- 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 | 1913-02-12 | Paris, FRA |
| Defeats Dick Rice to win IBU world and European titles; also wins European heavyweight title on 13-06-01; officially recognized by IBU at its convention on 20-02-05 (The Sandusky Star-Journal, Sandusky, OH, USA, 20-02-06). | ||
| Battling Siki | 1922-09-24 | Paris, FRA |
| Wins all 3 titles; stripped by the French Federation of Boxing in 22-11; reinstated on 23-02-17 as the world light heavyweight and European heavyweight champion but European light heavyweight continues to be vacant. | ||
| Louis Clement | 1924-04-27 | Geneva, SUI |
| Swiss champion, defeats French champion Raymond Bonnel for the vacan European title. | ||
| Herman van 't Hof | 1926-01-05 | Den Haag, NED |
| Fernand Delarge | 1926-07-25 | Rotterdam, NED |
| Max Schmeling | 1927-06-19 | Dortmund, GER |
| Also holds German title; stripped of both titles in 28-05. | ||
| Michele Bonaglia | 1929-02-10 | Milan, ITA |
| Defeats Jack Etienne; vacant in 30. | ||
| Ernst Pistulla | 1931-03-18 | Valencia, ESP |
| Defeats José Martinez de Alfara; vacant in 32(?). | ||
| Adolf Heuser | 1932-06-25 | Valencia, ESP |
| Defeats José Martinez de Alfara; vacant in 33. | ||
| John Andersson | 1933-04-01 | Brussels, BEL |
| Defeats Jack Etienne; vacates in 34-01(?). | ||
| Martinez de Alfara | 1934-02-07 | Barcelona, ESP |
| Defeats Leonard Steyaert. | ||
| Marcel Thil | 1934-03-26 | Paris, FRA |
| Also holds IBU world middleweight title; also wins European middleweight title on 34-05-03; vacates the light heavyweight title on 35-05-22. | ||
| Merlo Preciso | 1935-08-09 | Munich, BY, GER |
| Defeats Adolf Witt. | ||
| Heinz Lazek | 1935-09-17 | Vienna, AUT |
| Gustave Roth | 1936-09-01 | Vienna, AUT |
| Adolf Heuser [2] | 1938-03-25 | Berlin, GER |
| Stripped of the title for being overweight. | ||
| Luigi Musina | 1942-04-05 | Berlin, GER |
| Defeats Richard Vogt; vacant in 47 (sometime between 47-02 and 47-08). | ||
| Freddie Mills | 1947-09-08 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Pol Goffaux; vacates on 50-02-15 upon retirement. | ||
| Albert Yvel | 1950-07-09 | Algiers, ALG |
| Defeats Renato Tontini. | ||
| Don Cockell | 1951-03-27 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Vacant in 52(?). | ||
| Conny Rux | 1952-07-26 | Berlin, GER |
| Defeats Willy Schagen; vacant in 53(?). | ||
| Jacques Hairabedian | 1953-07-12 | Rome, ITA |
| Defeats Renato Tontini. | ||
| Gerhard Hecht | 1954-04-09 | Hamburg, GER |
| Willi Hoepner | 1955-03-11 | Hamburg, GER |
| Gerhard Hecht | 1955-06-12 | Dortmund, GER |
| Artemio Calzavara | 1957-07-12 | Milan, ITA |
| Willi Hoepner | 1958-05-30 | Hamburg, GER |
| Erich Schoppner | 1958-12-12 | Hamburg, GER |
| Vacant in 62. | ||
| Giulio Rinaldi | 1962-09-28 | Rome, ITA |
| Defeats Chic Calderwood. | ||
| Gustav Scholz | 1964-04-04 | Dortmund, GER |
| Vacates in 64 upon retirement. | ||
| Giulio Rinaldi [2] | 1965-07-08 | Rome, ITA |
| Defeats Klaus Peter Gumpert. | ||
| Piero Del Papa | 1966-03-11 | Rome, ITA |
| Lothar Stengel | 1967-12-02 | Frankfurt, HE, GER |
| Tom Bogs | 1968-09-12 | Copenhagen, DEN |
| Vacant in 69. | ||
| Ivan Prebeg | 1969-06-28 | Zagreb, CRO |
| Defeats Eddie Avoth. | ||
| Piero Del Papa [2] | 1970-02-06 | Milan, ITA |
| Conny Velensek | 1971-01-22 | Berlin, GER |
| Chris Finnegan | 1972-02-01 | Nottingham, ENG, GBR |
| Rudiger Schmidtke | 1972-11-14 | London, ENG, GBR |
| John Conteh | 1973-03-13 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Vacant in 74. | ||
| Domenico Adinolfi | 1974-12-04 | Campione d'Italia, ITA |
| Defeats Karl-Heinz Klein. | ||
| Mate Parlov | 1976-07-10 | Belgrade, SRB |
| Vacant in 77. | ||
| Aldo Traversaro | 1977-11-26 | Genoa, ITA |
| Defeats Bunny Johnson. | ||
| Rudi Koopmans | 1979-03-07 | Rotterdam, NED |
| Richard Caramanolis | 1984-02-02 | Marseille, FRA |
| Alex Blanchard | 1984-05-28 | Amsterdam, NED |
| Tom Collins | 1987-11-11 | Usk, WEL, GBR |
| Pedro van Raamsdonk | 1988-09-07 | Reading, ENG, GBR |
| Jan Lefeber | 1988-11-07 | Rotterdam, NED |
| Eric Nicoletta | 1989-10-13 | Sète, FRA |
| Tom Collins [2] | 1990-08-11 | Hérault, FRA |
| Vacant in 91. | ||
| Graciano Rocchigiani | 1991-02-28 | Düsseldorf, NW, GER |
| Vacant in 92; Crawford Ashley and Yawe Davis fight for the title to a draw on 92-09-23 in Campione d'Italia, ITA.. | ||
| Eddy Smulders | 1993-05-12 | Lazio, ITA |
| Fabrice Tiozzo | 1994-03-05 | Lyon, FRA |
| Vacant in 95. | ||
| Eddy Smulders | 1995-05-06 | Loir-et-Cher, FRA |
| Vacant in 96(?). | ||
| Crawford Ashley | 1997-03-01 | Liverpool, Merseyside, ENG, GBR |
| Defets Roberto Dominguez. | ||
| Ole Klemetsen | 1997-10-04 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Vacant in 98. | ||
| Crawford Ashley [2] | 1998-09-26 | York, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Mohamed Siluvangi; also holds Commonwealth and British titles. | ||
| Clinton Woods | 1999-03-13 | Manchester, ENG, GBR |
| Wins European, Commonwealth, and British titles; vacates in 01, probably after winning WBC international title on 01-03-24. | ||
| Yawe Davis | 2001-04-06 | Toscana, ITA |
| Defeats Neil Simpson. | ||
| Thomas Ulrich | 2002-10-12 | Schwerin, GER |
| Vacant in 02(?). | ||
| Stipe Drews | 2003-02-08 | Berlin, GER |
| Defeats Silvio Branco; vacant in 04. | ||
| Thomas Ulrich [2] | 2004-07-17 | Zwickau, GER |
| Defeats Silvio Branco; vacant in 05. | ||
| Stipe Drews | 2006-01-07 | Munich, BY, GER |
| Defeats Antonio Brancalion; vacant in 06. | ||
| Thomas Ulrich [3] | 2007-01-13 | Halle, GER |
| Defeats Rachid Kanfouah. | ||
| Yuri Barashian | 2008-02-23 | Halle, GER |
| Vacant in 08. | ||
| Jürgen Brähmer | 2009-03-07 | Dresden, GER |
| Defeats Rachid Kanfouah; vacant in 10. | ||
| Nathan Cleverly | 2010-02-13 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Antonio Brancalion; wins WBO interim world title on 10-12-11. | ||
| Danny McIntosh | 2011-01-22 | Levallois-Perret, FRA |
| Defeats Thierry Karl. | ||
| Eduard Gutknecht | 2011-05-07 | Neubrandenburg, GER |
| Jürgen Brähmer | 2013-02-02 | Berlin, GER |
| Vacates the title after winning WBO interim world title on 09-08-22. | ||
| Igor Mikhalkin | 2014-04-11 | Berlin, GER |
| Defeats Mohamed Belkacem; vacant in 16. | ||
| Mehdi Amar | 2016-05-27 | Paris, FRA |
| Defeats Serhiy Demchenko. | ||
| Robert Stieglitz | 2016-11-12 | Magdeburg, GER |
| Vacant in 17. | ||
| Karo Murat | 2017-07-01 | Dresden, GER |
| Defeats Dominic Boesel; vacant in 08. | ||
| Dominic Boesel | 2017-10-27 | Weissenfels, GER |
| Defeats Serhiy Demchenko; wins IBO World and interim WBA World titles on 19-11-16. | ||
| Mathieu Bauderlique | 2021-09-10 | Paris, FRA |
| Defeats Igor Mikhalkin; loses a non-title match on 22-08-20. | ||
| Dan Azeez | 2023-03-11 | Paris, FRA |
| Defeats Thomas Faure; also holds Commonwealth and British titles but loses both of them on 24-02-03. | ||
| Daniel Blenda Dos Santos | 2024-06-15 | Pont-Sainte-Maxence, Oise, FRA |
| Defeats Thomas Faure; stripped of the title on 25-04-10 after Does Santos is unable to fight the scheduled title defense on 25-04-04 due to illness. | ||
| Bradley Rea | 2025-06-28 | Hull, Yorkshire, ENG, GBR |
| Defeats Shakan Pitters. | ||
