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This is a list of IBO world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing Organization (IBO) since 1993.
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Nov 14, 1992 – Jan 29, 1993s | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Feb 23, 1993 – Mar 1993s | 0 |
3 | ![]() | Aug 4, 1994 – Oct 1994r | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Oct 29, 1994 – Jul 16, 1995s | 2 |
5 | ![]() | Jan 12, 1996 – Jun 18, 1999s | 5 |
6 | ![]() | Nov 13, 1999 – Apr 22, 2001 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | Apr 22, 2001 – Nov 17, 2001 | 0 |
8 | ![]() | Nov 17, 2001 – Feb 6, 2004r | 2 |
9 | ![]() | Apr 22, 2006 – Nov 28, 2015 | 18 |
10 | ![]() | Nov 28, 2015 – Oct 12, 2016r | 0 |
11 | ![]() | Apr 29, 2017 – Jun 1, 2019 | 3 |
12 | ![]() | Jun 1, 2019 – Dec 7, 2019 | 0 |
13 | ![]() | Dec 7, 2019 – Sep 25, 2021 | 1 |
14 | ![]() | Sep 25, 2021 – present | 3 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Dec 28, 1993 – Nov 5, 1994 | 1 |
2 | ![]() | Nov 5, 1994 – Mar 17, 1995s | 0 |
3 | ![]() | Nov 3, 1995 – 1997r | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Apr 18, 1997 – 1997r | 0 |
5 | ![]() | Jun 14, 1997 – 1998r | 0 |
6 | ![]() | May 5, 1998 – 1999r | 0 |
7 | ![]() | Apr 10, 1999 – Apr 8, 2000 | 0 |
8 | ![]() | Apr 8, 2000 – Feb 3, 2001 | 0 |
9 | ![]() | Feb 3, 2001 – Nov 26, 2001 | 0 |
10 | ![]() | Nov 26, 2001 – Apr 6, 2002s | 0 |
11 | ![]() | Oct 26, 2002 – Feb 6, 2004 | 1 |
12 | ![]() | Feb 6, 2004 – Feb 2006s [3] | 1 |
13 | ![]() | Jun 9, 2007 – 2008r | 0 |
14 | ![]() | Jul 12, 2008 – Feb 27, 2009s | 0 |
15 | ![]() | Aug 15, 2009 – Jul 20, 2011 | 4 |
16 | ![]() | Jul 20, 2011 – Jul 2012s | 1 |
17 | ![]() | Nov 21, 2012 – 2013r | 0 |
18 | ![]() | Nov 2, 2013 – 2015r | 0 |
19 | ![]() | May 22, 2015 – Nov 4, 2015 | 0 |
20 | ![]() | Nov 4, 2015 – Feb 27, 2016 | 0 |
21 | ![]() | Feb 27, 2016 – Apr 1, 2017s | 1 |
22 | ![]() | Sep 9, 2017 – Nov 1, 2021s | 6 |
23 | ![]() | Nov 27, 2021 – November 1, 2022s | 1 |
24 | ![]() | Sep 09, 2023 – present | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Aug 20, 1993 – 1993r | 0 |
2 | ![]() | May 14, 1997 – Dec 12, 1998r | 1 |
3 | ![]() | Sep 9, 2000 – May 15, 2004 | 5 |
4 | ![]() | May 15, 2004 – Dec 18, 2004 | 0 |
5 | ![]() | Dec 18, 2004 – Jun 18, 2005 | 0 |
6 | ![]() | Jun 18, 2005 – Jun 10, 2006 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | Jun 10, 2006 – 2007r | 0 |
8 | ![]() | Jun 9, 2007 – Oct 11, 2008 | 2 |
9 | ![]() | Oct 11, 2008 – Aug 14, 2010 | 2 |
10 | ![]() | Aug 14, 2010 – May 21, 2011 | 1 |
11 | ![]() | Nov 16, 2012 – 2013s | 0 |
12 | ![]() | Oct 17, 2013 – 2014s | 0 |
13 | ![]() | Mar 14, 2015 – Jun 5, 2015s | 0 |
14 | ![]() | May 21, 2016 – May 17, 2017r | 0 |
15 | ![]() | May 19, 2017 – Mar 14, 2018r | 1 |
16 | ![]() | Mar 24, 2018 – Dec 15, 2018 | 0 |
17 | ![]() | Dec 15, 2018 – Nov 16, 2019 | 0 |
18 | ![]() | Nov 16, 2019 – Oct 10, 2020 | 0 |
19 | ![]() | Oct 10, 2020 – Oct 09, 2021 | 0 |
20 | ![]() | Oct 09, 2021 – May 14, 2022s | 0 |
21 | ![]() | Oct 22, 2022 – - | 0 |
22 | ![]() | Sep 01, 2023 – Dec 23, 2023 | 0 |
23 | ![]() | Dec 23, 2023 – Present | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Jul 17, 1992 – Oct 9, 1992 | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Oct 9, 1992 – 1993r | 0 |
3 | ![]() | Dec 28, 1993 – 1994r | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Apr 21, 1995 – 1996s | 0 |
5 | ![]() | Oct 13, 1996 – 1996s | 0 |
6 | ![]() | Nov 27, 1996 – 1997s | 0 |
7 | ![]() | May 2, 1997 – 1999r | 4 |
8 | ![]() | Nov 5, 1999 – 2000r | 0 |
9 | ![]() | Mar 3, 2001 – Apr 7, 2001 | 0 |
10 | ![]() | Apr 7, 2001 – Dec 10, 2001 | 0 |
11 | ![]() | Dec 10, 2001 – Jun 26, 2004 | 7 |
12 | ![]() | Jun 26, 2004 – Aug 6, 2005 | 0 |
13 | ![]() | Aug 6, 2005 – Mar 4, 2006s | 1 |
14 | ![]() | Sep 1, 2007 – 2008r | 0 |
15 | ![]() | Nov 13, 2008 – 2010s | 0 |
16 | ![]() | Jun 19, 2010 – 2011s | 1 |
17 | ![]() | Mar 26, 2011 – 2014s | 7 |
18 | ![]() | Aug 23, 2014 – 2014s | 0 |
19 | ![]() | Jun 27, 2015 – 2016s | 0 |
20 | ![]() | Oct 14, 2016 – Feb 4, 2017 | 0 |
21 | ![]() | Feb 4, 2017 – Feb 17, 2018s | 2 |
22 | ![]() | Feb 23, 2019 – Dec 17, 2019r | 0 |
23 | ![]() | Dec 18, 2020 – Dec 18, 2021r [6] | 1 |
24 | ![]() | Dec 18, 2021 – 2022s [7] | 0 |
25 | ![]() | Dec 9, 2022 – Present [8] | 1 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Aug 25, 1995 – 1997r | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Sep 20, 1997 – 1998r | 1 |
3 | ![]() | Sep 8, 1998 – Sep 30, 2000 | 3 |
4 | ![]() | Sep 30, 2000 – 2004s | 4 |
5 | ![]() | Jun 3, 2005 – 2006r | 1 |
6 | ![]() | Dec 14, 2007 – May 27, 2009 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | May 27, 2009 – 2009r | 0 |
8 | ![]() | May 22, 2010 – 2011s | 0 |
9 | ![]() | Mar 13, 2011 – 2011s | 1 |
10 | ![]() | Dec 9, 2011 – Sep 15, 2018s | 17 |
11 | ![]() | Oct 5, 2019 – Jun 14, 2023r | 2 |
12 | ![]() | Jul 1, 2023 – present | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Apr 10, 1993 – 1994r | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Jul 17, 1995 – 1995s | 0 |
3 | ![]() | Jun 26, 1996 – 1996r | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Dec 12, 1996 – 1997r | 1 |
5 | ![]() | Apr 15, 2000 – 2001r | 3 |
6 | ![]() | Dec 1, 2002 – Jun 21, 2003 | 3 |
7 | ![]() | Jun 21, 2003 – 2004r | 2 |
8 | ![]() | Jun 4, 2005 – Mar 3, 2006 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | Mar 3, 2006 – Jun 3, 2006 | 0 |
10 | ![]() | Jun 3, 2006 – 2008s | 1 |
11 | ![]() | Dec 4, 2010 – 2012s | 1 |
12 | ![]() | Apr 12, 2014 – 2015s | 0 |
13 | ![]() | Jun 12, 2015 – Apr 7, 2018 | 4 |
14 | ![]() | Apr 7, 2018 – May 11, 2019 | 1 |
15 | ![]() | May 11, 2019 – Jan 18, 2020 | 0 |
16 | ![]() | Jan 18, 2020 – Apr 1, 2020r | 0 |
17 | ![]() | Aug 29, 2020 – Sep 1, 2021r | 1 |
18 | Jun 25, 2022 – Oct 8 2022 | 0 | |
19 | Oct 8, 2022 – May 20, 2023 | 0 | |
20 | May 20, 2023 – present | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Jan 8, 1993 – 1993r | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Aug 18, 1993 – Aug 4, 1994 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | Aug 4, 1994 – 1995r | 1 |
4 | ![]() | Jun 30, 1995 – 1995r | 0 |
5 | ![]() | Jul 17, 1996 – Jan 11, 1997s | 0 |
6 | ![]() | Apr 25, 1997 – 1998r | 0 |
7 | ![]() | Mar 6, 1999 – 1999r | 0 |
8 | ![]() | Oct 22, 1999 – 2000r | 0 |
9 | ![]() | Dec 2, 2000 – Jun 11, 2001 | 0 |
10 | ![]() | Jun 11, 2001 – Feb 2006s [3] | 7 |
11 | ![]() | Apr 8, 2006 – 2007r | 1 |
12 | ![]() | May 12, 2007 – 2008r | 2 |
13 | ![]() | Jul 11, 2009 – 2010s | 2 |
14 | ![]() | Sep 24, 2011 – 2014s | 2 |
15 | ![]() | Nov 15, 2014 – Jul 24, 2015 | 0 |
16 | ![]() | Jul 24, 2015 – 2017s | 1 |
17 | ![]() | Jun 25, 2018 – Jul 6, 2019 | 1 |
18 | ![]() | Jul 6, 2019 – Aug 22, 2020s | 1 |
19 | ![]() | Dec 18, 2021 – Dec 27, 2022s | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Apr 9, 1992 – 1992r | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Feb 19, 1993 – 1994r | 1 |
3 | ![]() | May 28, 1994 – 1994r | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Dec 3, 1994 – 1995r | 0 |
5 | ![]() | Jul 29, 1995 – 1995r | 0 |
6 | ![]() | Sep 23, 1995 – 1995r | 0 |
7 | ![]() | Jan 18, 1996 – 1996r | 0 |
8 | ![]() | Feb 28, 1997 – 1997r | 0 |
9 | ![]() | Apr 25, 1997 – 1997r | 0 |
10 | ![]() | Sep 12, 1998 – 1998r | 1 |
11 | ![]() | Feb 5, 2000 – Apr 7, 2001 | 2 |
12 | ![]() | Apr 7, 2001 – Jul 14, 2001 | 0 |
13 | ![]() | Jul 14, 2001 – May 8, 2004 | 3 |
14 | ![]() | May 8, 2004 – 2005r | 1 |
15 | ![]() | Jan 27, 2006 – 2006r | 0 |
16 | ![]() | Jan 20, 2007 – May 2, 2009 | 3 |
17 | ![]() | May 2, 2009 – 2010s | 0 |
18 | ![]() | Mar 3, 2012 – Jun 20, 2012 | 0 |
19 | ![]() | Jun 20, 2012 – Apr 12, 2014 | 2 |
20 | ![]() | Apr 10, 2015 – Dec 3, 2016 | 3 |
21 | ![]() | Dec 3, 2016 – Aug 7, 2017s | 1 |
22 | ![]() | Jan 20, 2018 – Apr 27, 2019s | 1 |
23 | ![]() | Sep 14, 2019 – May 25, 2021 | 0 |
24 | ![]() | March 21, 2023 – present | 1 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Dec 28, 1993 – 1994r | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Dec 11, 1994 – Mar 10, 1995 | 0 |
3 | ![]() | Mar 10, 1995 – 1995r | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Jun 8, 1995 – 1995r | 0 |
5 | ![]() | Jul 29, 1995 – 1996r | 0 |
6 | ![]() | Mar 7, 1996 – 1997r | 1 |
7 | ![]() | Mar 12, 1999 – Dec 26, 2001r | 6 |
8 | ![]() | Nov 8, 2003 – Nov 5, 2004 | 1 |
9 | ![]() | Nov 5, 2004 – 2005r | 0 |
10 | ![]() | Aug 31, 2005 – 2006r | 2 |
11 | ![]() | Sep 6, 2008 – Feb 28, 2009s | 0 |
12 | ![]() | Oct 31, 2009 – Jan 29, 2010 (died in a vehicular accident) | 0 |
13 | ![]() | Mar 6, 2010 – 2010s | 0 |
14 | ![]() | Jan 20, 2012 – 2012s | 0 |
15 | ![]() | Jul 6, 2013 – 2014s | 1 |
16 | ![]() | Nov 28, 2015 – 2016s | 0 |
17 | ![]() | Dec 2, 2016 – Jun 13, 2018s | 1 |
18 | ![]() | May 1, 2021 – Sep 4, 2021 | 0 |
19 | ![]() | Sep 4, 2021 – Jul 22, 2023 | 2 |
20 | ![]() | Jul 22, 2023 – May 12, 2024s | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Apr 3, 1993 – Apr 21, 1994 | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Apr 21, 1994 – Aug 25, 1995 | 2 |
3 | ![]() | Aug 25, 1995 – 1995r | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Mar 29, 1996 – 1996r | 0 |
5 | ![]() | Apr 12, 1996 – 1996r | 0 |
6 | ![]() | Oct 18, 1996 – 1997r | 0 |
7 | ![]() | Jul 31, 1999 – Feb 26, 2000 | 0 |
8 | ![]() | Feb 26, 2000 – 2002r | 3 |
9 | ![]() | Apr 17, 2002 – Jul 29, 2006 | 5 |
10 | ![]() | Jul 29, 2006 – Nov 4, 2006s | 0 |
11 | ![]() | Feb 3, 2007 – 2007r | 0 |
12 | ![]() | Jul 30, 2008 – 2008s | 0 |
13 | ![]() | Apr 2, 2009 – Sep 12, 2009 | 0 |
14 | ![]() | Sep 12, 2009 – 2010r | 0 |
15 | ![]() | Nov 30, 2011 – 2014s | 3 |
16 | ![]() | Mar 22, 2014 – 2014s | 0 |
17 | ![]() | Apr 11, 2015 – Aug 5, 2016 | 0 |
18 | ![]() | Aug 5, 2016 – Aug 5, 2017s | 0 |
19 | ![]() | Sep 9, 2017 – Oct 1, 2019r | 3 |
20 | ![]() | Nov 27, 2020 – Sep 24, 2022 | 1 |
21 | ![]() | Sep 24, 2022 – present | 1 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Nov 30, 1993 – 1994r | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Sep 26, 1997 – 1998r | 0 |
3 | ![]() | Apr 10, 1999 – 1999r | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Apr 7, 2001 – 2002r | 0 |
5 | ![]() | May 18, 2002 – 2002r | 0 |
6 | ![]() | Jun 21, 2003 – 2003r | 0 |
7 | ![]() | Feb 7, 2004 – Jun 25, 2005 | 0 |
8 | ![]() | Jun 25, 2005 – Mar 7, 2008 | 4 |
9 | ![]() | Mar 7, 2008 – 2008r | 0 |
10 | ![]() | Aug 22, 2008 – 2009r | 0 |
11 | ![]() | Nov 6, 2009 – Sep 15, 2010 | 0 |
12 | ![]() | Sep 15, 2010 – 2011s | 0 |
13 | ![]() | May 5, 2012 – Apr 14, 2013 | 1 |
14 | ![]() | Apr 14, 2013 – 2014s | 1 |
15 | ![]() | Jul 18, 2014 – 2016s | 2 |
16 | ![]() | Apr 29, 2017 – Sep 15, 2017s | 0 |
17 | ![]() | Jan 26, 2019 – Feb 8, 2020r | 0 |
18 | ![]() | Oct 15, 2022 – Jul 22, 2023 | 0 |
19 | ![]() | Jul 22, 2023 – Present | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Apr 20, 1995 – 1995r | 0 |
2 | ![]() | May 21, 1996 – 1997r | 0 |
3 | ![]() | Mar 28, 1998 – Aug 8, 1998 | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Aug 8, 1998 – 2001r | 3 |
5 | ![]() | Aug 4, 2001 – 2002r | 1 |
6 | ![]() | Jul 11, 2003 – May 22, 2004 | 0 |
7 | ![]() | May 22, 2004 – 2005r | 0 |
8 | ![]() | Nov 4, 2005 – Jul 14, 2007s | 3 |
9 | ![]() | Nov 8, 2007 – 2008r | 0 |
10 | ![]() | Mar 26, 2011 – 2012r | 0 |
11 | ![]() | Sep 18, 2012 – Apr 20, 2013r | 0 |
12 | ![]() | Jul 6, 2013 – Aug 8, 2014s | 1 |
13 | ![]() | Aug 1, 2015 – Jun 11, 2016 | 1 |
14 | ![]() | Jun 11, 2016 – Jun 17, 2017s | 0 |
15 | ![]() | Sep 21, 2018 – May 11, 2019 | 0 |
16 | ![]() | May 11, 2019 – Jan 25, 2020r | 0 |
17 | ![]() | Jun 19, 2021 – May 24, 2022r | 0 |
18 | ![]() | July 21, 2023 – 2024r | 0 |
19 | ![]() | March 16, 2024 – present | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Feb 16, 1996 – Jun 5, 1998r | 7 |
2 | ![]() | Mar 20, 2000 – 2001r | 1 |
3 | ![]() | Jul 14, 2001 – Mar 2, 2002 | 1 |
4 | ![]() | Mar 2, 2002 – Nov 5, 2005 | 6 |
5 | ![]() | Nov 5, 2005 – 2006r | 1 |
6 | ![]() | May 12, 2007 – 2009r | 2 |
7 | ![]() | Jul 11, 2009 – 2010r | 0 |
8 | ![]() | May 20, 2010 – Dec 11, 2010s | 0 |
9 | ![]() | Apr 23, 2011 – Dec 3, 2011s | 1 |
10 | ![]() | Mar 22, 2013 – 2013s | 0 |
11 | ![]() | Aug 2, 2015 – Jun 18, 2016 | 0 |
12 | ![]() | Jun 18, 2016 – Feb 10, 2017s | 0 |
13 | ![]() | Apr 20, 2018 – 2019s | 0 |
14 | ![]() | Jul 12, 2019 – 2021s | 0 |
15 | ![]() | Dec 19, 2023 – April 01 2024r | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Jul 29, 1995 – 1995r | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Sep 19, 1998 – Jan 8, 1999 | 0 |
3 | ![]() | Jan 8, 1999 – Apr 3, 1999 | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Apr 3, 1999 – 1999r | 0 |
5 | ![]() | Dec 13, 2002 – 2003r | 0 |
6 | ![]() | Sep 20, 2003 – Dec 17, 2004 | 1 |
7 | ![]() | Dec 17, 2004 – February 2006s [3] | 0 |
8 | ![]() | Nov 4, 2006 – 2007r | 0 |
9 | ![]() | Oct 20, 2007 – 2008r | 0 |
10 | ![]() | May 31, 2008 – 2009r | 0 |
11 | ![]() | Nov 10, 2012 – Jun 15, 2013 | 0 |
12 | ![]() | Jun 15, 2013 – Jul 18, 2014 | 0 |
13 | ![]() | Jul 18, 2014 – 2015r | 2 |
14 | ![]() | Dec 18, 2015 – Nov 1, 2021s | 3 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Dec 9, 1994 – 1998r | 5 |
2 | ![]() | Oct 22, 1999 – Sep 30, 2000 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | Sep 30, 2000 – Nov 21, 2001s | 1 |
4 | ![]() | Jan 26, 2002 – Sep 14, 2002 | 0 |
5 | ![]() | Sep 14, 2002 – Mar 27, 2005 | 2 |
6 | ![]() | Mar 27, 2005 – Jul 7, 2007 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | Jul 7, 2007 – 2009r | 3 |
8 | ![]() | Sep 18, 2009 – 2010s | 0 |
9 | ![]() | Mar 15, 2014 – 2017s | 3 |
10 | ![]() | Aug 25, 2019 – 2022 | 0 |
11 | ![]() | July 29, 2022 – present | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Nov 7, 1998 – Aug 26, 2000 | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Aug 26, 2000 – Apr 17, 2002 | 1 |
3 | ![]() | Apr 17, 2002 – 2004s | 1 |
4 | ![]() | Feb 27, 2010 – Jan 27, 2011 | 1 |
5 | ![]() | Jan 27, 2012 – Sep 24, 2011s | 0 |
6 | ![]() | Feb 1, 2014 – 2016s | 1 |
7 | ![]() | Feb 4, 2017 – Sep 16, 2017s | 0 |
8 | ![]() | Jul 7, 2019 – Mar 1, 2019r | 0 |
No. | Name | Duration of reign | Defences |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Mar 8, 2003 – Dec 16, 2003r | 0 |
2 | ![]() | Nov 4, 2006 – Jun 2009s | 3 |
3 | ![]() | Jun 19, 2010 – Jan 27, 2011r | 0 |
4 | ![]() | Sep 24, 2011 – Mar 19, 2016s | 8 |
5 | ![]() | Jun 11, 2016 – Oct 1, 2019r | 4 |
6 | ![]() | Dec 16, 2019 – May 20, 2021s | 0 |
7 | ![]() | May 21, 2021 – present | 1 |
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