Heavyweight Boxing Champions
Every world heavyweight champion since John L. Sullivan in 1885 — the lineal title, then the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO belts side by side as they split and reunify.
Events 154 totals
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Sep
23
1952
Rocky Marciano · NBA and NYSAC
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Nov
30
1956
Floyd Patterson · NBA and NYSAC
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Jun
26
1959
Ingemar Johansson · NBA and NYSAC
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Jun
20
1960
Floyd Patterson · NBA and NYSAC
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Sep
25
1962
Sonny Liston · NYSAC and WBA
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Jul
22
1963
Sonny Liston · NYSAC, WBA, and WBC
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Feb
25
1964
Muhammad Ali · NYSAC, WBA, and WBC
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Jun
19
1964
Muhammad Ali · NYSAC, and WBC
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Mar
5
1965
Ernie Terrell · WBA
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Feb
6
1967
Muhammad Ali · NYSAC, WBA, and WBC
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Mar
4
1968
Joe Frazier · NYSAC
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Apr
27
1968
Jimmy Ellis · WBA
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Feb
16
1970
Joe Frazier · WBA, and WBC
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Jan
22
1973
George Foreman · WBA and WBC
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Oct
30
1974
Muhammad Ali · WBA and WBC
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Feb
15
1978
Leon Spinks · WBA and WBC
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Mar
18
1978
Ken Norton · WBC
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Mar
18
1978
Leon Spinks · WBA
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Jun
9
1978
Larry Holmes · WBC
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Sep
15
1978
Muhammad Ali · WBA
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Oct
20
1979
John Tate · WBA
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Mar
31
1980
Mike Weaver · WBA
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Dec
10
1982
Michael Dokes · WBA
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Sep
23
1983
Gerrie Coetzee · WBA
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Dec
11
1983
Larry Holmes · IBF
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