New York City, NY 112	2015 Nov 28	Tyson Fury	UD 12	Wladimir Klitschko	- SC	Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER 113	2015 Dec 19	Luis Ortiz	TKO 7	Bryant Jennings	Interim	Verona, New York, USA 114	2016 Mar 5	Lucas Browne	TKO 10	Ruslan Chagaev	- RC	Grozny, RUS 115	2017 Apr 29	Anthony Joshua	TKO 11	Wladimir Klitschko	Vacant SC	Wembley, London, UK 116	2017 Oct 28	Anthony Joshua	TKO 10	Carlos Takam	1 SC	Cardiff, WAL 117	2017 Nov 25	Manuel Charr	UD 12	Alexander Ustinov	Vacant RC	Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER 118	2018 Mar 31	Anthony Joshua	UD 12	Joseph Parker	2 SC	Cardiff, WAL 119	2018 Aug 11	Trevor Bryan	TKO 4	BJ Flores	Interim	Phoenix, Arizona, USA 120	2018 Sep 22	Anthony Joshua	TKO 7	Alexander Povetkin	3 SC	Wembley, London, UK 121	2019 Jun 1	Andy Ruiz Jr.	TKO 7	Anthony Joshua	- SC	New York City, NY 122	2019 Dec 7	Anthony Joshua (2)	UD 12	Andy Ruiz Jr.	- SC	Diriyah, Saudi Arabia 123	2020 Dec 12	Anthony Joshua (2)	KO 9	Kubrat Pulev	1 SC	Wembley, London, UK 124	2021 Jan 29	Trevor Bryan	TKO 11	Bermane Stiverne	Vacant RC	Hollywood, FL 125	2021 Jun 5	Daniel Dubois	KO 2	Bogdan Dinu	Vacant Interim	Telford, Shropshire, UK 126	2021 Sep 25	Oleksandr Usyk	UD 12	Anthony Joshua	- SC	Tottenham, London, UK

CIR - Champion In Recess RC - Regular Champion SC - Super Champion

Footnotes 1 - Ruiz elevated 7to full champion on February 20, 2004 after Jones vacates title 2 - Chagaev declared Champion in Recess on July 5, 2008 after surgery to repair torn achilles tendon

Heavyweight title fights as recognized by the World Boxing Council.

July 22, 1963 Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV (Sonny Liston KO 1 6 Floyd Patterson) February 25, 1964 Convention Hall, Miami Beach, FL (Cassius Clay RTD 6 Sonny Liston) May 25, 1965 St. Dominic's Arena, Lewiston, ME (Muhammad Ali KO 1 Sonny Liston) November 22, 1965 Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV (Muhammad Ali TKO 12 Floyd Patterson) 5	1966 Mar 29	Muhammad Ali	UD 15	George Chuvalo	3	Toronto, ON 6	1966 May 21	Muhammad Ali	TKO 6	Henry Cooper	4	Highbury, London, ENG 7	1966 Aug 6	Muhammad Ali	KO 3	Brian London	5	Kensington, London, ENG 8	1966 Sep 10	Muhammad Ali	TKO 12	Karl Mildenberger	6	Frankfurt, GER 9	1966 Nov 14	Muhammad Ali	TKO 3	Cleveland Williams	7	Houston, TX 10	1967 Feb 6	Muhammad Ali	UD 15	Ernie Terrell	8	Houston, TX 11	1967 Mar 22	Muhammad Ali	KO 7	Zora Folley	9	New York City, NY 12	1970 Feb 16	Joe Frazier	RTD 4	Jimmy Ellis	Vacant	New York City, NY 13	1970 Nov 18	Joe Frazier	KO 2	Bob Foster	1	Detroit, MI 14	1971 Mar 8	Joe Frazier	UD 15	Muhammad Ali	2	New York City, NY 15	1972 Jan 15	Joe Frazier	TKO 4	Terry Daniels	3	New Orleans, LA 16	1972 May 25	Joe Frazier	RTD 4	Ron Stander	4	Omaha, NB 17	1973 Jan 22	George Foreman	TKO 2	Joe Frazier	-	Kingston, JAM 18	1973 Sep 1	George Foreman	KO 1	Jose Roman	1	Tokyo, JPN 19	1974 Mar 26	George Foreman	TKO 2	Ken Norton	2	Caracas, VEN 20	1974 Oct 30	Muhammad Ali (2)	KO 8	George Foreman	-	Kinshasa, La Gombe, COD 21	1975 Mar 24	Muhammad Ali (2)	TKO 15	Chuck Wepner	1	Richfield, OH 22	1975 May 16	Muhammad Ali (2)	TKO 11	Ron Lyle	2	Las Vegas, NV 23	1975 Jun 30	Muhammad Ali (2)	UD 15	Joe Bugner	3	Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, MAS October 1, 1975 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, PHI (Muhammad Ali RTD 14 Joe Frazier) 25	1976 Feb 20	Muhammad Ali (2)	KO 5	Jean-Pierre Coopman	5	San Juan, Hato Rey, PUR 26	1976 Apr 30	Muhammad Ali (2)	UD 15	Jimmy Young	6	Landover, MD 27	1976 May 24	Muhammad Ali (2)	TKO 5	Richard Dunn	7	Munich, GER September 28, 1976 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY (Muhammad Ali UD 15 Ken Norton) 29	1977 May 16	Muhammad Ali (2)	UD 15	Alfredo Evangelista	9	Landover, MD 30	1977 Sep 29	Muhammad Ali (2)	UD 15	Earnie Shavers	10	New York City, NY 31	1978 Feb 15	Leon Spinks	SD 15	Muhammad Ali	-	Las Vegas, NV 32	1978 Jun 9	Larry Holmes	SD 15	Ken Norton	- 1	Las Vegas, NV 33	1978 Nov 10	Larry Holmes	KO 7	Alfredo Evangelista	1	Las Vegas, NV 34	1979 Mar 23	Larry Holmes	TKO 7	Ossie Ocasio	2	Las Vegas, NV 35	1979 Jun 22	Larry Holmes	TKO 12	Mike Weaver	3	New York City, NY 36	1979 Sep 28	Larry Holmes	TKO 11	Earnie Shavers	4	Las Vegas, NV 37	1980 Feb 3	Larry Holmes	KO 6	Lorenzo Zanon	5	Las Vegas, NV 38	1980 Mar 31	Larry Holmes	TKO 8	Leroy Jones	6	Las Vegas, NV 39	1980 Jul 7	Larry Holmes	TKO 7	Scott LeDoux	7	Bloomington, MN 40	1980 Oct 2	Larry Holmes	RTD 10	Muhammad Ali	8	Las Vegas, NV 41	1981 Apr 11	Larry Holmes	UD 15	Trevor Berbick	9	Las Vegas, NV 42	1981 Jun 12	Larry Holmes	TKO 3	Leon Spinks	10	Detroit, MI 43	1981 Nov 6	Larry Holmes	TKO 11	Renaldo Snipes	11	Pittsburgh, PA 44	1982 Jun 11	Larry Holmes	TKO 13	Gerry Cooney	12	Las Vegas, NV 45	1982 Nov 26	Larry Holmes	UD 15	Randall (Tex) Cobb	13	Houston, TX 46	1983 Mar 27	Larry Holmes	UD 12	Lucien Rodriguez	14	Scranton, PA 47	1983 May 20	Larry Holmes	SD 12	Tim Witherspoon	15	Las Vegas, NV 48	1983 Sep 10	Larry Holmes	TKO 5	Scott Frank	16	Atlantic City, NJ 49	1984 Mar 9	Tim Witherspoon	MD 12	Greg Page	Vacant	Las Vegas, NV 50	1984 Aug 31	Pinklon Thomas	MD 12	Tim Witherspoon	-	Las Vegas, NV 51	1985 Jun 15	Pinklon Thomas	TKO 8	Mike Weaver	1	Las Vegas, NV 52	1986 Mar 22	Trevor Berbick	UD 12	Pinklon Thomas	-	Las Vegas, NV 53	1986 Nov 22	Mike Tyson	TKO 2	Trevor Berbick	-	Las Vegas, NV 54	1987 Mar 7	Mike Tyson	UD 12	James (Bonecrusher) Smith	1	Las Vegas, NV 55	1987 May 30	Mike Tyson	TKO 6	Pinklon Thomas	2	Las Vegas, NV 56	1987 Aug 1	Mike Tyson	UD 12	Tony Tucker	3	Las Vegas, NV 57	1987 Oct 16	Mike Tyson	TKO 7	Tyrell Biggs	4	Atlantic City, NJ 58	1988 Jan 22	Mike Tyson	TKO 4	Larry Holmes	5	Atlantic City, NJ 59	1988 Mar 21	Mike Tyson	TKO 2	Tony Tubbs	6	Tokyo, JPN 60	1988 Jun 27	Mike Tyson	KO 1	Michael Spinks	7	Atlantic City, NJ 61	1989 Feb 25	Mike Tyson	TKO 5	Frank Bruno	8	Las Vegas, NV 62	1989 Jul 21	Mike Tyson	TKO 1	Carl Williams	9	Atlantic City, NJ 63	1990 Feb 11	James (Buster) Douglas	KO 10	Mike Tyson	-	Tokyo, JPN 64	1990 Oct 25	Evander Holyfield	KO 3	James (Buster) Douglas	-	Las Vegas, NV 65	1991 Apr 19	Evander Holyfield	UD 12	George Foreman	1	Atlantic City, NJ 66	1992 Jun 19	Evander Holyfield	UD 12	Larry Holmes	2	Las Vegas, NV 67	1992 Nov 13	Riddick Bowe	UD 12	Evander Holyfield	-	Las Vegas, NV 68	1993 May 8	Lennox Lewis	UD 12	Tony Tucker	1 2	Las Vegas, NV 69	1993 Oct 1	Lennox Lewis	TKO 7	Frank Bruno	2	Cardiff, WAL 70	1994 May 6	Lennox Lewis	TKO 8	Phil Jackson	3	Atlantic City, NJ 71	1994 Sep 24	Oliver McCall	TKO 2	Lennox Lewis	-	Wembley, London, ENG 72	1995 Apr 8	Oliver McCall	UD 12	Larry Holmes	1	Las Vegas, NV 73	1995 Sep 2	Frank Bruno	UD 12	Oliver McCall	-	Wembley, London, ENG 74	1996 Mar 16	Mike Tyson (2)	TKO 3	Frank Bruno	-	Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 75	1997 Feb 7	Lennox Lewis (2)	TKO 5	Oliver McCall	Vacant	Las Vegas, NV 76	1997 Jul 12	Lennox Lewis (2)	DQ 5	Henry Akinwande	1	Stateline, NV 77	1997 Oct 4	Lennox Lewis (2)	KO 1	Andrew Golota	2	Atlantic City, NJ 78	1998 Mar 28	Lennox Lewis (2)	TKO 5	Shannon Briggs	3	Atlantic City, NJ 79	1998 Sep 26	Lennox Lewis (2)	UD 12	Zeljko Mavrovic	4	Uncasville, CT 80	1999 Mar 13	Lennox Lewis (2)	PTS 12	Evander Holyfield	5	New York City, NY 81	1999 Nov 13	Lennox Lewis (2)	UD 12	Evander Holyfield	6	Las Vegas, NV 82	2000 Apr 29	Lennox Lewis (2)	KO 2	Michael Grant	7	New York City, NY 83	2000 Jul 15	Lennox Lewis (2)	TKO 2	Francois Botha	8	Millwall, London, UK 84	2000 Nov 11	Lennox Lewis (2)	UD 12	David Tua	9	Las Vegas, NV 85	2001 Apr 22	Hasim Rahman	KO 5	Lennox Lewis	-	Brakpan, Gauteng, RSA 86	2001 Nov 17	Lennox Lewis (3)	KO 4	Hasim Rahman	-	Las Vegas, NV 87	2002 Jun 8	Lennox Lewis (3)	KO 8	Mike Tyson	1	Memphis, TN 88	2003 Jun 21	Lennox Lewis (3)	TKO 6	Vitali Klitschko	2	Los Angeles, CA 89	2004 Apr 24	Vitali Klitschko	TKO 8	Corrie Sanders	Vacant	Los Angeles, CA 90	2004 Dec 11	Vitali Klitschko	TKO 8	Danny Williams	1	Las Vegas, NV 91	2005 Aug 13	Hasim Rahman (2)	UD 12	Monte Barrett	Interim 3	Chicago, IL 92	2006 Mar 18	Hasim Rahman (2)	PTS 12	James Toney	1	Atlantic City, NJ 93	2006 Aug 12	Oleg Maskaev	TKO 12	Hasim Rahman	-	Las Vegas, NV 94	2006 Dec 10	Oleg Maskaev	UD 12	Okhello Peter	1	Moscow, RUS 95	2007 Oct 6	Samuel Peter	UD 12	Jameel McCline	Interim 4	New York City, NY 96	2008 Mar 8	Samuel Peter	TKO 6	Oleg Maskaev	-	Cancun, Quintana Roo, MEX 97	2008 Oct 11	Vitali Klitschko (2)	RTD 8	Samuel Peter	-	Kreuzberg, Berlin, GER 98	2009 Mar 21	Vitali Klitschko (2)	TKO 9	Juan Carlos Gomez	1	Stuttgart, GER 99	2009 Sep 26	Vitali Klitschko (2)	RTD 10	Chris Arreola	2	Los Angeles, CA 100	2009 Dec 12	Vitali Klitschko (2)	UD 12	Kevin Johnson	3	Berne, SUI 101	2010 May 29	Vitali Klitschko (2)	KO 10	Albert Sosnowski	4	Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER 102	2010 Oct 16	Vitali Klitschko (2)	UD 12	Shannon Briggs	5	Altona, Hamburg, GER 103	2011 Mar 19	Vitali Klitschko (2)	KO 1	Odlanier Solis	6	Cologne, GER 104	2011 Sept 10	Vitali Klitschko (2)	TKO 10	Tomasz Adamek	7	Wrocław, POL 105	2012 Feb 18	Vitali Klitschko (2)	UD 12	Dereck Chisora	8	Munich, GER 106	2012 Sep 8	Vitali Klitschko (2)	TKO 4	Manuel Charr	9	Moscow, RUS 107	2014 May 10	Bermane Stiverne	TKO 6	Chris Arreola	Vacant	Los Angeles, CA 108	2015 Jan 17	Deontay Wilder	UD 12	Bermane Stiverne	-	Las Vegas, NV 109	2015 Jun 13	Deontay Wilder	KO 9	Eric Molina	1	Birmingham, AL 110	2015 Sep 26	Deontay Wilder	TKO 11	Johann Duhaupas	2	Birmingham, AL 111	2016 Jan 16	Deontay Wilder	KO 9	Artur Szpilka	3	Brooklyn, NY 112	2016 Jul 16	Deontay Wilder	RTD 8	Chris Arreola	4	Birmingham, AL 113	2017 Feb 25	Deontay Wilder	TKO 5	Gerald Washington	5	Birmingham, AL 114	2017 Nov 4	Deontay Wilder	KO 1	Bermane Stiverne	6	Brooklyn, NY 115	2018 Mar 3	Deontay Wilder	TKO 10	Luis Ortiz	7	Brooklyn, NY 116	2018 Dec 1	Deontay Wilder	PTS 12	Tyson Fury	8	Los Angeles, CA 117	2019 May 18	Deontay Wilder	KO 1	Dominic Breazeale	9	Brooklyn, NY 118	2019 Jul 20	Dillian Whyte	UD 12	Oscar Rivas	Interim	Greenwich, London, UK 119	2019 Nov 23	Deontay Wilder	KO 7	Luis Ortiz	10	Las Vegas, NV 120	2020 Feb 22	Tyson Fury	TKO 7	Deontay Wilder	-	Las Vegas, NV 121	2020 Aug 22	Alexander Povetkin	KO 5	Dillian Whyte	Interim	Brentwood, ENG 122	2021 Mar 27	Dillian Whyte (2)	TKO 4	Alexander Povetkin	Interim	British Overseas, Territory of Gibraltar 123	2021 Oct 9	Tyson Fury	KO 11	Deontay Wilder	1	Las Vegas, NV

Footnotes 1 - Norton proclaimed champion on Mar 29, 1978 on the basis of his Nov 5, 1977 title eliminator win over Jimmy Young 2 - Lewis proclaimed champion on Dec 14, 1992 on the basis of his Oct 31, 1992 title eliminator win over Razor Ruddock 3 - Rahman elevated to full champion on Nov 9, 2005 after Klitschko retires 4 - Peter becomes interim champion due to Maskaev back injury and becomes full champion upon defeating Maskaev