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 Tony Thornton; loses his bid for WBA world title on 88-11-08 (may have vacated USBA title before that).
Tony Thornton
1989-01-10
Atlantic City, NJ
Defeats Mike Tinley.
Kevin Watts
1989-03-21
Atlantic City, NJ
Steve Collins
1989-05-09
Atlantic City, NJ
Vacates in 90-01 to challenge for WBA world title (may have vacated USBA title before that).
Reggie Johnson
1990-02-04
Las Vegas, NV
Defeats Ismael Negron; loses his bid for IBF world title on 91-06-29.
Bernard Hopkins
1992-12-04
Atlantic City, NJ
Defeats Wayne Powell; loses his bid for IBF world title on 94-12-17 to a draw.
Robert Allen
1995-11-14
Bay St. Louis, MS
Defeats Warren Williams.
Brian Barbosa
1996-08-11
Providence, RI
Vacates on 97-07-12 upon refusing to fight Antwun Echols (The Dispatch, Moline, IL, 97-07-13).
Antwun Echols
1997-07-27
Baton Rouge, LA
Defeats Earl Monroe; loses his bid for IBF world title on 2000-12-01.
Robert Allen [2]
2001-10-26
Temecula, CA
Defeats Marlon Hayes; loses his bids for WBA, WBC, and IBF world titles on 04-06-05.
Daniel Edouard
2004-08-27
Uncasville, CT
Defeats Willie Gibbs; vacant in 05 (most likely stripped of the title upon losing a non-title match on 05-02-19).
Willie Gibbs
2006-03-10
Mashantucket, CT
Defeats Lenord Pierre; vacant in 06-07.
Lajuan Simon
2007-09-13
Dickson City, PA
Defeats Corey Johnson; stripped of the title on 10-12-03 upon losing his bid for WBC Continental Americas title.
Adama Osumanu
2011-03-25
River Grove, IL
Defeats Marcus Upshaw; vacant in 12-09.
Caleb Truax
2013-09-21
Minneapolis, MN
Defeats Cerresso Fort; vacant in 14-06.
Sergio Mora
2015-02-06
Biloxi, MS
Defeats Abraham Han; vacates in 15-07 to challenge for WBA world title.
Luis Arias
2016-08-20
Milwaukee, WI
Defeats Darryl Cunningham; stripped of the title on 17-11-11 upon losing a non-title match.
Steve Rolls
2018-12-15
Toronto, ON, CAN
Defeats KeAndrae Leatherwood; loses a non-title match on 19-06-08; Vito Mielnicki Jr. and Connor Coyle fight for the vacant title to a draw on 25-02-14.
