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Oct 5, 2021 · The WBA has been around since 1921 and was referred to as the National Boxing Association until Aug. 23, 1962. The WBA can have up to four world champions in any given weight division, though...
- Trevor Booth
Dec 19, 2022 · World Heavyweight Championship Records and Statistics. Listing of records and statistics of world title in the Heavyweight division under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules. The maximum weight for this division is unlimited (200+ lbs, 90.9+ kg, 14 stone 4 lbs+). Note 1: Only the primary championship of a major organization is included.
Manny Pacquiao has won world championships in eight weight divisions, more than any other boxer in history. The Klitschko brothers, Vitali and Wladimir, held all four major titles in the heavyweight division from 2011 to 2013; they were the first brothers to hold versions of the heavyweight championship at the same time.
May 15, 2024 · Tyson Fury is the WBC world heavyweight champion, a title that he has held since 2020. Oleksandr Usyk is the WBA, WBO, and IBF world heavyweight champion.
- Jeffrey May
Oct 10, 2023 · In honour of this long-awaited agreement, The Sportsman looks back at the crowning of previous undisputed heavyweight champions. At the dawn of the heavyweight championship, when John L. Sullivan defeated Dominick McCaffrey in 1885 to become the first official claimant, the title was undisputed as a matter of course.
May 19, 2024 · Oleksandr Usyk has become the first undisputed heavyweight champion of the four-belt era after beating Tyson Fury. 'The Gypsy King' still ranks in the top 10 heavyweights of all time, alongside...
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Nov 5, 2020 · Join us this week on Hello Old Sports for the first of a two-part episode series about the history of the World Heavyweight Boxing Championship. In this episode, we talk about the “Golden Age” of the heavyweight title, a time which lasted for most of the 20th Century.
