
WBC STATISTICS
WBC HEAVYWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
December 3, 2022 / London, England, United Kingdom / Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
QUEENSBERRY PROMOTIONS & TOP RANK PRESENT:
The latest edition of the famous green and gold WBC belt encapsulates the image of our great and forever remembered President Jose Sulaiman, The King of Boxing Muhammad Ali and Floyd Mayweather as an homage to their illustrious career plus the pictures of the 2 Greatest WBC´s champions per division, who were of course chosen by boxing fans.
1. Sonny Liston (US) 1963 – 1964
2. Muhammad Ali (US) 1964 – 1967
3. Joe Frazier (US) 1968 – 1973
4. George Foreman (US) 1973 – 1974
5. Muhammad Ali (US) * 1974 – 1978
6. Leon Spinks (US) 1978
7. Ken Norton (US) 1977 – 1978
8. Larry Holmes (US) 1978 – 1983
9. Tim Witherspoon (US) 1984
10. Pinklon Thomas (US) 1984 – 1985
11. Trevor Berbick (Can) 1986
12. Mike Tyson (US) 1986 – 1990
13. James Douglas (US) 1990
14. Evander Holyfield (US) 1990 – 1992
15. Riddick Bowe (US) 1992
16. Lennox Lewis (GB) 1993 – 1994
17. Oliver McCall (US) 1994 – 1995
18. Frank Bruno (GB) 1995 – 1996
19. Mike Tyson (US) * 1996
20. Lennox Lewis (GB) * 1997 – 2001
21. Hasim Rahman (US) 2001
22. Lennox Lewis (GB) * 2001 – 2003
23. Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine) 2004
24. Hasim Rahman (US) * 2005 – 2006
25. Oleg Maskaev (Kazakhstan) 2006 – 2008
26. Samuel Peter (Nigeria) Interim 2007 – 2008
27. Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine)* 2008 – 2014
28. Bermane Stiverne (Haiti-US) 2014 – 2015
29. Deontay Wilder (US) 2015 – 2020
30. Tyson Fury (GB) 2020 –
* Regained title
1. Muhammad Ali (US)
2. Mike Tyson (US)
3. Lennox Lewis (GB)
4. Larry Holmes (US)
5. Evander Holyfield (US)
6. George Foreman (US)
7. Joe Frazier (US)
8. Vitaly Klitschko (Ukraine)
9. Sonny Liston (US)
10. Ken Norton (US)
24 heavyweight world champions have been recognized by the WBC, five of whom have regained the title: Muhammad Ali (US), Mike Tyson (US), Lennox Lewis two times (GB), Hasim Rahman (US), Vitali Klitschko (Ukraine).
118 heavyweight world championship fights have been held in WBC history.
Apr. 23, 2022 Tyson FuryTKO6 Dillian Whyte – London
Oct. 9, 2021 Tyson Fury KO11 Deontay Wilder – Las Vegas
Feb. 22, 2020 Tyson Fury TKO7 Deontay Wilder – Las Vegas
Nov. 23, 2019 Deontay Wilder KO7 Luis Ortiz – Las Vegas
Dec. 1 2018 Deontay Wilder D12 Tyson Fury – Los Angeles
Jan. 17, 2015 Deontay Wilder W12 Bermane Stiverne – Las Vegas
Oct. 11, 2008 Vitali Klitschko TKO9 Samuel Peter – Berlin
Mar. 8, 2008 Samuel Peter TKO6 Oleg Maskaev – Cancun
Apr. 24, 2004 Vitali Klitschko KO8 Corrie Sanders – Los Angeles
Jun. 21, 2003 Lennox Lewis TKO6 Vitali Klitschko – Los Angeles
Jun. 8, 2002 Lennox Lewis KO8 Mike Tyson – Memphis
Nov. 17, 2001 Lennox Lewis KO4 Hasim Rahman – Las Vegas
Apr. 22, 2001 Hasim Rahman KO5 Lennox Lewis – Brakpan
Mar. 19, 1999 Lennox Lewis D12 Evander Holyfield – New York
Sep. 2, 1995 Frank Bruno W12 Oliver McCall – London
May 8, 1993 Lennox Lewis W12 Tony Tucker – Las Vegas
Apr. 19, 1001 Evander Holyfield W12 George Foreman – Atlantic City
Mar. 18, 1991 Mike Tyson TKO7 Donovan Ruddock (Eliminator) – Las Vegas
Oct. 25, 1990 Evander Holyfield KO3 James Douglas – Las Vegas
Feb. 11, 1990 James Douglas KO10 Mike Tyson – Tokyo
Jul. 21, 1989 Mike Tyson TKO1 Carl Williams – Atlantic City
June 27, 1988 Mike Tyson KO1 Michael Spinks – Atlantic City
Nov. 22, 1986 Mike Tyson TKO2 Trevor Berbick – Las Vegas
Mar. 22, 1986 Trevor Berbick W12 Pinklon Thomas – Las Vegas
Apr. 11, 1981 Larry Holmes W15 Trevor Berbick – Las Vegas
Sep. 28, 1979 Larry Homes TKO11 Earnie Shavers – Las Vegas
Jun. 9, 1978 Larry Holmes W15 Ken Norton – Las Vegas
Oct. 1, 1975 Muhammad Ali TKO15 Joe Frazier – Manila
Oct. 30, 1974 Muhammad Ali KO8 George Foreman – Kinshasa
Mar. 8, 1971 Joe Frazier W15 Muhammad Ali – New York
Dec. 10, 1968 Joe Frazier W15 Oscar Bonavena – Philadelphia
May 21, 1966 Muhammad Ali TKO6 Henry Cooper – London
By James Blears
WBC heavyweight champion Tyson Fury defends his Green and Gold laurels against veteran Dereck “War” Chisora on Saturday December 3rd at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London.
Usually, a trilogy is fought when each boxer has won one fight and number three is the decider. In this case, Tyson Fury has won each of their two previous encounters. But, Dereck Chisora stepped up, after Anthony Joshua stepped back. Tyson Fury wants to stay busy, sharp and fight fit in preparation for his hypothetical encounter with Oleksandr Usyk early in the new-year. Usyk holds those other belts. Many fans might think that this is just a warm up for that, but with the really big guys, just one punch can scramble, alter, halter and falter the best laid plans of men and mice.
Sure, Tyson Fury is the favorite, but odds makers don`t wear gloves, throw punches or take them. Years past, after Carmen Basilio defeated Sugar Ray Robinson in their first fight via a split decision, the one and only Howard Cossell tried to spring a surprise on “The Onion Picker.” Howard haughtily informed Carmen that prior to the upcoming re-match, he had taken it upon himself to poll ten sports writers and nine had picked Ray to KO him! Carmen`s eye watering, unflinching straight from the hip/lip response unpeeled as: “Well nine of them are wrong!” In spite of ruptured blood vessels from a right uppercut in round six, which tightly shut his left eye, Carmen tenaciously fought on to make it mighty close, with Ray becoming five times middleweight champion.
Changing sport for the briefest of moments, another journalist asked flamboyant tennis player Vitas Gerulaitis how exactly he was going to defeat Jimmy Connors, because he`d previously lost sixteen times, to which Vitas nonchalantly replied with a wintery smile: “Nobody beats Vitas Gurulaitis seventeen times in a row!” And so….the next day he defeated Jimmy!
This fight could either be “Del Boy” Chisora`s retirement amble into the sunset clutching a golden nest egg, or a preamble to “Lovely jubbly,” in the words of “Del Boy” Trotter from Mandela Tower.
Dereck is now thirty eight years old. His record is 33-12, 23 KO`s. Before this fight, he defeated Kubrat Pulev by SD. Three losses previous to that- two of them to Joseph Parker and one against Oleksandr Usyk, all by points. Tyson Fury`s previous fight was a fifth round TKO victory over Dillian Whyte with a crisp and jarring right uppercut which dropped him, and although Dillian beat the count, it was stopped by the Referee. Tyson Fury has never been defeated. His record is 33-0-1, 23 KO`s. He`s four years younger, but one salient question is just how much have three titanic encounters with Deontay Wilder taken out of him? During those ordeals by fire, he was knocked down four times. He himself inflicted five knockdowns, drawing first time around and then winning the next two by KO.
Was it as long ago as 2011 when they first fought? Tyson still had a thatch of hair! At that time, Dereck was British and Commonwealth Champion. Each, were still in the coming of age apprenticeship phases of their careers. Both were 14-0 and undefeated. Dereck of sturdy oak tree like hue and Tyson resembling a giant sequoia. Their respective physical builds have always determined how they best fight. Dereck stands six feet one a half inches tall, with a seventy four inch reach. While Tyson towers over him at six feet nine inches, immense with an albatross reach of eighty-five inches.
In round two a massive left hook from Dereck landed on Tyson`s head, badly hurting him and momentarily wobbling him. More punches had him in trouble and it was evident he wasn`t as effective retreating on the back foot. However, by the sixth round the tide had turned. Tyson was jabbing effectively and landing hard straight rights at both long and short range. From then on, Dereck was often driven up against the ropes and pounded to the body which tired him, so his punch output diminished.
Neither had ever been past the tenth round. It was then when Dereck briefly rallied and as the bell rang both touched gloves in glowering but growing mutual respect. Although Dereck had been two hundred and sixty three pounds at the weigh in, which was eight pounds bulkier that Tyson, it was Fury who was leaning in harder during the clinches and he proved to be more accurate, pouring it on in the later stages to win a 117-111, 117-111 and 118 to 111 UD.
Their second encounter three years later, which was for the British and European crowns as well as a WBO title eliminator, was a very different kettle of fish. Tyson, who by then was follicle challenged, used his eleven inches reach advantage judiciously to keep it at distance, and fought from a southpaw stance virtually all the bout. This time Tyson weighed two hundred and sixty four pounds while Dereck was just two hundred and forty one pounds.
Little on Tyson`s pate, but a lot on Dereck`s plate. Tyson`s ramrod barge pole southpaw right jab slammed into Dereck`s rugged face time and again with a jarring regularity. Dereck was lack luster, appearing subdued. He just couldn`t get going or close the distance. His right eye swelled almost shut and it was all one way traffic. After round ten, his Trainer Don Charles had seen enough and had the fight stopped.
Outside ring hours, Dereck is fond of nostalgia. In his time, he`s bought and restored a London Taxi cab, also parking meters and red telephone boxes.
To have any chance of winning this third fight against Tyson Fury, Dereck must cut the distance and stylistically plus strategically make it a fight in a telephone booth. His best chance will be to try and spring a surprise early, as he`s getting on and although Tyson is much larger than him, the Mancunian is considerably more nimble. Hopefully Dereck has been sparring with southpaws because Tyson Fury is very adept in this department with this deployment.
Realistically it`s Dereck Chisora`s last chance for the ultimate glory. For him it`s now or never. While there must no slip up for Tyson Fury in the build up to the break the bank encounter with Usyk, in his quest to be the possessor of all four belts. This will “Spur” him on.
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