List of cruiserweight boxing champions
Encyclopedia
This is a chronological List of World Cruiserweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:
  • The World Boxing Association
    World Boxing Association
    The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

     (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
  • The World Boxing Council
    World Boxing Council
    The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

     (WBC), founded in 1963,
  • The International Boxing Federation
    International Boxing Federation
    The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

     (IBF), founded in 1983,
  • The World Boxing Organization
    World Boxing Organization
    The World Boxing Organization is a sanctioning organization currently recognizing professional boxing world champions. The organization is recognized as one of the four major world championship groups by the IBHOF alongside the International Boxing Federation, the World Boxing Council and the...

     (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition
31 March 1980 25 November 1981   Marvin Camel
Marvin Camel
Marvin Camel is a boxer and member of the Salish Kootenai Nation of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Northwestern Montana. He was born in Ronan and fought out of Missoula...

Universal (WBC)
Camel and Mate Parlov
Mate Parlov
Mate Parlov was a Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist for former Yugoslavia. As a professional, he won the European light heavyweight title in 1976 and WBC light heavyweight world title in 1978....

 fought to a draw in the first Cruiserweight championship bout on August 12, 1979, sanctioned by the World Boxing Council
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

. 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.
25 November 1980 27 June 1982   Carlos De León
Carlos De Leon
Carlos De León, also known as "Sugar" De Leon, is a Puerto Rican former boxer who made history by becoming the first Cruiserweight to win the world title twice.  Subsequently, he kept breaking his own record for the most times as Cruiserweight champion by regaining it twice more.- Career :De León,...

Universal (WBC)
13 February 1982 1 December 1984   Ossie Ocasio
Ossie Ocasio
Osvaldo Ocasio, , better known as Ossie Ocasio and nicknamed Jaws, is a Puerto Rican who was a boxer and world Cruiserweight champion. He got his peculiar nickname after accidentally biting another boxer during a sparring session...

WBA
Ocasio defeated Robbie Williams in the first Cruiserweight championship bout sanctioned by the World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

.
26 June 1982 17 July 1983   S. T. Gordon
S. T. Gordon
ST Gordon was an American professional boxer who won the World Boxing Council cruiserweight title in 1982.-Professional career:...

WBC
17 July 1983 6 June 1985   Carlos De León
Carlos De Leon
Carlos De León, also known as "Sugar" De Leon, is a Puerto Rican former boxer who made history by becoming the first Cruiserweight to win the world title twice.  Subsequently, he kept breaking his own record for the most times as Cruiserweight champion by regaining it twice more.- Career :De León,...

WBC
13 February 1983 6 October 1984   Marvin Camel
Marvin Camel
Marvin Camel is a boxer and member of the Salish Kootenai Nation of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Northwestern Montana. He was born in Ronan and fought out of Missoula...

IBF
Just as he had done with the WBC title, Camel became the first champion in the division crowned by the International Boxing Federation
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

, defeating Roddy McDonald to win the title.
6 October 1984 25 October 1986   Lee Roy Murphy
Lee Roy Murphy
-Amateur career:Murphy had an amateur record of 157-17, winning the 1979 Light Heavyweight National Golden Gloves and earning a spot on the 1980 United States Olympic team...

IBF
1 December 1984 27 July 1985   Piet Crous
Piet Crous
Petrus Arnoldus Crous was a South African professional boxer.-Professional career:Crous turned pro in 1977 and won the WBA cruiserweight title with a decision win over Ossie Ocasio in 1984. He defended the belt once before losing it to Dwight Muhammad Qawi via TKO the following year. Crous was...

WBA
6 June 1985 21 September 1985   Alfonso Ratliff
Alfonso Ratliff
-Professional career:Ratliff turned professional in 1980 and won the WBC cruiserweight title with a decision win over Carlos De León in 1985. He lost the belt in his first defense to Bernard Benton via decision the same year. In September 1986, Ratliff was stopped in the second round by Mike...

WBC
27 July 1985 12 July 19861   Dwight Braxton
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Dwight Muhammad Qawi is a former world boxing champion in the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions...

WBA
21 September 1985 22 March 1986   Bernard Benton
Bernard Benton
-Professional career:Known as "The Bull", Benton turned pro in 1981 and won the WBC cruiserweight title with a decision win over Alfonso Ratcliff in 1985. He lost the belt in his first defense to Carlos De León via decision the following year. He retired in 1995....

WBC
22 March 1986 9 April 1988   Carlos De León
Carlos De Leon
Carlos De León, also known as "Sugar" De Leon, is a Puerto Rican former boxer who made history by becoming the first Cruiserweight to win the world title twice.  Subsequently, he kept breaking his own record for the most times as Cruiserweight champion by regaining it twice more.- Career :De León,...

WBC
12 July 1986 15 May 1987   Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield is a professional boxer from the United States. He is a former undisputed world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"...

WBA
25 October 1986 15 May 1987   Rickey Parkey
Rickey Parkey
Ricky Parkey was an American professional boxer.-Professional career:Parkey pro in 1981 and won the IBF Cruiserweight Title...

IBF
15 May 1987 9 April 1988   Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield is a professional boxer from the United States. He is a former undisputed world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"...

WBA & IBF
Holyfield defeated Parkey to unify the World Boxing Association
World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 and International Boxing Federation
International Boxing Federation
The International Boxing Federation or IBF is one of four major organizations recognized by IBHOF which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the WBA, WBC and WBO.- History :...

 titles.
9 April 1988 4 December 19883   Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield
Evander Holyfield is a professional boxer from the United States. He is a former undisputed world champion in both the cruiserweight and heavyweight divisions, earning him the nickname "The Real Deal"...

Universal
Holyfield defeated Carlos De León
Carlos De Leon
Carlos De León, also known as "Sugar" De Leon, is a Puerto Rican former boxer who made history by becoming the first Cruiserweight to win the world title twice.  Subsequently, he kept breaking his own record for the most times as Cruiserweight champion by regaining it twice more.- Career :De León,...

 to earn the World Boxing Council
World Boxing Council
The World Boxing Council was initially established by 11 countries: the United States, Argentina, United Kingdom, France, Mexico, Philippines, Panama, Chile, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil plus Puerto Rico, met in Mexico City on February 14, 1963, upon invitation of the then President of Mexico, Adolfo...

 championship, making him the division's first truly undisputed champion.
25 March 1989 25 September 19892   Taoufik Belbouli
Taoufik Belbouli
Taoufik Belbouli was a French-Tunisian professional boxer.-Professional career:Belbouli turned pro in 1982 and won the vacant WBA cruiserweight title with a TKO win over Michael Greer in March 1989 in Tunis...

WBA
17 May 1989 27 July 1990   Carlos De León
Carlos De Leon
Carlos De León, also known as "Sugar" De Leon, is a Puerto Rican former boxer who made history by becoming the first Cruiserweight to win the world title twice.  Subsequently, he kept breaking his own record for the most times as Cruiserweight champion by regaining it twice more.- Career :De León,...

WBC
3 June 1989 22 March 1990   Glenn McCrory
Glenn McCrory
Glenn McCrory was a British professional boxer who held the IBF version of the cruiserweight world championship...

IBF
27 November 1989 8 March 1991   Robert Daniels
Robert Daniels
Robert Daniels , is a professional boxer in the Cruiserweight division.Daniels, known as "Preacherman," turned pro in 1984 and in 1989 he captured the vacant World Boxing Association cruiserweight title by defeating a badly faded 36-year old Dwight Muhammad Qawi...

WBA
12 March 1989 17 May 1990   Boone Pultz WBO
22 March 1990 27 July 19912   Jeff Lampkin
Jeff Lampkin
Jeff Lampkin is a former American professional boxer. During his 11-year professional career, Lampkin won the USBA cruiserweight title and IBF cruiserweight belt.- Amateur career :...

IBF
17 May 1990 1 May 1992   Magne Havnå
Magne Havnå
Magne Havnå of Arendal, Norway was a professional boxer who once held the WBO world title in cruiserweight, beating Boone Pultz in 5 rounds in May 1990.-Amateur career:...

3
WBO
27 July 1990 20 July 1991   Massimiliano Duran
Massimiliano Duran
Massimiliano Duran is a former Italian professional boxer who briefly held the Cruiser WBC title and the European championship.-Career:...

WBC
8 March 1991 5 August 19932   Bobby Czyz
Bobby Czyz
Robert Edward "Bobby" Czyz is a retired American boxer. A New Jersey native of mostly Polish and Italian descent, he is both a former world light heavyweight and cruiserweight champion.Czyz was born in Orange, New Jersey...

WBA
20 July 1991 7 July 19952   Anaclet Wamba
Anaclet Wamba
Anaclet Wamba , was a professional boxer in the Cruiserweight division.- Amateur career :Wamba had a notable amateur career. He represented Zaire in the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games, as a Light Heavyweight...

WBC
7 September 1991 30 July 1992   James Warring
James Warring
James Warring is an American boxer, kickboxer and mixed martial artist. He won world titles in both boxing and kickboxing.- Career :*Kickboxing**US kickboxing champion**KICK World Cruiserweight Champion...

IBF
25 July 1992 13 February 1993   Tyrone Booze
Tyrone Booze
Tyrone Booze is a former boxer who held the World Boxing Organization cruiserweight world championship.Booze became a professional boxer in 1982 and had mixed success during his early career...

WBO
30 July 1992 30 April 19963   Alfred Cole IBF
13 February 1993 26 June 1993   Markus Bott
Markus Bott
Markus Bott is a former boxer.- Amateur career :*1984 represented West Germany at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games. Results were:**1st round had a bye**Lost to Anton Josipović 1-4...

WBO
26 June 1993 17 December 1994   Nestor Giovannini WBO
6 November 1993 22 July 1995   Orlin Norris
Orlin Norris
Orlin Levance Norris, born October 4, 1965 in Lubbock, TX, is an American boxer who held the WBA cruiserweight title and fought in several noteworthy boxing matches in the 1980s and 1990s...

WBA
17 December 1994 1 January 19953   Dariusz Michalczewski
Dariusz Michalczewski
Dariusz Michalczewski is a retired Polish- German boxer and former Lineal, WBO, WBA, & IBF light heavyweight champion and WBO cruiserweight champion.-Early career:...

WBO
10 June 1995 4 October 1997   Ralf Rocchigiani
Ralf Rocchigiani
Ralf Rocchigiani is a boxer from Duisburg-Hamborn in Germany.He was often overlooked due to his more talented and successful younger brother, Graciano Rocchigiani. He became a professional boxer in 1983 and won the German Cruiserweight championship in 1985. He failed in two attempts to win the...

WBO
22 July 1995 8 November 1997   Nate Miller
Nate Miller
Nate Miller born August 3, 1963 in Philadelphia, PA, was a professional boxer in the Cruiserweight division.Miller, known as "Mister" Nate Miller, turned pro in 1986 and in 1994 landed a shot at IBF Cruiserweight Title holder Alfred Cole, but lost a decision...

WBA
25 July 1995 21 February 1998   Marcelo Dominguez
Marcelo Dominguez
Marcelo Fabián Domínguez is an Argentine professional boxer. Although he has fought for and held several major titles, he has the unique distinction of having never fought in the United States as a professional.Domínguez turned pro in 1991 and was able to land a title shot in only his sixteenth...

WBC
31 August 1996 21 June 1997   Adolpho Washington
Adolpho Washington
Adolpho Washington was a professional boxer best known to hold the IBF Cruiser title for one fight. He had little power but a "steel" chin, and was never knocked out as a pro ....

IBF
21 June 1997 8 November 1997   Uriah Grant
Uriah Grant
Uriah Grant was a professional boxer. Nicknamed "Bossman", Grant was not a force in his weight classes, but was a notable contender who briefly captured the IBF Cruiserweight Title.-Pro career:...

IBF
4 October 1997 27 March 1999   Carl Thompson
Carl Thompson (boxer)
Carl Adrian Thompson is a retired British boxer and the former WBO, European, & British cruiserweight champion.- Professional boxing career :...

WBO
8 November 1997 30 October 1998   Imamu Mayfield
Imamu Mayfield
Imamu Amiri Mayfield is an American professional boxer.-Career:Mayfield turned pro in 1994 and was a popular local fighter known for being on boxing cards in various New Jersey venues. He won the IBF Cruiserweight Title with a win over Uriah Grant in 1997...

IBF
8 November 1997 9 December 2000   Fabrice Tiozzo
Fabrice Tiozzo
Fabrice Tiozzo is a retired professional boxer in the light heavyweight division. His record is 48-2 .Tiozzo was a two time light heavyweight champion as well as a one time cruiserweight champion....

WBA
21 February 1998 19 February 20023   Juan Carlos Gómez
Juan Carlos Gomez
Juan Carlos Gómez is a professional boxer. A former Cuban amateur star, he is also a former WBC Cruserweight Champion and a devout Muslim. He lives in and boxes out of Orlando, Florida, USA.-Early years and defection:...

WBC
30 October 1998 5 June 1999   Arthur Williams
Arthur Williams (boxer)
Arthur "King" James Williams is a professional boxer .Williams became professional in 1989 and fell short in his first shot at a major championship title, a 1994 split-decision loss to Orlin Norris for the World Boxing Association Cruiserweight Title. Williams was knocked out in the third round...

IBF
27 March 1999 22 September 2006   Johnny Nelson
Johnny Nelson
Ivanson Ranny "Johnny" Nelson is a former professional boxer from Sheffield, England. He was the WBO cruiserweight champion for over six years, having successfully defended the title 13 times. Nelson also held the European and British cruiserweight titles...

WBO
5 June 1999 26 April 2003   Vassiliy Jirov
Vassiliy Jirov
Vassiliy "The Tiger" Jirov is a professional Kazakh boxer and former IBF cruiserweight champion, currently fighting out of Las Vegas under Thell Torrence...

IBF
9 December 2000 23 February 2002   Virgil Hill WBA
23 February 2002 7 January 2006   Jean-Marc Mormeck WBA & WBC
When he defeated Wayne Braithwaite
Wayne Braithwaite
Wayne Braithwaite is a professional boxer. Nicknamed "Big Truck", Braithwaite looked like an invincible force that would rebuild credibility in the cruiserweight ranks, but the invincibility was short lived....

 for the WBC title on 22 April 2005 the WBA "upgraded" Mormeck to the title of "Super Champion" and the "normal" WBA Cruiserweight championship was declared vacant.
12 October 2003 22 April 2005   Wayne Braithwaite
Wayne Braithwaite
Wayne Braithwaite is a professional boxer. Nicknamed "Big Truck", Braithwaite looked like an invincible force that would rebuild credibility in the cruiserweight ranks, but the invincibility was short lived....

WBC
26 April 2003 9 December 20033   James Toney
James Toney
James Nathanial Toney is an American professional boxer who has held world titles in the middleweight, super middleweight, and cruiserweight divisions. Toney currently fights in the heavyweight division in boxing and also now competes in mixed martial arts.-Boxing career:Toney's amateur boxing...

IBF
1 May 2004 20 May 20053   Kelvin Davis
Kelvin Davis (boxer)
Kelvin Davis is an American boxer. He is a former IBF-champion in the Cruiserweight weight class.Known as "Concrete", Davis, a compact pressure fighter, turned pro in 1999...

IBF
20 May 2005 7 January 2006   O'Neil Bell
O'Neil Bell
O'Neil "Super Nova" Bell is a boxer who is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring magazine cruiserweight titles.- Professional career :...

IBF
7 January 2006 31 March 2006   O'Neil Bell
O'Neil Bell
O'Neil "Super Nova" Bell is a boxer who is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring magazine cruiserweight titles.- Professional career :...

WBA (super Champion), WBC, & IBF
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 belts. 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.
27 January 2006 24 November 2007   Virgil Hill WBA (regular champion)
31 March 2006 17 March 2007   O'Neil Bell
O'Neil Bell
O'Neil "Super Nova" Bell is a boxer who is a former undisputed cruiserweight champion, having held the WBA, WBC, IBF, and The Ring magazine cruiserweight titles.- Professional career :...

WBA (super champion), WBC
22 September 2006 8 March 2008   Enzo Maccarinelli
Enzo Maccarinelli
Enzo Maccarinelli is a Welsh professional boxer who fights in the light heavyweight division. He is a former World Boxing Organization cruiserweight title holder and also held the European title at that weight limit...

WBO
26 November 2006 26 May 2007   Krzysztof Włodarczyk IBF
17 March 2007 10 November 2007   Jean-Marc Mormeck WBA (super champion), WBC
26 May 2007 11 December 2008   Steve Cunningham
Steve Cunningham
Steven Ormain Cunningham is an American professional boxer. Nicknamed USS Cunningham in reference to his 1994–1998 US Navy service on the aircraft carriers and .-Amateur career:...

IBF
10 November 2007 12 May 2008   David Haye
David Haye
David Deron Haye is a retired English professional boxer,Haye is the former WBA heavyweight champion. He is also the former unified world cruiserweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles, and also the former European cruiserweight champion.- Amateur :Haye...

WBA (super champion), WBC
8 March 2008 12 May 2008   David Haye
David Haye
David Deron Haye is a retired English professional boxer,Haye is the former WBA heavyweight champion. He is also the former unified world cruiserweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles, and also the former European cruiserweight champion.- Amateur :Haye...

WBA (super champion), WBC, WBO
David Haye defeated Enzo Maccarinelli
Enzo Maccarinelli
Enzo Maccarinelli is a Welsh professional boxer who fights in the light heavyweight division. He is a former World Boxing Organization cruiserweight title holder and also held the European title at that weight limit...

 on March 8, 2008, by knockout in round 2, unifying his WBA and WBC belt with Maccarinelli's WBO belt. On May 12, he relinquished his WBC belt in order to move up to the heavyweight division in an attempt to emulate the success of Evander Holyfield.
10 November 2007 WBA
12 May 2008 WBO
15 July 2008 3   David Haye
David Haye
David Deron Haye is a retired English professional boxer,Haye is the former WBA heavyweight champion. He is also the former unified world cruiserweight champion, holding the WBA, WBC, WBO, and The Ring cruiserweight titles, and also the former European cruiserweight champion.- Amateur :Haye...

WBA (super champion), WBO
24 November 2007 28 September 2008   Firat Arslan
Firat Arslan
Firat Arslan is a German professional boxer of Turkish descent best known to win a WBA cruiserweight title at the age of 37....

WBA (regular champion)
28 September 2008 Present   Guillermo Jones
Guillermo Jones
Guillermo Jones is a Panamanian boxer best known for losing three world title fights in controversial decisions...

WBA
28 October 2008 22 November 2009   Giacobbe Fragomeni
Giacobbe Fragomeni
Giacobbe Fragomeni is a Cruiserweight boxer from Italy and former WBC champion of the world. As an amateur he won the 1998 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Minsk at heavyweight 201 lbs/91 kg limit....

WBC
11 December 2008 18 October 20093   Tomasz Adamek
Tomasz Adamek
Tomasz Adamek is a Polish professional heavyweight boxer. His record is 44-2 .He is the former WBC world light heavyweight champion and the former IBF, IBO and The Ring magazine cruiserweight champion. As of the end of 2009, Ring Magazine has ranked Adamek as the 30th best boxer in the world...

IBF
17 January 2009 29 August 2009   Victor Emilio Ramírez
Victor Emilio Ramírez
Victor Emilio Ramírez is an Argentine professional boxer and WBO World Champion. He was born and lives in Buenos Aires. His nickname is "El Tyson del Abasto". His record is 14 wins, 1 loss and 1 no-contest...

WBO
29 August 2009 Present   Marco Huck
Marco Huck
Marco Huck is a German professional boxer of Bosniak origin. He is the current WBO Cruiserweight Champion.Marco started Taekwando and kickboxing at the age of ten...

WBO
22 November 2009 22 January 20103   Zsolt Erdei
Zsolt Erdei
Zsolt Erdei is a Hungarian boxer in the light heavyweight division. He is the former undefeated Lineal & WBO light heavyweight champion, and WBC cruiserweight champion. Erdei is also the first Hungarian to win a world title in two weight divisions.Erdei boxed at the 2000 Summer Olympics...

WBC
16 May 2010 present   Krzysztof Włodarczyk WBC
5 June 2010 1 October 2011   Steve Cunningham
Steve Cunningham
Steven Ormain Cunningham is an American professional boxer. Nicknamed USS Cunningham in reference to his 1994–1998 US Navy service on the aircraft carriers and .-Amateur career:...

IBF
1 October 2011 present   Yoan Pablo Hernandez
Yoan Pablo Hernández
Yoan Pablo Hernández Suárez is a Cuban professional boxer. Hernández has been featured in the top 10 rankings of Ring Magazine at Cruiserweight. He is the current IBF Cruiserweight Champion.-Amateur career:...

IBF

Footnotes

1 Later known as Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
Dwight Muhammad Qawi is a former world boxing champion in the light heavyweight and cruiserweight divisions...

.
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, Adamek and Tiozzo all were light-heavyweight champions.
  • Holyfield and Haye are the only former cruiserweight champions to win a piece of the heavyweight title.
  • Toney won titles at middleweight and super middleweight. He also defeated John Ruiz
    John Ruiz
    John "The Quietman" Ruiz , is a former American professional boxer. Ruiz is the first Latino heavyweight champion and former two-time WBA heavyweight champion. After a professional career spanning over 18 years, Ruiz officially announced his retirement from the sport at a press conference on April...

     in an attempt to win the heavyweight title but failed a post-fight drug test and the result was changed to a No Decision.

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
Mate Parlov
Mate Parlov was a Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist for former Yugoslavia. As a professional, he won the European light heavyweight title in 1976 and WBC light heavyweight world title in 1978....

 and Marvin Camel
Marvin Camel
Marvin Camel is a boxer and member of the Salish Kootenai Nation of the Flathead Indian Reservation in Northwestern Montana. He was born in Ronan and fought out of Missoula...

. 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
Ossie Ocasio
Osvaldo Ocasio, , better known as Ossie Ocasio and nicknamed Jaws, is a Puerto Rican who was a boxer and world Cruiserweight champion. He got his peculiar nickname after accidentally biting another boxer during a sparring session...

 and Robbie Williams, which was won by Ocasio.
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