Heavyweight Champions
Champions
John L. Sullivan 1885-92
James J. Corbett 1892-97
Bob Fitzsimmons 1897-99
James J. Jeffries 1899-1905
Marvin Hart 1905-06
Tommy Burns 1906-08
Jack Johnson 1908-15
Jess Willard 1915-19
Jack Dempsey 1919-26
Gene Tunney 1926-28
Max Schmeling 1930-32
Jack Sharkey 1932-33
Primo Carnera 1933-34
Max Baer 1934-35
James J. Braddock 1935-37
Joe Louis 1937-49
Ezzard Charles 1949-51
Jersey Joe Walcott 1951-52
Rocky Marciano 1952-56
Floyd Patterson 1956-59
Ingemar Johansson 1959-60
Floyd Patterson 1960-62
Sonny Liston 1962-64
Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) 1964-67
Ernie Terrell (WBA) 1965-67
Joe Frazier (NY) 1968-70
Jimmy Ellis (WBA) 1968-70
Joe Frazier 1970-73
George Foreman 1973-74
Muhammad Ali 1974-78
Leon Spinks 1978
Ken Norton (WBC) 1978
Larry Holmes (WBC) 1978-80
Muhammad Ali 1978-79
John Tate (WBA) 1979-80
Mike Weaver (WBA) 1980-82
Larry Holmes 1980-85
Michael Dokes (WBA) 1982-83
Gerrie Coetzee (WBA) 1983-84
Tim Witherspoon (WBC) 1984
Pinklon Thomas (WBC) 1984-86
Greg Page (WBA) 1984-85
Michael Spinks 1985-87
Tim Witherspoon (WBA) 1986
Trevor Berbick (WBC) 1986
Mike Tyson (WBC) 1986-87
James (Bonecrusher) Smith (WBA) 1986-87
Tony Tucker (IBF) 1987
Mike Tyson (WBC, WBA, IBF) 1987-90
Buster Douglas (WBC, WBA, IBF) 1990
Evander Holyfield (WBC, WBA, IBF) 1990-92
Riddick Bowe (WBA, IBF) 1992-93
Lennox Lewis (WBC) 1992-94
Evander Holyfield (WBA, IBF) 1993-94
Michael Moorer (WBA, IBF) 1994
Oliver Mccall (WBC) 1994-95
George Foreman (WBA, IBF) 1994-95
Bruce Seldon (WBA) 1995-96
George Foreman 1995-96
Frans Botha (IBF) 1995-96
Frank Bruno (WBC) 1995-96
Mike Tyson (WBC) 1996
Mike Tyson (WBA) 1996
Michael Moorer (IBF) 1996-1997
Evander Holyfield (WBA, IBF) 1996-2000
Lennox Lewis (WBC) 1997-2000
Lennox Lewis (WBA, WBC, IBF) 2000
Evander Holyfield (WBA) 2000-01
Lennox Lewis (WBC, IBF) 2000-01
John Ruiz (WBA) 2001-03
Hasim Rahman (WBC, IBF) 2001
Lennox Lewis (IBF) 2001-02
Lennox Lewis (WBC) 2001-04
Roy Jones Jr. (WBA) 2003
Chris Byrd (IBF) 2003-
Vitali Klitschko (WBC) 2004-
John Ruiz (WBA) 2003-
More than a century of Heavyweight Lineage
(1892 to 2004) by: Mikhail Kaztrov
John L. Sullivan was recognized as boxing's first modern world heavyweight champion (1882 to 1892).
1892 James J Corbett beat John L Sullivan
1895 Pete Maher beats Steve O'Donnell - awarded by Jim Corbett unpon his retirement.
1896 Bob Fitzsimmons beat Peter Maher
1897 Bob Fitzsimmons beat James J Corbett
1899 James Jeffries beat Bob Fitzsimmons
1905 James Jeffries refused to give Johnson a chance at the title despite the fact that Jack Johnson was at the time the preeminent challenger.Jeffries adhered to a colorline that then existed in professional boxing regarding the heavyweight championship. Jeffries unwilling to give Johnson a chance for the title, decided instead to retire undefeated in May of 1905.He served as a referee for the next few years, including the bout in which Marvin Hart defeated Jack Root to stake a claim at Jeffries' vacated title.
1905 Marvin Hart beat Jack Root to win the World Heavyweight Title.
1906 Tommy Burns beat Marvin Hart
1908 Jack Johnson beats Tommy Burns; bout halted by the police, per prior agreement; decision awarded by the referee
Hart & Burns winning the title were disputed by some because of its legitamicay and succession of title but nevertheless considered as Heavyweight Champions of the world.
1910 Jack Johnson beat James Jeffries after a 5 year hiatus.
1915 Jess Willard beats Jack Johnson
1919 Jack Dempsey beats Jess Willard
1927 Gene Tunney beats Jack Dempsey
1928 Gene Tunney beats Tom Heeney; Tunney announced his retirement from boxing a few days later.
1929 Title vacant
1930 Max Schmeling beat Jack Sharkey for the vacant World Heavyweight Title.
1932 Jack Sharkey beat Max Schmeling
1933 Primo Carnera beat Jack Sharkey
1934 Max Baer beat Primo Carnera
1935 James Braddock beat Max Baer for the NYSAC and NBA World Heavyweight Titles
1937 Joe Louis beat Jim Braddock
1950 Ezzard Charles beat Joe Louis
1951 Jersey Joe Walcott beat Ezzard Charles
1951 Ezzard Charles beat Jersey Joe Walcott
1952 Jersey Joe Walcott beat Ezzard Charles
1952 Rocky Marciano beat Jersey Joe Walcott
1955 Rocky Marciano beat Archie Moore
1955 Rocky Marciano retired from boxing and holds the distinction of being the only Heavyweight Champion of the World to retire undefeated.
Lineage broken
1956 Floyd Patterson beat Archie Moore for the vacant World Heavyweight Title.
1959 Ingemar Johannesen beat Floyd Patterson
1961 Floyd Patterson beat Ingemar Johannesen
1962 Sonny Liston beat Floyd Patterson
1964 Cassius Clay(Muhammad Ali) beats Sonny Liston
1967 Muhammad Ali beat Zora Folley. Due to legal troubles, Muhammad Ali would not fight for the next three years.
He officially retired in 1970 to allow the winner of the upcoming Joe Frazier-Jimmy Ellis unification bout to be considered the undisputed champion
1968 Jimmy Ellis won the vacant WBA title from Jerry Quarry
1970 Joe Frazier beat Jimmy Ellis for the Undisputed titles
1971 Joe Frazier beats Muhammad Ali
1973 George Foreman beats Joe Frazier
1974 Muhammad Ali beat George Foreman for the Undisputed Heavyweight titles.
1978 Leon spinks beat Ali
1978 Ali beat Leon Spinks
1980 Larry Holmes beat Ali
1985 Mike Spinks beat Holmes
1988 Mike Tyson beat Mike Spinks
1990 James Douglas beat Tyson
1990 Evander Holyfield beat Douglas
1992 Riddick Bowe beat Holyfield
1993 Evander Holyfield beat Bowe
1994 Michael Moorer beat Holyfield
1994 George Foreman beat Moorer
1997 Shannon Briggs beat Foreman
1998 Lennox Lewis beat Briggs
2001 Hasim Rahman beat Lewis
2001 Lennox Lewis beat Rahman
2003 Lennox Lewis retired
Lennox Lewis was the last Heavyweight undisputed Champion of the world. Lineage broken.
2004:
WBA Champion - Roy Jones jr. - John Ruiz
WBC Champion - Vitali Klistchko
IBF Champion - Chris Byrd
WBO Champion - Wladimir Klitschko
2005:
WBA Champion - John Ruiz(*James Toney)
WBC Champion - Vitali Klitschko
IBF Champion - Chris Byrd
WBO Champion - Lamon Brewster
2006:
WBA Champion - Nicolay Valuev
WBC Champion - Hasim Rahman
IBF Champion - Chris Byrd
WBO Champion - Serguei Lyakhovich
2007:
WBA Champion - Ruslan Chagaev
WBC Champion - Oleg Maskaev
IBF Champion - Vladamir Klitschko
WBO Champion - Shanon Briggs-Sultan Ibragimov
First answer by ID1051443717. Last edit by Mikaztro. Contributor trust: 29 [recommend contributor]. Question popularity: 67 [recommend question]
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