Thread: A closer look at the HW division title holders

I was just sitting at work and wondering how many Heavyweight title holders there are at the moment so I decided to share the list with all of you =)

We all know it's a mess and we all hold certain commisions higher than others, but technically there could be 65 guys with the claim of champion and thats just for one weight class.

1. African Boxing Union - Joseph Cingangu
2. Argentine (FAB) - Fabio Eduardo Milo
3. Australian - Bob Mirovic
4. BBBofC British - Danny Williams
5. BBBofC English - John McDermott
6. Belgian - Roman Dabolins
7. Brazilian - Raphael Zumbano
8. CAM (Canadian, American, Mexican) - Chauncy Welliver
9. Canadian - Raymond Olubowale
10. Chilean - Robinson Escobar
11. Commonwealth (British Empire) - Matt Skelton
12. EBU (European) - Valdimir Virchis
13. EBU-EU (European Union) - Michael Sprott
14. German BDB - Konstantin Airich
15. German GBA - Yakup Saglam
16. German International - Yakup Saglam
17. Ghanaian - John Napari
18. Global Boxing Council - Jaromir Soukup
19. Global Boxing Council Intercontinental - Harry Duivin Jr.
20. Global Boxing Union - Adnan Buharalija
21. Guyanese - Mitchell Rogers
22. IBF - Wladimir Klitschko
23. IBF East/West Europe - Artur Marabyan
24. IBF Inter-Continental - Oleg Platov
25. IBF International - Alexey Soloviev
26. IBF Latino - Carl Davis Drummond
27. IBF Mediterranean - Simone Loschi
28. IBF Pan Pacific - Shane Cameron
29. IBO - Wladimir Klitschko
30. Korean - Jae Chan Kim
31. NABA - Friday Ahunanya
32. NABF - Travis Walker
33. OPBF - Alex Leapai
34. PABA - Dennis Bhaktov
35. Polish - Andrzej Wawrzyk
36. Quebec Boxing Council (CQB) - Patrice L'Heureux
37. South African - Osborne Machimana
38. South American - Cesar Gustavo Acevedo
39. Tanzania, Pugilistic Syndicate of - Ashraf Suleiman
40. USBA - Eddie Chambers
41. WBA - Ruslan Chagaev
42. WBA Fedecentro - Brian Minto
43. WBA Fedelatin - Andrew Golota
44. WBA Inter-Continental - Taras Bidenko
45. WBA Pan African - Shane Cameron
46. WBC - Sam Peter
47. WBC Asian Boxing Council - Derric Rossy
48. WBC CABOFE - Manuel Quezada
49. WBC Continental Americas - Chris Arreola
50. WBC FECARBOX - Carl Davis Drummond
51. WBC FECOMBOX - Luis Escandon
52. WBC International - Juan Carlos Gomez
53. WBC Latino - Gonzalo Omar Basile
54. WBC Mediterranean - Sinan Samil Sam
55. WBC USNBC - Joe Mesi
56. WBF - Albert Sosnowski
57. WBF Intercontinental - Richel Hersisia
58. WBF International - Derric Rossy
59. WBO - Wladimir Klitschko
60. WBO Asia Pacific - Shane Cameron
61. WBO Inter-continental - Alexander Dimintrenko
62. WBO Latino - Fres Oquendo
63. WBO NABO - Derric Rossy
64. WBO Oriental - Shane Cameron
65. The Ring - Wladimir Klitchsko

That's crazy, top post though

Forget the Ring belts... the Pugilistic Sydnicate of Tanzania belt is the only one that carries any weight with me.

That's awesome

Full day's work unifying them. I didn't think there were 65 decent heavyweights.....oh wait....there aren't.

I wonder how many of the 65 'champs' are actually professional boxers?

It wouldn't suprise me if half of them had never actually even laced a pair of gloves.

Doesnt it sicken you ,the WBC for instance inventing all those titles , for the sanctioning fee , makes you sick.

Originally Posted by Dark Lord Al

Doesnt it sicken you ,the WBC for instance inventing all those titles , for the sanctioning fee , makes you sick.

Yeah it almost seems to me that they have turned a sancitioning commision into a multi-level marketing scam.

After Lennox left, the division isn't worth watching anymore!

Good thing you added The Ring to that list (I assume you got the rest off Boxrec), even if Wlad isn't officially crowned champ.

Otherwise we would end up debating who the real HW champ is, seeing as Wlad Klitschko and Derric Rossy both hold three titles...

Of course Yakup Saglam with two titles also deserves a mention.

I know the Ring Belt has some mixed reviews, but follow me for a sec. Most of the big money fights are staged in the US. If the US passed legislation forming a federal boxing commission that only recognized the Ring Belt and their rankings you would see dramatic change in the matching of fighters. As far as I know the Ring doesn't charge sanctioning fees and has at least the most objective rankings. If the alphabet orgs couldn't charge sanctioning fees much less get any publicity in the US they would almost cease to be players in the boxing world. Not only would we see more of the top fighters fight one another but a federal commision could do wonders for fighters pensions, set standards for what type of contracts can be signed, judging, promoting and overall do a better job of protecting boxers from the ills of the game. I hope one day this can become a reality. I don't mean this to be some ploy for US interests to dominate boxing only that money runs the game and most of the money runs through Vegas, Atlantic City , NY etc.

even Ashraf Suleiman has more belts than audley harrison

Originally Posted by VanChilds

I know the Ring Belt has some mixed reviews, but follow me for a sec. Most of the big money fights are staged in the US. If the US passed legislation forming a federal boxing commission that only recognized the Ring Belt and their rankings you would see dramatic change in the matching of fighters. As far as I know the Ring doesn't charge sanctioning fees and has at least the most objective rankings. If the alphabet orgs couldn't charge sanctioning fees much less get any publicity in the US they would almost cease to be players in the boxing world. Not only would we see more of the top fighters fight one another but a federal commision could do wonders for fighters pensions, set standards for what type of contracts can be signed, judging, promoting and overall do a better job of protecting boxers from the ills of the game. I hope one day this can become a reality. I don't mean this to be some ploy for US interests to dominate boxing only that money runs the game and most of the money runs through Vegas, Atlantic City , NY etc.

The Gov't fucks up just about everything they dabble in. The big fights are as of recently, really getting made. Cotto/Margarito, Hatton/PBF, Calzaghe/Kessler/Hopkins, Vasquez/Marquez, I can't think of any matchup That REALLY NEEDS TO BE MADE that isn't being. Sure there are bullshit fights being made with no real signifigance (PBF/ODLH) but I don't think that will ever go away. Hell even Arthur Abraham is coming out of his shell.
I mean yeah some of the lower tier fights are proper shit but most of those we wouldn't get on TV anyway.

Originally Posted by killersheep

I was just sitting at work and wondering how many Heavyweight title holders there are at the moment so I decided to share the list with all of you =)

We all know it's a mess and we all hold certain commisions higher than others, but technically there could be 65 guys with the claim of champion and thats just for one weight class.

1. African Boxing Union - Joseph Cingangu
2. Argentine (FAB) - Fabio Eduardo Milo
3. Australian - Bob Mirovic
4. BBBofC British - Danny Williams
5. BBBofC English - John McDermott
6. Belgian - Roman Dabolins
7. Brazilian - Raphael Zumbano
8. CAM (Canadian, American, Mexican) - Chauncy Welliver
9. Canadian - Raymond Olubowale
10. Chilean - Robinson Escobar
11. Commonwealth (British Empire) - Matt Skelton
12. EBU (European) - Valdimir Virchis
13. EBU-EU (European Union) - Michael Sprott
14. German BDB - Konstantin Airich
15. German GBA - Yakup Saglam
16. German International - Yakup Saglam
17. Ghanaian - John Napari
18. Global Boxing Council - Jaromir Soukup
19. Global Boxing Council Intercontinental - Harry Duivin Jr.
20. Global Boxing Union - Adnan Buharalija
21. Guyanese - Mitchell Rogers
22. IBF - Wladimir Klitschko
23. IBF East/West Europe - Artur Marabyan
24. IBF Inter-Continental - Oleg Platov
25. IBF International - Alexey Soloviev
26. IBF Latino - Carl Davis Drummond
27. IBF Mediterranean - Simone Loschi
28. IBF Pan Pacific - Shane Cameron
29. IBO - Wladimir Klitschko
30. Korean - Jae Chan Kim
31. NABA - Friday Ahunanya
32. NABF - Travis Walker
33. OPBF - Alex Leapai
34. PABA - Dennis Bhaktov
35. Polish - Andrzej Wawrzyk
36. Quebec Boxing Council (CQB) - Patrice L'Heureux
37. South African - Osborne Machimana
38. South American - Cesar Gustavo Acevedo
39. Tanzania, Pugilistic Syndicate of - Ashraf Suleiman
40. USBA - Eddie Chambers
41. WBA - Ruslan Chagaev
42. WBA Fedecentro - Brian Minto
43. WBA Fedelatin - Andrew Golota
44. WBA Inter-Continental - Taras Bidenko
45. WBA Pan African - Shane Cameron
46. WBC - Sam Peter
47. WBC Asian Boxing Council - Derric Rossy
48. WBC CABOFE - Manuel Quezada
49. WBC Continental Americas - Chris Arreola
50. WBC FECARBOX - Carl Davis Drummond
51. WBC FECOMBOX - Luis Escandon
52. WBC International - Juan Carlos Gomez
53. WBC Latino - Gonzalo Omar Basile
54. WBC Mediterranean - Sinan Samil Sam
55. WBC USNBC - Joe Mesi
56. WBF - Albert Sosnowski
57. WBF Intercontinental - Richel Hersisia
58. WBF International - Derric Rossy
59. WBO - Wladimir Klitschko
60. WBO Asia Pacific - Shane Cameron
61. WBO Inter-continental - Alexander Dimintrenko
62. WBO Latino - Fres Oquendo
63. WBO NABO - Derric Rossy
64. WBO Oriental - Shane Cameron
65. The Ring - Wladimir Klitchsko

Top stuff killer, I was gonna Rep. you but apparently I must have already so you gotta wait...

Thanks for the post and for the effort you put into it.

I'd like to see #65 vs. #18 square off.