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- Male boxers who weigh over 200 pounds (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) are considered heavyweights by 3 of the 4 major professional boxing organizations: the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Association, and the World Boxing Organization.
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Map of countries, number of current and former world heavyweight boxing champions per country (as of 8 April 2023). Note: interim titles and secondary belts are not included
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Apr 23, 2022 · Tyson Fury retained his WBC heavyweight title Saturday night in London with a 6th-round TKO of Dillian Whyte and afterward signaled it might have been the final fight of his career.
Map of countries, number of beaten opponents in world heavyweight boxing championship fights reached by country citizen - undisputed champion (July 2, 1921-present), lineal champion (August 29, 1885–July 2, 1921), The Ring champion; as of December 2022.
Oct 10, 2021 · Fury beat Wilder in the 11th round to keep his heavyweight title, finishing a trilogy bout that was certain to be an instant classic.
- World Boxing Association — Oleksandr Usyk
- World Boxing Council — Tyson Fury
- World Boxing Organization — Oleksandr Usyk
- International Boxing Federation — Oleksandr Usyk
- The Ring Magazine — Tyson Fury
- Other Belts and Former Undisputed Champions
Usyk won the World Boxing Association (super) title on Sept. 25 after defeating Joshua by unanimous decision. 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 Joshua holds the most important distinction with...
Fury became the WBC champion on Feb. 22, 2020 by defeating Wilder, who previously held the belt since January of 2015. Fury is yet to defend his title, as his third fight with Wilder in July was postponed after his camp suffered a COVID-19 outbreak. Fury became the third heavyweight to win the title in the past seven years, as Bermane Stiverne was ...
The WBO, which was formed in 1988, was recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the International Boxing Hall of Fame along with the WBA, WBC and IBF in 2004. The WBO recognizes “super” champions, in which a boxer has held a multiple-fight contract with a major television network for multiple years and defended his title cum...
The IBF, which was preceded by the United States Boxing Association, has had eight champions since 2002: Lennox Lewis; Chris Byrd; Klitschko; Fury; Charles Martin; Andy Ruiz Jr.; Joshua; and Usyk.
The Ring is a premiere boxing magazine that began publication in 1922, which is also when it began awarding a linear title to each division. Fury won The Ring’s vacant title in his second fight against Wilder. He previously earned it with his unanimous decision victory over Klitschko in November of 2015 but was stripped in January of 2018 due to in...
Usyk also has the International Boxing Organization belt, though it is considered a “minor” championship as it is not recognized as one of the “big four” governing bodies. If Joshua, Wilder, Fury or Usyk meet to unify world titles from all of the major sanctioning organizations, the heavyweight division will have its first undisputed champion since...
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May 19, 2024 · Usyk (22-0) added Fury’s WBC title to his own WBA, IBF and WBO belts with a spectacular late-round rally in a back-and-forth matchup between two previously unbeaten champions from a strong era of heavyweight boxing.
May 19, 2024 · Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk fight results, highlights: Ukrainian wins to become undisputed heavyweight champ. Usyk joins Terence Crawford and Naoya Inoue in earning undisputed crowns in...
