The Ring Boxing Champions of All-time in Top Divisions

The Ring is basically a boxing magazine that has been organizing boxing championship bouts since the inception of the World Boxing Association championships. This championship belt is awarded to the winner of each weight division of the boxing arena. Therefore, this blog will enclose the details of all-time The Ring Boxing Champions in 4 different major respective weight classes.

The Ring World Champions of All-time:

Heavyweight

Here the following list discusses the Ring Boxing Champions of all-time in the heavyweight boxing divisions alongside the boxer’s winning duration and number of his successful title defenses.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Jack Dempsey	1922 – 23 Sep 1926	2
Gene Tunney	23 Sep 1926 – 31 Jul 1928	2
Max Schmeling	12 Jun 1930 – 21 Jun 1932	1
Jack Sharkey	21 Jun 1932 – 29 Jun 1933	0
Primo Carnera	29 Jun 1933 – 14 Jun 1934	2
Max Baer	14 Jun 1934 – 13 Jun 1935	0
James J. Braddock	13 Jun 1935 – 22 Jun 1937	0
Joe Louis	22 Jun 1937 – 1 Mar 1949	26
Ezzard Charles	27 Sep 1950 – 18 Jul 1951	4
Jersey Joe Walcott	18 Jul 1951 – 23 Sep 1952	1
Rocky Marciano	23 Sept 1952 – 27 Apr 1956	6
Floyd Patterson	30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 1959	4
Ingemar Johansson	26 Jun 1959 – 29 Jun 1960	0
Floyd Patterson	29 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 1962	2
Sonny Liston	25 Sep 1962 – 25 Feb 1964	1
Muhammad Ali	25 Feb 1964 – 13 Mar 1970	9
Joe Frazier	May 1970 – 22 Jan 1973	4
George Foreman	22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 1974	2
Muhammad Ali	30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 1978	10
Leon Spinks	15 Feb – 15 Sep 1978	0
Muhammad Ali	15 Sep 1978 – 4 Jul 1979	0
Larry Holmes	2 Oct 1980 – 21 Sep 1985	12
Michael Spinks	21 Sep 1985 – 27 Jun 1988	3
Mike Tyson	27 Jun 1988 – 31 Dec 1989	2
Lennox Lewis	Jun 2002 – 6 Feb 2004	2
Vitali Klitschko	24 Apr 2004 – 9 Nov 2005	1
Wladimir Klitschko	20 Jun 2009 – 28 Nov 2015	11
Tyson Fury	28 Nov 2015 – 13 Aug 2022	0
Oleksandr Usyk	20 Aug 2022 – present	1

Lightweight

Here the following list discusses the Ring Boxing Champions of all-time in the Lightweight boxing divisions alongside the boxer’s winning duration and number of his successful title defenses.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Benny Leonard	1924 – 15 Jan 1925	0
Jimmy Goodrich	13 Jul – 7 Dec 1925	0
Rocky Kansas	7 Dec 1925 – 3 Jul 1926	0
Sammy Mandell	3 Jul 1926 – 17 Jul 1930	2
Al Singer	17 Jul – 14 Nov 1930	0
Tony Canzoneri	14 Nov 1930 – 23 Jun 1933	4
Barney Ross	23 Jun 1933 – 15 Apr 1935	1
Tony Canzoneri	10 May 1935 – 3 Sep 1936	1
Lou Ambers	3 Sep 1936 – 17 Aug 1938	2
Henry Armstrong	17 Aug 1938 – 22 Aug 1939	1
Lou Ambers	22 Aug 1939 – 10 May 1940	0
Lew Jenkins	10 May 1940 – 19 Dec 1941	1
Sammy Angott	19 Dec 1941 – 13 Nov 1942	1
Ike Williams	4 Aug 1947 – 25 May 1951	5
Jimmy Carter	25 May 1951 – 14 May 1952	2
Lauro Salas	14 May – 15 Oct 1952	0
Jimmy Carter	15 Oct 1952 – 5 Mar 1954	3
Paddy DeMarco	5 Mar – 17 Nov 1954	0
Jimmy Carter	17 Nov 1954 – 29 Jun 1955	0
Wallace Smith	29 Jun 1955 – 24 Aug 1956	1
Joe Brown	24 Aug 1956 – 21 Apr 1962	11
Carlos Ortiz	21 Apr 1962 – 10 Apr 1965	4
Ismael Laguna	10 Apr – 13 Nov 1965	0
Carlos Ortiz	13 Nov 1965 – 29 Jun 1968	5
Carlos Cruz	29 Jun 1968 – 18 Feb 1969	1
Mando Ramos	18 Feb 1969 – 3 Mar 1970	1
Ismael Laguna	3 Mar – 26 Sep 1970	1
Ken Buchanan	26 Sep 1970 – 26 Jun 1972	2
Roberto Durán	26 Jun 1972 – 1979	12
Jim Watt	12 Apr – 20 June 1981	0
Alexis Argüello	20 Jun 1981 – Feb 1983	4
Julio César Chávez	29 Oct 1988 – 2 Mar 1989	0
Pernell Whitaker	20 Aug – 31 Dec 1989	0
Floyd Mayweather Jr.	20 Apr 2002 – 22 May 2004	3
José Luis Castillo	5 Jun 2004 – 7 May 2005	2
Diego Corrales	7 May 2005 – 7 Oct 2006	0
Joel Casamayor	7 Oct 2006 – 13 Sep 2008	2
Juan Manuel Márquez	13 Sep 2008 – 23 Apr 2012	3
Terence Crawford	29 Nov 2014 – 22 Apr 2015	0
Jorge Linares	24 Sep 2016 – 13 May 2018	3
Vasiliy Lomachenko	13 May 2018 – 17 Oct 2020	3
Teófimo López	17 Oct 2020 – 27 Nov 2021	0
George Kambosos Jr.	27 Nov 2021 – 5 June 2022	0
Devin Haney	5 Jun 2022 – 29 Nov 2023	2

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Bantamweight

Here the following list discusses the Ring Boxing Champions of all-time in the Bantamweight boxing divisions alongside the boxer’s winning duration and number of his successful title defenses.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Eddie Martin	19 Dec 1924 – 20 Mar 1925	0
Charlie Phil Rosenberg	20 Mar 1925 – 4 Feb 1927	1
Panama Al Brown	25 Aug 1931 – 1 Jun 1935	7
Baltasar Sangchili	1 Jun 1935 – 29 Jun 1936	0
Tony Marino	29 Jun – 31 Aug 1936	0
Sixto Escobar	31 Aug 1936 – 23 Sep 1937	2
Harry Jeffra	23 Sep 1937 – 20 Feb 1938	0
Sixto Escobar	20 Feb 1938 – 26 Oct 1939	0
Lou Salica	13 Jan 1941 – 7 Aug 1942	5
Manuel Ortiz	7 Aug 1942 – 6 Jan 1947	15
Harold Dade	6 Jan – 11 Mar 1947	0
Manuel Ortiz	11 Mar 1947 – 31 May 1950	4
Vic Toweel	31 May 1950 – 15 Nov 1952	3
Jimmy Carruthers	15 Nov 1952 – 16 May 1954	3
Robert Cohen	19 Sep 1954 – 29 Jun 1956	1
Mario D’Agata	29 Jun 1956 – 1 Apr 1957	0
Alphonse Halimi	1 Apr 1957 – 8 Jul 1959	1
José Becerra	8 Jul 1959 – 30 Aug 1960	2
Éder Jofre	25 Mar 1961 – 17 May 1965	7
Fighting Harada	17 May 1965 – 26 Feb 1968	4
Lionel Rose	26 Feb 1968 – 22 Aug 1969	3
Rubén Olivares	22 Aug 1969 – 16 Oct 1970	2
Chucho Castillo	16 Oct 1970 – 2 Apr 1971	0
Rubén Olivares	2 Apr 1971 – 19 Mar 1972	2
Rafael Herrera	19 Mar – 30 Jul 1972	0
Enrique Pinder	30 Jul 1972 – 20 January 1973	0
Romeo Anaya	20 Jan – 3 Nov 1973	2
Arnold Taylor	3 Nov 1973 – 3 Jul 1974	0
Hong Soo-Hwan	3 Jul 1974 – 14 Mar 1975	1
Alfonso Zamora	14 Mar 1975 – 19 Nov 1977	5
Jorge Luján	19 Nov 1977 – 29 Aug 1980	5
Julian Solís	29 Aug – 14 Nov 1980	0
Jeff Chandler	14 Nov 1980 – 7 Apr 1984	9
Richie Sandoval	7 Apr 1984 – 10 Mar 1986	2
Gaby Canizales	10 Mar – 4 Jun 1986	0
Bernardo Piñango	4 Jun 1986 – 13 Mar 1987	3
Shinsuke Yamanaka	16 Sep 2016 – 15 Aug 2017	1
Luis Nery	15 Aug – 26 Sep 2017	0
Shinsuke Yamanaka	26 Sep 2017 – 1 Mar 2018	0
Naoya Inoue	18 May 2019 – 13 Jan 2023	6

Flyweight

Here the following list discusses the Ring Boxing Champions of all-time in the Flyweightweight boxing divisions alongside the boxer’s winning duration and number of his successful title defenses.

Name	Duration	Defenses
Pancho Villa	18 Jun 1923 – 14 Jul 1925	3
Fidel LaBarba	21 Jan – 29 Aug 1927	0
Benny Lynch	19 Jan 1937 – 29 Jun 1938	1
Peter Kane	22 Sep 1938 – 1939	0
Jackie Paterson	19 June 1943 – 23 Mar 1948	1
Rinty Monaghan	23 March 1948 – 25 April 1950	3
Terry Allen	25 Apr – 1 Aug 1950	0
Dado Marino	1 Aug 1950 – 19 May 1952	1
Yoshio Shirai	19 May 1952 – 26 Nov 1954	4
Pascual Perez	26 Nov 1954 – 16 Apr 1960	9
Pone Kingpetch	16 Apr 1960 – 10 Oct 1962	3
Fighting Harada	10 Oct 1962 – 12 Jan 1963	0
Pone Kingpetch	12 Jan – 18 Sep 1963	0
Hiroyuki Ebihara	18 Sep 1963 – 23 Jan 1964	0
Pone Kingpetch	23 Jan 1964 – 23 Apr 1965	0
Salvatore Burruni	23 Apr 1965 – 14 Jun 1966	1
Walter McGowan	14 Jun – 30 Dec 1966	0
Chartchai Chionoi	30 Dec 1966 – 23 Feb 1969	4
Efren Torres	23 Feb 1969 – 20 Mar 1970	1
Chartchai Chionoi	20 Mar – 7 Dec 1970	0
Erbito Salavarria	7 Dec 1970 – 9 Feb 1973	3
Venice Borkhorsor	9 Feb – 10 Jul 1973	0
Miguel Canto	8 Jan 1975 – 18 Mar 1979	14
Park Chan-Hee	18 Mar 1979 – 18 May 1980	5
Shoji Oguma	18 May 1980 – 12 May 1981	3
Antonio Avelar	12 May 1981 – 20 Mar 1982	1
Prudencio Cardona	20 Mar – 24 Jul 1982	0
Freddy Castillo	24 Jul – 6 Nov 1982	0
Eleoncio Mercedes	6 Nov 1982 – 15 Mar 1983	0
Charlie Magri	15 Mar – 27 Sep 1983	0
Frank Cedeno	27 Sep 1983 – 18 Jan 1984	0
Kōji Kobayashi	18 Jan – 9 Apr 1984	0
Gabriel Bernal	9 Apr – 8 October 1984	1
Sot Chitalada	8 Oct 1984 – 24 Jul 1988	6
Kim Yong-Kang	24 Jul 1988 – 31 Dec 1989	1
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam	27 Mar 2010 – 2 Mar 2012	4
Sonny Boy Jaro	2 Mar – 16 Jul 2012	0
Toshiyuki Igarashi	16 Jul 2012 – 8 Apr 2013	1
Akira Yaegashi	8 Apr 2013 – 5 Sep 2014	3
Román González	5 Sep 2014 – 1 Oct 2016	4

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