- Professional Combat Sport Championship Histories -
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| National Boxing Association | ( | 1921-01 | - | 1960-08 | ) |
| World Boxing Association | ( | 1960-08 | - | ) |
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
| Georges Carpentier | 1921-01 | |
| Has won the world title, defeating Battling Levinsky on 20-10-12 in Jersey City, NJ, USA; recognized by NBA in 21-01 upon its inception (The Decatur Herald, Decatur, IL, 21-02-07, plus several other papers). | ||
| Battling Siki | 1922-09-24 | Paris, FRA |
| Mike McTigue | 1923-03-17 | Dublin, IRE |
| Paul Berlenbach | 1925-05-30 | Bronx, NY, USA |
| Jack Delaney | 1926-07-16 | Brooklyn, NY, USA |
| Vacates on 27-07-26 to move up to the heavyweight class. | ||
| Jimmy Slattery | 1927-08-30 | Hartford, CT, USA |
| Defeats Maxie Rosenbloom. | ||
| Tommy Loughran | 1927-12-12 | New York, NY, USA |
| Vacates on 29-09-03 when Loughran moves up to the heavyweight class. | ||
| George Nichols | 1932-03-18 | Chicago, IL, USA |
| Defeats Dave Maier; stripped on 32-12-17 for failure to defend the title within "eight month time limit" (Chicago Tribune, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, plus many other news papers, 32-12-18). | ||
| Joe Knight | 1933-02 | |
| Awarded. | ||
| Bob Godwin | 1933-03-01 | W. Palm Beach, FL, USA |
| Maxie Rosenbloom | 1933-03-24 | New York, NY, USA |
| Stripped of the title on 34-09-17 for having "violated every law of boxing" (The Windsor Star, Windsor, ON, CAN, 34-09-18). | ||
| Bob Olin | 1934-11-16 | New York, NY, USA |
| Defeats Rosenbloom for the title; may not be initially recognized by the NBA but is recognized as of 35-07 (The Gazette, Montreal, QC, CAN, 35-07-05). | ||
| John Henry Lewis | 1935-10-31 | St. Louis, MO, USA |
| Stripped of the title on 39-06-19 due to impaired eyesight (Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph, 39-06-20). | ||
| Billy Conn | 1939-07-13 | New York, NY, USA |
| Defeats NYSAC champion Melio Bettina and is also recognized by NBA; vacates the title on 40-06-05 to move up to the heavyweight class. | ||
| Anton Christoforidis | 1941-01-13 | Cleveland, OH, USA |
| Defeats Melio Bettina. | ||
| Gus Lesnevich | 1941-05-22 | New York, NY, USA |
| Freddie Mills | 1948-07-26 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Joey Maxim | 1950-01-24 | London, ENG, GBR |
| Archie Moore | 1952-12-17 | St. Louis, MO, USA |
| Stripped of the title on 60-10-25. | ||
| Harold Johnson | 1961-02-07 | Miami Beach, FL, USA |
| Defeats Jesse Bowdry; NBA becomes WBA on 62-08-23. | ||
| Willie Pastrano | 1963-06-01 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| José Torres | 1965-03-30 | New York, NY, USA |
| Dick Tiger | 1966-12-16 | New York, NY, USA |
| Bob Foster | 1968-05-24 | New York, NY, USA |
| Stripped of the title on 70-09-09 for not fighting Jimmy Dupree. | ||
| Vicente Rondón | 1971-02-27 | Caracas, VEN |
| Defeats Jimmy Dupree. | ||
| Bob Foster [2] | 1972-04-07 | Miami Beach, FL, USA |
| Vacates on 74-09-16 upon (temporary) retirement. | ||
| Víctor Galíndez | 1974-12-07 | Buenos Aires, ARG |
| Defeats Len Hutchins. | ||
| Mike Rossman | 1978-09-15 | New Orleans, LA, USA |
| Víctor Galíndez [2] | 1979-04-14 | New Orleans, LA, USA |
| Marvin Johnson | 1979-11-30 | New Orleans, LA, USA |
| Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | 1980-03-31 | Knoxville, TN, USA |
| Michael Spinks | 1981-07-18 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| Vacates on 85-09-21 to move up to the heavyweight class. | ||
| Marvin Johnson [2] | 1986-02-09 | Indianapolis, IN, USA |
| Defeats Leslie Stewart. | ||
| Leslie Stewart | 1987-05-23 | Port of Spain, TRI |
| Virgil Hill | 1987-09-05 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA |
| Thomas Hearns | 1991-06-03 | Paradise, NV, USA |
| Iran Barkley | 1992-03-20 | Paradise, NV, USA |
| Vacates the WBA title in 92 to focus on the IBF Super Middleweight title which he also holds. | ||
| Virgil Hill [2] | 1992-09-29 | Bismarck, ND, USA |
| Defeats Frank Tate. | ||
| Dariusz Michalczewski | 1997-06-13 | Oberhausen, NW, GER |
| Stripped of the title on 97-07-01 for displaying his championship beld of WBO, which WBA does not recognize. | ||
| Lou Del Valle | 1997-09-20 | Aachen, GER |
| Defeats Eddie Smulders. | ||
| Roy Jones Jr. | 1998-07-18 | New York, NY, USA |
| Also wins IBF World Title on 99-06-05; also recognizd as WBC world champion in 2000-05; also wins IBO World Title on 00-09-09; promoted to WBA "Super" champion in 01-02; Bruno Girard becomes WBA "Regular" world champion on 01-12-22; Jones vacates WBC & IBF titles in 02-12; again wins WBC title on 03-11-08. | ||
| Antonio Tarver | 2004-05-15 | Paradise, NV, USA |
| Wins WBA, WBC, IBO, IBA, and vacant WBF titles; stripped of the WBA title in 04-12 for refusing to fight WBA's mandatory challenger. | ||
| Beibut Shumenov | 2013-10-08 | |
| WBA (regular) and IBA champion, promoted to the primary champion. | ||
| Bernard Hopkins | 2014-04-19 | Washington, DC, USA |
| Also holds IBF World Title. | ||
| Sergey Kovalev | 2014-11-08 | Atlantic City, NJ, USA |
| Also holds WBO World Title. | ||
| Andre Ward | 2016-11-19 | Las Vegas, NV, USA |
| Wins WBA, IBF, and WBO titles; vacates on 17-09-21 upon retirement. | ||
| Dmitry Bivol | 2019-10-10 | |
| "Regular" world champion, promoterd to the Super champion prior to the fight Gilbert Lenin Castillo; also wins IBO world title on 23-12-23. | ||
| Artur Beterbiev | 2024-10-12 | Riyadh, KSA |
| Wins WBA, WBO, and IBO world titles; also holds WBC and IBF world titles. | ||
| Dmitry Bivol [2] | 2025-02-22 | Riyadh, KSA |
| Wins WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and IBO world titles. | ||
