List of WBU world champions

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

WBU heavyweight champions have included:

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes George ForemanMarch 29, 1995 – 19972 Corrie SandersNovember 15, 1997 – May 20, 20003 Hasim RahmanMay 20, 2000 – April 21, 20010 Johnny NelsonNovember 24, 2001 – December 4, 20010 Georgi KandelakiDecember 21, 2002 – January 20040 Matt SkeltonFebruary 25, 2005 – January 26, 20090

Cruiserweight NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes Thomas HearnsMarch 31, 1995 –19960Won vacant title James ToneyFebruary 22, 1997 –19970Won vacant title Don Diego PoederJune 14, 1997 –19971Won vacant title Jacob Mofokeng September 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 NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes James ToneyJune 18, 1995 –6 December 19963Won vacant title Montell Griffin6 December 1996 –19970 Frank Tate30 August 1997 –?0Won vacant title Dario Walter Matteoni2 March 2000 –?0Won vacant title Tony Oakey4 March 2002 –11 October 20033Won vacant title Matthew Barney11 October 2003 –?0

Super-Middleweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes Thomas Tate21 November 1995 –19960Won vacant title Vinny Pazienza23 August 1996 –19980Won vacant title Norbert Nieroba18 April 1998 – 8 May 19990Won vacant title Nordin Ben Salah8 May 1999 – 20000 Silvio Branco15 April 2000 – ?1Won vacant title Eric Teymour24 November 2004 – ?0Won vacant title

Middleweight NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes Dana Rosenblatt13 April 1996 –19960Won vacant title Silvio Branco19 September 1996 –18 December 19986 Agostino Cardemone18 December 1998 –26 June 19991 Raymond Joval26 June 1999 –13 December 19990 Antonio Perugino13 December 1999 –20000 Kevin Kelly5 May 2000 –20000Won vacant title Antonio Perugino3 June 2000 –?0Won vacant title Ruben Groenewald6 June 2002 –28 September 20020Won vacant title Anthony Farnell28 September 2002 –5 April 20031 Wayne Ellcock5 April 2003 –29 November 20030 Lawrence Murphy29 November 2003 –6 March 20040 Anthony Farnell6 March 2004 –12 June 20040 Eugenio Monteiro12 June 2004 –?0 Gary Lockett11 March 2006 –?2

Light-Middleweight NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes Emmett Linton3 November –19961Won vacant title Verno Phillips21 May 1997 –19982Won vacant title Rashid Matumla19 December 1998 –?1Won vacant title Takaloo7 July 2001 –17 August 20022Won vacant title Daniel Santos17 August 2002 –20020 Takaloo2 January 2003 –10 September 20041Won vacant title Wayne Alexander10 September 2004–?1

Welterweight NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes Gary Murray26 August 1995 –26 October 19964Won vacant title Alessandro Duran26 October 1996 –30 July 19971 Peter Malinga30 July 1997 –17 November 19970 Alessandro Duran17 November 1997 –5 May 19980 Michele Piccirillo5 May 1998 –20018 Jan Piet Bergman2 June 2001 –20033Won Vacant Title Eamonn Magee6 October 2003 –20 May 20061Won Vacant Title Takaloo20 May 2008 –7 April 2010 Ben Reiter7 April 2010 –May 201510 Cristian Charquero15 June 2015 –May 20165Won Vacant Title Tomas Valko10 May 2016 –2016Won Unification world Title

Light-Welterweight NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes Shea Neary26 October 1996 –11 March 20005Vacant title Micky Ward11 March 2000 –20000 Jason Rowland21 October 2000 –20010Vacant title Ricky Hatton26 March 2001 –?15Vacant title Lee McAllister29 March 2008 –?0Vacant title

Lightweight NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes George Scott7 October 1995 –19974Vacant title Colin Dunne28 November 1997 –7 December 20027Vacant title David Burke7 December 2002 –20030 Toncho Tonchev31 March 2004 –?0Vacant title Graham Earl28 October 2006 –?0Vacant title Lee McAllister6 October 2008 –?0Vacant title Willie Limond29 March 2009 –?0Vacant title

Super-Featherweight NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes Angel Manfredy18 October 1995 –19987Vacant title Jorge Rodrigo Barrios10 July 1997 –20012Vacant title Phillip Ndou25 July 2001 –20023Vacant title Kevin LearI May 2002 –20031Vacant title Michael Gomez3 April 2004 –11 February 20052Vacant title

Featherweight NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes Kevin Kelley2 February 1996 –19984Vacant title Cassius Baloyi22 April 1998 –20017Vacant title Lehlo Ledwaba27 July 2002 –?0Vacant title Stephen Foster11 May 2005 –14 October 20061 Derry Matthews14 October 2006–5 April 20082 Choi Tseveenpurev5 April 2008–?0;

Super-Bantamweight NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes Kennedy McKinney26 August 1995 –19960Vacant title Max Gomez16 March 1996 –9 June 19960Vacant title Frankie Toledo9 June 1996 –15 November 19960 Cassius Baloyi15 November 1996 –19983 Carlos Navarro21 February 1998 –11 December 19992 Carlos Contreras11 December 1999 –20011 Nedal Hussein29 June 2001 –?0Vacant Title

Bantamweight NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes Epraim Pintor5 August 1995 –?0Vacant title Sirimongkhon Iamthuam23 December 1995 –19961Vacant title Lehlo Ledwaba17 November 1996 –19971Vacant title Patrick Quka2 August 1997 –5 June 19980Vacant title Johnny Bredahl5 June 1998 –?0 Johnny Armour9 December 2000 –5 July 20033Vacant Title Nathan Sting5 July 2003 –?0

See also List of IBF world champions List of WBA world champions List of WBC world champions List of WBO world champions

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