List of WBU world champions

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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 States in 1995. This does not includes champions of the identically named German based organization that was active in the 2010s.

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r Champion relinquished title.
s Champion stripped of title.

List of WBU Champions

WBU heavyweight champions have included: [1] [2] [3]

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
Flag of the United States.svg George Foreman March 29, 1995 19972Foreman was recognized as champion after he was stripped of the IBF title
Flag of South Africa.svg Corrie Sanders November 15, 1997 May 20, 20003Defeated Ross Purity
Flag of the United States.svg Hasim Rahman May 20, 2000 April 21, 20010Relinquished the title in order to fight Lennox Lewis for the IBF, IBO and WBC titles
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Johnny Nelson November 24, 2001 December 4, 20010Defeated Alexander Vasiliev. Relinquished the title in order to concentrate on defending his WBO Cruiserweight title
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgi Kandelaki December 21, 2002 January 20040Defeated Alexander Vasiliev. Kandelaki either relinquished or was stripped of the title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matt Skelton February 25, 2005 January 26, 20090Skelton relinquished the title

Cruiserweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Hearns March 31 1995 19960Won vacant title
Flag of the United States.svg James Toney February 22 1997 19970Won vacant title
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Don Diego Poeder June 14 1997 19971Won vacant title
Flag of South Africa.svg Jacob Mofokeng September 12 1998 19990Won vacant title
Flag of Italy.svg Vincenzo Cantatore March 20 1999 March 19990Won vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Rob Norton April 1 1999 24 September 19990Won vacant title
Flag of South Africa.svg Sebastiaan Rothmann 24 September 1999 20036
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Enzo Maccarinelli 28 June 2003 20067Won vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Mark Hobson 8 September 2006 20090Won vacant title

Light-Heavyweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
Flag of the United States.svg James Toney June 18 1995 6 December 19963Won vacant title
Flag of the United States.svg Montell Griffin 6 December 1996 19970
Flag of the United States.svg Frank Tate 30 August 1997 ?0Won vacant title
Flag of Argentina.svg Dario Walter Matteoni 2 March 2000 ?0Won vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Tony Oakey 4 March 2002 11 October 20033Won vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Matthew Barney 11 October 2003 ?0
Flag of the United States.svg Edwardo Oliveria 13 April 200720090Won vacant title

Super-Middleweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Tate 21 November 1995 19960Won vacant title
Flag of the United States.svg Vinny Pazienza 23 August 1996 19980Won vacant title
Flag of Germany.svg Norbert Nieroba 18 April 1998 8 May 19990Won vacant title
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nordin Ben Salah 8 May 1999 20000
Flag of Italy.svg Silvio Branco 15 April 2000  ?1Won vacant title
Flag of Georgia.svg Eric Teymour 24 November 2004  ?0Won vacant title

Middleweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
Flag of the United States.svg Dana Rosenblatt 13 April 1996 19960Won vacant title
Flag of Italy.svg Silvio Branco 19 September 1996 18 December 19986
Flag of Italy.svg Agostino Cardemone 18 December 1998 26 June 19991
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Raymond Joval 26 June 1999 13 December 19990
Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Perugino 13 December 1999 20000
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Kevin Kelly 5 May 2000 20000Won vacant title
Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Perugino 3 June 2000 ?0Won vacant title
Flag of South Africa.svg Ruben Groenewald 6 June 2002 28 September 20020Won vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Farnell 28 September 2002 5 April 20031
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Wayne Ellcock 5 April 2003 29 November 20030
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lawrence Murphy 29 November 2003 6 March 20040
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Anthony Farnell 6 March 2004 12 June 20040
Flag of Portugal.svg Eugenio Monteiro 12 June 2004 ?0
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Gary Lockett 11 March 2006 ?2

Light-Middleweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
Flag of the United States.svg Emmett Linton 3 November 19961Won vacant title
Flag of the United States.svg Verno Phillips 21 May 1997 19982Won vacant title
Flag of Tanzania.svg Rashid Matumla 19 December 1998 ?1Won vacant title
Flag of Iran.svg Takaloo 7 July 2001 17 August 20022Won vacant title
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Daniel Santos 17 August 2002 20020
Flag of Iran.svg Takaloo 2 January 2003 10 September 20041Won vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Wayne Alexander 10 September 2004?1

Welterweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
Flag of South Africa.svg Gary Murray 26 August 1995 26 October 19964Won vacant title
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Duran 26 October 1996 30 July 19971
Flag of South Africa.svg Peter Malinga 30 July 1997 17 November 19970
Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Duran 17 November 1997 5 May 19980
Flag of Italy.svg Michele Piccirillo 5 May 1998 20018
Flag of South Africa.svg Jan Piet Bergman 2 June 2001 20033Won Vacant Title
Flag of Ireland.svg Eamonn Magee 6 October 2003 20 May 20061Won Vacant Title
Flag of Iran.svg Takaloo 20 May 2006 7 April 20070

Light-Welterweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Shea Neary 26 October 1996 11 March 20005Vacant title
Flag of the United States.svg Micky Ward 11 March 2000 20000
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jason Rowland 21 October 2000 20010Vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ricky Hatton 26 March 2001 ?15Vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lee McAllister 29 March 2008 ?0Vacant title

Lightweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
Flag of Sweden.svg George Scott 7 October 1995 19974Vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Colin Dunne 28 November 1997 7 December 20027Vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg David Burke 7 December 2002 20030
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Toncho Tonchev 31 March 2004 ?0Vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Earl 28 October 2006 ?0Vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lee McAllister 6 October 2008 ?0Vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Willie Limond 29 March 2009 ?0Vacant title

Super-Featherweight

NameDuration of reignDefensesNotes
Flag of the United States.svg Angel Manfredy 18 October 1995 19987Vacant title
Flag of Argentina.svg Jorge Rodrigo Barrios 10 July 1997 20012Vacant title
Flag of South Africa.svg Phillip Ndou 25 July 2001 20023Vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Kevin Lear I May 2002 20031Vacant title
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Micheal Gomez 3 April 2004 11 February 20052Vacant title
Flag of Argentina.svg Javier Osvaldo Alvarez 11 February 2005 ?0

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