Boxing

Heavyweight title fights as recognized by the National Boxing Association.

1 1921 Jul 2 Jack Dempsey KO 4 Georges Carpentier Inaugural Jersey City, NJ
2 1923 Jul 4 Jack Dempsey PTS 15 Tommy Gibbons 1 Shelby, MT
3 1923 Sep 14 Jack Dempsey KO 2 Luis Angel Firpo 2 New York City, NY
4 1926 Sep 23 Gene Tunney UD 10 Jack Dempsey - Philadelphia, PA
5 1927 Sep 22 Gene Tunney UD 10 Jack Dempsey 1 Chicago, IL
6 1928 Jul 26 Gene Tunney TKO 11 Tom Heeney 2 Bronx, NY
7 1930 Jun 12 Max Schmeling DQ 4 Jack Sharkey Vacant Bronx, NY
8 1931 Jul 3 Max Schmeling TKO 15 Young Stribling 1 Cleveland, OH
9 1932 Jun 21 Jack Sharkey SD 15 Max Schmeling - Queens, NY
10 1933 Jun 29 Primo Carnera KO 6 Jack Sharkey - Queens, NY
11 1934 Mar 1 Primo Carnera UD 15 Tommy Loughran 1 Miami, FL
12 1934 Jun 14 Max Baer TKO 11 Primo Carnera - Queens, NY
13 1935 Jun 13 Jim Braddock UD 15 Max Baer - Queens, NY
June 22, 1937 Comiskey Park, Chicago, IL (Joe Louis KO 8 Jim Braddock)
15 1938 Feb 23 Joe Louis KO 3 Nathan Mann 1 New York City, NY
16 1938 Apr 1 Joe Louis KO 5 Harry Thomas 2 Chicago, IL
June 22, 1938 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY (Joe Louis KO 1 Max Schmeling)
18 1939 Jan 25 Joe Louis KO 1 John Henry Lewis 4 New York City, NY
19 1939 Apr 17 Joe Louis KO 1 Jack Roper 5 Los Angeles, CA
20 1939 Jun 28 Joe Louis TKO 4 Tony Galento 6 Bronx, NY
21 1939 Sep 20 Joe Louis KO 11 Bob Pastor 7 Detroit, MI
22 1940 Feb 9 Joe Louis SD 15 Arturo Godoy 8 New York City, NY
23 1940 Mar 29 Joe Louis TKO 2 Johnny Paychek 9 New York City, NY
24 1940 Jun 20 Joe Louis TKO 8 Arturo Godoy 10 Bronx, NY
25 1940 Dec 16 Joe Louis RTD 5 Al McCoy 11 Boston, MA
26 1941 Jan 31 Joe Louis KO 5 Red Burman 12 New York City, NY
27 1941 Feb 17 Joe Louis KO 2 Gus Dorazio 13 Philadelphia, PA
28 1941 Mar 21 Joe Louis TKO 13 Abe Simon 14 Detroit, MI
29 1941 Apr 8 Joe Louis TKO 9 Tony Musto 15 Saint Louis, MO
30 1941 May 23 Joe Louis DQ 7 Buddy Baer 16 Washington, DC
31 1941 Jun 18 Joe Louis KO 13 Billy Conn 17 New York City, NY
32 1941 Sep 29 Joe Louis TKO 6 Lou Nova 18 New York City, NY
33 1942 Jan 9 Joe Louis KO 1 Buddy Baer 19 New York City, NY
34 1942 Mar 27 Joe Louis TKO 6 Abe Simon 20 New York City, NY
35 1946 Jun 19 Joe Louis KO 8 Billy Conn 21 Bronx, NY
36 1946 Sep 18 Joe Louis KO 1 Tami Mauriello 22 Bronx, NY
37 1947 Dec 5 Joe Louis SD 15 Jersey Joe Walcott 23 New York City, NY
38 1948 Jun 25 Joe Louis KO 11 Jersey Joe Walcott 24 Bronx, NY
39 1949 Jun 22 Ezzard Charles UD 15 Jersey Joe Walcott Vacant Chicago, IL
40 1949 Aug 10 Ezzard Charles RTD 7 Gus Lesnevich 1 Bronx, NY
41 1949 Oct 14 Ezzard Charles KO 8 Pat Valentino 2 San Francisco, CA
42 1950 Aug 15 Ezzard Charles TKO 14 Freddie Beshore 3 Buffalo, NY
43 1950 Sep 27 Ezzard Charles UD 15 Joe Louis 4 Bronx, NY
44 1950 Dec 5 Ezzard Charles KO 11 Nick Barone 5 Cincinnati, OH
45 1951 Jan 12 Ezzard Charles TKO 10 Lee Oma 6 New York City, NY
46 1951 Mar 7 Ezzard Charles UD 15 Jersey Joe Walcott 7 Detroit, MI
47 1951 May 30 Ezzard Charles UD 15 Joey Maxim 8 Chicago, IL
48 1951 Jul 18 Jersey Joe Walcott KO 7 Ezzard Charles - Pittsburgh, PA
49 1952 Jun 5 Jersey Joe Walcott UD 15 Ezzard Charles 1 Philadelphia, PA
50 1952 Sep 23 Rocky Marciano KO 13 Jersey Joe Walcott - Philadelphia, PA
51 1953 May 15 Rocky Marciano KO 1 Jersey Joe Walcott 1 Chicago, IL
52 1953 Sep 24 Rocky Marciano TKO 11 Roland LaStarza 2 New York City, NY
53 1954 Jun 17 Rocky Marciano UD 15 Ezzard Charles 3 Bronx, NY
54 1954 Sep 17 Rocky Marciano KO 8 Ezzard Charles 4 Bronx, NY
55 1955 May 16 Rocky Marciano TKO 9 Don Cockell 5 San Francisco, CA
56 1955 Sep 21 Rocky Marciano KO 9 Archie Moore 6 Bronx, NY
57 1956 Nov 30 Floyd Patterson KO 5 Archie Moore Vacant Chicago, IL
58 1957 Jul 29 Floyd Patterson TKO 10 Tommy Jackson 1 New York City, NY
59 1957 Aug 22 Floyd Patterson KO 6 Pete Rademacher 2 Seattle, WA
60 1958 Aug 18 Floyd Patterson RTD 12 Roy Harris 3 Los Angeles, CA
61 1959 May 1 Floyd Patterson KO 11 Brian London 4 Indianapolis, IN
June 26, 1959 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY (Ingemar Johansson TKO 3 Floyd Patterson)
63 1960 Jun 20 Floyd Patterson (2) KO 5 Ingemar Johansson - New York City, NY
64 1961 Mar 13 Floyd Patterson (2) KO 6 Ingemar Johansson 1 Miami Beach, FL
65 1961 Dec 4 Floyd Patterson (2) KO 4 Tom McNeeley Jr. 2 1 Toronto, ON

Footnotes
1 - Last sanctioned bout for the NBA before it became the newly formed World Boxing Association (WBA)

Heavyweight title fights as recognized by the World Boxing Association

1 1962 Sep 25 Sonny Liston KO 1 Floyd Patterson Inaugural Chicago, IL
July 22, 1963 Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV (Sonny Liston KO 1 6 Floyd Patterson)
February 25, 1964 Convention Hall, Miami Beach, FL (Cassius Clay RTD 6 Sonny Liston)
4 1965 Mar 5 Ernie Terrell UD 15 Eddie Machen Vacant Chicago, IL
5 1965 Nov 1 Ernie Terrell UD 15 George Chuvalo 1 Toronto, ON
6 1966 Jun 28 Ernie Terrell UD 15 Doug Jones 2 Houston, TX
7 1967 Feb 6 Muhammad Ali (2) UD 15 Ernie Terrell - Houston, TX
8 1967 Mar 22 Muhammad Ali (2) KO 7 Zora Folley 1 New York City, NY
9 1968 Apr 27 Jimmy Ellis MD 15 Jerry Quarry Vacant Oakland, CA
10 1968 Sep 14 Jimmy Ellis PTS 15 Floyd Patterson 1 Stockholm, SWE
11 1970 Feb 16 Joe Frazier RTD 4 Jimmy Ellis - New York City, NY
12 1970 Nov 18 Joe Frazier KO 2 Bob Foster 1 Detroit, MI
13 1971 Mar 8 Joe Frazier UD 15 Muhammad Ali 2 New York City, NY
14 1972 Jan 15 Joe Frazier TKO 4 Terry Daniels 3 New Orleans, LA
15 1972 May 25 Joe Frazier RTD 4 Ron Stander 4 Omaha, NB
16 1973 Jan 22 George Foreman TKO 2 Joe Frazier - Kingston, JAM
17 1973 Sep 1 George Foreman KO 1 Jose Roman 1 Tokyo, JPN
18 1974 Mar 26 George Foreman TKO 2 Ken Norton 2 Caracas, VEN
19 1974 Oct 30 Muhammad Ali (3) KO 8 George Foreman - Kinshasa, La Gombe, COD
20 1975 Mar 24 Muhammad Ali (3) TKO 15 Chuck Wepner 1 Richfield, OH
21 1975 May 16 Muhammad Ali (3) TKO 11 Ron Lyle 2 Las Vegas, NV
22 1975 Jun 30 Muhammad Ali (3) UD 15 Joe Bugner 3 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, MAS
October 1, 1975 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, PHI (Muhammad Ali RTD 14 Joe Frazier)
24 1976 Feb 20 Muhammad Ali (3) KO 5 Jean-Pierre Coopman 5 San Juan, Hato Rey, PUR
25 1976 Apr 30 Muhammad Ali (3) UD 15 Jimmy Young 6 Landover, MD
26 1976 May 24 Muhammad Ali (3) TKO 5 Richard Dunn 7 Munich, GER
September 28, 1976 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY (Muhammad Ali UD 15 Ken Norton)
28 1977 May 16 Muhammad Ali (3) UD 15 Alfredo Evangelista 9 Landover, MD
29 1977 Sep 29 Muhammad Ali (3) UD 15 Earnie Shavers 10 New York City, NY
30 1978 Feb 15 Leon Spinks SD 15 Muhammad Ali - Las Vegas, NV
September 15, 1978 Superdome, New Orleans, LA (Muhammad Ali UD 15 Leon Spinks)
32 1979 Oct 20 John Tate UD 15 Gerrie Coetzee Vacant Pretoria, SA
33 1980 Mar 31 Mike Weaver KO 15 John Tate - Knoxville, TN
34 1980 Oct 25 Mike Weaver KO 13 Gerrie Coetzee 1 Sun City, SA
35 1981 Oct 3 Mike Weaver UD 15 James Tillis 2 Rosemont, IL
36 1982 Dec 10 Michael Dokes TKO 1 Mike Weaver - Las Vegas, NV
37 1983 May 20 Michael Dokes PTS 15 Mike Weaver 1 Las Vegas, NV
38 1983 Sep 23 Gerrie Coetzee KO 10 Michael Dokes - Richfield, OH
39 1984 Dec 1 Greg Page KO 8 Gerrie Coetzee - Sun City, SA
40 1985 Apr 29 Tony Tubbs UD 15 Greg Page - Buffalo, NY
41 1986 Jan 17 Tim Witherspoon MD 15 Tony Tubbs - Atlanta, GA
42 1986 Jul 19 Tim Witherspoon TKO 11 Frank Bruno 1 Wembley, London, ENG
43 1986 Dec 12 James (Bonecrusher) Smith TKO 1 Tim Witherspoon - New York City, NY
44 1987 Mar 7 Mike Tyson UD 12 James (Bonecrusher) Smith - Las Vegas, NV
45 1987 May 30 Mike Tyson TKO 6 Pinklon Thomas 1 Las Vegas, NV
46 1987 Aug 1 Mike Tyson UD 12 Tony Tucker 2 Las Vegas, NV
47 1987 Oct 16 Mike Tyson TKO 7 Tyrell Biggs 3 Atlantic City, NJ
48 1988 Jan 22 Mike Tyson TKO 4 Larry Holmes 4 Atlantic City, NJ
49 1988 Mar 21 Mike Tyson TKO 2 Tony Tubbs 5 Tokyo,JPN
50 1988 Jun 27 Mike Tyson KO 1 Michael Spinks 6 Atlantic City, NJ
51 1989 Feb 25 Mike Tyson TKO 5 Frank Bruno 7 Las Vegas, NV
52 1989 Jul 21 Mike Tyson TKO 1 Carl Williams 8 Atlantic City, NJ
53 1990 Feb 11 James (Buster) Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson - Tokyo, JPN
54 1990 Oct 25 Evander Holyfield KO 3 James (Buster) Douglas - Las Vegas, NV
55 1991 Apr 19 Evander Holyfield UD 12 George Foreman 1 Atlantic City, NJ
56 1991 Nov 23 Evander Holyfield TKO 7 Bert Cooper 2 Atlanta, GA
57 1992 Jun 19 Evander Holyfield UD 12 Larry Holmes 3 Las Vegas, NV
58 1992 Nov 13 Riddick Bowe UD 12 Evander Holyfield - Las Vegas, NV
59 1993 Feb 6 Riddick Bowe TKO 1 Michael Dokes 1 New York City, NY
60 1993 May 22 Riddick Bowe KO 2 Jesse Ferguson 2 Washington, DC
61 1993 Nov 6 Evander Holyfield (2) MD 12 Riddick Bowe - Las Vegas, NV
62 1994 Apr 22 Michael Moorer MD 12 Evander Holyfield - Las Vegas, NV
63 1994 Nov 5 George Foreman (2) KO 10 Michael Moorer - Las Vegas, NV
64 1995 Apr 8 Bruce Seldon RTD 7 Tony Tucker Vacant Las Vegas, NV
65 1995 Aug 19 Bruce Seldon TKO 10 Joe Hipp 1 Las Vegas, NV
66 1996 Sep 7 Mike Tyson (2) TKO 1 Bruce Seldon - Las Vegas, NV
67 1996 Nov 9 Evander Holyfield (3) TKO 11 Mike Tyson - Las Vegas, NV
68 1997 Jun 28 Evander Holyfield (3) DQ 3 Mike Tyson 1 Las Vegas, NV
69 1997 Nov 8 Evander Holyfield (3) RTD 8 Michael Moorer 2 Las Vegas, NV
70 1998 Sep 19 Evander Holyfield (3) UD 12 Vaughn Bean 3 Atlanta, GA
71 1999 Mar 13 Evander Holyfield (3) PTS 12 Lennox Lewis 4 New York City, NY
72 1999 Nov 13 Lennox Lewis UD 12 Evander Holyfield - Las Vegas, NV
73 2000 Aug 12 Evander Holyfield (4) UD 12 John Ruiz Vacant Las Vegas, NV
74 2001 Mar 3 John Ruiz UD 12 Evander Holyfield - Las Vegas, NV
75 2001 Dec 15 John Ruiz PTS 12 Evander Holyfield 1 Mashantucket, CT
76 2002 Jul 27 John Ruiz DQ 10 Kirk Johnson 2 Las Vegas, NV
77 2003 Mar 1 Roy Jones Jr. UD 12 John Ruiz - Las Vegas, NV
78 2003 Dec 13 John Ruiz UD 12 Hasim Rahman Interim 1 Atlantic City, NJ
79 2004 Apr 17 John Ruiz (2) TKO 11 Fres Oquendo 1 New York City, NY
80 2004 Nov 13 John Ruiz (2) UD 12 Andrew Golota 2 New York City, NY
81 2005 Apr 30 John Ruiz (2) ND 12 James Toney 3 New York City, NY
82 2005 Dec 17 Nikolay Valuev MD 12 John Ruiz - Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, GER
83 2006 Jun 3 Nikolay Valuev TKO 3 Owen Beck 1 Hannover, Niedersachsen, GER
84 2006 Oct 7 Nikolay Valuev TKO 11 Monte Barrett 2 Rosemont, IL
85 2007 Jan 20 Nikolay Valuev RTD 3 Jameel McCline 3 Basel, SUI
86 2007 Apr 14 Ruslan Chagaev MD 12 Nikolay Valuev - Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, GER
87 2008 Jan 19 Ruslan Chagaev UD 12 Matt Skelton 1 Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER
88 2008 Aug 30 Nikolay Valuev (2) UD 12 John Ruiz Vacant 2 Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin, GER
89 2008 Dec 20 Nikolay Valuev (2) MD 12 Evander Holyfield 1 Zurich, Canton of Zurich, SUI
90 2009 Feb 7 Ruslan Chagaev CIR TD 6 Carl Davis Drumond 2 Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, GER
91 2009 Nov 7 David Haye MD 12 Nikolay Valuev - Nürnberg, GER
92 2010 Apr 3 David Haye TKO 9 John Ruiz 1 Manchester, ENG
93 2010 Nov 13 David Haye TKO 3 Audley Harrison 2 Manchester, ENG
94 2011 Jul 2 Wladimir Klitschko UD 12 David Haye - SC Altona, Hamburg, GER
95 2011 Aug 27 Alexander Povetkin UD 12 Ruslan Chagaev Vacant RC Erfurt, GER
96 2011 Dec 3 Alexander Povetkin KO 8 Cedric Boswell 1 RC Helsinki, FIN
97 2012 Feb 25 Alexander Povetkin MD 12 Marco Huck 2 RC Stuttgart, GER
98 2012 Mar 3 Wladimir Klitschko KO 4 Jean-Marc Mormeck 1 SC Düsseldorf, GER
99 2012 Jul 7 Wladimir Klitschko TKO 6 Tony Thompson 2 SC Berne, SUI
100 2012 Sep 29 Alexander Povetkin TKO 2 Hasim Rahman 3 RC Alsterdorf, Hamburg, GER
101 2012 Nov 10 Wladimir Klitschko UD 12 Mariusz Wach 3 SC Altona, Hamburg, GER
102 2013 May 4 Wladimir Klitschko TKO 6 Francesco Pianeta 4 SC Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GER
103 2013 May 17 Alexander Povetkin TKO 3 Andrzej Wawrzyk 4 RC Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast, RUS
104 2013 Oct 5 Wladimir Klitschko UD 12 Alexander Povetkin 5 SC Moscow, Central Federal District, RUS
105 2014 Apr 26 Wladimir Klitschko TKO 5 Alex Leapai 6 SC Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER
106 2014 Jul 6 Ruslan Chagaev (2) MD 12 Fres Oquendo Vacant RC Grozny, RUS
107 2014 Sep 11 Luis Ortiz NC 1 Lateef Kayode Interim Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
108 2014 Nov 15 Wladimir Klitschko KO 5 Kubrat Pulev 7 SC Altona, Hamburg, GER
109 2015 Apr 25 Wladimir Klitschko UD 12 Bryant Jennings 8 SC New York, New York, USA
110 2015 Jul 11 Ruslan Chagaev (2) KO 1 Francesco Pianeta 1 RC Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, GER
111 2015 Oct 17 Luis Ortiz KO 3 Matías Ariel Vidondo Interim New York City, NY
112 2015 Nov 28 Tyson Fury UD 12 Wladimir Klitschko - SC Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER
113 2015 Dec 19 Luis Ortiz TKO 7 Bryant Jennings Interim Verona, New York, USA
114 2016 Mar 5 Lucas Browne TKO 10 Ruslan Chagaev - RC Grozny, RUS
115 2017 Apr 29 Anthony Joshua TKO 11 Wladimir Klitschko Vacant SC Wembley, London, UK
116 2017 Oct 28 Anthony Joshua TKO 10 Carlos Takam 1 SC Cardiff, WAL
117 2017 Nov 25 Manuel Charr UD 12 Alexander Ustinov Vacant RC Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER
118 2018 Mar 31 Anthony Joshua UD 12 Joseph Parker 2 SC Cardiff, WAL
119 2018 Aug 11 Trevor Bryan TKO 4 BJ Flores Interim Phoenix, Arizona, USA
120 2018 Sep 22 Anthony Joshua TKO 7 Alexander Povetkin 3 SC Wembley, London, UK
121 2019 Jun 1 Andy Ruiz Jr. TKO 7 Anthony Joshua - SC New York City, NY
122 2019 Dec 7 Anthony Joshua (2) UD 12 Andy Ruiz Jr. - SC Diriyah, Saudi Arabia
123 2020 Dec 12 Anthony Joshua (2) KO 9 Kubrat Pulev 1 SC Wembley, London, UK
124 2021 Jan 29 Trevor Bryan TKO 11 Bermane Stiverne Vacant RC Hollywood, FL
125 2021 Jun 5 Daniel Dubois KO 2 Bogdan Dinu Vacant Interim Telford, Shropshire, UK
126 2021 Sep 25 Oleksandr Usyk UD 12 Anthony Joshua - SC Tottenham, London, UK

CIR - Champion In Recess
RC - Regular Champion
SC - Super Champion

Footnotes
1 - Ruiz elevated 7to full champion on February 20, 2004 after Jones vacates title
2 - Chagaev declared Champion in Recess on July 5, 2008 after surgery to repair torn achilles tendon

Heavyweight title fights as recognized by the World Boxing Council.

July 22, 1963 Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV (Sonny Liston KO 1 6 Floyd Patterson)
February 25, 1964 Convention Hall, Miami Beach, FL (Cassius Clay RTD 6 Sonny Liston)
May 25, 1965 St. Dominic's Arena, Lewiston, ME (Muhammad Ali KO 1 Sonny Liston)
November 22, 1965 Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV (Muhammad Ali TKO 12 Floyd Patterson)
5 1966 Mar 29 Muhammad Ali UD 15 George Chuvalo 3 Toronto, ON
6 1966 May 21 Muhammad Ali TKO 6 Henry Cooper 4 Highbury, London, ENG
7 1966 Aug 6 Muhammad Ali KO 3 Brian London 5 Kensington, London, ENG
8 1966 Sep 10 Muhammad Ali TKO 12 Karl Mildenberger 6 Frankfurt, GER
9 1966 Nov 14 Muhammad Ali TKO 3 Cleveland Williams 7 Houston, TX
10 1967 Feb 6 Muhammad Ali UD 15 Ernie Terrell 8 Houston, TX
11 1967 Mar 22 Muhammad Ali KO 7 Zora Folley 9 New York City, NY
12 1970 Feb 16 Joe Frazier RTD 4 Jimmy Ellis Vacant New York City, NY
13 1970 Nov 18 Joe Frazier KO 2 Bob Foster 1 Detroit, MI
14 1971 Mar 8 Joe Frazier UD 15 Muhammad Ali 2 New York City, NY
15 1972 Jan 15 Joe Frazier TKO 4 Terry Daniels 3 New Orleans, LA
16 1972 May 25 Joe Frazier RTD 4 Ron Stander 4 Omaha, NB
17 1973 Jan 22 George Foreman TKO 2 Joe Frazier - Kingston, JAM
18 1973 Sep 1 George Foreman KO 1 Jose Roman 1 Tokyo, JPN
19 1974 Mar 26 George Foreman TKO 2 Ken Norton 2 Caracas, VEN
20 1974 Oct 30 Muhammad Ali (2) KO 8 George Foreman - Kinshasa, La Gombe, COD
21 1975 Mar 24 Muhammad Ali (2) TKO 15 Chuck Wepner 1 Richfield, OH
22 1975 May 16 Muhammad Ali (2) TKO 11 Ron Lyle 2 Las Vegas, NV
23 1975 Jun 30 Muhammad Ali (2) UD 15 Joe Bugner 3 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, MAS
October 1, 1975 Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, PHI (Muhammad Ali RTD 14 Joe Frazier)
25 1976 Feb 20 Muhammad Ali (2) KO 5 Jean-Pierre Coopman 5 San Juan, Hato Rey, PUR
26 1976 Apr 30 Muhammad Ali (2) UD 15 Jimmy Young 6 Landover, MD
27 1976 May 24 Muhammad Ali (2) TKO 5 Richard Dunn 7 Munich, GER
September 28, 1976 Yankee Stadium, Bronx, NY (Muhammad Ali UD 15 Ken Norton)
29 1977 May 16 Muhammad Ali (2) UD 15 Alfredo Evangelista 9 Landover, MD
30 1977 Sep 29 Muhammad Ali (2) UD 15 Earnie Shavers 10 New York City, NY
31 1978 Feb 15 Leon Spinks SD 15 Muhammad Ali - Las Vegas, NV
32 1978 Jun 9 Larry Holmes SD 15 Ken Norton - 1 Las Vegas, NV
33 1978 Nov 10 Larry Holmes KO 7 Alfredo Evangelista 1 Las Vegas, NV
34 1979 Mar 23 Larry Holmes TKO 7 Ossie Ocasio 2 Las Vegas, NV
35 1979 Jun 22 Larry Holmes TKO 12 Mike Weaver 3 New York City, NY
36 1979 Sep 28 Larry Holmes TKO 11 Earnie Shavers 4 Las Vegas, NV
37 1980 Feb 3 Larry Holmes KO 6 Lorenzo Zanon 5 Las Vegas, NV
38 1980 Mar 31 Larry Holmes TKO 8 Leroy Jones 6 Las Vegas, NV
39 1980 Jul 7 Larry Holmes TKO 7 Scott LeDoux 7 Bloomington, MN
40 1980 Oct 2 Larry Holmes RTD 10 Muhammad Ali 8 Las Vegas, NV
41 1981 Apr 11 Larry Holmes UD 15 Trevor Berbick 9 Las Vegas, NV
42 1981 Jun 12 Larry Holmes TKO 3 Leon Spinks 10 Detroit, MI
43 1981 Nov 6 Larry Holmes TKO 11 Renaldo Snipes 11 Pittsburgh, PA
44 1982 Jun 11 Larry Holmes TKO 13 Gerry Cooney 12 Las Vegas, NV
45 1982 Nov 26 Larry Holmes UD 15 Randall (Tex) Cobb 13 Houston, TX
46 1983 Mar 27 Larry Holmes UD 12 Lucien Rodriguez 14 Scranton, PA
47 1983 May 20 Larry Holmes SD 12 Tim Witherspoon 15 Las Vegas, NV
48 1983 Sep 10 Larry Holmes TKO 5 Scott Frank 16 Atlantic City, NJ
49 1984 Mar 9 Tim Witherspoon MD 12 Greg Page Vacant Las Vegas, NV
50 1984 Aug 31 Pinklon Thomas MD 12 Tim Witherspoon - Las Vegas, NV
51 1985 Jun 15 Pinklon Thomas TKO 8 Mike Weaver 1 Las Vegas, NV
52 1986 Mar 22 Trevor Berbick UD 12 Pinklon Thomas - Las Vegas, NV
53 1986 Nov 22 Mike Tyson TKO 2 Trevor Berbick - Las Vegas, NV
54 1987 Mar 7 Mike Tyson UD 12 James (Bonecrusher) Smith 1 Las Vegas, NV
55 1987 May 30 Mike Tyson TKO 6 Pinklon Thomas 2 Las Vegas, NV
56 1987 Aug 1 Mike Tyson UD 12 Tony Tucker 3 Las Vegas, NV
57 1987 Oct 16 Mike Tyson TKO 7 Tyrell Biggs 4 Atlantic City, NJ
58 1988 Jan 22 Mike Tyson TKO 4 Larry Holmes 5 Atlantic City, NJ
59 1988 Mar 21 Mike Tyson TKO 2 Tony Tubbs 6 Tokyo, JPN
60 1988 Jun 27 Mike Tyson KO 1 Michael Spinks 7 Atlantic City, NJ
61 1989 Feb 25 Mike Tyson TKO 5 Frank Bruno 8 Las Vegas, NV
62 1989 Jul 21 Mike Tyson TKO 1 Carl Williams 9 Atlantic City, NJ
63 1990 Feb 11 James (Buster) Douglas KO 10 Mike Tyson - Tokyo, JPN
64 1990 Oct 25 Evander Holyfield KO 3 James (Buster) Douglas - Las Vegas, NV
65 1991 Apr 19 Evander Holyfield UD 12 George Foreman 1 Atlantic City, NJ
66 1992 Jun 19 Evander Holyfield UD 12 Larry Holmes 2 Las Vegas, NV
67 1992 Nov 13 Riddick Bowe UD 12 Evander Holyfield - Las Vegas, NV
68 1993 May 8 Lennox Lewis UD 12 Tony Tucker 1 2 Las Vegas, NV
69 1993 Oct 1 Lennox Lewis TKO 7 Frank Bruno 2 Cardiff, WAL
70 1994 May 6 Lennox Lewis TKO 8 Phil Jackson 3 Atlantic City, NJ
71 1994 Sep 24 Oliver McCall TKO 2 Lennox Lewis - Wembley, London, ENG
72 1995 Apr 8 Oliver McCall UD 12 Larry Holmes 1 Las Vegas, NV
73 1995 Sep 2 Frank Bruno UD 12 Oliver McCall - Wembley, London, ENG
74 1996 Mar 16 Mike Tyson (2) TKO 3 Frank Bruno - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
75 1997 Feb 7 Lennox Lewis (2) TKO 5 Oliver McCall Vacant Las Vegas, NV
76 1997 Jul 12 Lennox Lewis (2) DQ 5 Henry Akinwande 1 Stateline, NV
77 1997 Oct 4 Lennox Lewis (2) KO 1 Andrew Golota 2 Atlantic City, NJ
78 1998 Mar 28 Lennox Lewis (2) TKO 5 Shannon Briggs 3 Atlantic City, NJ
79 1998 Sep 26 Lennox Lewis (2) UD 12 Zeljko Mavrovic 4 Uncasville, CT
80 1999 Mar 13 Lennox Lewis (2) PTS 12 Evander Holyfield 5 New York City, NY
81 1999 Nov 13 Lennox Lewis (2) UD 12 Evander Holyfield 6 Las Vegas, NV
82 2000 Apr 29 Lennox Lewis (2) KO 2 Michael Grant 7 New York City, NY
83 2000 Jul 15 Lennox Lewis (2) TKO 2 Francois Botha 8 Millwall, London, UK
84 2000 Nov 11 Lennox Lewis (2) UD 12 David Tua 9 Las Vegas, NV
85 2001 Apr 22 Hasim Rahman KO 5 Lennox Lewis - Brakpan, Gauteng, RSA
86 2001 Nov 17 Lennox Lewis (3) KO 4 Hasim Rahman - Las Vegas, NV
87 2002 Jun 8 Lennox Lewis (3) KO 8 Mike Tyson 1 Memphis, TN
88 2003 Jun 21 Lennox Lewis (3) TKO 6 Vitali Klitschko 2 Los Angeles, CA
89 2004 Apr 24 Vitali Klitschko TKO 8 Corrie Sanders Vacant Los Angeles, CA
90 2004 Dec 11 Vitali Klitschko TKO 8 Danny Williams 1 Las Vegas, NV
91 2005 Aug 13 Hasim Rahman (2) UD 12 Monte Barrett Interim 3 Chicago, IL
92 2006 Mar 18 Hasim Rahman (2) PTS 12 James Toney 1 Atlantic City, NJ
93 2006 Aug 12 Oleg Maskaev TKO 12 Hasim Rahman - Las Vegas, NV
94 2006 Dec 10 Oleg Maskaev UD 12 Okhello Peter 1 Moscow, RUS
95 2007 Oct 6 Samuel Peter UD 12 Jameel McCline Interim 4 New York City, NY
96 2008 Mar 8 Samuel Peter TKO 6 Oleg Maskaev - Cancun, Quintana Roo, MEX
97 2008 Oct 11 Vitali Klitschko (2) RTD 8 Samuel Peter - Kreuzberg, Berlin, GER
98 2009 Mar 21 Vitali Klitschko (2) TKO 9 Juan Carlos Gomez 1 Stuttgart, GER
99 2009 Sep 26 Vitali Klitschko (2) RTD 10 Chris Arreola 2 Los Angeles, CA
100 2009 Dec 12 Vitali Klitschko (2) UD 12 Kevin Johnson 3 Berne, SUI
101 2010 May 29 Vitali Klitschko (2) KO 10 Albert Sosnowski 4 Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER
102 2010 Oct 16 Vitali Klitschko (2) UD 12 Shannon Briggs 5 Altona, Hamburg, GER
103 2011 Mar 19 Vitali Klitschko (2) KO 1 Odlanier Solis 6 Cologne, GER
104 2011 Sept 10 Vitali Klitschko (2) TKO 10 Tomasz Adamek 7 Wrocław, POL
105 2012 Feb 18 Vitali Klitschko (2) UD 12 Dereck Chisora 8 Munich, GER
106 2012 Sep 8 Vitali Klitschko (2) TKO 4 Manuel Charr 9 Moscow, RUS
107 2014 May 10 Bermane Stiverne TKO 6 Chris Arreola Vacant Los Angeles, CA
108 2015 Jan 17 Deontay Wilder UD 12 Bermane Stiverne - Las Vegas, NV
109 2015 Jun 13 Deontay Wilder KO 9 Eric Molina 1 Birmingham, AL
110 2015 Sep 26 Deontay Wilder TKO 11 Johann Duhaupas 2 Birmingham, AL
111 2016 Jan 16 Deontay Wilder KO 9 Artur Szpilka 3 Brooklyn, NY
112 2016 Jul 16 Deontay Wilder RTD 8 Chris Arreola 4 Birmingham, AL
113 2017 Feb 25 Deontay Wilder TKO 5 Gerald Washington 5 Birmingham, AL
114 2017 Nov 4 Deontay Wilder KO 1 Bermane Stiverne 6 Brooklyn, NY
115 2018 Mar 3 Deontay Wilder TKO 10 Luis Ortiz 7 Brooklyn, NY
116 2018 Dec 1 Deontay Wilder PTS 12 Tyson Fury 8 Los Angeles, CA
117 2019 May 18 Deontay Wilder KO 1 Dominic Breazeale 9 Brooklyn, NY
118 2019 Jul 20 Dillian Whyte UD 12 Oscar Rivas Interim Greenwich, London, UK
119 2019 Nov 23 Deontay Wilder KO 7 Luis Ortiz 10 Las Vegas, NV
120 2020 Feb 22 Tyson Fury TKO 7 Deontay Wilder - Las Vegas, NV
121 2020 Aug 22 Alexander Povetkin KO 5 Dillian Whyte Interim Brentwood, ENG
122 2021 Mar 27 Dillian Whyte (2) TKO 4 Alexander Povetkin Interim British Overseas, Territory of Gibraltar
123 2021 Oct 9 Tyson Fury KO 11 Deontay Wilder 1 Las Vegas, NV

Footnotes
1 - Norton proclaimed champion on Mar 29, 1978 on the basis of his Nov 5, 1977 title eliminator win over Jimmy Young
2 - Lewis proclaimed champion on Dec 14, 1992 on the basis of his Oct 31, 1992 title eliminator win over Razor Ruddock
3 - Rahman elevated to full champion on Nov 9, 2005 after Klitschko retires
4 - Peter becomes interim champion due to Maskaev back injury and becomes full champion upon defeating Maskaev