- Professional Combat Sport Championship Histories -
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| International Boxing Union | ( | 1913 | - | 1940s | ) |
| European Boxing Union | ( | 1946 | - | ) |
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
| Georges Carpentier | 1913-06-01 | Ghent, BEL |
| Defeats Billy Wells; also holds European light heavyweight title; officially recognized (again) by IBU at its convention on 20-02-05 (The Sandusky Star-Journal, Sandusky, OH, USA, 20-02-06); also wins the world light heavyweight title on 20-10-12. | ||
| Battling Siki | 1922-09-24 | Paris, FRA |
| Wins all 3 titles; stripped by the French Federation of Boxing in 22-11 but is reinstated on 23-02-17; again declared vacant by IBU on 23-11-18. | ||
| Erminio Spalla | 1923-05-20 | Milan, ITA |
| Defeats Piet van der Veer; officially recognized by IBU on 23-11-18 (The Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, ON, CAN, 23-11-19). | ||
| Paulino Uzcudun | 1926-05-18 | Barcelona, ESP |
| Stripped of the title on 28-12-22 for failure to defend the title since Uzcudun is in Central America. | ||
| Pierre Charles | 1929-02-03 | Dortmund, GER |
| Defeats Ludwig Haymann. | ||
| Hein Mueller | 1931-08-30 | Berlin, GER |
| Pierre Charles [2] | 1932-05-28 | Brussels, BEL |
| Paulino Uzcudun [2] | 1933-05-13 | Madrid, ESP |
| Stripped of the title by the Spanish Boxing Federation on 34-12-03 for refusing to defend it against Isidoro Gastanaga. | ||
| Primo Carnera | 1933-10-22 | Rome, ITA |
| Defeats Paulino Uzcudun; stripped of the title by IBU on 35-03-17 for failure to defend it against Pierre Charles. | ||
| Pierre Charles [3] | 1935-06-21 | Schoeneberg, GER |
| Defeats Vincenz Hower. | ||
| Arno Koelblin | 1937-03-17 | Berlin, GER |
| Heinz Lazek | 1938-03-04 | Berlin, GER |
| Adolf Heuser | 1939-03-17 | Berlin, GER |
| Max Schmeling | 1939-07-02 | Stuttgart, GER |
| Wins European and German titles; vacates on 42-09-09 upon retirement. | ||
| Olle Tandberg | 1943-05-30 | Solna, SWE |
| Defeats Karel Sys in tournament final. | ||
| Karel Sys | 1943-11-14 | Brussels, BEL |
| Stripped of the title while Sys is inactive between 45 and 49 due to the war. | ||
| Bruce Woodcock | 1946-07-29 | Manchester, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Albert Renet; stripped of the title in 49-11 for failure to defend due to injury (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 49-11-04). | ||
| Jo Weidin | 1950-06-03 | Vienna, AUT |
| Defeats Stephane Olek. | ||
| Jack Gardner | 1951-03-27 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Hein ten Hoff | 1951-09-23 | Berlin, GER |
| Karel Sys [2] | 1952-01-12 | Brussels, BEL |
| Heinz Neuhaus | 1952-03-09 | Dortmund, GER |
| Franco Cavicchi | 1955-06-26 | Bologna, ITA |
| Ingemar Johansson | 1956-09-30 | Stockholm, SWE |
| Declared vacant by EBU after Johansson wins the world title on 59-06-26. | ||
| Dick Richardson | 1960-03-27 | Dortmund, GER |
| Defeats Hans Kalbfell. | ||
| Ingemar Johansson [2] | 1962-06-17 | Gothenburg, SWE |
| Vacates in 63-04 upon retirement. | ||
| Henry Cooper | 1964-02-24 | Manchester, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Brian London; also holds British Empire Title; stripped of the European title on 64-09-27 for failure to defend the title due to injury. | ||
| Karl Mildenberger | 1964-10-17 | Berlin, GER |
| Defeats Santo Amonti. | ||
| Henry Cooper [2] | 1968-09-18 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Also holds British Empire and British titles; European title is vacant in 69-10 due to injury. | ||
| Peter Weiland | 1969-12-06 | Kiel, GER |
| Defeats Bernard Thebault. | ||
| José Manuel Urtain | 1970-04-03 | Madrid, ESP |
| Henry Cooper [3] | 1970-11-10 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Also holds British Empire and British titles. | ||
| Joe Bugner | 1971-03-16 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Wins European, British Empire, and British titles. | ||
| Jack Bodell | 1971-09-27 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Wins European, British Empire, and British titles. | ||
| José Manuel Urtain | 1971-12-17 | Madrid, ESP |
| Juergen Blin | 1972-06-09 | Madrid, ESP |
| Joe Bugner [2] | 1972-10-10 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Vacates on 76-01-05 upon (temporary) retirement. | ||
| Richard Dunn | 1976-04-06 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Bernd August. | ||
| Joe Bugner [3] | 1976-10-12 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Wins European, Commonwealth, and British titles; vacates in 77-03 upon (temporary) retirement. | ||
| Jean-Pierre Coopman | 1977-03-12 | Antwerpen, BEL |
| Defeats José Manuel Urtain. | ||
| Lucien Rodriguez | 1977-05-07 | Antwerpen, BEL |
| Alfredo Evangelista | 1977-09-09 | Madrid, ESP |
| Lorenzo Zanon | 1979-04-18 | Torino, ITA |
| Vacates after losing to WBC world champion Larry Holmes on 80-02-03. | ||
| John Lewis Gardner | 1980-04-22 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Rudy Gauwe; temporarily retires in 81-06. | ||
| Lucien Rodriguez | 1981-11-26 | Paris, FRA |
| Defeats Felipe Rodriguez. | ||
| Steffen Tangstad | 1984-11-09 | Copenhagen, DEN |
| Anders Eklund | 1985-03-09 | Copenhagen, DEN |
| Frank Bruno | 1985-10-01 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Steffen Tangstad | 1986-04-18 | Randers, DEN |
| Defeats John Westgarth; vacant in 86. | ||
| Alfredo Evangelista | 1987-01-08 | Bilbao, ESP |
| Defeats Andre van den Oetelaar. | ||
| Anders Eklund | 1987-03-28 | Copenhagen, DEN |
| Francesco Damiani | 1987-10-09 | Aosta, ITA |
| Vacant in 89. | ||
| Derek Williams | 1989-12-05 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Hughroy Currie. | ||
| Jean-Maurice Chanet | 1990-02-03 | Haute-Marne, FRA |
| Lennox Lewis | 1990-10-31 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Vacant when Lewis is awarded WBC world title on 92-12-14; Henry Akinwande and Axel Schulz fight for the title to a draw on 92-12-19 in Berlin, GER. | ||
| Henry Akinwande | 1993-05-01 | Berlin, GER |
| Defeats Axel Schulz; vacant in 94 or 95. | ||
| Željko Mavrović | 1995-04-11 | Levallois-Perret, FRA |
| Defeats Christophe Bizot; vacant in 98. | ||
| Vitali Klitschko | 1998-10-24 | Hamburg, GER |
| Defeats Mario Schiesser; vacant in 99. | ||
| Wladimir Klitschko | 1999-09-25 | Cologne, GER |
| Defats Axel Schulz; vacant in 2000. | ||
| Vitali Klitschko | 2000-11-25 | Hannover, GER |
| Defeats Timo Hoffmann; vacant in 01. | ||
| Luan Krasniqi | 2002-01-05 | Magdeburg, GER |
| Defeats Rene Monse. | ||
| Przemysław Saleta | 2002-07-20 | Dortmund, GER |
| Sinan Şamil Sam | 2002-10-12 | Schwerin, GER |
| Luan Krasniqi | 2004-02-14 | Stuttgart, GER |
| Vacant in 05. | ||
| Paolo Vidoz | 2005-06-11 | Kempten, GER |
| Defeats Timo Hoffmann. | ||
| Vladimir Virchis | 2006-07-15 | Hamburg, GER |
| Sinan Şamil Sam | 2008-07-04 | Ankara, TUR |
| Defeats Paolo Vidoz; vacant in 08. | ||
| Matt Skelton | 2008-12-19 | Milan, ITA |
| Defeats Paolo Vidoz; vacant in 09. | ||
| Albert Sosnowski | 2009-12-18 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Paolo Vidoz; vacant in 10. | ||
| Audley Harrison | 2010-04-09 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Michael Sprott; vacant in 10. | ||
| Alexander Dimitrenko | 2010-07-31 | Hamburg, GER |
| Defeats Yaroslav Zavorotnyi; vacant in 11 (sometime after 11-09-21). | ||
| Robert Helenius | 2011-12-03 | Helsinki, FIN |
| Defeats Dereck Chisora; vacant in 12. | ||
| Kubrat Pulev | 2012-05-05 | Erfurt, GER |
| Defeats Alexander Dimitrenkol vacant in 13 most likely due to Pulev's inactivity. | ||
| Dereck Chisora | 2013-09-21 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Edmund Gerber. | ||
| Tyson Fury | 2014-11-29 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Erkan Teper | 2015-07-17 | Ludwigsburg, GER |
| Defeats David Price; vacant in 15. | ||
| Robert Helenius | 2015-12-20 | Helsinki, FIN |
| Defeats Franz Rill; vacant in 16. | ||
| Kubrat Pulev | 2016-05-07 | Hamburg, GER |
| Defeats Dereck Chisora for the vacant title; vacates after winning WBC Intercontinental Title onn 16-12-03. | ||
| Agit Kabayel | 2017-02-04 | Magdeburg, GER |
| Defeats Herve Hubeaux for the vacant title; vacates on 19-09-03 after withdrawing from a purse bid with mandatory challenger Joe Joyce. | ||
| Joe Joyce | 2020-11-28 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Daniel Dubois and also wins, WBO International, WBC Silver, Commonwealth, and British titles; vacates on 21-08-17. | ||
| Agit Kabayel [2] | 2023-03-04 | Bochum, NW, GER |
| Defeats Agron Smakici; vacates on 24-01-04 when Kabayel declines to fight mandatory challenger Tom Schwarz (British Boxing News). | ||
| Oleksandr Zakhozhy | 2024-04-13 | Charlottenburg, BE, GER |
| Defeats Granit Shala. | ||
| Labinot Xhoxhaj | 2024-11-23 | Heidelberg, BW, GER |
