Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
Defeats Tyrell Biggs; stripped of the title in 93-12 after being tested postive for illegal drugs.
Buster Mathis Jr.
1994-02-05
Las Vegas, NV
Defeats Tyrell Biggs.
Lou Savarese
1996-11-01
Indio, CA
Loses his bid for WBU world title on 97-04-26 against George Foreman, the lineal world champion.
Hasim Rahman
1997-07-15
Rochester, NY
Defeats Jeff Wooden.
David Tua
1998-12-19
Miami, FL
Loses his bids for WBC, IBF, and IBO world titles on 2000-11-11.
Chris Byrd
2001-05-12
New York, NY
Defeats Maurice Harris; wins IBF World Title on 02-12-14.
Tye Fields
2003-09-02
Chester, WV
Defeats Sherman Williams; vacates in 04 (or after winning WBE Continental Americas Super Heavyweight Title on 03-12-05).
Samuel Peter
2005-01-22
Miami, FL
Defeats Yanqui Diaz; also holds NABF Title; also wins NABA Title on 05-07-02; vacates USBA title (or stripped of it) upon losing the NABF title on 05-09-24.
Defeats Derric Rossy; vacant in 08-08; Cedric Boswell defeats Roman Greenberg on 08-08-29 in Atlanta, GA but the match is for IBF North American Title.
Fres Oquendo
2010-02-20
Hammond, IN
Defeats Demetrice King; vacant in 10-07.
Maurice Harris
2010-08-06
Hinckley, MN
Defeats Nagy Aguilera; vacant on 11-10-11.
Bryant Jennings
2012-06-16
Newark, NJ
Defeats Steve Collins; vacant in 13-06.
Amir Mansour
2013-08-23
Dover, DE
Defeats Maurice Harris.
Steve Cunningham
2014-04-04
Philadelphia, PA
Vyacheslav Glazkov
2015-03-14
Montreal, QC, CAN
Retires after losing his bid for IBF world title on 16-01-16.
