List of The Ring world champions
Heavyweight

List of The Ring world champions

Section Title: Heavyweight
Table Section Text: None

Number	Champion	Reign

1	United States Jack Dempsey	1922 – September 23, 1926

2	United States Gene Tunney	September 23, 1926 – July 31, 1928 (retired)

3	Germany Max Schmeling (def. Jack Sharkey)	June 12, 1930 – June 21, 1932

4	United States Jack Sharkey	June 21, 1932 – June 29, 1933

5	Italy Primo Carnera	June 29, 1933 – June 14, 1934

6	United States Max Baer	June 14, 1934 – June 13, 1935

7	United States James J. Braddock	June 13, 1935 – June 22, 1937

8	United States Joe Louis	June 22, 1937 – March 1, 1949 (retired)

9	United States Ezzard Charles	September 27, 1950 – July 18, 1951

10	United States Jersey Joe Walcott	July 18, 1951 – September 23, 1952

11	United States Rocky Marciano	September 23, 1952 – April 27, 1956 (retired)

12	United States Floyd Patterson (def. Archie Moore)	November 30, 1956 – June 26, 1959

13	Sweden Ingemar Johansson	June 26, 1959 – June 20, 1960

14	United States Floyd Patterson	June 20, 1960 – September 25, 1962

15	United States Sonny Liston	September 25, 1962 – February 25, 1964

16	United States Muhammad Ali	February 25, 1964 – February 3, 1970 (retired)

17	United States Joe Frazier	March 8, 1971 – January 22, 1973

18	United States George Foreman	January 22, 1973 – October 30, 1974

19	United States Muhammad Ali	October 30, 1974 – February 15, 1978

20	United States Leon Spinks	February 15, 1978 – September 15, 1978

21	United States Muhammad Ali	September 15, 1978 – September 6, 1979 (retired)

22	United States Larry Holmes	October 2, 1980 – September 21, 1985

23	United States Michael Spinks	September 21, 1985 – June 27, 1988

24	United States Mike Tyson	June 27, 1988 (new ownership discontinued championship policy during Tyson's reign)

25	United Kingdom Lennox Lewis	2002 – February 6, 2004 (retired)

26	Ukraine Vitali Klitschko (def. Corrie Sanders)	April 24, 2004 – November 9, 2005 (retired)

27	Ukraine Wladimir Klitschko (def. Ruslan Chagaev)	June 20, 2009 – November 28, 2015

28	United Kingdom Tyson Fury	November 28, 2015 – February 1, 2018 (stripped)

Sentence(s)

Klitschko is one of The Ring Heavyweight champions.

final_sentence: Klitschko is one of The Ring Heavyweight champions.