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]
15
Daniel Dubois
IBF
2024 – present
1
[ 4]
No.
Name
Recognition
Date
Title defence(s)
Ref.
1
Kal Yafai
WBA
2016 – 2020
4
[ 65]
No.
Name
Recognition
Date
Title defence(s)
Ref.
1
Paul Weir
WBO
1994 – 1995
1
[ 84]
No.
Name
Recognition
Date
Title defence(s)
Ref.
1
Paul Weir
WBO
1993
1
[ 84]
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