List of WBU world champions
The following is a list of WBU world champions, a table showing the world champions certificated by the World Boxing Union (WBU), founded in the United Kingdom in 1995. This does not includes champions of the identically named German based organization that was active in the 2010s.
r – Champion relinquished title.
s – Champion stripped of title.
List of WBU Champions
Heavyweight
WBU heavyweight champions have included:[1][2][3]
| Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
 George Foreman
|
March 29, 1995 – 1997 | 2 | Foreman was recognized as champion after he was stripped of the IBF title |
 Corrie Sanders
|
November 15, 1997 – May 20, 2000 | 3 | Defeated Ross Purity |
| Hasim Rahman
|
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
|
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
|
December 21, 2002 – January 2004 | 0 | Defeated Alexander Vasiliev. Kandelaki either relinquished or was stripped of the title |
| Matt Skelton
|
February 25, 2005 – January 26, 2009 | 0 | Skelton relinquished the title |
Cruiserweight
| Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Hearns
|
March 31 1995 –1996 | 0 | Won vacant title |
| James Toney
|
February 22 1997 –1997 | 0 | Won vacant title |
 Don Diego Poeder
|
June 14 1997 –1997 | 1 | Won vacant title |
| Jacob Mofokeng
|
September 12 1998 –1999 | 0 | Won vacant title |
 Vincenzo Cantatore
|
March 20 1999 –March 1999 | 0 | Won vacant title |
| Rob Norton
|
April 1 1999 –24 September 1999 | 0 | Won vacant title |
| Sebastiaan Rothmann
|
24 September 1999 –2003 | 6 | |
| Enzo Maccarinelli
|
28 June 2003 –2006 | 7 | Won vacant title |
| Mark Hobson
|
8 September 2006 –2009 | 0 | Won vacant title |
Light-Heavyweight
| Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Toney
|
June 18 1995 –6 December 1996 | 3 | Won vacant title |
| Montell Griffin
|
6 December 1996 –1997 | 0 | |
| Frank Tate
|
30 August 1997 –? | 0 | Won vacant title |
 Dario Walter Matteoni
|
2 March 2000 –? | 0 | Won vacant title |
| Tony Oakey
|
4 March 2002 –11 October 2003 | 3 | Won vacant title |
| Matthew Barney
|
11 October 2003 –? | 0 |
Super-Middleweight
| Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Tate
|
21 November 1995 –1996 | 0 | Won vacant title |
| Vinny Pazienza
|
23 August 1996 –1998 | 0 | Won vacant title |
 Norbert Nieroba
|
18 April 1998 – 8 May 1999 | 0 | Won vacant title |
| Nordin Ben Salah
|
8 May 1999 – 2000 | 0 | |
| Silvio Branco
|
15 April 2000 – ? | 1 | Won vacant title |
| Eric Teymour
|
24 November 2004 – ? | 0 | Won vacant title |
Middleweight
| Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dana Rosenblatt
|
13 April 1996 –1996 | 0 | Won vacant title | |
| Silvio Branco
|
19 September 1996 –18 December 1998 | 6 | ||
| Agostino Cardemone
|
18 December 1998 –26 June 1999 | 1 | ||
| Raymond Joval
|
26 June 1999 –13 December 1999 | 0 | ||
| Antonio Perugino
|
13 December 1999 –2000 | 0 | ||
 Kevin Kelly
|
5 May 2000 –2000 | 0 | Won vacant title | |
| Antonio Perugino
|
3 June 2000 –? | 0 | Won vacant title | |
| Ruben Groenewald
|
6 June 2002 –28 September 2002 | 0 | Won vacant title | |
| Anthony Farnell
|
28 September 2002 –5 April 2003 | 1 | ||
| Wayne Ellcock
|
5 April 2003 –29 November 2003 | 0 | ||
| Lawrence Murphy
|
29 November 2003 –6 March 2004 | 0 | ||
| Anthony Farnell
|
6 March 2004 –12 June 2004 | 0 | ||
 Eugenio Monteiro
|
12 June 2004 –? | 0 | ||
| Gary Lockett
|
11 March 2006 –? | 2 |
Light-Middleweight
| Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmett Linton
|
3 November –1996 | 1 | Won vacant title |
| Verno Phillips
|
21 May 1997 –1998 | 2 | Won vacant title |
 Rashid Matumla
|
19 December 1998 –? | 1 | Won vacant title |
 Takaloo
|
7 July 2001 –17 August 2002 | 2 | Won vacant title |
 Daniel Santos
|
17 August 2002 –2002 | 0 | |
| Takaloo
|
2 January 2003 –10 September 2004 | 1 | Won vacant title |
| Wayne Alexander
|
10 September 2004–? | 0 |
Welterweight
| Name | Duration of reign | Defenses | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Murray
|
26 August 1995 –26 October 1996 | 4 | Won vacant title |
| Alessandro Duran
|
26 October 1996 –30 July 1997 | 1 | |
| Peter Malinga
|
30 July 1997 –17 November 1997 | 0 | |
| Alessandro Duran
|
17 November 1997 –5 May 1998 | 0 | |
| Michele Piccirillo
|
5 May 1998 –2001 | 8 | |
| Jan Piet Bergman
|
2 June 2001 –2003 | 3 | Won Vacant Title |
 Eamonn Magee
|
6 October 2003 –20 May 2006 | 1 | Won Vacant Title |
| Takaloo
|
20 May 2006 –7 April 2007 | 0 | |
| Cristian Charquero
|
10 october 2015 –April 2016 | 3 |
See also
- List of IBF world champions
- List of WBA world champions
- List of WBC world champions
- List of WBO world champions
References
- ^ "Steve Dimitry's Heavyweight Boxing History". Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 3 November 2007.
- ^ "All World Boxing Union fights registeres by BoxRec.com".
- ^ "WBU Titles 2015-2019 | World Boxing Union".