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 (as of 2025-08-31)
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
Ossie Ocasio
1982-02-13
Johannesburg, RSA
Defeats Robbie Williams to become the first champion.
Piet Crous
1984-12-01
Sun City, RSA
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
1985-07-27
Sun City, RSA
Evander Holyfield
1986-07-12
Atlanta, GA, USA
Vacates on 88-04-09 to move up to the heavyweight class.
Taoufik Belbouli
1989-03-25
Casablanca, MAR
Defeats Michael Greer; vacates on 89-11-27.
Robert Daniels
1989-11-27
Nogent-le-Phaye, FRA
Defeats Dwight Muhammad Qawi.
Bobby Czyz
1991-03-08
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Vacant in 92 after Czyz is involved in a car accident and is unable to defend the title.
Orlin Norris
1993-11-06
Paris, FRA
Defeats Marcelo Figueroa.
Nate Miller
1995-07-22
London, ENG, GBR
Fabrice Tiozzo
1997-11-08
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Virgil Hill
2000-12-09
Villeurbanne, FRA
Jean-Marc Mormeck
2002-02-23
Marseille, FRA
Promoted to "Super" world champion and defeats defeats WBC champion Wayne Braithwaite on 05-04-02.
O'Neil Bell
2006-01-07
New York, NY, USA
IBF champion, defeats Mormeck to win WBA & WBC titles; Virgil Hill becomes the "Regular" world champion on 06-01-27; Bell is stripped of IBF title on 05-02-09.
Wins WBA & WBC titles; vacates on 08-05-12 to move up to the heavyweight class.
Denis Lebedev
2016-05-21
Moscow, RUS
WBA (regular) champion, promoted to the Super champion and defeats IBF champion Víctor Ramírez; WBA declares Lebedev the Champion in Recess on 18-02-01 in order to allow Yunier Dorticos to unify his WBA (regular) title with IBF title, held by Murat Gassiev to whom Lebedev has lost the title.
Murat Gassiev
2018-02-03
Sochi, RUS
IBF champion, defeats Yunier Dorticos, who has vacated WBA (regular) title for the match, to become WBA Super champion.
Oleksandr Usyk
2018-07-21
Moscow, RUS
WBC & WBO champion, defeats Gassiev to win WBA & IBF titles; vacates on 19-03-28 to move up to the heavyweight class.
Denis Lebedev [2]
2019-06-30
Reinstated from Champion in Recess; vacant on 19-07-11 upon retirement.
