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List of WBU world champions

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The following is a list of WBU world champions, a table showing the world champions certificated by the World Boxing Union (WBU), founded in the United States in 1995. This does not includes champions of the identically named German based organization that was active in the 2010s.

r – Champion relinquished title.

s – Champion stripped of title.

List of WBU Champions

WBU heavyweight champions have included:

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
USA George ForemanMarch 29, 1995 – 19972Foreman was recognized as champion after he was stripped of the IBF title
RSA Corrie SandersNovember 15, 1997 – May 20, 20003Defeated Ross Purity
USA Hasim RahmanMay 20, 2000 – April 21, 20010Relinquished the title in order to fight Lennox Lewis for the IBF, IBO and WBC titles
GBR Johnny NelsonNovember 24, 2001 – December 4, 20010Defeated Alexander Vasiliev. Relinquished the title in order to concentrate on defending his WBO Cruiserweight title
GEO Georgi KandelakiDecember 21, 2002 – January 20040Defeated Alexander Vasiliev. Kandelaki either relinquished or was stripped of the title
GBR Matt SkeltonFebruary 25, 2005 – January 26, 20090Skelton relinquished the title

Cruiserweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
USA Thomas HearnsMarch 31, 1995 –19960Won vacant title
USA James ToneyFebruary 22, 1997 –19970Won vacant title
NED Don Diego PoederJune 14, 1997 –19971Won vacant title
RSA Jacob MofokengSeptember 12, 1998 –19990Won vacant title
ITA Vincenzo CantatoreMarch 20, 1999 –March 19990Won vacant title
GBR Rob NortonApril 1, 1999 –24 September 19990Won vacant title
RSA Sebastiaan Rothmann24 September 1999 –20036
GBR Enzo Maccarinelli28 June 2003 –20067Won vacant title
GBR Mark Hobson8 September 2006 –20090Won vacant title

Light-Heavyweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
USA James ToneyJune 18, 1995 –6 December 19963Won vacant title
USA Montell Griffin6 December 1996 –19970
USA Frank Tate30 August 1997 –?0Won vacant title
ARG Dario Walter Matteoni2 March 2000 –?0Won vacant title
GBR Tony Oakey4 March 2002 –11 October 20033Won vacant title
GBR Matthew Barney11 October 2003 –?0

Super-Middleweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
USA Thomas Tate21 November 1995 –19960Won vacant title
USA Vinny Pazienza23 August 1996 –19980Won vacant title
GER Norbert Nieroba18 April 1998 – 8 May 19990Won vacant title
NED Nordin Ben Salah8 May 1999 – 20000
ITA Silvio Branco15 April 2000 – ?1Won vacant title
GEO Eric Teymour24 November 2004 – ?0Won vacant title

Middleweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
USA Dana Rosenblatt13 April 1996 –19960Won vacant title
ITA Silvio Branco19 September 1996 –18 December 19986
ITA Agostino Cardemone18 December 1998 –26 June 19991
NED Raymond Joval26 June 1999 –13 December 19990
ITA Antonio Perugino13 December 1999 –20000
AUS Kevin Kelly5 May 2000 –20000Won vacant title
ITA Antonio Perugino3 June 2000 –?0Won vacant title
RSA Ruben Groenewald6 June 2002 –28 September 20020Won vacant title
GBR Anthony Farnell28 September 2002 –5 April 20031
GBR Wayne Ellcock5 April 2003 –29 November 20030
GBR Lawrence Murphy29 November 2003 –6 March 20040
GBR Anthony Farnell6 March 2004 –12 June 20040
POR Eugenio Monteiro12 June 2004 –?0
GBR Gary Lockett11 March 2006 –?2

Light-Middleweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
USA Emmett Linton3 November –19961Won vacant title
USA Verno Phillips21 May 1997 –19982Won vacant title
TAN Rashid Matumla19 December 1998 –?1Won vacant title
IRI Takaloo7 July 2001 –17 August 20022Won vacant title
PUR Daniel Santos17 August 2002 –20020
IRI Takaloo2 January 2003 –10 September 20041Won vacant title
GBR Wayne Alexander10 September 2004–?1

Welterweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
RSA Gary Murray26 August 1995 –26 October 19964Won vacant title
ITA Alessandro Duran26 October 1996 –30 July 19971
RSA Peter Malinga30 July 1997 –17 November 19970
ITA Alessandro Duran17 November 1997 –5 May 19980
ITA Michele Piccirillo5 May 1998 –20018
RSA Jan Piet Bergman2 June 2001 –20033Won Vacant Title
IRL Eamonn Magee6 October 2003 –20 May 20061Won Vacant Title
IRI Takaloo20 May 2008 –7 April 2010
USA Ben Reiter7 April 2010 –May 201510
ARG Cristian Charquero15 June 2015 –May 20165Won Vacant Title
SVK Tomas Valko10 May 2016 –2016Won Unification world Title

Light-Welterweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
GBR Shea Neary26 October 1996 –11 March 20005Vacant title
USA Micky Ward11 March 2000 –20000
GBR Jason Rowland21 October 2000 –20010Vacant title
GBR Ricky Hatton26 March 2001 –?15Vacant title
GBR Lee McAllister29 March 2008 –?0Vacant title

Lightweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
SWE George Scott7 October 1995 –19974Vacant title
GBR Colin Dunne28 November 1997 –7 December 20027Vacant title
GBR David Burke7 December 2002 –20030
BUL Toncho Tonchev31 March 2004 –?0Vacant title
GBR Graham Earl28 October 2006 –?0Vacant title
GBR Lee McAllister6 October 2008 –?0Vacant title
GBR Willie Limond29 March 2009 –?0Vacant title

Super-Featherweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
USA Angel Manfredy18 October 1995 –19987Vacant title
ARG Jorge Rodrigo Barrios10 July 1997 –20012Vacant title
RSA Phillip Ndou25 July 2001 –20023Vacant title
GBR Kevin LearI May 2002 –20031Vacant title
GBR Michael Gomez3 April 2004 –11 February 20052Vacant title

Featherweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
USA Kevin Kelley2 February 1996 –19984Vacant title
RSA Cassius Baloyi22 April 1998 –20017Vacant title
RSA Lehlo Ledwaba27 July 2002 –?0Vacant title
GBR Stephen Foster11 May 2005 –14 October 20061
GBR Derry Matthews14 October 2006–5 April 20082
MGL Choi Tseveenpurev5 April 2008–?0;

Super-Bantamweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
USA Kennedy McKinney26 August 1995 –19960Vacant title
USA Max Gomez16 March 1996 –9 June 19960Vacant title
USA Frankie Toledo9 June 1996 –15 November 19960
RSA Cassius Baloyi15 November 1996 –19983
USA Carlos Navarro21 February 1998 –11 December 19992
MEX Carlos Contreras11 December 1999 –20011
AUS Nedal Hussein29 June 2001 –?0Vacant Title

Bantamweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
MEX Epraim Pintor5 August 1995 –?0Vacant title
THA Sirimongkhon Iamthuam23 December 1995 –19961Vacant title
RSA Lehlo Ledwaba17 November 1996 –19971Vacant title
RSA Patrick Quka2 August 1997 –5 June 19980Vacant title
DEN Johnny Bredahl5 June 1998 –?0
GBR Johnny Armour9 December 2000 –5 July 20033Vacant Title
AUS Nathan Sting5 July 2003 –?0

References

References

  1. "Steve Dimitry's Heavyweight Boxing History".
  2. "All World Boxing Union fights registeres by BoxRec.com".
  3. "WBU Titles 2015-2019 {{!".
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