WBC Heavyweight Title Fights
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Heavyweight title fights as recognized by the World Boxing Council.
- 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: WBC Heavyweight Champion
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1963 Jul 22 | Sonny Liston | KO 1 | Floyd Patterson | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 2 | 1964 Feb 25 | Cassius Clay | RTD 6 | Sonny Liston | - | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 3 | 1965 May 25 | Muhammad Ali | KO 1 | Sonny Liston | 1 | Lewiston, Maine, USA |
| 4 | 1965 Nov 22 | Muhammad Ali | TKO 12 | Floyd Patterson | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 5 | 1966 Mar 29 | Muhammad Ali | UD 15 | George Chuvalo | 3 | Toronto, Ontario, CAN |
| 6 | 1966 May 21 | Muhammad Ali | TKO 6 | Henry Cooper | 4 | Highbury, London, UK |
| 7 | 1966 Aug 6 | Muhammad Ali | KO 3 | Brian London | 5 | Kensington, London, UK |
| 8 | 1966 Sep 10 | Muhammad Ali | TKO 12 | Karl Mildenberger | 6 | Frankfurt, Hessen, GER |
| 9 | 1966 Nov 14 | Muhammad Ali | TKO 3 | Cleveland Williams | 7 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 10 | 1967 Feb 6 | Muhammad Ali | UD 15 | Ernie Terrell | 8 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 11 | 1967 Mar 22 | Muhammad Ali | KO 7 | Zora Folley | 9 | New York, New York, USA |
| 12 | 1970 Feb 16 | Joe Frazier | RTD 4 | Jimmy Ellis | Vacant | New York, New York, USA |
| 13 | 1970 Nov 18 | Joe Frazier | KO 2 | Bob Foster | 1 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 14 | 1971 Mar 8 | Joe Frazier | UD 15 | Muhammad Ali | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 15 | 1972 Jan 15 | Joe Frazier | TKO 4 | Terry Daniels | 3 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 16 | 1972 May 25 | Joe Frazier | RTD 4 | Ron Stander | 4 | Omaha, Nebraska, USA |
| 17 | 1973 Jan 22 | George Foreman | TKO 2 | Joe Frazier | - | Kingston, Surrey, JAM |
| 18 | 1973 Sep 1 | George Foreman | KO 1 | Jose Roman | 1 | Tokyo, Kantō, JPN |
| 19 | 1974 Mar 26 | George Foreman | TKO 2 | Ken Norton | 2 | Caracas, Miranda, VEN |
| 20 | 1974 Oct 30 | Muhammad Ali (2) | KO 8 | George Foreman | - | Kinshasa, La Gombe, COD |
| 21 | 1975 Mar 24 | Muhammad Ali (2) | TKO 15 | Chuck Wepner | 1 | Richfield, Ohio, USA |
| 22 | 1975 May 16 | Muhammad Ali (2) | TKO 11 | Ron Lyle | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 23 | 1975 Jun 30 | Muhammad Ali (2) | UD 15 | Joe Bugner | 3 | Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, MAS |
| 24 | 1975 Oct 1 | Muhammad Ali (2) | RTD 14 | Joe Frazier | 4 | Quezon City, Metro Manila, PHI |
| 25 | 1976 Feb 20 | Muhammad Ali (2) | KO 5 | Jean-Pierre Coopman | 5 | San Juan, Hato Rey, PUR |
| 26 | 1976 Apr 30 | Muhammad Ali (2) | UD 15 | Jimmy Young | 6 | Landover, Maryland, USA |
| 27 | 1976 May 24 | Muhammad Ali (2) | TKO 5 | Richard Dunn | 7 | Munich, Bayern, GER |
| 28 | 1976 Sep 28 | Muhammad Ali (2) | UD 15 | Ken Norton | 8 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 29 | 1977 May 16 | Muhammad Ali (2) | UD 15 | Alfredo Evangelista | 9 | Landover, Maryland, USA |
| 30 | 1977 Sep 29 | Muhammad Ali (2) | UD 15 | Earnie Shavers | 10 | New York, New York, USA |
| 31 | 1978 Feb 15 | Leon Spinks | SD 15 | Muhammad Ali | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 32 | 1978 Jun 9 | Larry Holmes | SD 15 | Ken Norton | - 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 33 | 1978 Nov 10 | Larry Holmes | KO 7 | Alfredo Evangelista | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 34 | 1979 Mar 23 | Larry Holmes | TKO 7 | Ossie Ocasio | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 35 | 1979 Jun 22 | Larry Holmes | TKO 12 | Mike Weaver | 3 | New York, New York, USA |
| 36 | 1979 Sep 28 | Larry Holmes | TKO 11 | Earnie Shavers | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 37 | 1980 Feb 3 | Larry Holmes | KO 6 | Lorenzo Zanon | 5 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 38 | 1980 Mar 31 | Larry Holmes | TKO 8 | Leroy Jones | 6 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 39 | 1980 Jul 7 | Larry Holmes | TKO 7 | Scott LeDoux | 7 | Bloomington, Minnesota, USA |
| 40 | 1980 Oct 2 | Larry Holmes | RTD 10 | Muhammad Ali | 8 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 41 | 1981 Apr 11 | Larry Holmes | UD 15 | Trevor Berbick | 9 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 42 | 1981 Jun 12 | Larry Holmes | TKO 3 | Leon Spinks | 10 | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 43 | 1981 Nov 6 | Larry Holmes | TKO 11 | Renaldo Snipes | 11 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 44 | 1982 Jun 11 | Larry Holmes | TKO 13 | Gerry Cooney | 12 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 45 | 1982 Nov 26 | Larry Holmes | UD 15 | Randall (Tex) Cobb | 13 | Houston, Texas, USA |
| 46 | 1983 Mar 27 | Larry Holmes | UD 12 | Lucien Rodriguez | 14 | Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 47 | 1983 May 20 | Larry Holmes | SD 12 | Tim Witherspoon | 15 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 48 | 1983 Sep 10 | Larry Holmes | TKO 5 | Scott Frank | 16 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 49 | 1984 Mar 9 | Tim Witherspoon | MD 12 | Greg Page | Vacant | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 50 | 1984 Aug 31 | Pinklon Thomas | MD 12 | Tim Witherspoon | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 51 | 1985 Jun 15 | Pinklon Thomas | TKO 8 | Mike Weaver | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 52 | 1986 Mar 22 | Trevor Berbick | UD 12 | Pinklon Thomas | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 53 | 1986 Nov 22 | Mike Tyson | TKO 2 | Trevor Berbick | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 54 | 1987 Mar 7 | Mike Tyson | UD 12 | James (Bonecrusher) Smith | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 55 | 1987 May 30 | Mike Tyson | TKO 6 | Pinklon Thomas | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 56 | 1987 Aug 1 | Mike Tyson | UD 12 | Tony Tucker | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 57 | 1987 Oct 16 | Mike Tyson | TKO 7 | Tyrell Biggs | 4 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 58 | 1988 Jan 22 | Mike Tyson | TKO 4 | Larry Holmes | 5 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 59 | 1988 Mar 21 | Mike Tyson | TKO 2 | Tony Tubbs | 6 | Tokyo, Kantō, JPN |
| 60 | 1988 Jun 27 | Mike Tyson | KO 1 | Michael Spinks | 7 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 61 | 1989 Feb 25 | Mike Tyson | TKO 5 | Frank Bruno | 8 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 62 | 1989 Jul 21 | Mike Tyson | TKO 1 | Carl Williams | 9 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 63 | 1990 Feb 11 | James (Buster) Douglas | KO 10 | Mike Tyson | - | Tokyo, Kantō, JPN |
| 64 | 1990 Oct 25 | Evander Holyfield | KO 3 | James (Buster) Douglas | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 65 | 1991 Apr 19 | Evander Holyfield | UD 12 | George Foreman | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 66 | 1992 Jun 19 | Evander Holyfield | UD 12 | Larry Holmes | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 67 | 1992 Nov 13 | Riddick Bowe | UD 12 | Evander Holyfield | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 68 | 1993 May 8 | Lennox Lewis | UD 12 | Tony Tucker | 1 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 69 | 1993 Oct 1 | Lennox Lewis | TKO 7 | Frank Bruno | 2 | Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| 70 | 1994 May 6 | Lennox Lewis | TKO 8 | Phil Jackson | 3 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 71 | 1994 Sep 24 | Oliver McCall | TKO 2 | Lennox Lewis | - | Wembley, London, UK |
| 72 | 1995 Apr 8 | Oliver McCall | UD 12 | Larry Holmes | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 73 | 1995 Sep 2 | Frank Bruno | UD 12 | Oliver McCall | - | Wembley, London, UK |
| 74 | 1996 Mar 16 | Mike Tyson (2) | TKO 3 | Frank Bruno | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 75 | 1997 Feb 7 | Lennox Lewis (2) | TKO 5 | Oliver McCall | Vacant | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 76 | 1997 Jul 12 | Lennox Lewis (2) | DQ 5 | Henry Akinwande | 1 | Stateline, Nevada, USA |
| 77 | 1997 Oct 4 | Lennox Lewis (2) | KO 1 | Andrew Golota | 2 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 78 | 1998 Mar 28 | Lennox Lewis (2) | TKO 5 | Shannon Briggs | 3 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 79 | 1998 Sep 26 | Lennox Lewis (2) | UD 12 | Zeljko Mavrovic | 4 | Uncasville, Connecticut, USA |
| 80 | 1999 Mar 13 | Lennox Lewis (2) | PTS 12 | Evander Holyfield | 5 | New York, New York, USA |
| 81 | 1999 Nov 13 | Lennox Lewis (2) | UD 12 | Evander Holyfield | 6 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 82 | 2000 Apr 29 | Lennox Lewis (2) | KO 2 | Michael Grant | 7 | New York, New York, USA |
| 83 | 2000 Jul 15 | Lennox Lewis (2) | TKO 2 | Francois Botha | 8 | Millwall, London, UK |
| 84 | 2000 Nov 11 | Lennox Lewis (2) | UD 12 | David Tua | 9 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 85 | 2001 Apr 22 | Hasim Rahman | KO 5 | Lennox Lewis | - | Brakpan, Gauteng, RSA |
| 86 | 2001 Nov 17 | Lennox Lewis (3) | KO 4 | Hasim Rahman | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 87 | 2002 Jun 8 | Lennox Lewis (3) | KO 8 | Mike Tyson | 1 | Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
| 88 | 2003 Jun 21 | Lennox Lewis (3) | TKO 6 | Vitali Klitschko | 2 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 89 | 2004 Apr 24 | Vitali Klitschko | TKO 8 | Corrie Sanders | Vacant | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 90 | 2004 Dec 11 | Vitali Klitschko | TKO 8 | Danny Williams | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 91 | 2006 Mar 18 | Hasim Rahman (2) 3 | PTS 12 | James Toney | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 92 | 2006 Aug 12 | Oleg Maskaev | TKO 12 | Hasim Rahman | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 93 | 2006 Dec 10 | Oleg Maskaev | UD 12 | Okhello Peter | 1 | Moscow, Central Federal District, RUS |
| 94 | 2008 Mar 8 | Samuel Peter | TKO 6 | Oleg Maskaev | - | Cancun, Quintana Roo, MEX |
| 95 | 2008 Oct 11 | Vitali Klitschko (2) | RTD 8 | Samuel Peter | - | Kreuzberg, Berlin, GER |
| 96 | 2009 Mar 21 | Vitali Klitschko (2) | TKO 9 | Juan Carlos Gomez | 1 | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
| 97 | 2009 Sep 26 | Vitali Klitschko (2) | RTD 10 | Chris Arreola | 2 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 98 | 2009 Dec 12 | Vitali Klitschko (2) | UD 12 | Kevin Johnson | 3 | Berne, Canton of Berne, SUI |
| 99 | 2010 May 29 | Vitali Klitschko (2) | KO 10 | Albert Sosnowski | 4 | Gelsenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 100 | 2010 Oct 16 | Vitali Klitschko (2) | UD 12 | Shannon Briggs | 5 | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 101 | 2011 Mar 19 | Vitali Klitschko (2) | KO 1 | Odlanier Solis | 6 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 102 | 2011 Sept 10 | Vitali Klitschko (2) | TKO 10 | Tomasz Adamek | 7 | Wrocław, Lower Silesian, POL |
| 103 | 2012 Feb 18 | Vitali Klitschko (2) | UD 12 | Dereck Chisora | 8 | Munich, Bayern, GER |
| 104 | 2012 Sep 8 | Vitali Klitschko (2) | TKO 4 | Manuel Charr | 9 | Moscow, Central Federal District, RUS |
| 105 | 2014 May 10 | Bermane Stiverne | TKO 6 | Chris Arreola | Vacant | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 106 | 2015 Jan 17 | Deontay Wilder | UD 12 | Bermane Stiverne | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 107 | 2015 Jun 13 | Deontay Wilder | KO 9 | Eric Molina | 1 | Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
| 108 | 2015 Sep 26 | Deontay Wilder | TKO 11 | Johann Duhaupas | 2 | Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
| 109 | 2016 Jan 16 | Deontay Wilder | KO 9 | Artur Szpilka | 3 | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| 110 | 2016 Jul 16 | Deontay Wilder | RTD 8 | Chris Arreola | 4 | Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
| 111 | 2017 Feb 25 | Deontay Wilder | TKO 5 | Gerald Washington | 5 | Birmingham, Alabama, USA |
| 112 | 2017 Nov 4 | Deontay Wilder | KO 1 | Bermane Stiverne | 6 | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| 113 | 2018 Mar 3 | Deontay Wilder | TKO 10 | Luis Ortiz | 7 | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| 114 | 2018 Dec 1 | Deontay Wilder | PTS 12 | Tyson Fury | 8 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 115 | 2019 May 18 | Deontay Wilder | KO 1 | Dominic Breazeale | 9 | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
| 116 | 2019 Nov 23 | Deontay Wilder | KO 7 | Luis Ortiz | 10 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 117 | 2020 Feb 22 | Tyson Fury | TKO 7 | Deontay Wilder | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 118 | 2021 Oct 9 | Tyson Fury | KO 11 | Deontay Wilder | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 119 | 2022 Apr 23 | Tyson Fury | TKO 6 | Dillian Whyte | 2 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 120 | 2022 Dec 3 | Tyson Fury | TKO 10 | Dereck Chisora | 3 | Tottenham, London, UK |
| 121 | 2024 May 18 | Oleksandr Usyk | SD 12 | Tyson Fury | - | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 122 | 2024 Dec 21 | Oleksandr Usyk | UD 12 | Tyson Fury | 1 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia |
| 123 | 2025 Jul 19 | Oleksandr Usyk | KO 5 | Daniel Dubois | 2 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 124 | 2026 May 23 | Oleksandr Usyk | TKO 11 | Rico Verhoeven | 3 | Pyramids of Giza, Giza, Egypt |
Footnotes
1 - Norton proclaimed champion on Mar 29, 1978 on the basis of his Nov 5, 1977 title eliminator win over Jimmy Young
2 - Lewis proclaimed champion on Dec 14, 1992 on the basis of his Oct 31, 1992 title eliminator win over Razor Ruddock
3 - Rahman elevated to full champion on Nov 9, 2005 after Klitschko retires