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.
World Boxing Association
World Cruiserweight Title ["Regular Title"]
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
World champion Jean-Marc Mormeck is promoted to "Super" champion on 2005-04-02.
Virgil Hill
2006-01-27
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Defeats Valery Brudov for the "Regular" world title.
Firat Arslan
2007-11-24
Dresden, GER
Guillermo Jones
2008-09-27
Hamburg, GER
Declared Champion in Recess on 12-10-30.
Denis Lebedev
2012-10-30
Interim champion since defeating James Toney on 11-11-04 in Moscow, RUS; status promoted on 12-10-30.
Guillermo Jones [2]
2013-05-17
Moscow, RUS
Stripped of the title on 13-10-18 after failing a drug test for the match against Denis Lebedev.
Denis Lebedev [2]
2013-10-18
Reinstated as the champion; vacant on 16-05-21 when Lebedev fights for Super title against IBF champion Víctor Ramírez.
Beibut Shumenov
2016-05-21
Paradise, NV, USA
Defeats Junior Anthony Wright; vacates on 17-06-19 after cancelling the title defenses multiple times against Yunier Dorticos due to an eye injury.
Yunier Dorticos
2017-06-19
Interim champion since defeating Youri Kayembre Kalenga on 16-05-20 in Paris, FRA; status promoted on 17-06-19; vacant on 18-02-03 when Dorticos fights for the Super title against IBF champion Murat Gassiev.
Beibut Shumenov [2]
2018-07-07
Astana, KAZ
Defeats Hizni Altunkaya; stripped of the title on 19-05-31 after failing to meet the terms to fight the interim champion Arsen Goulamirian.
Arsen Goulamirian
2019-05-31
Interim champion since defeating Ryad Merhy on 18-05-24 in Marseille, FRA; stats elevated on 19-05-31; promoted to Super champion on 19-08-31.
Beibut Shumenov [3]
2019-08-31
Reinstated as the "Regular" champion when Goulamrian is promoted to the primary champion; stripped of the title on 21-01-29 due to long inactivity.
Ryad Merhy
2021-01-29
Interim champion since defeating Imre Szellő on 19-10-19; status promoted on 21-01-29; stripped of the title on 22-08-12 when Merthy refuses to fight Super champion Arsen Goulamirian; title retired.
