World Boxing Union

World Boxing Union

:"WBU redirects here."The World Boxing Union (WBU) is a lightly regarded boxing sanctioning body whose "world champions" often lack widespread recognition. WBU titles are often a stepping-stone for fighters who progress to other titles.

In recent years many of their title fights have taken place under the promotion of British promoter Frank Warren's Sports Network. They do not have mandatory challengers for their world titles.

List of WBU Heavyweight Champions

Since the WBU Heavyweight title's inception in 1995, there have been six recognized champions. cite web| title= Steve Dimitry's Heavyweight Boxing History | url=http://www.geocities.com/sdimitry/boxing3.html | accessdate = 2007-11-03] .

Past WBU champions have included Enzo Maccarinelli, James Toney, Leva Kirakosyan, Johnny Nelson , Brian Keohane and Ricky Hatton.

See also

Other world organizations

*International Boxing Council
*International Boxing Federation
*International Boxing Organization
*International Boxing Union
*World Boxing Association
*World Boxing Council
*World Boxing Organization
*World Boxing Union
*European Boxing Federation

References

External links

* [http://www.irish-boxing.com/january04/25_January_2004_Alphabet_Bodies.htm - Irish Boxing: article decrying the many 'alphabet' boxing organisations]
* [http://www.wbu.cc/ World Boxing Union]


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