Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a weight class in boxing and other combat sports.

Contents
Boxing
Historical development
Professional champions
Longest combined heavyweight championship reigns
Most wins in heavyweight title bouts
Longest individual heavyweight championship reigns
Most consecutive heavyweight title defenses

Kickboxing
Mixed martial arts
Analogous uses
References
External links

Boxing
Boxers who weigh 200 pounds and over (14 st 3 lb, 90 kg) are considered heavyweights by the major professional boxing
organizations: the International Boxing Federation,[1] the World Boxing Association,[2] the World Boxing Council,[3] and the World
Boxing Organization.[4]

For most boxing organizations, the maximum weight for a cruiserweight is 200 pounds. Thus, a fighter whose weight is over 200 lb
(14 st 3 lb, 90 kg) may not fight as anything but a heavyweight.

Joe Louis holds the record for most consecutive title defenses at this division, with 25 defenses of the Universal title. This is also the
record for most consecutive title defenses in boxing history
.

Historical development
Because this division had no weight limit, it has been historically vaguely defined. In the 19th century, for example, many
heavyweight championsweighed 170 pounds (12 st 2 lb, 77 kg) or less (although others weighed 200 pounds).

The first heavyweight championunder the Marquess of Queensberry ruleswas John L. Sullivan, known as "The Boston Strong Boy".
He weighed around 200 pounds when in shape and was a bare-knuckle champion. He was defeated by Jim Corbett on September 7,
1892, in 21 rounds.

In 1920, the minimum weight for a heavyweight was set at 175 pounds (12 st 7 lb, 79 kg), which today is the light heavyweight
division maximum. Since 1980, for most boxing or
ganizations, the maximum weight for acruiserweight has been 200 pounds.

Since the 1960s, the heavyweight title has become fractured amongst various sanctioning organizations, and so what was once known
as the single "Heavyweight Champion", is now referred to as the "Undisputed Champion" as the one fighter that has defeated all the
other titlists.
Professional champions
Current champions

Sanctioning Body Reign Began Champion Record Defenses

WBA (Super) April 29, 2017 Anthony Joshua 20–0 (20 KO) 1

WBC January 17, 2015 Deontay Wilder 40–0 (39 KO) 7

IBF April 9, 2016 Anthony Joshua 20–0 (20 KO) 4

WBO December 10, 2016 Joseph Parker 24–0 (18 KO) 2

Longest combined heavyweight championship reigns

As of March 5, 2018. This list includes only major titles, and it does not includelineal championships after 1921.

Keys:

Active title reign

Reign has ended
 Days as Number of Title Cumulative
Name Combined reign
champion reigns recognition title wins
Wladimir 12 years, 0 months, 0 IBF, WBA,
1. 4 382 2 25
Klitschko days WBO
Joe 11 years, 8 months, 8 NYSAC,
2. 4 270 1 27
Louis days NBA

9 years, 5 months, 5 NYSAC,

3. Muhammad 3 443 3 22
days WBC, WBA
Ali
Lennox 8 years, 5 months, 13 WBC, IBF,
4. 3 086 3 15
Lewis days WBA
Vitali 7 years, 5 months, 28
5. 2 735 3 WBO, WBC 15
Klitschko days
Larry 7 years, 3 months, 12
6. 2 661 1 WBC, IBF 20
Holmes days
Jack 7 years, 2 months, 19 NYSAC,
7. 2 638 1 6
Dempsey days NBA
John L. 7 years, 0 months, 10
8. 2 566 1 Universal 5
Sullivan days
Jack 6 years, 3 months, 11
9. 2 292 1 Universal 9
Johnson days
Evander WBA, WBC,
10. 6 years, 1 month, 1 day 2 223 4 11
Holyfield IBF
James J. 5 years, 11 months, 4
11. 2 156 1 Universal 8
Jeffries days
Joe 4 years, 10 months, 18 NYSAC,
12. 1 785 1 10
Frazier days WBA, WBC
Floyd 4 years, 10 months, 0 NYSAC,
13. 1 765 2 8
Patterson days NBA
James J. 4 years, 6 months, 10
14. 1 652 1 Universal 2
Corbett days
Jess 4 years, 2 months, 29
15. 1 551 1 Universal 2
Willard days
Chris 3 years, 10 months, 22
16. 1 421 2 IBF, WBO 6
Byrd days
Mike 3 years, 10 months, 16 WBA, WBC,
17. 1 415 2 12
Tyson days IBF
John 3 years, 9 months, 21
18. 1 390 2 WBA 4
Ruiz days
Rocky 3 years, 7 months, 5 NYSAC,
19. 1 312 1 7
Marciano days NBA
Deontay 3 years, 1 month,
20. 1 143 1 WBC 8
Wilder 2 weeks and 6 days

Most wins in heavyweight title bouts

 Name Title bout wins
1. Joe Louis 27

2. Wladimir Klitschko 25
3. Muhammad Ali 22
4. Larry Holmes 20
5. Lennox Lewis 15

6. Vitali Klitschko 15
7. Mike Tyson 12
8. Tommy Burns 11
9. Evander Holyfield 11
10. Joe Frazier 10

Longest individual heavyweight championship reigns

Below is a list of longest reigning heavyweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. The list includes
both The Ring and lineal championships.

Keys:

Active Title Reign

Reign has ended
 Successful
Name Title Reign Title Recognition
Defenses
1. Joe Louis 11 years, 8 months, 8 days Universal 26
Wladimir 9 years, 7 months and 6
2. IBF (+WBA, WBO, The Ring) 18
Klitschko days
Larry
3. 7 years, 3 months, 12 days WBC-to-IBF (+The Ring/Lineal) 19
Holmes
Jack
4. 7 years, 2 months, 19 days Universal 5
Dempsey
John L.
5. 7 years, 0 months, 9 days Universal 5
Sullivan
Jack
6. 6 years, 3 months, 10 days Universal 8
Johnson
Muhammad The Ring/Lineal, (+WBA, WBC
7. 5 years, 11 months, 9 days 9
Ali stripped)
James J.
8. 5 years, 11 months, 4 days Universal 7
Jeffries
Vitali
9. 5 years, 2 months, 4 days WBC 9
Klitschko

Joe Frazier 4 years, 10 months, 18

10. NYSAC (+WBA, WBC) 9
days
James J.
11. 4 years, 6 months, 10 days Universal 1
Corbett
Jess
12. 4 years, 2 months, 29 days Universal 1
Willard
Lennox WBC (+IBF, WBA stripped, The
13. 4 years, 2 months, 15 days 9
Lewis Ring/Lineal)
Rocky 3 years, 11 months, 29
14. Universal 6
Marciano days
15. Chris Byrd 3 years, 4 months, 8 days IBF 4

Mike Tyson WBC (+WBA, IBF, The

16. 3 years, 2 months, 20 days 9
Ring/Lineal)
Deontay 3 years, 1 month, 2 weeks
17. WBC 7
Wilder and 6 days
George
18. 3 years, 0 months, 17 days Lineal (+WBA, IBF stripped) 3
Foreman
Evander
19. 3 years, 0 months, 4 days WBA (+IBF) 4
Holyfield
Tommy
20. 2 years, 10 months, 3 days Universal 11
Burns

Most consecutive heavyweight title defenses

 Name Title defenses
1. Joe Louis 26
2. Larry Holmes 19

3. Wladimir Klitschko 18
4. Tommy Burns 11
5. Muhammad Ali 10
6. Joe Frazier 9
7. Mike Tyson 9
8. Lennox Lewis 9

9. Vitali Klitschko 9
10. Jack Johnson 8
11. Ezzard Charles 8

Kickboxing
In kickboxing, a heavyweight fighter generally weighs between 88 kg (196 lb) and 100 kg (220 lb). The Fighters over
100 kg (220 lb) are consideredsuper heavyweights.
International Kickboxing Federation(IKF) Heavyweight (Pro & Amateur) 215.1 – 235 lb. or 97.8 – 106.8 kg.
In Glory promotion, a heavyweight division is over 95 kg (209 lb) and no upper weight limit.

Mixed martial arts

The heavyweight division inMMA generally groups fighters between 205 and 265 lb (93 and 120 kg).

Heavyweight is also the title of a documentary film that documented the fight camp of Fabricio Werdum when he became the UFC
Heavyweight Champion.[5]

Analogous uses
The word "heavyweight" is sometimes used in other fields (e.g. politics) to denote a person who is especially powerful or influential.
In this context, "big beast" has a similar meaning. Other boxing analogies include "punching above his [their] weight" to denote a
person or entity (e.g. a country) whose influence is arguably greater than his/its basic attributes would suggest.

References
1. "4. Weight Classes" (http://www.iboboxing.com/ibo_championship_rules_and_regulations.html). IBO and also the
sumo board of control. But Championship Rules & Regulations
. International Boxing Organization. Retrieved
2007-08-11. "Heavyweight Over 200 lbs."
2. "11. Weight Category" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070809084145/http://www .wbaonline.com/legal/LegalStateme
nts/worldchampionships.pdf)(PDF). World Bpxing Association World Championships Regulations . World Boxing
Association. Archived from the original (http://www.wbaonline.com/legal/LegalStatements/worldchampionships.pdf)
(PDF) on 2007-08-09. Retrieved 2007-08-11. "Heavy More than 200 Lbs."
3. "Ratings Heavyweight (over 200-90.719)"(https://web.archive.org/web/20070810070242/http://www .wbcboxing.com/
WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=94&docTipo=4&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC). World Boxing
Council. Archived from the original (http://www.wbcboxing.com/WBCboxing/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=9
4&docTipo=4&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC)on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
4. "3. Weight Classes" (https://web.archive.org/web/20070926061740/http://www
.wbo-int.com/revised/WBORulesReg0
4APR07.pdf) (PDF). Regulations of World Championship Contests. World Boxing Organization. Archived from the
 original (http://www.wbo-int.com/revised/WBORulesReg04APR07.pdf) (pdf) on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2007-08-11.
"Heavyweight Over 200lbs or 90.91 kg."
5. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4380142/

External links
Barry Hugman's Boxing

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