World Cruiserweight Champions

Cumulative

Nat.

Date

Champion

Defeated

Result

W

Days

Years

Notes

W

Days

Years

Rank

USA

3/31/1980

Marvin Camel

Mate Parlov

W-15

1

239

0.65

PRI

11/25/1980

Carlos De Leon

Marvin Camel

W-15

1

579

1.59

USA

6/27/1982

ST Gordon

Carlos DeLeon

KO-2

2

385

1.05

PRI

7/17/1983

Carlos De Leon

ST Gordon

W-12

4

690

1.89

USA

6/6/1985

Alfonso Ratliff

Carlos DeLeon

W-12

1

107

0.29

USA

9/21/1985

Bernard Benton

Alfonso Ratliff

W-12

1

182

0.50

PRI

3/22/1986

Carlos De Leon

Bernard Benton

W-12

4

749

2.05

USA

4/9/1988

Evander Holyfield

Carlos DeLeon

KO-8

1

98

0.27

7/16/1988

Vacant

305

0.84

PRI

5/17/1989

Carlos De Leon

Sammy Reeson

KO-9

2

436

1.19

11

2454

6.72

1

ITA

7/27/1990

Massimiliano Duran

Carlos DeLeon

DQ-11

2

134

0.37

FRA

12/8/1990

Anaclet Wamba

Massimiliano Duran

KO-11

8

1483

4.06

2

12/30/1994

Vacant

207

0.57

ARG

7/25/1995

Marcelo Dominguez

Akim Tafer

KO-9

6

942

2.58

5

CUB

2/21/1998

Juan Carlos Gomez

Marcelo Dominguez

W-12

11

1459

4.00

3

2/19/2002

Vacant

788

2.16

USA

4/26/2003

James Toney

Vassiliy Jirov

W-12

1

161

0.44

10/4/2003

Vacant

196

0.54

GUY

4/17/2004

Wayne Braithwaite

Louis Azille

W-12

1

350

0.96

FRA

4/2/2005

Jean Marc Mormeck

Wayne Braithwaite

W-12

1

280

0.77

JAM

1/7/2006

O'Neil Bell

Jean Marc Mormeck

KO-10

1

434

1.19

FRA

3/17/2007

Jean Marc Mormeck

O'Neil Bell

W-12

1

238

0.65

2

518

1.42

ENG

11/10/2007

David Haye

Jean Marc Mormeck

KO-7

2

184

0.50

5/12/2008

Vacant

213

0.58

POL

12/11/2008

Tomasz Adamek

Steve Cunningham

W-12

3

317

0.87

10/24/2009

Vacant

707

1.94

CUB

10/1/2011

Yoan Pablo Hernandez

Steve Cunningham

W-12

5

1457

3.99

4

9/27/2015

Vacant

1028

2.82

UKR

7/21/2018

Oleksandr Usyk

Murat Gassiev

W-12

2

250

0.68

3/28/2019

Vacant

162

0.44

9/6/2019

12/14/2019

Scheduled unification bout between Mairis Briedis and Yuniel Dorticos