List of WBU world champions explained

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

Heavyweight

WBU heavyweight champions have included:[1] [2] [3]

width=17%Namewidth=32%Duration of reignwidth=7%Defenseswidth=41%Notes
align=left George ForemanMarch 29, 1995  - 19972
align=left Corrie SandersNovember 15, 1997  - May 20, 20003
align=left Hasim RahmanMay 20, 2000  - April 21, 20010
align=left Johnny NelsonNovember 24, 2001  - December 4, 20010
align=left Georgi KandelakiDecember 21, 2002  - January 20040
align=left Matt SkeltonFebruary 25, 2005  - January 26, 20090

Cruiserweight

width=17%Namewidth=32%Duration of reignwidth=7%Defenseswidth=41%Notes
align=left Thomas HearnsMarch 31 1995  - 19960Won vacant title
align=left James ToneyFebruary 22 1997  - 19970Won vacant title
align=left Don Diego PoederJune 14 1997  - 19971Won vacant title
Jacob MofokengSeptember 12 1998  - 19990Won vacant title
Vincenzo CantatoreMarch 20 1999  - March 19990Won vacant title
Rob NortonApril 1 1999  - 24 September 19990Won vacant title
Sebastiaan Rothmann24 September 1999  - 20036
Enzo Maccarinelli28 June 2003  - 20067Won vacant title
Mark Hobson8 September 2006  - 20090Won vacant title

Light-Heavyweight

width=17%Namewidth=32%Duration of reignwidth=7%Defenseswidth=41%Notes
align=left James ToneyJune 18 1995  - 6 December 19963Won vacant title
align=left Montell Griffin6 December 1996  - 19970
align=left Frank Tate30 August 1997  - ?0Won vacant title
align=left Dario Walter Matteoni2 March 2000  - ?0Won vacant title
align=left Tony Oakey4 March 2002  - 11 October 20033Won vacant title
align=left Matthew Barney11 October 2003  - ?0

Super-Middleweight

width=17%Namewidth=32%Duration of reignwidth=7%Defenseswidth=41%Notes
align=left Thomas Tate21 November 1995  - 19960Won vacant title
align=left Vinny Pazienza23 August 1996  - 19980Won vacant title
align=left Norbert Nieroba18 April 1998  - 8 May 19990Won vacant title
align=left Nordin Ben Salah8 May 1999  - 20000
align=left Silvio Branco15 April 2000  - ?1Won vacant title
align=left Eric Teymour24 November 2004  - ?0Won vacant title

Middleweight

width=17%Namewidth=32%Duration of reignwidth=7%Defenseswidth=41%Notes
align=left Dana Rosenblatt13 April 1996  - 19960Won vacant title
align=left Silvio Branco19 September 1996  - 18 December 19986
align=left Agostino Cardemone18 December 1998  - 26 June 19991
align=left Raymond Joval26 June 1999  - 13 December 19990
align=left Antonio Perugino13 December 1999  - 20000
align=left Kevin Kelly5 May 2000  - 20000Won vacant title
align=left Antonio Perugino3 June 2000  - ?0Won vacant title
align=left Ruben Groenewald6 June 2002  - 28 September 20020Won vacant title
align=left Anthony Farnell28 September 2002  - 5 April 20031
align=left Wayne Ellcock5 April 2003  - 29 November 20030
align=left Lawrence Murphy29 November 2003  - 6 March 20040
align=left Anthony Farnell6 March 2004  - 12 June 20040
align=left Eugenio Monteiro12 June 2004  - ?0
align=left Gary Lockett11 March 2006  - ?2

Light-Middleweight

width=17%Namewidth=32%Duration of reignwidth=7%Defenseswidth=41%Notes
align=left Emmett Linton3 November  - 19961Won vacant title
align=left Verno Phillips21 May 1997  - 19982Won vacant title
align=left Rashid Matumla19 December 1998  - ?1Won vacant title
align=left Takaloo7 July 2001  - 17 August 20022Won vacant title
align=left Daniel Santos17 August 2002  - 20020
align=left Takaloo2 January 2003  - 10 September 20041Won vacant title
align=left Wayne Alexander10 September 2004 - December 20061

Welterweight

width=17%Namewidth=32%Duration of reignwidth=7%Defenseswidth=41%Notes
align=left Gary Murray26 August 1995  - 26 October 19964Won vacant title
align=left Alessandro Duran26 October 1996  - 30 July 19971
align=left Peter Malinga30 July 1997  - 17 November 19970
align=left Alessandro Duran17 November 1997  - 5 May 19980
align=left Michele Piccirillo5 May 1998  - 20018
align=left Jan Piet Bergman2 June 2001  - 20033Won Vacant Title
align=left Eamonn Magee6 October 2003  - 20 May 20061Won Vacant Title
align=left Takaloo20 May 2006  - 7 April 20070

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Steve Dimitry's Heavyweight Boxing History . 3 November 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20071208094555/http://www.geocities.com/sdimitry/boxing3.html. 2007-12-08.
  2. Web site: All World Boxing Union fights registeres by BoxRec.com .
  3. Web site: WBU Titles 2015-2019 World Boxing Union.