List of cruiserweight boxing champions

This is a chronological List of World Cruiserweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

* The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
* The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
* The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
* The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,

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- style="background:#efefef;"!Reign Began!Reign Ended!Champion!Recognition
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31 March 1980
25 November 1981
flagicon|USA Marvin Camel
Universal (WBC)
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:"Camel and Mate Parlov fought to a draw in the first Cruiserweight championship bout on August 12, 1979, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council. Camel won the rematch to become champion. Since the WBC was the only sanctioning body to recognize a Cruiserweight division at the time, he is considered by some as an undisputed champion."
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25 November 1980
27 June 1982
flagicon|PUR Carlos De Leon
Universal (WBC)
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13 February 1982
1 December 1984
flagicon|PUR Ossie Ocasio
WBA
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:"Ocasio defeated Robbie Williams in the first Cruiserweight championship bout sanctioned by the World Boxing Association."
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26 June 1982
17 July 1983
flagicon|USA S.T. Gordon
WBC
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17 July 1983
6 June 1985
flagicon|PUR Carlos De Leon
WBC
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13 February 1983
6 October 1984
flagicon|USA Marvin Camel
IBF
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:"Just as he had done with the WBC title, Camel became the first champion in the division crowned by the International Boxing Federation, defeating Roddy McDonald to win the title."
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6 October 1984
25 October 1986
flagicon|USA Lee Roy Murphy
IBF
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1 December 1984
27 July 1985
flagicon|RSA|1928 Piet Crous
WBA
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6 June 1985
21 September 1985
flagicon|USA Alfonso Ratliff
WBC
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27 July 1985
12 July 1986¹
flagicon|USA Dwight Braxton
WBA
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21 September 1985
22 March 1986
flagicon|USA Bernard Benton
WBC
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22 March 1986
9 April 1988
flagicon|PUR Carlos De Leon
WBC
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12 July 1986
15 May 1987
flagicon|USA Evander Holyfield
WBA
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25 October 1986
15 May 1987
flagicon|USA Rickey Parkey
IBF
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15 May 1987
9 April 1988
flagicon|USA Evander Holyfield
WBA & IBF
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:"Holyfield defeated Parkey to unify the World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation titles."
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9 April 1988
4 December 1988³
flagicon|USA Evander Holyfield
Universal
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:"Holyfield defeated Carlos De Leon to earn the World Boxing Council championship, making him the division's first truly undisputed champion."
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25 March 1989
25 September 1989²
flagicon|FRA Taoufik Belbouli
WBA
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17 May 1989
27 July 1990
flagicon|PUR Carlos De Leon
WBC
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3 June 1989
22 March 1990
flagicon|GBR Glenn McCrory
IBF
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27 November 1989
8 March 1991
flagicon|USA Robert Daniels
WBA
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12 March 1989
17 May 1990
flagicon|USA Boone Pultz
WBO
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22 March 1990
27 July 1991²
flagicon|USA Jeff Lampkin
IBF
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17 May 1990
1 May 1992
flagicon|NOR Magne Havnaa³
WBO
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27 July 1990
20 July 1991
flagicon|ITA Massimiliano Duran
WBC
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8 March 1991
5 August 1993²
flagicon|USA Bobby Czyz
WBA
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20 July 1991
7 July 1995²
flagicon|FRA Anaclet Wamba
WBC
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7 September 1991
30 July 1992
flagicon|USA James Warring
IBF
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25 July 1992
13 February 1993
flagicon|USA Tyrone Booze
WBO
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30 July 1992
30 April 1996³
flagicon|USA Alfred Cole
IBF
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13 February 1993
26 June 1993
flagicon|GER Markus Bott
WBO
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26 June 1993
17 December 1994
flagicon|ARG Nestor Giovannini
WBO
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6 November 1993
22 July 1995
flagicon|USA Orlin Norris
WBA
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17 December 1994
1 January 1995³
flagicon|GER Dariusz Michalczewski
WBO
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10 June 1995
4 October 1997
flagicon|GER Ralf Rocchigiani
WBO
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22 July 1995
8 November 1997
flagicon|USA Nate Miller
WBA
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25 July 1995
21 February 1998
flagicon|ARG Marcelo Dominguez
WBC
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31 August 1996
21 June 1997
flagicon|USA Adolpho Washington
IBF
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21 June 1997
8 November 1997
flagicon|JAM Uriah Grant
IBF
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4 October 1997
27 March 1999
flagicon|GBR Carl Thompson
WBO
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8 November 1997
30 October 1998
flagicon|USA Imamu Mayfield
IBF
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8 November 1997
9 December 2000
flagicon|FRA Fabrice Tiozzo
WBA
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21 February 1998
19 February 2002³
flagicon|CUB Juan Carlos Gomez
WBC
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30 October 1998
5 June 1999
flagicon|USA Arthur Williams
IBF
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27 March 1999
22 September 2006
flagicon|GBR Johnny Nelson
WBO
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5 June 1999
26 April 2003
flagicon|KAZ Vassiliy Jirov
IBF
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9 December 2000
23 February 2002
flagicon|USA Virgil Hill
WBA
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23 February 2002
7 January 2006
flagicon|FRA Jean-Marc Mormeck
WBA & WBC
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12 October 2003
22 April 2005
flagicon|GUY Wayne Braithwaite
WBC
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26 April 2003
9 December 2003³
flagicon|USA James Toney
IBF
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1 May 2004
20 May 2005³
flagicon|USA Kelvin Davis
IBF
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20 May 2005
7 January 2006
flagicon|JAM O'Neil Bell
IBF
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7 January 2006
31 March 2006
flagicon|JAM O'Neil Bell
WBA, WBC, & IBF
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colspan="4" style="font-size: smaller;"
:O'Neil Bell defeated Jean-Marc Mormeck on January 7, 2006, by knockout in round 10, unifying his IBF belt with Mormeck's WBA and WBC making him the second undisputed champion of the division. That distinction lasted just under three months, as the IBF withdrew its recognition of Bell when Bell failed to reach an agreement to fight the organization's mandatory challenger."
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31 March 2006
17 March 2007
flagicon|JAM O'Neil Bell
WBA, WBC
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22 September 2006
8 March 2008
flagicon|GBR Enzo Maccarinelli
WBO
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26 November 2006
26 May 2007
flagicon|POL Krzysztof Włodarczyk
IBF
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17 March 2007
10 November 2007
flagicon|FRA Jean-Marc Mormeck
WBA, WBC
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26 May 2007
Present
flagicon|USA Steve Cunningham
IBF
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10 November 2007
Present
flagicon|GBR David Haye
WBA, WBC
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8 March 2008
12 May 2008
flagicon|GBR David Haye
WBA, WBC, WBO
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:David Haye defeated Enzo Maccarinelli on March 8, 2008, by knockout in round 2, unifying his WBA and WBC belt with Maccarinelli's WBO making him the third undisputed champion of the division. On May 12th, he relinquished his WBC belt in order to move up to the heavyweight division in an attempt to emulate the success of Evander Holyfield."
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10 November 2007 WBA
12 May 2008 WBO
Present
flagicon|GBR David Haye
WBA, WBO
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Footnotes

:¹ Later known as Dwight Muhammad Qawi.:² Championship recognition withdrawn due to champion's failure/refusal to defend title against mandatory or designated challenger.:³ Relinquished title.

Cruiserweight champions who won belts in other divisions

*Braxton, Michalczewski, Hill, and Tiozzo all were light-heavyweight champions.
*Holyfield is the only former cruiserweight champions to win a piece of the heavyweight title.
*Toney titles at middleweight and super middleweight. Toney defeated John Ruiz in an attempt on the heavyweight title but failed a post-fight drugs test and the result was set aside.

List of Cruiserweight Champions Prior to 1980

The cruiserweight class was inaugurated by the WBC in 1979, and the belt was to be decided by the winner of a fight between Mate Parlov and Marvin Camel. The bout ended in a draw, and the champion wasn't crowned until their rematch on 31 March 1980, which was won by Camel. The WBA followed suit in 1982, inaugurating their belt in a battle between Ossie Ocasio and Robbie Williams, which was won by Ocasio.