IBF Heavyweight Title Fights
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Heavyweight title fights as recognized by the International Boxing Federation.
- The maximum weight for this division is unlimited (200+ lbs, 90.9+ kg, 14 stone 4 lbs+).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
RELATED LINK: IBF Heavyweight Champion
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1984 Nov 9 | Larry Holmes | TKO 12 | James (Bonecrusher) Smith | 1 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 2 | 1985 Mar 15 | Larry Holmes | TKO 10 | David Bey | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 3 | 1985 May 20 | Larry Holmes | UD 15 | Carl Williams | 3 | Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 4 | 1985 Sep 21 | Michael Spinks | UD 15 | Larry Holmes | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 5 | 1986 Apr 19 | Michael Spinks | SD 15 | Larry Holmes | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 6 | 1986 Sep 6 | Michael Spinks | TKO 4 | Steffen Tangstad | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 7 | 1987 May 30 | Tony Tucker | TKO 10 | James (Buster) Douglas | Vacant | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 8 | 1987 Aug 1 | Mike Tyson | UD 12 | Tony Tucker | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 9 | 1987 Oct 16 | Mike Tyson | TKO 7 | Tyrell Biggs | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 10 | 1988 Jan 22 | Mike Tyson | TKO 4 | Larry Holmes | 2 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 11 | 1988 Mar 21 | Mike Tyson | TKO 2 | Tony Tubbs | 3 | Tokyo, Kantō, JPN |
| 12 | 1988 Jun 27 | Mike Tyson | KO 1 | Michael Spinks | 4 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 13 | 1989 Feb 25 | Mike Tyson | TKO 5 | Frank Bruno | 5 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 14 | 1989 Jul 21 | Mike Tyson | TKO 1 | Carl Williams | 6 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 15 | 1990 Feb 11 | James (Buster) Douglas | KO 10 | Mike Tyson | - | Tokyo, Kantō, JPN |
| 16 | 1990 Oct 25 | Evander Holyfield | KO 3 | James (Buster) Douglas | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 17 | 1991 Apr 19 | Evander Holyfield | UD 12 | George Foreman | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 18 | 1991 Nov 23 | Evander Holyfield | TKO 7 | Bert Cooper | 2 | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| 19 | 1992 Jun 19 | Evander Holyfield | UD 12 | Larry Holmes | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 20 | 1992 Nov 13 | Riddick Bowe | UD 12 | Evander Holyfield | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 21 | 1993 Feb 6 | Riddick Bowe | TKO 1 | Michael Dokes | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
| 22 | 1993 Nov 6 | Evander Holyfield (2) | MD 12 | Riddick Bowe | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 23 | 1994 Apr 22 | Michael Moorer | MD 12 | Evander Holyfield | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 24 | 1994 Nov 5 | George Foreman | KO 10 | Michael Moorer | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 25 | 1995 Apr 22 | George Foreman | MD 12 | Axel Schulz | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 26 | 1995 Dec 9 | Axel Schulz | NC 12 | Francois Botha | Vacant | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
| 27 | 1996 Jun 22 | Michael Moorer (2) | SD 12 | Axel Schulz | Vacant | Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 28 | 1996 Nov 9 | Michael Moorer (2) | TKO 12 | Francois Botha | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 29 | 1997 Mar 29 | Michael Moorer (2) | MD 12 | Vaughn Bean | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 30 | 1997 Nov 8 | Evander Holyfield (3) | RTD 8 | Michael Moorer | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 31 | 1998 Sep 19 | Evander Holyfield (3) | UD 12 | Vaughn Bean | 1 | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| 32 | 1999 Mar 13 | Evander Holyfield (3) | PTS 12 | Lennox Lewis | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 33 | 1999 Nov 13 | Lennox Lewis | UD 12 | Evander Holyfield | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 34 | 2000 Apr 29 | Lennox Lewis | KO 2 | Michael Grant | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
| 35 | 2000 Jul 15 | Lennox Lewis | TKO 2 | Francois Botha | 2 | Millwall, London, UK |
| 36 | 2000 Nov 11 | Lennox Lewis | UD 12 | David Tua | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 37 | 2001 Apr 22 | Hasim Rahman | KO 5 | Lennox Lewis | - | Brakpan, Gauteng, RSA |
| 38 | 2001 Nov 17 | Lennox Lewis (2) | KO 4 | Hasim Rahman | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 39 | 2002 Jun 8 | Lennox Lewis (2) | KO 8 | Mike Tyson | 1 | Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
| 40 | 2002 Dec 14 | Chris Byrd | UD 12 | Evander Holyfield | Vacant | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 41 | 2003 Sep 20 | Chris Byrd | UD 12 | Fres Oquendo | 1 | Uncasville, Connecticut, USA |
| 42 | 2004 Apr 17 | Chris Byrd | PTS 12 | Andrew Golota | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 43 | 2004 Nov 13 | Chris Byrd | SD 12 | Jameel McCline | 3 | New York, New York, USA |
| 44 | 2005 Oct 1 | Chris Byrd | UD 12 | DaVarryl Williamson | 4 | Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 45 | 2006 Apr 22 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO 7 | Chris Byrd | - | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
| 46 | 2006 Nov 11 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO 7 | Calvin Brock | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
| 47 | 2007 Mar 10 | Wladimir Klitschko | KO 2 | Ray Austin | 2 | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
| 48 | 2007 Jul 7 | Wladimir Klitschko | RTD 6 | Lamon Brewster | 3 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 49 | 2008 Feb 23 | Wladimir Klitschko | UD 12 | Sultan Ibragimov | 4 | New York, New York, USA |
| 50 | 2008 Jul 12 | Wladimir Klitschko | KO 11 | Tony Thompson | 5 | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 51 | 2008 Dec 13 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO 7 | Hasim Rahman | 6 | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
| 52 | 2009 Jun 20 | Wladimir Klitschko | RTD 9 | Ruslan Chagaev | 7 | Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 53 | 2010 Mar 20 | Wladimir Klitschko | KO 12 | Eddie Chambers | 8 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 54 | 2010 Sep 11 | Wladimir Klitschko | KO 10 | Samuel Peter | 9 | Frankfurt, Hessen, GER |
| 55 | 2011 Jul 2 | Wladimir Klitschko | UD 12 | David Haye | 10 | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 56 | 2012 Mar 3 | Wladimir Klitschko | KO 4 | Jean-Marc Mormeck | 11 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 57 | 2012 Jul 7 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO 6 | Tony Thompson | 12 | Berne, Canton of Berne, SUI |
| 58 | 2012 Nov 10 | Wladimir Klitschko | UD 12 | Mariusz Wach | 13 | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 59 | 2013 May 4 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO 6 | Francesco Pianeta | 14 | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
| 60 | 2013 Oct 5 | Wladimir Klitschko | UD 12 | Alexander Povetkin | 15 | Moscow, Central Federal District, RUS |
| 61 | 2014 Apr 26 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO 5 | Alex Leapai | 16 | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 62 | 2014 Nov 15 | Wladimir Klitschko | KO 5 | Kubrat Pulev | 17 | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 63 | 2015 Apr 25 | Wladimir Klitschko | UD 12 | Bryant Jennings | 18 | New York, New York, USA |
| 64 | 2015 Nov 28 | Tyson Fury | UD 12 | Wladimir Klitschko | - | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 65 | 2016 Jan 16 | Charles Martin | TKO 3 | Vyacheslav Glazkov | Vacant | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| 66 | 2016 Apr 9 | Anthony Joshua | KO 2 | Charles Martin | - | Greenwich, London, UK |
| 67 | 2016 Jun 25 | Anthony Joshua | TKO 7 | Dominic Breazeale | 1 | Greenwich, London, UK |
| 68 | 2016 Dec 10 | Anthony Joshua | TKO 3 | Eric Molina | 2 | Manchester, Lancashire, UK |
| 69 | 2017 Apr 29 | Anthony Joshua | TKO 11 | Wladimir Klitschko | 3 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 70 | 2017 Oct 28 | Anthony Joshua | TKO 10 | Carlos Takam | 4 | Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| 71 | 2018 Mar 31 | Anthony Joshua | UD 12 | Joseph Parker | 5 | Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| 72 | 2018 Sep 22 | Anthony Joshua | TKO 7 | Alexander Povetkin | 6 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 73 | 2019 Jun 1 | Andy Ruiz Jr. | TKO 7 | Anthony Joshua | - | New York, New York, USA |
| 74 | 2019 Dec 7 | Anthony Joshua (2) | UD 12 | Andy Ruiz Jr. | - | Diriyah, Saudi Arabia |
| 75 | 2020 Dec 12 | Anthony Joshua (2) | KO 9 | Kubrat Pulev | 1 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 76 | 2021 Sep 25 | Oleksandr Usyk | UD 12 | Anthony Joshua | - | Tottenham, London, UK |
| 77 | 2022 Aug 20 | Oleksandr Usyk | SD 12 | Anthony Joshua | 1 | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia |
Footnotes
1 - Holmes named champion on Dec 11, 1983 after relinquishing WBC title