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The World Boxing Union (WBU) is a professional boxing sanctioning body approaching its twentieth year in the business of sanctioning world championship fights. It has been immortalized in cinema history by the hit movie "The Fighter" starring Mark Wahlberg. WBU titles were particularly well recognised in Europe and Africa. WBU titles have been held by the likes of Ricky Hatton, George Foreman, Thomas Hearns, Baby Jake Matlala, James Toney, Johnny Nelson and Micky Ward (in reality he was "The Fighter"). |
The World Boxing Union (WBU) is a professional boxing sanctioning body approaching its twentieth year in the business of sanctioning world championship fights. It has been immortalized in cinema history by the hit movie "The Fighter" starring Mark Wahlberg. WBU titles were particularly well recognised in Europe and Africa. WBU titles have been held by the likes of Ricky Hatton, George Foreman, Thomas Hearns, Baby Jake Matlala, James Toney, Johnny Nelson and Micky Ward (in reality he was "The Fighter"). |
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In 2011, after several failed attempts to purchase the assets of the UK based WBU, the WBU was reformed in the United States of America under the new stewardship of Don “Moose” Lewis - President of men’s professional boxing sanctioning body the IBU-International Boxing Union, Inc., the WAA-World Athletic Association, Inc. and the WIBC-Women’s International Boxing Council, Inc. The current WBU Executive Committee has acknowledged that the post Jon W. Robinson WBU has lacked leadership and direction and has begun the task of re-establishing the WBU as a world-wide sanctioning body while embracing the legacy of the late Mr. Robinson.<ref>http://wbuboxing.org</ref> |
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The WBU had it first recognized World title under reorganization on 10 September 2011 when former “The Contender” television show participant Jimmy Lange defeated Raul Munoz by TKO in round 6 at the Patriot Center in Fairfax, Virginia. This was to catapault the WBU to a banner year in 2012 with new champions crowned and a world title even changing hands. |
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In 2013 Mr Lewis joined forces with founding Vice President of the Malta Boxing Commission, and former WBF Marketing Director, Mr Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro to form WBU Europe <ref>http://wbueurope.eu</ref> <ref>http://boxscorenews.com/world-boxing-union-launch-wbu-europe-inaugural-titles-headline-nov-th-lo-p66520-69.htm</ref> |
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In October 2013 it was announced thatthere would be a number of WBU Europe and World Boxing Union Championship boxing matches to take place in November and December, including Roy Jones Jr. vs Bobby Gunn for the WBU Cruiserweight title <ref>http://firstclassboxing.com/harry-joe-yorgey-is-ready-for-wbu-title-clash-with-lee-murtagh/</ref> <ref>http://www.eastsideboxing.com/2013/prince-and-marston-set-for-wbu-title-double-header-in-london-on-nov-30th/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=prince-and-marston-set-for-wbu-title-double-header-in-london-on-nov-30th</ref> <ref>http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/steve-bunce-on-boxing-explosive-bobby-gunn-ready-to-step-out-of-the-murky-shadows-and-fight-roy-jones-8928114.html</ref> |
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In November 2013 former WBU Light Middleweight Champion Wayne Alexander joins the board of WBU Europe <ref>http://fightnetwork.com/news/42766:former-wbu-champ-wayne-alexander-joins-wbu-europe-board/</ref> |
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==List of WBU Heavyweight Champions== |
==List of WBU Heavyweight Champions== |
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Revision as of 16:36, 9 November 2013
The World Boxing Union (WBU) is a boxing sanctioning body. The original WBU was founded in January 1995 by IBF European representative Jon W Robinson. It was also supported by Bob Arum.
The WBU had a 'golden' period between 1996-2006 when its title contests were often shown live on satellite and terrestrial television. The WBU title during this time could be compared with the early days of the WBO.
WBU titles were particularly well recognised in Europe and Africa. WBU titles have been held by the likes of Ricky Hatton, George Foreman, Thomas Hearns, Baby Jake Matlala, James Tony, Johnny Nelson and Micky Ward.
The World Boxing Union (WBU) is a professional boxing sanctioning body approaching its twentieth year in the business of sanctioning world championship fights. It has been immortalized in cinema history by the hit movie "The Fighter" starring Mark Wahlberg. WBU titles were particularly well recognised in Europe and Africa. WBU titles have been held by the likes of Ricky Hatton, George Foreman, Thomas Hearns, Baby Jake Matlala, James Toney, Johnny Nelson and Micky Ward (in reality he was "The Fighter").
List of WBU Heavyweight Champions
WBU heavyweight champions have included:[1]
| Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 George Foreman
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March 29, 1995 – 1997 | 2 | Foreman was recognized as champion after he was stripped of the IBF title |
 Corrie Sanders
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November 15, 1997 – May 20, 2000 | 3 | Defeated Ross Purity |
| Hasim Rahman
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May 20, 2000 – April 21, 2001 | 0 | Relinquished the title in order to fight Lennox Lewis for the IBF, IBO and WBC titles |
 Johnny Nelson
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November 24, 2001 – December 4, 2001 | 0 | Defeated Alexander Vasiliev. Relinquished the title in order to concentrate on defending his WBO Cruiserweight title |
 Georgi Kandelaki
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December 21, 2002 – January 2004 | 0 | Defeated Alexander Vasiliev. Kandelaki either relinquished or was stripped of the title |
| Matt Skelton
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February 25, 2005 – January 26, 2009 | 0 | Skelton relinquished the title |
Other past WBU champions have include James Toney, Thomas Hearns, Micky Ward, Enzo Maccarinelli, Ricky Hatton, Angel Manfredy and Hamid Rahimi.
See also
Other world organizations
- International Boxing Association
- International Boxing Council
- International Boxing Federation
- International Boxing Organization
- International Boxing Union
- World Boxing Association
- World Boxing Council
- World Professional Boxing Federation
- World Boxing Organization
- European Boxing Federation
- World Boxing Federation
References
- ^ "Steve Dimitry's Heavyweight Boxing History". Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 3 November 2007.