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John L. Sullivan | World | August 29, 1885 | September 7, 1892 | 2,566 | – | null | 25 |
James J. Corbett | World | September 7, 1892 | March 17, 1897 | 1,652 | def. | null | 5 |
Bob Fitzsimmons | World | March 17, 1897 | June 9, 1899 | 814 | – | null | null |
James J. Jeffries | World | June 9, 1899 | May 15, 1905 | 2,166 | def. | null | 2 |
Marvin Hart | World | July 3, 1905 | February 23, 1906 | 235 | – | null | 1 |
Tommy Burns | World | February 23, 1906 | December 26, 1908 | 1,037 | def. James J. Walker on March 28, 1906 | null | null |
Jack Johnson | World | December 26, 1908 | April 5, 1915 | 2,291 | draw vs. | null | 7 |
Jess Willard | World | April 5, 1915 | July 4, 1919 | 1,551 | def. | null | null |
Jack Dempsey | World | July 4, 1919 | July 2, 1921 | 729 | def. | The Ring | null |
NBA | July 2, 1921 | July 24, 1922 | 387 | – | null | [ | null |
NBA, and NYSAC | July 24, 1922 | September 23, 1926 | 1,522 | def. | null | [ | null |
Gene Tunney | NBA, and NYSAC | September 23, 1926 | July 31, 1928 | 677 | def. | The Ring | 2 |
Max Schmeling | NBA, and NYSAC | June 12, 1930 | January 7, 1931 | 209 | – | The Ring | 1 |
NBA, and IBU | January 7, 1931 | June 21, 1932 | 531 | def. | 1 | [ | null |
Jack Sharkey | NBA, NYSAC, and IBU | June 21, 1932 | June 29, 1933 | 373 | – | The Ring | null |
Primo Carnera | NBA, NYSAC, and IBU | June 29, 1933 | June 14, 1934 | 350 | def. | The Ring | 1 |
Max Baer | NBA, NYSAC, and IBU | June 14, 1934 | June 13, 1935 | 364 | – | The Ring | 9 |
James J. Braddock | NBA, NYSAC, and IBU | June 13, 1935 | June 22, 1937 | 740 | – | The Ring | null |
Joe Louis | NBA, NYSAC, and IBU | June 22, 1937 | March 1, 1949 | 4,270 | def. | The Ring | 2 |
Ezzard Charles | NBA | June 22, 1949 | September 27, 1950 | 462 | def. | The Ring | 1 |
NBA, and NYSAC | September 27, 1950 | June 16, 1951 | 261 | def. Nick Barone on December 5, 1950 | 1 | [ | null |
NBA, NYSAC, and IBU | June 16, 1951 | July 18, 1951 | 33 | – | null | [ | null |
Jersey Joe Walcott | NBA, and NYSAC | July 18, 1951 | September 23, 1952 | 433 | def. | The Ring | null |
Rocky Marciano | NBA, and NYSAC | September 23, 1952 | April 27, 1956 | 1,312 | def. | The Ring | 2 |
Floyd Patterson | NBA, and NYSAC | November 30, 1956 | June 26, 1959 | 938 | def. | The Ring | 1 |
Ingemar Johansson | NBA, and NYSAC | June 26, 1959 | June 20, 1960 | 360 | – | The Ring | null |
Floyd Patterson | NBA, and NYSAC | June 20, 1960 | September 25, 1962 | 827 | def. | The Ring | null |
Sonny Liston | NYSAC, and WBA | September 25, 1962 | July 22, 1963 | 270 | def. | The Ring | null |
NYSAC, WBA, and WBC | July 22, 1963 | February 25, 1964 | 248 | – | null | [ | null |
Muhammad Ali | NYSAC, WBA, and WBC | February 25, 1964 | June 19, 1964 | 115 | – | The Ring | 12 |
NYSAC, and WBC | June 19, 1964 | February 6, 1967 | 962 | def. | null | [ | null |
NYSAC, WBA, and WBC | February 6, 1967 | April 29, 1967 | 82 | def. | 13 | [ | null |
Ernie Terrell | WBA | March 5, 1965 | February 6, 1967 | 703 | def. | – | 1 |
Joe Frazier | NYSAC | March 4, 1968 | February 16, 1970 | 714 | def. | The Ring | 1 |
WBA, and WBC | February 16, 1970 | January 22, 1973 | 1,071 | def. | 15 | [ | null |
Jimmy Ellis | WBA | April 27, 1968 | February 16, 1970 | 660 | def. | – | 1 |
George Foreman | WBA, and WBC | January 22, 1973 | October 30, 1974 | 646 | def. | The Ring | 1 |
Muhammad Ali | WBA, and WBC | October 30, 1974 | February 15, 1978 | 1,204 | def. | The Ring | null |
Leon Spinks | WBA, and WBC | February 15, 1978 | March 18, 1978 | 31 | – | The Ring | 3 |
WBA | March 18, 1978 | September 15, 1978 | 181 | – | null | [ | null |
Ken Norton | WBC | March 18, 1978 | June 9, 1978 | 83 | – | – | 16 |
Larry Holmes | WBC | June 9, 1978 | December 11, 1983 | 2,011 | def. | The Ring | 2 |
IBF | December 11, 1983 | September 21, 1985 | 650 | def. | 17 | [ | null |
Muhammad Ali | WBA | September 15, 1978 | October 18, 1979 | 398 | – | The Ring | 2 |
John Tate | WBA | October 20, 1979 | March 31, 1980 | 163 | – | – | 1 |
Mike Weaver | WBA | March 31, 1980 | December 10, 1982 | 984 | def. | – | null |
Michael Dokes | WBA | December 10, 1982 | September 23, 1983 | 287 | draw vs. | – | null |
Gerrie Coetzee | WBA | September 23, 1983 | December 1, 1984 | 435 | – | – | null |
Tim Witherspoon | WBC | March 9, 1984 | August 31, 1984 | 175 | – | – | 1 |
Pinklon Thomas | WBC | August 31, 1984 | March 22, 1986 | 568 | def. | – | null |
Greg Page | WBA | December 1, 1984 | April 29, 1985 | 149 | – | – | null |
Tony Tubbs | WBA | April 29, 1985 | January 17, 1986 | 263 | – | – | null |
Michael Spinks | IBF | September 21, 1985 | February 26, 1987 | 523 | def. | The Ring | 3 |
Tim Witherspoon | WBA | January 17, 1986 | December 12, 1986 | 329 | def. | – | null |
Trevor Berbick | WBC | March 22, 1986 | November 22, 1986 | 245 | – | – | null |
Mike Tyson | WBC | November 22, 1986 | March 7, 1987 | 105 | def. | The Ring | null |
WBA, and WBC | March 7, 1987 | August 1, 1987 | 147 | def. | null | [ | null |
WBA, WBC, and IBF | August 1, 1987 | February 11, 1990 | 925 | def. | null | [ | null |
James "Bonecrusher" Smith | WBA | December 12, 1986 | March 7, 1987 | 85 | – | – | null |
Tony Tucker | IBF | May 30, 1987 | August 1, 1987 | 64 | – | – | 1 |
Francesco Damiani | WBO | May 6, 1989 | January 11, 1991 | 616 | def. Daniel Eduardo Neto on December 16, 1989 | – | 1 |
James "Buster" Douglas | WBA, WBC, and IBF | February 11, 1990 | October 25, 1990 | 257 | – | – | null |
Evander Holyfield | WBA, WBC, and IBF | October 25, 1990 | November 13, 1992 | 751 | def. | – | null |
Ray Mercer | WBO | January 11, 1991 | December 24, 1991 | 348 | def. | – | 3 |
Michael Moorer | WBO | May 15, 1992 | February 3, 1993 | 265 | – | – | 1 |
Riddick Bowe | WBA, WBC, and IBF | November 13, 1992 | December 14, 1992 | 32 | – | – | 2 |
WBA, and IBF | December 14, 1992 | November 6, 1993 | 328 | def. | – | null | [ |
Lennox Lewis | WBC | December 14, 1992 | September 24, 1994 | 650 | def. | – | 18 |
Tommy Morrison | WBO | June 7, 1993 | October 29, 1993 | 145 | def. Tim Tomashek on August 30, 1993 | – | 1 |
Michael Bentt | WBO | October 29, 1993 | March 19, 1994 | 142 | – | – | null |
Evander Holyfield | WBA, and IBF | November 6, 1993 | April 22, 1994 | 168 | – | – | null |
Herbie Hide | WBO | March 19, 1994 | March 11, 1995 | 358 | – | – | null |
Michael Moorer | WBA, and IBF | April 22, 1994 | November 5, 1994 | 198 | – | – | null |
Oliver McCall | WBC | September 24, 1994 | September 2, 1995 | 344 | def. | – | null |
George Foreman | WBA, and IBF | November 5, 1994 | March 4, 1995 | 119 | – | – | 3 |
IBF | March 4, 1995 | June 29, 1995 | 117 | def. | − | 2 | [ |
Riddick Bowe | WBO | March 11, 1995 | May 1, 1996 | 418 | def. | – | 3 |
Bruce Seldon | WBA | April 8, 1995 | September 7, 1996 | 519 | def. | – | 1 |
Frank Bruno | WBC | September 2, 1995 | March 16, 1996 | 197 | – | – | null |
Mike Tyson | WBC | March 16, 1996 | September 7, 1996 | 175 | – | – | null |
WBA, and WBC | September 7, 1996 | September 24, 1996 | 17 | – | – | 2 | [ |
WBA | September 24, 1996 | November 9, 1996 | 46 | – | – | null | [ |
Michael Moorer | IBF | June 22, 1996 | November 8, 1997 | 505 | def. | – | 1 |
Henry Akinwande | WBO | June 29, 1996 | February 17, 1997 | 234 | def. Alexander Zolkin on | – | 1 |
Evander Holyfield | WBA | November 9, 1996 | November 8, 1997 | 365 | def. | – | null |
WBA, and IBF | November 8, 1997 | November 13, 1999 | 736 | def. | – | null | [ |
Lennox Lewis | WBC | February 7, 1997 | November 13, 1999 | 1010 | def. | – | 1 |
WBA, WBC, and IBF | November 13, 1999 | April 29, 2000 | 168 | – | – | 3 | [ |
WBC, and IBF | April 29, 2000 | April 22, 2001 | 358 | def. | – | null | [ |
Herbie Hide | WBO | June 28, 1997 | June 26, 1999 | 729 | def. Damon Reed on | – | 1 |
Vitali Klitschko | WBO | June 26, 1999 | April 1, 2000 | 281 | def. Ed Mahone on October 9, 1999 | – | null |
Chris Byrd | WBO | April 1, 2000 | October 14, 2000 | 197 | – | – | null |
Evander Holyfield | WBA | August 12, 2000 | March 3, 2001 | 204 | – | – | 1 |
Wladimir Klitschko | WBO | October 14, 2000 | March 8, 2003 | 876 | def. | – | null |
John Ruiz | WBA | March 3, 2001 | March 1, 2003 | 729 | draw vs. | – | null |
Hasim Rahman | WBC, and IBF | April 22, 2001 | November 17, 2001 | 210 | – | – | null |
Lennox Lewis | WBC, and IBF | November 17, 2001 | September 5, 2002 | 293 | def. | The Ring | 2 |
WBC | September 5, 2002 | February 6, 2004 | 519 | def. | 2 | [ | null |
Chris Byrd | IBF | December 14, 2002 | April 22, 2006 | 1,591 | def. | – | 1 |
Roy Jones Jr. | WBA | March 1, 2003 | February 20, 2004 | 357 | – | – | 2 |