Because this section has there is no maximal weight limit, it has been historically mistily defined. In the 19th century, for example, several heavyweight champions weighed 170 pounds (77 kilogram) or even less (although others weighed 200 pounds (91 kg) & sir thomas more). Inside 1920, the minimal weight for the heavyweight was placed at 175 pounds (79 kilogram), which now is the light heavyweight division minimum. Now, for virtually all boxing organizations, the minimal weight for a heavyweight is 201 pounds (91 kilo). So, the fighter world health organization weighs terminated 200 pounds (91 kilogram) might not fight when anything however the heavyweight.

These are impossible to say world health organization a "first" heavyweight champion wwhen, since a sport of boxing goes back when far as recorded history & there develop universally been big fighters. Possibly in the bare-knuckle era, "champions" were plentiful. A bit of of a virtually all notable one involved the slave Tom Molineaux, Jack Slack, Jem Belcher, Ben Caunt and Jem Mace.

A foremost heavyweight champion under the Marquess of Queensberry rules was the vastly popular John L. Sullivan, known as "The Boston Strong Boy." He weighed around 200 pounds (91 kg) when in shape and was a bare-knuckle champion. He was discomfited by Jim Corbett on September 7, 1892 in 21 rounds. (In totimes world title bouts come limited to Dozen cycles, but not and so in the early days.)

It should too get noted that around recent years, a heavywieght title has become fractured amongst various sanctionative organizations, so what was when referred to as a lone "Heavyweight Champion", is today known as a "Undisputed Champion" as the a single fighter that has defeated all the more titlists.

Occasionally notable heavyweights use at times been: John L. Sullivan first heavyweight champion Jim Corbett Jack Johnson, the number 1 blacken heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey Gene Tunney Max Schmeling first heavyweight champion to win the title by disqualification Primo Carnera Max Baer Joe Louis, who defended the title a record total of Twenty-five times Rocky Marciano, the simply heavyweight champ to retire undefeated Floyd Patterson, a number 1 heavyweight title-holder to regain the title Sonny Liston Muhammad Ali, regarded by some when a better heavyweight champion ever, held a heavyweight title 3 times Joe Frazier George Foreman, who reclaimed a championship fallowing a X-season retirement to be the oldest heavyweight champion at 45 Larry Holmes Michael Spinks first light heavyweight champion to ever capture the heavyweight title Mike Tyson the youngest heavyweight champion of a lot time Evander Holyfield four time heavyweight champion (though a bit of just count his number one 3 titles) Riddick Bowe Michael Moorer first southpaw heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis, the 1st British champion around One c years Vitali Klitschko generally considered the todays heavyweight champion

Olympic Heavyweight Champions

Weight set boundaries varied on top a years. Around 1984 extr-heavyweight class wwhen introduced as a limitless category. Todays extr-heavyweight olympic class is 200.5+ pound (91+ kilo) - same to heavyweight section around agency boxing.

heavyweight
1904 Samuel Berger, USA 1908 A.L.Oldham, Great Britain 1920 Ronald Rawson, Great Britain 1924 Otto von Porat, Norway 1928 Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, Argentina 1932 Santiago Lovell, Argentina 1936 Herbert Runge, Germany 1948 Rafael Iglesias, Argentina 1952 H. Edward Sanders, USA 1956 Peter Rademacher, USA 1960 Franco De Piccolo, Italy 1964 Joe Frazier, USA 1968 George Foreman, USA 1972 Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba 1976 Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba 1980 Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba 1984 Henry Tillman, USA 1988 Ray Mercer, USA 1992 Felix Savon, Cuba 1996 Felix Savon, Cuba 2000 Felix Savon, Cuba 2004 Odlanier Solis Fonte, Cuba

super-heavyweight
1984 Tyrell Biggs, USA 1988 Lennox Lewis, Canada 1992 Roberto Balado, Cuba 1996 Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine 2000 Audley Harrison, Great Briatin 2004 Alexander Povetkin, Russia