Lineal Heavyweight Title Fights
The following list gives credit to "The Man Who Beat The Man" under Marquess of Queensberry Rules.
- 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: Lineal Heavyweight Champion
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1885 Aug 29 | John L. Sullivan | PTS 7 | Dominick McCaffrey | Inaugural | Chester Driving Park, near Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| 2 | 1892 Sep 7 | James J. Corbett | KO 21 | John L. Sullivan | - | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 3 | 1894 Jan 25 | James J. Corbett | KO 3 | Charley Mitchell | 1 | Jacksonville, Florida, USA |
| 4 | 1897 Mar 17 | Bob Fitzsimmons | KO 14 | James J. Corbett | - | Carson City, Nevada, USA |
| 5 | 1899 Jun 9 | James J. Jeffries | KO 11 | Bob Fitzsimmons | - | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| 6 | 1899 Nov 3 | James J. Jeffries | PTS 25 | Tom Sharkey | 1 | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| 7 | 1900 Apr 6 | James J. Jeffries | KO 1 | Jack Finnegan | 2 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 8 | 1900 May 11 | James J. Jeffries | KO 23 | James J. Corbett | 3 | Coney Island, New York, USA |
| 9 | 1901 Nov 15 | James J. Jeffries | RTD 6 | Gus Ruhlin | 4 | San Francisco, California, USA |
| 10 | 1902 Jul 25 | James J. Jeffries | KO 8 | Bob Fitzsimmons | 5 | San Francisco, California, USA |
| 11 | 1903 Aug 14 | James J. Jeffries | TKO 10 | James J. Corbett | 6 | San Francisco, California, USA |
| 12 | 1904 Aug 26 | James J. Jeffries | TKO 2 | Jack Munroe | 7 | San Francisco, California, USA |
| 13 | 1905 Jul 3 | Marvin Hart | KO 12 | Jack Root | Vacant | Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 14 | 1906 Feb 23 | Tommy Burns | PTS 20 | Marvin Hart | - | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 15 | 1906 Oct 2 | Tommy Burns | KO 15 | Fireman Jim Flynn | 1 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 16 | 1906 Nov 28 | Tommy Burns | PTS 20 | Philadelphia Jack O'Brien | 2 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 17 | 1907 May 8 | Tommy Burns | PTS 20 | Philadelphia Jack O'Brien | 3 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 18 | 1907 Jul 4 | Tommy Burns | KO 1 | Bill Squires | 4 | Colma, California, USA |
| 19 | 1907 Dec 2 | Tommy Burns | KO 10 | Gunner Moir | 5 | Covent Garden, London, UK |
| 20 | 1908 Feb 10 | Tommy Burns | KO 4 | Jack Palmer | 6 | Whitechapel, London, UK |
| 21 | 1908 Mar 17 | Tommy Burns | KO 1 | Jem Roche | 7 | Dublin, IRL |
| 22 | 1908 Apr 18 | Tommy Burns | KO 5 | Jewey Smith | 8 | Paris, Paris, FRA |
| 23 | 1908 Jun 13 | Tommy Burns | KO 8 | Bill Squires | 9 | Paris, Paris, FRA |
| 24 | 1908 Aug 24 | Tommy Burns | KO 13 | Bill Squires | 10 | Sydney, New South Wales, AUS |
| 25 | 1908 Sep 3 | Tommy Burns | KO 6 | Bill Lang | 11 | Melbourne, Victoria, AUS |
| 26 | 1908 Dec 26 | Jack Johnson | PTS 14 | Tommy Burns | - | Sydney, New South Wales, AUS |
| 27 | 1909 May 19 | Jack Johnson | NWS 6 | Philadelphia Jack O'Brien | 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 28 | 1909 Jun 30 | Jack Johnson | NWS 6 | Tony Ross | 2 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 29 | 1909 Sep 9 | Jack Johnson | NWS 10 | Al Kaufmann | 3 | San Francisco, California, USA |
| 30 | 1909 Oct 16 | Jack Johnson | KO 12 | Stanley Ketchel | 4 | Colma, California, USA |
| 31 | 1910 Jul 4 | Jack Johnson | TKO 15 | James J. Jeffries | 5 | Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 32 | 1912 Jul 4 | Jack Johnson | DQ 9 | Fireman Jim Flynn | 6 | Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA |
| 33 | 1913 Dec 19 | Jack Johnson | PTS 10 | Battling Jim Johnson | 7 | Paris, Paris, FRA |
| 34 | 1914 Jun 27 | Jack Johnson | PTS 20 | Frank Moran | 8 | Paris, Paris, FRA |
| 35 | 1915 Apr 5 | Jess Willard | KO 26 | Jack Johnson | - | Havana, CUB |
| 36 | 1916 Mar 25 | Jess Willard | NWS 10 | Frank Moran | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
| 37 | 1919 Jul 4 | Jack Dempsey | RTD 3 | Jess Willard | - | Toledo, Ohio, USA |
| 38 | 1920 Sep 6 | Jack Dempsey | KO 3 | Billy Miske | 1 | Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA |
| 39 | 1920 Dec 14 | Jack Dempsey | KO 12 | Bill (KO) Brennan | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 40 | 1921 Jul 2 | Jack Dempsey | KO 4 | Georges Carpentier | 3 1 | Jersey City, New Jersey, USA |
| 41 | 1922 Jul 24 | Jack Dempsey | PTS 4 | Jimmy Darcy | - 2 NYSAC | Buffalo, New York, USA |
| 42 | 1923 Jul 4 | Jack Dempsey | PTS 15 | Tommy Gibbons | 4 | Shelby, Montana, USA |
| 43 | 1923 Sep 14 | Jack Dempsey | KO 2 | Luis Angel Firpo | 5 | New York, New York, USA |
| 44 | 1926 Sep 23 | Gene Tunney | UD 10 | Jack Dempsey | - | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 45 | 1927 Sep 22 | Gene Tunney | UD 10 | Jack Dempsey | 1 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 46 | 1928 Jul 26 | Gene Tunney | TKO 11 | Tom Heeney | 2 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 47 | 1930 Jun 12 | Max Schmeling | DQ 4 | Jack Sharkey | Vacant | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 48 | 1931 Jul 3 | Max Schmeling | TKO 15 | Young Stribling | 1 NBA | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| 49 | 1932 Jun 21 | Jack Sharkey | SD 15 | Max Schmeling | - | Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA |
| 50 | 1933 Jun 29 | Primo Carnera | KO 6 | Jack Sharkey | - | Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA |
| 51 | 1933 Oct 22 | Primo Carnera | UD 15 | Paolino Uzcudun | 1 3 | Rome, Lazio, ITA |
| 52 | 1934 Mar 1 | Primo Carnera | UD 15 | Tommy Loughran | 2 | Miami, Florida, USA |
| 53 | 1934 Jun 14 | Max Baer | TKO 11 | Primo Carnera | - | Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA |
| 54 | 1935 Jun 13 | Jim Braddock | UD 15 | Max Baer | - | Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA |
| 55 | 1937 Jun 22 | Joe Louis | KO 8 | Jim Braddock | - | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 56 | 1937 Aug 30 | Joe Louis | UD 15 | Tommy Farr | 1 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 57 | 1938 Feb 23 | Joe Louis | KO 3 | Nathan Mann | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 58 | 1938 Apr 1 | Joe Louis | KO 5 | Harry Thomas | 3 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 59 | 1938 Jun 22 | Joe Louis | KO 1 | Max Schmeling | 4 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 60 | 1939 Jan 25 | Joe Louis | KO 1 | John Henry Lewis | 5 | New York, New York, USA |
| 61 | 1939 Apr 17 | Joe Louis | KO 1 | Jack Roper | 6 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 62 | 1939 Jun 28 | Joe Louis | TKO 4 | Tony Galento | 7 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 63 | 1939 Sep 20 | Joe Louis | KO 11 | Bob Pastor | 8 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 64 | 1940 Feb 9 | Joe Louis | SD 15 | Arturo Godoy | 9 | New York, New York, USA |
| 65 | 1940 Mar 29 | Joe Louis | TKO 2 | Johnny Paychek | 10 | New York, New York, USA |
| 66 | 1940 Jun 20 | Joe Louis | TKO 8 | Arturo Godoy | 11 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 67 | 1940 Dec 16 | Joe Louis | RTD 5 | Al McCoy | 12 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| 68 | 1941 Jan 31 | Joe Louis | KO 5 | Red Burman | 13 | New York, New York, USA |
| 69 | 1941 Feb 17 | Joe Louis | KO 2 | Gus Dorazio | 14 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 70 | 1941 Mar 21 | Joe Louis | TKO 13 | Abe Simon | 15 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 71 | 1941 Apr 8 | Joe Louis | TKO 9 | Tony Musto | 16 | Saint Louis, Missouri, USA |
| 72 | 1941 May 23 | Joe Louis | DQ 7 | Buddy Baer | 17 | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| 73 | 1941 Jun 18 | Joe Louis | KO 13 | Billy Conn | 18 | New York, New York, USA |
| 74 | 1941 Sep 29 | Joe Louis | TKO 6 | Lou Nova | 19 | New York, New York, USA |
| 75 | 1942 Jan 9 | Joe Louis | KO 1 | Buddy Baer | 20 | New York, New York, USA |
| 76 | 1942 Mar 27 | Joe Louis | TKO 6 | Abe Simon | 21 | New York, New York, USA |
| 77 | 1946 Jun 19 | Joe Louis | KO 8 | Billy Conn | 22 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 78 | 1946 Sep 18 | Joe Louis | KO 1 | Tami Mauriello | 23 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 79 | 1947 Dec 5 | Joe Louis | SD 15 | Jersey Joe Walcott | 24 | New York, New York, USA |
| 80 | 1948 Jun 25 | Joe Louis | KO 11 | Jersey Joe Walcott | 25 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 81 | 1949 Jun 22 | Ezzard Charles | UD 15 | Jersey Joe Walcott | Vacant NBA | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 82 | 1949 Aug 10 | Ezzard Charles | RTD 7 | Gus Lesnevich | 1 NBA | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 83 | 1949 Oct 14 | Ezzard Charles | KO 8 | Pat Valentino | 2 NBA | San Francisco, California, USA |
| 84 | 1950 Aug 15 | Ezzard Charles | TKO 14 | Freddie Beshore | 3 NBA | Buffalo, New York, USA |
| 85 | 1950 Sep 27 | Ezzard Charles | UD 15 | Joe Louis | 4 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 86 | 1950 Dec 5 | Ezzard Charles | KO 11 | Nick Barone | 5 | Cincinnati, Ohio, USA |
| 87 | 1951 Jan 12 | Ezzard Charles | TKO 10 | Lee Oma | 6 | New York, New York, USA |
| 88 | 1951 Mar 7 | Ezzard Charles | UD 15 | Jersey Joe Walcott | 7 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 89 | 1951 May 30 | Ezzard Charles | UD 15 | Joey Maxim | 8 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 90 | 1951 Jul 18 | Jersey Joe Walcott | KO 7 | Ezzard Charles | - | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 91 | 1952 Jun 5 | Jersey Joe Walcott | UD 15 | Ezzard Charles | 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 92 | 1952 Sep 23 | Rocky Marciano | KO 13 | Jersey Joe Walcott | - | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 93 | 1953 May 15 | Rocky Marciano | KO 1 | Jersey Joe Walcott | 1 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 94 | 1953 Sep 24 | Rocky Marciano | TKO 11 | Roland LaStarza | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 95 | 1954 Jun 17 | Rocky Marciano | UD 15 | Ezzard Charles | 3 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 96 | 1954 Sep 17 | Rocky Marciano | KO 8 | Ezzard Charles | 4 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 97 | 1955 May 16 | Rocky Marciano | TKO 9 | Don Cockell | 5 | San Francisco, California, USA |
| 98 | 1955 Sep 21 | Rocky Marciano | KO 9 | Archie Moore | 6 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 99 | 1956 Nov 30 | Floyd Patterson | KO 5 | Archie Moore | Vacant | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 100 | 1957 Jul 29 | Floyd Patterson | TKO 10 | Tommy Jackson | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
| 101 | 1957 Aug 22 | Floyd Patterson | KO 6 | Pete Rademacher | 2 | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 102 | 1958 Aug 18 | Floyd Patterson | RTD 12 | Roy Harris | 3 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 103 | 1959 May 1 | Floyd Patterson | KO 11 | Brian London | 4 | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| 104 | 1959 Jun 26 | Ingemar Johansson | TKO 3 | Floyd Patterson | - | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 105 | 1960 Jun 20 | Floyd Patterson (2) | KO 5 | Ingemar Johansson | - | New York, New York, USA |
| 106 | 1961 Mar 13 | Floyd Patterson (2) | KO 6 | Ingemar Johansson | 1 | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 107 | 1961 Dec 4 | Floyd Patterson (2) | KO 4 | Tom McNeeley Jr. | 2 4 | Toronto, Ontario, CAN |
| 108 | 1962 Sep 25 | Sonny Liston | KO 1 | Floyd Patterson | - | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 109 | 1963 Jul 22 | Sonny Liston | KO 1 | Floyd Patterson | 1 5 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 110 | 1964 Feb 25 | Cassius Clay | RTD 6 | Sonny Liston | - | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 111 | 1965 May 25 | Muhammad Ali | KO 1 | Sonny Liston | 1 6 | Lewiston, Maine, USA |
| 112 | 1965 Nov 22 | Muhammad Ali | TKO 12 | Floyd Patterson | 2 6 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 113 | 1966 Mar 29 | Muhammad Ali | UD 15 | George Chuvalo | 3 6 | Toronto, Ontario, CAN |
| 114 | 1966 May 21 | Muhammad Ali | TKO 6 | Henry Cooper | 4 6 | Highbury, London, UK |
| 115 | 1966 Aug 6 | Muhammad Ali | KO 3 | Brian London | 5 6 | Kensington, London, UK |
| 116 | 1966 Sep 10 | Muhammad Ali | TKO 12 | Karl Mildenberger | 6 6 | Frankfurt, Hessen, GER |
| 117 | 1966 Nov 14 | Muhammad Ali | TKO 3 | Cleveland Williams | 7 6 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 118 | 1967 Feb 6 | Muhammad Ali | UD 15 | Ernie Terrell | 8 6 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 119 | 1967 Mar 22 | Muhammad Ali | KO 7 | Zora Folley | 9 6 | New York, New York, USA |
| 120 | 1970 Feb 16 | Joe Frazier | RTD 4 | Jimmy Ellis | Vacant 7 | New York, New York, USA |
| 121 | 1970 Nov 18 | Joe Frazier | KO 2 | Bob Foster | 1 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 122 | 1971 Mar 8 | Joe Frazier | UD 15 | Muhammad Ali | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 123 | 1972 Jan 15 | Joe Frazier | TKO 4 | Terry Daniels | 3 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 124 | 1972 May 25 | Joe Frazier | RTD 4 | Ron Stander | 4 | Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
| 125 | 1973 Jan 22 | George Foreman | TKO 2 | Joe Frazier | - | Kingston, Surrey, JAM |
| 126 | 1973 Sep 1 | George Foreman | KO 1 | Jose Roman | 1 | Tokyo, Kantō, JPN |
| 127 | 1974 Mar 26 | George Foreman | TKO 2 | Ken Norton | 2 | Caracas, Miranda, VEN |
| 128 | 1974 Oct 30 | Muhammad Ali (2) | KO 8 | George Foreman | - | Kinshasa, La Gombe, COD |
| 129 | 1975 Mar 24 | Muhammad Ali (2) | TKO 15 | Chuck Wepner | 1 | Richfield, Ohio, USA |
| 130 | 1975 May 16 | Muhammad Ali (2) | TKO 11 | Ron Lyle | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 131 | 1975 Jun 30 | Muhammad Ali (2) | UD 15 | Joe Bugner | 3 | Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, MAS |
| 132 | 1975 Oct 1 | Muhammad Ali (2) | RTD 14 | Joe Frazier | 4 | Quezon City, Metro Manila, PHI |
| 133 | 1976 Feb 20 | Muhammad Ali (2) | KO 5 | Jean-Pierre Coopman | 5 | San Juan, Hato Rey, PUR |
| 134 | 1976 Apr 30 | Muhammad Ali (2) | UD 15 | Jimmy Young | 6 | Landover, Maryland, USA |
| 135 | 1976 May 24 | Muhammad Ali (2) | TKO 5 | Richard Dunn | 7 | Munich, Bayern, GER |
| 136 | 1976 Sep 28 | Muhammad Ali (2) | UD 15 | Ken Norton | 8 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 137 | 1977 May 16 | Muhammad Ali (2) | UD 15 | Alfredo Evangelista | 9 | Landover, Maryland, USA |
| 138 | 1977 Sep 29 | Muhammad Ali (2) | UD 15 | Earnie Shavers | 10 | New York, New York, USA |
| 139 | 1978 Feb 15 | Leon Spinks | SD 15 | Muhammad Ali | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 140 | 1978 Sep 15 | Muhammad Ali (3) | UD 15 | Leon Spinks | - WBA | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 141 | 1980 Oct 2 | Larry Holmes | RTD 10 | Muhammad Ali | Vacant WBC | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 142 | 1981 Apr 11 | Larry Holmes | UD 15 | Trevor Berbick | 1 WBC | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 143 | 1981 Jun 12 | Larry Holmes | TKO 3 | Leon Spinks | 2 WBC | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 144 | 1981 Nov 6 | Larry Holmes | TKO 11 | Renaldo Snipes | 3 WBC | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 145 | 1982 Jun 11 | Larry Holmes | TKO 13 | Gerry Cooney | 4 WBC | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 146 | 1982 Nov 26 | Larry Holmes | UD 15 | Randall (Tex) Cobb | 5 WBC | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 147 | 1983 Mar 27 | Larry Holmes | UD 12 | Lucien Rodriguez | 6 WBC | Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 148 | 1983 May 20 | Larry Holmes | SD 12 | Tim Witherspoon | 7 WBC | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 149 | 1983 Sep 10 | Larry Holmes | TKO 5 | Scott Frank | 8 WBC | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 150 | 1983 Nov 25 | Larry Holmes | TKO 1 | Marvis Frazier | 9 8 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 151 | 1984 Nov 9 | Larry Holmes | TKO 12 | James (Bonecrusher) Smith | 10 9 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 152 | 1985 Mar 15 | Larry Holmes | TKO 10 | David Bey | 11 IBF | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 153 | 1985 May 20 | Larry Holmes | UD 15 | Carl Williams | 12 IBF | Reno, Nevada, USA |
| 154 | 1985 Sep 21 | Michael Spinks | UD 15 | Larry Holmes | - IBF | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 155 | 1986 Apr 19 | Michael Spinks | SD 15 | Larry Holmes | 1 IBF | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 156 | 1986 Sep 6 | Michael Spinks | TKO 4 | Steffen Tangstad | 2 IBF | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 157 | 1987 Jun 15 | Michael Spinks | TKO 5 | Gerry Cooney | 3 10 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 158 | 1988 Jun 27 | Mike Tyson | KO 1 | Michael Spinks | - | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 159 | 1989 Feb 25 | Mike Tyson | TKO 5 | Frank Bruno | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 160 | 1989 Jul 21 | Mike Tyson | TKO 1 | Carl Williams | 2 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 161 | 1990 Feb 11 | James (Buster) Douglas | KO 10 | Mike Tyson | - | Tokyo, Kantō, JPN |
| 162 | 1990 Oct 25 | Evander Holyfield | KO 3 | James (Buster) Douglas | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 163 | 1991 Apr 19 | Evander Holyfield | UD 12 | George Foreman | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 164 | 1991 Nov 23 | Evander Holyfield | TKO 7 | Bert Cooper | 2 | Atlanta, Georgia, USA |
| 165 | 1992 Jun 19 | Evander Holyfield | UD 12 | Larry Holmes | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 166 | 1992 Nov 13 | Riddick Bowe | UD 12 | Evander Holyfield | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 167 | 1993 Feb 6 | Riddick Bowe | TKO 1 | Michael Dokes | 1 11 | New York, New York, USA |
| 168 | 1993 May 22 | Riddick Bowe | KO 2 | Jesse Ferguson | 2 WBA | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| 169 | 1993 Nov 6 | Evander Holyfield (2) | MD 12 | Riddick Bowe | - 11 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 170 | 1994 Apr 22 | Michael Moorer | MD 12 | Evander Holyfield | - 11 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 171 | 1994 Nov 5 | George Foreman (2) | KO 10 | Michael Moorer | - 11 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 172 | 1995 Apr 22 | George Foreman (2) | MD 12 | Axel Schulz | 1 IBF | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 173 | 1996 Nov 3 | George Foreman (2) | UD 12 | Crawford Grimsley | 2 10 | Urayasu, Chiba, JPN |
| 174 | 1997 Apr 26 | George Foreman (2) | SD 12 | Lou Savarese | 3 10 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 175 | 1997 Nov 22 | Shannon Briggs | MD 12 | George Foreman | - 10 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 176 | 1998 Mar 28 | Lennox Lewis | TKO 5 | Shannon Briggs | - WBC | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 177 | 1998 Sep 26 | Lennox Lewis | UD 12 | Zeljko Mavrovic | 1 WBC | Uncasville, Connecticut, USA |
| 178 | 1999 Mar 13 | Lennox Lewis | PTS 12 | Evander Holyfield | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 179 | 1999 Nov 13 | Lennox Lewis | UD 12 | Evander Holyfield | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 180 | 2000 Apr 29 | Lennox Lewis | KO 2 | Michael Grant | 4 12 | New York, New York, USA |
| 181 | 2000 Jul 15 | Lennox Lewis | TKO 2 | Francois Botha | 5 12 | Millwall, London, UK |
| 182 | 2000 Nov 11 | Lennox Lewis | UD 12 | David Tua | 6 12 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 183 | 2001 Apr 22 | Hasim Rahman | KO 5 | Lennox Lewis | - 12 | Brakpan, Gauteng, RSA |
| 184 | 2001 Nov 17 | Lennox Lewis (2) | KO 4 | Hasim Rahman | - 12 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 185 | 2002 Jun 8 | Lennox Lewis (2) | KO 8 | Mike Tyson | 1 12 | Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
| 186 | 2003 Jun 21 | Lennox Lewis (2) | TKO 6 | Vitali Klitschko | 2 WBC | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 187 | 2009 Jun 20 | Wladimir Klitschko | RTD 9 | Ruslan Chagaev | Vacant 13 | Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 188 | 2010 Mar 20 | Wladimir Klitschko | KO 12 | Eddie Chambers | 1 13 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 189 | 2010 Sep 11 | Wladimir Klitschko | KO 10 | Samuel Peter | 2 13 | Frankfurt, Hessen, GER |
| 190 | 2011 Jul 2 | Wladimir Klitschko | UD 12 | David Haye | 3 14 | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 191 | 2012 Mar 3 | Wladimir Klitschko | KO 4 | Jean-Marc Mormeck | 4 14 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 192 | 2012 Jul 7 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO 6 | Tony Thompson | 5 14 | Berne, Canton of Berne, SUI |
| 193 | 2012 Nov 10 | Wladimir Klitschko | UD 12 | Mariusz Wach | 6 14 | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 194 | 2013 May 4 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO 6 | Francesco Pianeta | 7 14 | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
| 195 | 2013 Oct 5 | Wladimir Klitschko | UD 12 | Alexander Povetkin | 8 14 | Moscow, Central Federal District, RUS |
| 196 | 2014 Apr 26 | Wladimir Klitschko | TKO 5 | Alex Leapai | 9 14 | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 197 | 2014 Nov 15 | Wladimir Klitschko | KO 5 | Kubrat Pulev | 10 IBF | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 198 | 2015 Apr 25 | Wladimir Klitschko | UD 12 | Bryant Jennings | 11 14 | New York, New York, USA |
| 199 | 2015 Nov 28 | Tyson Fury | UD 12 | Wladimir Klitschko | - 14 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 200 | 2018 Jun 9 | Tyson Fury | RTD 4 | Sefer Seferi | 1 | Manchester, Lancashire, UK |
| 201 | 2018 Aug 18 | Tyson Fury | PTS 10 | Francesco Pianeta | 2 | Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK |
| 202 | 2018 Dec 1 | Tyson Fury | PTS 12 | Deontay Wilder | 3 WBC | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 203 | 2019 Jun 15 | Tyson Fury | TKO 2 | Tom Schwarz | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 204 | 2019 Sep 14 | Tyson Fury | UD 12 | Otto Wallin | 5 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 205 | 2020 Feb 22 | Tyson Fury | TKO 7 | Deontay Wilder | 6 WBC | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 206 | 2021 Oct 9 | Tyson Fury | KO 11 | Deontay Wilder | 7 WBC | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 207 | 2022 Apr 23 | Tyson Fury | TKO 6 | Dillian Whyte | 8 WBC | Wembley, London, UK |
| 208 | 2022 Dec 3 | Tyson Fury | TKO 10 | Dereck Chisora | 9 WBC | Tottenham, London, UK |
| 209 | 2023 Oct 28 | Tyson Fury | SD 10 | Francis Ngannou | 10 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 210 | 2024 May 18 | Oleksandr Usyk | SD 12 | Tyson Fury | - 15 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 211 | 2024 Dec 21 | Oleksandr Usyk | UD 12 | Tyson Fury | 1 16 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 212 | 2025 Jul 19 | Oleksandr Usyk | KO 5 | Daniel Dubois | 2 15 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 213 | 2026 May 23 | Oleksandr Usyk | TKO 11 | Rico Verhoeven | 3 17 | Pyramids of Giza, Giza, Egypt |
Footnotes
1 - First fight sanctioned by the new National Boxing Association (NBA)
2 - First fight sanctioned by the new New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC)
3 - Considered a world title fight, but not sanctioned by the NBA or NYSAC
4 - Last sanctioned bout for the NBA before it became the newly formed World Boxing Association (WBA)
5 - First fight sanctioned by the new World Boxing Council (WBC)
6 - Fight sanctioned by the NYSAC and WBC only
7 - Last sanctioned bout for the NYSAC before it was adopted into and became part of the WBC
8 - Considered a world title fight, but not sanctioned by the WBA or WBC
9 - First fight sanctioned by the new International Boxing Federation (IBF)
10 - Considered a world title fight, but not sanctioned by the WBA, WBC, or IBF
11 - Fight sanctioned by the WBA and IBF only
12 - Fight sanctioned by the WBC and IBF only
13 - Fight sanctioned by the IBF and WBO only
14 - Fight sanctioned by the WBA, IBF, and WBO only
15 - Fight sanctioned by the WBA, WBC, IBF, and WBO only
16 - Fight sanctioned by the WBA, WBC, and WBO only
17 - Fight sanctioned by the WBA and WBC only
NBA - Fight sanctioned by the NBA only
NYSAC - Fight sanctioned by the NYSAC only
WBA - Fight sanctioned by the WBA only
WBC - Fight sanctioned by the WBC only
IBF - Fight sanctioned by the IBF only