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 Cruiserweight Title [lineal] (as of 2022-07-02)
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
Marvin Camel
1980-03-31
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Mate Parlov to become the first WBC champion.
Carlos de León
1980-11-25
New Orleans, LA, USA
S.T. Gordon
1982-06-27
Highland Heights, OH, USA
Carlos de León [2]
1983-07-17
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Alfonso Ratliff
1985-06-06
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Bernard Benton
1985-09-21
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Carlos de León [3]
1986-03-22
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Evander Holyfield
1988-04-09
Paradise, NV, USA
Has won WBA title on 86-07-12 and IBF title on 87-03-15; defeats León on 88-04-09 to win WBC title; vacates the title after the match for moving up to the heavyweight class.
O'Neil Bell
2006-01-07
New York, NY, USA
Has won IBF title on 05-05-20; defeats Jean-Marc Mormeck on 06-01-07 to win WBA and WBC titles; stripped of IBF title in 06-04.
Wins WBA and WBC titles; vacates the title in 08 when Haye moves up to the heavyweight class.
Tomasz Adamek
2008-12-11
Newark, NJ, USA
Defeats Steve Cunningham to win IBF titlee and is recognized by The Ring.
Oleksandr Usyk
2018-07-21
Moscow, RUS
Has won WBO title on 16-09-17 and WBC title on 18-01-27; defeats Murat Gassiev on 18-07-21 to win WBA and IBF titles and is also recognized by The Ring; vacant on 19-10-15 upon moving up to the heavyweight class.
