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Last updated on 2024-12-11


World Boxing Council
World Cruiserweight Title
(as of 2025-02-10)

* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.

Marvin Camel1980-03-31Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Mate Parlov to become the first champion.
Carlos deLeón1980-11-25 New Orleans, LA, USA
S. T. Gordon1982-06-27 Highland Heights, OH, USA
Carlos deLeón [2]1983-07-17 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Alfonso Ratliff1985-06-06 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Bernard Benton1985-09-21 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Carlos deLeón [3]1986-03-22 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Evander Holyfield1988-04-09 Paradise, NV, USA
Vacates the title after the match to move up to the heavyweight class.
Carlos deLeón [4]1989-05-17London, ENG, GBR
Defeats Sammy Reeson.
Massimiliano Duran1990-07-27Capo d'Orlando, ITA
Anaclet Wamba1991-07-20Palermo, ITA
Stripped on 95-07-07.
Marcelo Domínguez1995-07-25Saint-Jean-de-Luz, FRA
Defeats Akim Tafer to be recognized as interim champion; defeats Patrice Aouissi on 96-07-05 in Hyères, FRA to be recognzied as the regular champion.
Juan Carlos Gómez1998-02-21Mar del Plata, ARG
Vacates the title on 02-02-19 to move up to the heavyweight class.
Wayne Braithwaite2002-10-11Campione d'Italia, ITA
Defeats Vincenzo Cantatore.
Jean-Marc Mormeck2005-04-02Worcester, MA, USA
O'Neil Bell2006-01-07New York, NY, USA
Jean-Marc Mormeck [2]2007-03-17Levallois-Perret, FRA
David Haye2007-11-10Levallois-Perret, FRA
Vacates the title on 08-05-12 to move up to the heavyweight class..
Giacobbe Fragomeni2008-10-24Milan, ITA
Defeats Rudolf Kraj.
Zsolt Erdei2009-11-21Kiel, GER
Vacates on 10-01-13 upon (temporary) retirement.
Krzysztof Włodarczyk2010-05-15Łódź, POL
Defeats Giacobbe Fragomeni.
Grigory Drozd2014-09-27Moscow, RUS
Stripped of the title on 16-03-16 when Drozd is unable to defend the title due to injury.
Tony Bellew2016-05-29Liverpool, Merseyside, ENG, GBR
Defeats Ilunga Makabu; on 17-03-28, WBC designates Bellew as Emeritus Champion, which grants him the right to fight for the title at any given time.
Mairis Briedis2017-04-01Dortmund, GER
Defeats Marco Huck.
Oleksandr Usyk2018-01-27Riga, LAT
Stripped of the title on 19-06-04 upon moving up to the heavyweight class.
Ilunga Makabu 2020-01-31 Kinshasa, CGO
Defeats Michal Cieslak.
Badou Jack 2023-02-26 Diriyah, KSA
Named champion-in-recess on 23-09-24.
Noel Mikaelian (Norair Mikaeljan) 2023-11-04 Miami, FL, USA
Defeats Ilunga Junior Makabu; named champion in recess on 24-12-11.
Badou Jack 2024-12-11  
Reinstated as champion.


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