The following is a list of European Boxing Union champions. The European Boxing Union (EBU) is a professional boxing governing body that sanctions championship bouts in Europe.
Heavyweight Last update: 22 December 2025 List of EBU heavyweight championsNameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Georges Carpentier 1 June 1913 6 French Battling Siki 24 September 1922 0 Senegalese / French Erminio Spalla 20 May 1923 2 Italian Paulino Uzcudun 18 May 1926 0 Spanish Harry Persson 14 June 1926 0 Swedish Phil Scott 27 January 1927 0 British Paulino Uzcudun 7 July 1928 0 Spanish Pierre Charles 3 February 1929 7 Belgian Hein Müller 30 August 1931 1 German Pierre Charles 28 May 1932 0 Belgian Paulino Uzcudun 13 May 1933 0 Spanish Primo Carnera 22 October 1933 0 Italian Pierre Charles 21 June 1935 0 Belgian Arno Kölblin 17 March 1937 0 German Heinz Lazek 4 March 1938 3 Austrian Adolf Heuser 17 March 1939 0 German Max Schmeling 2 July 1939 0 German Olle Tandberg 30 May 1943 0 Swedish Karel Sys 11 November 1943 0 Belgian Bruce Woodcock 29 July 1946 2 British Jo Weidin 3 June 1950 0 Austrian Jack Gardner 27 March 1951 0 British Hein ten Hoff 23 September 1951 0 German Karel Sys 12 January 1952 0 Belgian Heinz Neuhaus 9 March 1952 4 German Franco Cavicchi 26 June 1955 1 Italian Ingemar Johansson 30 September 1956 2 Swedish Dick Richardson 27 March 1960 3 British Ingemar Johansson 17 June 1962 0 Swedish Henry Cooper 24 February 1964 0 British Karl Mildenberger 17 October 1964 6 German Henry Cooper 18 September 1968 1 British Peter Weiland 6 December 1969 0 German Jose Manuel Urtain 3 April 1970 1 Spanish Henry Cooper 10 November 1970 0 British Joe Bugner 16 March 1971 1 British Jack Bodell 27 September 1971 0 British Jose Manuel Urtain 17 December 1971 0 Spanish Juergen Blin 9 June 1972 0 German Joe Bugner 10 October 1972 4 British Richard Dunn 6 April 1976 0 British Joe Bugner 12 October 1976 0 British Jean-Pierre Coopman 12 March 1977 0 Belgian Lucien Rodriguez 7 May 1977 0 French Alfredo Evangelista 9 September 1977 4 Uruguayan / Spanish Lorenzo Zanon 18 April 1979 2 Italian John L. Gardner 22 April 1980 1 British Lucien Rodriguez 26 November 1981 6 French Steffen Tangstad 9 November 1984 0 Norwegian Anders Eklund 9 March 1985 0 Swedish Frank Bruno 1 October 1985 0 British Steffen Tangstad 18 April 1986 0 Norwegian Alfredo Evangelista 8 January 1987 0 Uruguayan / Spanish Anders Eklund 28 March 1987 0 Swedish Francesco Damiani 9 October 1987 2 Italian Derek Williams 5 December 1989 0 British Jean-Maurice Chanet 3 February 1990 1 French Lennox Lewis 31 October 1990 3 British Henry Akinwande 1 May 1993 2 British Željko Mavrović 11 April 1995 6 Croatian Vitali Klitschko 24 October 1998 2 Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko 25 September 1999 1 Ukrainian Vitali Klitschko 25 November 2000 0 Ukrainian Luan Krasniqi 5 January 2002 0 Albanian Przemysław Saleta 20 July 2002 0 Polish Sinan Şamil Sam 12 October 2002 2 Turkish Luan Krasniqi 14 February 2004 2 Albanian Paolo Vidoz 11 June 2005 2 Italian Vladimir Virchis 15 July 2006 1 Ukrainian Sinan Şamil Sam 4 July 2008 0 Turkish Matt Skelton 19 December 2008 0 British Albert Sosnowski 18 December 2009 0 Polish Audley Harrison 9 April 2010 0 British Alexander Dimitrenko 31 July 2010 2 Ukrainian Robert Helenius 3 December 2011 0 Finnish Kubrat Pulev 5 May 2012 1 Bulgarian Derek Chisora 21 September 2013 0 British Tyson Fury 29 November 2014 0 British Erkan Teper 17 July 2015 0 German Robert Helenius 20 December 2015 0 Finnish Kubrat Pulev 7 May 2016 0 Bulgarian Agit Kabayel 4 February 2017 3 German Joe Joyce 28 November 2020 0 British Agit Kabayel 4 March 2023 0 German Oleksandr Zakhozhyi 13 April 2024 0 Ukraine Labinot Xhoxhaj23 November 2024 2 Kosovan
Cruiserweight Last update: 10 January 2026 List of EBU cruiserweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Sammy Reeson 22 April 1987 1 British Angelo Rottoli 26 May 1989 0 Italian Anaclet Wamba 11 November 1989 0 French Johnny Nelson 14 December 1990 1 British Akim Tafer 27 February 1992 3 French Massimiliano Duran 22 June 1993 0 Italian Carl Thompson 2 February 1994 1 British Alexander Gurov 17 January 1995 0 Ukrainian Patrice Aouissi 14 March 1995 1 French Alexander Gurov 24 October 1995 0 Ukrainian Akim Tafer 25 May 1996 0 French Johnny Nelson 22 February 1997 1 British Terry Dunstan 14 February 1998 0 British Alexey Ilyin 27 February 1999 0 Russian Torsten May 27 November 1999 0 German Carl Thompson 13 May 2000 1 British Alexander Gurov 21 April 2001 1 Ukrainian Pietro Aurino 5 November 2002 2 Italian Vincenzo Cantatore 27 March 2004 1 Italian Alexander Gurov 27 November 2004 0 Ukrainian David Haye 16 December 2005 3 British Vincenzo Cantatore 22 June 2007 0 Italian Johny Jensen 14 December 2007 0 Danish Jean Marc Monrose 3 May 2008 0 French Marco Huck 20 September 2008 3 German Enzo Maccarinelli 27 April 2010 0 British Alexander Frenkel 18 September 2010 0 German Aleksandr Alekseyev 4 February 2012 1 Russian Mateusz Masternak 15 December 2012 0 Polish Grigory Drozd 5 October 2013 1 Russian Rakhim Chakhkiev 24 October 2014 0 Russian Tony Bellew12 December 2015 0 British Dmytro Kucher10 June 2016 0 Ukrainian Yves Ngabu4 June 2017 2 Belgium Lawrence Okolie26 October 2019 0 British Tommy McCarthy31 October 2020 1 British Chris Billam-Smith13 November 2021 3 British Michał Cieślak22 April 2023 1 Polish Jack Massey15 June 2024 0 British Leonardo Mosquea14 December 2024 0 French Mateusz Masternak4 October 2025 0 PolishViddal Riley4 April 20260 British
Light-heavyweight Last update: 23 May 2026 List of EBU light heavyweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Georges Carpentier 12 February 1913 0 French Battling Siki 24 September 1922 0 French Raymond Bonnel 1 December 1923 0 French Louis Clement 27 March 1924 1 Swiss Herman van 't Hof 5 January 1926 0 Dutch Fernand Delarge 25 July 1926 2 Belgian Max Schmeling 19 June 1927 2 German Michele Bonaglia 10 February 1929 2 Italian Ernst Pistulla 18 March 1931 1 German Adolf Heuser 25 June 1932 0 German John Andersson 1 April 1933 1 Swedish Martinez de Alfara 7 February 1934 0 Spanish Marcel Thil 26 March 1934 3 French Merlo Preciso 9 August 1935 0 Italian Heinz Lazek 17 September 1935 2 Austrian Gustave Roth 1 September 1936 5 Belgian Adolf Heuser 25 March 1938 2 German Luigi Musina 5 April 1942 0 Italian Freddie Mills 8 September 1947 1 British Bruce Woodcock 2 June 1949 0 British Albert Yvel 9 July 1950 1 French Don Cockell 27 March 1951 1 British Conny Rux 26 July 1952 0 German Jacques Hairabedian 12 July 1953 0 French Gerhard Hecht 9 April 1954 1 German Willi Hoepner 11 March 1955 0 German Gerhard Hecht 12 July 1955 1 German Artemio Calzavara 12 July 1957 0 Italian Willi Hoepner 30 June 1958 0 German Erich Schoppner 12 December 1958 4 German Giulio Rinaldi 28 September 1962 1 Italian Gustav Scholz 4 April 1964 0 German Giulio Rinaldi 8 July 1965 0 Italian Piero Del Papa 11 March 1966 4 Italian Lothar Stengel 2 December 1967 0 German Tom Bogs 12 September 1968 1 Danish Ivan Prebeg 28 June 1969 0 Croatian Piero Del Papa 6 February 1970 2 Italian Conny Velensek 22 January 1971 1 German Chris Finnegan 1 February 1972 1 British Rudiger Schmidtke 14 November 1972 0 German John Conteh 13 March 1973 3 British Domenico Adinolfi 4 December 1974 3 Italian Mate Parlov 10 July 1976 3 Croatian Aldo Traversaro 26 November 1977 3 Italian Rudi Koopmans 7 March 1979 10 Dutch Richard Caramanolis 2 February 1984 0 French Alex Blanchard 29 May 1984 5 Dutch Tom Collins 11 November 1987 1 British Pedro van Raamsdonk 7 September 1988 0 Dutch Jan Lefeber 7 November 1988 1 Dutch Eric Nicoletta 13 October 1989 2 French Tom Collins 11 August 1990 1 British Graciano Rocchigiani 28 February 1991 1 German Eddy Smulders 12 May 1993 1 Dutch Fabrice Tiozzo 5 March 1994 2 French Eddy Smulders 6 May 1995 3 Dutch Crawford Ashley 1 March 1997 1 British Ole Klemetsen 4 October 1997 0 Norwegian Crawford Ashley 26 September 1998 0 British Clinton Woods 13 March 1999 0 British Mohamed Siluvangi 19 June 1999 0 French Clinton Woods 12 February 2000 1 British Yawe Davis 6 April 2001 1 Italian Thomas Ulrich 12 October 2002 0 German Stipe Drviš 8 February 2003 3 Croatian Thomas Ulrich 17 July 2004 1 German Stipe Drviš 7 January 2006 1 Croatian Thomas Ulrich 13 January 2007 1 German Yuri Barashian 23 February 2008 0 Ukrainian Jürgen Brähmer 7 March 2009 1 German Nathan Cleverly 13 February 2010 0 British Danny McIntosh 22 January 2011 0 British Eduard Gutknecht 7 May 2011 3 German Jürgen Brähmer 2 February 2013 2 German Igor Mikhalkin 11 April 2014 1 Russian Mehdi Amar 27 May 2016 0 French Robert Stieglitz 12 November 2016 1 German Karo Murat 1 July 2017 0 German Dominic Boesel3 March 2018 2 German Mathieu Bauderlique (def. Igor Mikhalkin)10 September 2021 0 French Dan Azeez (def. Thomas Faure)11 March 2023 0 French Daniel Blenda dos Santos (def. Thomas Faure)15 June 2024 0 British Bradley Rea (def. Shakan Pitters)28 June 2025 0 British Lyndon Arthur (def. Bradley Rea)1 November 2025 0 British Luca D'Ortenzi (def. Robert Parzęczewski)22 May 2026 0 Italian
Super-middleweight Last update: 30 December 2025 List of EBU super middleweight champions.NameDate of title victorySuccessful defencesNationality Mauro Galvano 31 March 1990 0 Italian James Cook 10 March 1991 2 British Frank Nicotra 3 April 1992 1 French Vincenzo Nardiello 16 December 1992 0 Italian Ray Close 17 March 1993 0 Irish Vincenzo Nardiello 26 November 1993 0 Italian Frederic Seillier 11 June 1994 2 French Henry Wharton 8 July 1995 2 British Frederic Seillier 5 July 1996 0 French Andrey Shkalikov 15 March 1997 0 Russian Dean Francis 19 December 1997 0 British Bruno Girard 10 April 1999 1 French Andrey Shkalikov 16 September 2000 0 Russian Danilo Haussler 27 January 2001 6 German Mads Larsen 4 October 2003 0 Danish Rudy Markussen 24 July 2004 0 Danish Vitali Tsypko 16 July 2005 0 Ukrainian Jackson Chanet 18 November 2005 0 French Mger Mkrtchyan 14 April 2006 0 Armenian David Gogiya 12 October 2006 1 Georgian Cristian Sanavia 1 June 2007 1 Italian Karo Murat 12 April 2008 2 Armenian Brian Magee 30 January 2010 1 British Piotr Wilczewski 4 March 2011 0 Polish James DeGale 15 October 2011 2 British Christopher Rebrasse 22 March 2014 0 French George Groves 20 September 2014 0 British Hadillah Mohoumadi 29 May 2015 1 French Robin Krasniqi 2 June 2018 1 GermanStefan Härtel11 May 20190 GermanLerrone Richards15 May 20210 BritishKévin Lele Sadjo (def. Jack Cullen)18 December 20212 FrenchCallum Simpson (def. Ivan Zucco)25 June 20250 BritishTroy Williamson (def. Callum Simpson)20 December 20250 British
Middleweight Last update: 22 August 2026