List of IBO world champions
Heavyweight

List of IBO world champions

Section Title: Heavyweight
Table Section Text: None

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defences

1	United States Pinklon Thomas	Nov 14, 1992 – Jan 29, 1993s	0

2	United States Lionel Butler	Feb 23, 1993 – Mar 1993r	0

3	United States Danell Nicholson	Aug 4, 1994 – Oct 1994r	0

4	New Zealand Jimmy Thunder	Oct 29, 1994 – Jul 16, 1995s	1

5	Denmark Brian Nielsen	Jan 12, 1996 – Jun 18, 1999s	5

6	United Kingdom Lennox Lewis	Nov 13, 1999 – Apr 22, 2001	3

7	United States Hasim Rahman	Apr 22, 2001 – Nov 17, 2001	0

8	United Kingdom Lennox Lewis (2)	Nov 17, 2001 – Feb 6, 2004r	2

9	Ukraine Wladimir Klitschko	Apr 22, 2006 – Nov 28, 2015	18

10	United Kingdom Tyson Fury	Nov 28, 2015 – Oct 12, 2016r	0

11	United Kingdom Anthony Joshua	Apr 29, 2017 – present	3

Sentence(s)

Brian Nielsen held the IBO heavyweight title from 1996 to 1999, defending it five times.

final_sentence: Brian Nielsen held the IBO heavyweight title from 1996 to 1999, defending it five times.