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
Micheal Jennings
7 April 2007 –
1
See also
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".