No.
|
Name
|
Recognition
|
Date
|
Title defence(s)
|
Ref.
|
1
|
Bob Fitzsimmons
|
World
|
1897 – 1899
|
0
|
[1]
|
2
|
Lennox Lewis
|
WBC
|
1992 – 1994
|
3
|
3
|
Michael Bentt
|
WBO
|
1993 – 1994
|
0
|
4
|
Herbie Hide
|
WBO
|
1994 – 1995
|
0
|
5
|
Frank Bruno
|
WBC
|
1995 – 1996
|
0
|
6
|
Henry Akinwande
|
WBO
|
1996 – 1997
|
2
|
7
|
Lennox Lewis (2)
|
WBA, WBC, IBF
|
1997 – 2001
|
9
|
8
|
Herbie Hide (2)
|
WBO
|
1997 –1999
|
2
|
9
|
Lennox Lewis (3)
|
WBC, IBF, The Ring
|
2001 – 2003
|
2
|
10
|
David Haye
|
WBA
|
2009 – 2011
|
2
|
11
|
Tyson Fury
|
WBA, IBF, WBO, The Ring
|
2015 – 2016
|
0
|
12
|
Anthony Joshua
|
WBA, IBF, WBO
|
2016 – 2019
|
6
|
13
|
Anthony Joshua (2)
|
WBA, IBF, WBO
|
2019 – 2021
|
1
|
[2]
|
14
|
Tyson Fury (2)
|
WBC, The Ring
|
2020 – 2022
|
2
|
[3]
|
No.
|
Name
|
Recognition
|
Date
|
Title defence(s)
|
Ref.
|
1
|
Kal Yafai
|
WBA
|
2016 – 2020
|
4
|
[64]
|
No.
|
Name
|
Recognition
|
Date
|
Title defence(s)
|
Ref.
|
1
|
Paul Weir
|
WBO
|
1994 – 1995
|
1
|
[83]
|
No.
|
Name
|
Recognition
|
Date
|
Title defence(s)
|
Ref.
|
1
|
Paul Weir
|
WBO
|
1993
|
1
|
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