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Last updated on 2024-08-03


North American Boxing Federation
Heavyweight Title
(as of 2024-08-03)

* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.

Leotis Martin1969-12-06Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Sonny Liston; vacates on 70-02-02 upon retirement due to eye injury.
Muhammad Ali1970-12-07New York, NY, USA
Defeats Oscar Bonavena; vacant on 71-03-08 in order to challenge for WBC & WBA world titles.
George Foreman1971-05-10Oakland, CA, USA
Defeats Gregorio Peralta; vacates on 01-07-20 in order to challenge for the World Title.
Muhammad Ali [2]1971-07-26Houston, TX, USA
Defeats Jimmy Ellis.
Ken Norton1973-03-31San Diego, CA, USA
Muhammad Ali [3]1973-09-10Inglewood, CA, USA
Vacates on 74-10-30 in order to challenge for WBC and WBA world titles.
Ken Norton [2]1975-03-24New York, NY, USA
Defeats Jerry Quarry; vacates on 76-01-20 in order to challenge for the World Title.
George Foreman [2]1976-01-24Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Ron Lyle; vacates on 77-03-17 upon retirement.
Leroy Jones1978-08-19Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Mike Weaver; vacates on 79-10-20 in order to challenge for WBC World Title.
Michael Dokes1982-01-30Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Lynn Ball; vacates on 82-12-10 upon winning WBA World Title.
Tim Witherspoon1983-09-23Richfield, OH, USA
Defeats James Tillis; vacates on 84-03-09 upon winning WBC World Title.
James Broad1984-08-23New York, NY, USA
Defeats Eddie Gregg
Tim Witherspoon [2]1985-04-29Buffalo, NY, USA
Vacates on 86-01-17 upon winning WBA World Title.
Larry Alexander1987-04-10Jacksonville, FL, USA
Defeats Dorcey Gaymon.
Orlin Norris1987-11-25Las Vegas, NV, USA
Bert Cooper1990-02-17Edmonton, AB, CAN
Ray Mercer1990-08-05Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Vacates on 91-01-11 upon winning WBO World Title.
Orlin Norris [2]1991-04-30Reseda, CA, USA
Defeats Lionel Washington.
Tony Tucker1991-06-03Las Vegas, NV, USA
Vacates on 92-12-01 in order to challenge for WBC World Title.
Alex García1992-12-08Tampa, FL, USA
Defeats Jerry Jones.
Joe Hipp1994-03-01Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Stripped of the title on 95-03-09.
Alexander Zolkin1995-03-21Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Rocky Pepeli; stripped of the title on 96-05-01.
Tony Tucker [2]1996-06-29Indio, CA, USA
Defeats David Dixon; stripped of the title in 96-12.
John Ruiz1997-01-14Kansas City, MO, USA
Defeats Jimmy Thunder; also wins NABA Title on 98-09-19; vacates the NABF title on 99-01-15 in order to focus on the NABA title.
Michael Grant1999-01-30Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Defeats Ahmad Abdin; vacates in 2000-04 in order to challenge for WBC & IBF & IBO world titles.
Robert Davis2000-04-29
Interim champion since defeating Keith McKnight on 00-04-01 in Las Vegas, NV; status promoted on 00-04-29; stripped of the title on 00-08-15.
Clifford Etienne2000-09-09Chester, WV, USA
Defeats Cliff Couser; stripped of the title on 01-03-06.
Obed Sullivan2001-05-20Elizabeth, IN, USA
Defeats Sherman Williams.
Fres Oquendo2001-09-02Choctaw, MS, USA
David Tua2002-04-13Chester, WV, USA
Stripped of the title on 03-03-29.
Joe Mesi2003-06-24Buffalo, NY, USA
Defeats Robert Davis.
Eliecer Castillo2003-09-19
Interim champion since defeating Lawrence Clay-Bey on 03-06-06; status promoted when Mesi fails to defend.
DaVarryl Williamson2004-04-17Tampa, FL, USA
Stripped of the title on 04-10-02.
Samuel Peter2004-12-04Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Jeremy Williams; also wins USBA Title on 05-01-22.
Wladimir Klitschko2005-09-24Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Vacates on 06-04-22 in order to challenge for IBF & IBO world titles.
Samuel Peter [2]2006-04-28Uncasville, CT, USA
Defeats Julius Long; vacates in 07 to challenge for WBC World Title.
Hasim Rahman2007-06-14Rochester, NY, USA
Defeats Taurus Sykes for interim title; status promoted sometime before 07-11; vacates on 08-06-02 to challenge for NABO title.
Travis Walker2008-06-02Lemoore, CA, USA
Interim champion since defeating T.J. Wilson on 08-02-29; status promoted on 08-06-02.
Chris Arreola2008-11-29Ontario, CA, USA
Vacates in 09-09 in order to challenge for WBC World Title
Johnathon Banks2010-03-20Düsseldorf, NW, GER
Defeats Travis Walker; vacates in 02 in order to challenge WBC International Title.
Tony Grano2012-06-23Hollywood, FL, USA
Defeats DaVarryl Williamson.
Eric Molina2013-04-27Ontario, CA, USA
Vacates in 13-11.
Andy Ruiz Jr.2013-11-24Macao, CHN
Defeats Tor Hamer; vacates in 16-12 to challenge for WBO World Title.
Oscar Rivas2017-09-28Montreal, QC, CAN
Defeats Carl Davis Drumond; vacant in 19.
Arslanbek Makhmudov2019-09-28Montreal, QC, CAN
Defeats Julian Fernandez; also wins NABA Title on 21-07-23; also wins WBC Silver Title on 21-09-16.
Agit Kabayel 2023-12-23 Riyadh, KSA
Also wins WBC Continental Americas and NABO titles; NABF title is vacant on 24-07-06.
Martin Bakole 2024-08-03 Los Angeles, CA, USA
Defeats Jared Anderson and also wins WBO International Title.

Sources: BoxRec: Titles, various newspapers from newspapers.com and GenealogyBank, Wikipedia

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