WBC Cruiserweight Champion
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Cruiserweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Council.
- Also known as Junior Heavyweight and Lighter-heavyweight
- The maximum weight for this division is 200 pounds (90.9 kg or 14 stone 4 lbs).
RELATED LINK: WBC Cruiserweight Title Fights
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marvin Camel | 1980 Mar 31 | 1980 Nov 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Carlos De Leon | 1980 Nov 25 | 1982 Jun 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | S.T. Gordon | 1982 Jun 27 | 1983 Jul 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Carlos De Leon (2) | 1983 Jul 17 | 1985 Jun 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Alfonso Ratliff | 1985 Jun 6 | 1985 Sep 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Bernard Benton | 1985 Sep 21 | 1986 Mar 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Carlos De Leon (3) | 1986 Mar 22 | 1988 Apr 9 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Evander Holyfield | 1988 Apr 9 | 1988 Apr 9 V | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Carlos De Leon (4) | 1989 May 17 | 1990 Jul 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Massimiliano Duran | 1990 Jul 27 | 1991 Jul 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Anaclet Wamba | 1991 Jul 20 | 1994 Dec 30 R | 7 | 7 |
| 12 | Marcelo Fabian Dominguez | 1996 May 25 | 1998 Feb 21 | 3 | 3 |
| 13 | Juan Carlos Gomez | 1998 Feb 21 | 2002 Feb 19 V | 10 | 10 |
| 14 | Wayne Braithwaite | 2002 Oct 11 | 2005 Apr 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Jean-Marc Mormeck | 2005 Apr 2 | 2006 Jan 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | O'Neil Bell | 2006 Jan 7 | 2007 Mar 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Jean-Marc Mormeck (2) | 2007 Mar 17 | 2007 Nov 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | David Haye | 2007 Nov 10 | 2008 May 12 V | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Giacobbe Fragomeni | 2008 Oct 24 | 2009 Nov 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Zsolt Erdei | 2009 Nov 21 | 2010 Jan 13 V | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Krzysztof Wlodarczyk | 2010 May 15 | 2014 Sep 27 | 6 | 5 |
| 22 | Grigory Drozd | 2014 Sep 27 | 2016 Mar 16 R | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Tony Bellew | 2016 May 29 | 2017 Mar 29 V | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Mairis Briedis | 2017 Apr 01 | 2018 Jan 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | Oleksandr Usyk | 2018 Jan 28 | 2019 Jun 4 V | 2 | 2 |
| 26 | Ilunga Makabu | 2020 Jan 31 | 2023 Feb 26 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Badou Jack | 2023 Feb 26 | 2023 Sep V | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Norair Mikaeljan | 2023 Nov 04 | 2025 May 03 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Badou Jack (2) | 2025 May 03 | present | 0 | 0 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated