Cruiserweight • International Boxing Federation

Current champion: Jai Opetaia (0 title defenses)

No scheduled IBF Cruiserweight bout

Timeline

  1. 13 Dec 1983

    Marvin Camel beats Roddy MacDonald via knockout 5/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Marvin Camel becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  2. 6 Oct 1984

    Lee Roy Murphy beats Marvin Camel via knockout 14/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Lee Roy Murphy becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  3. 20 Dec 1984

    Lee Roy Murphy beats Eddie Taylor via knockout 12/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  4. 19 Oct 1985

    Lee Roy Murphy beats Chisanda Mutti via knockout 12/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  5. 19 Apr 1986

    Lee Roy Murphy beats Dorcy Gaymon via knockout 9/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  6. 25 Oct 1986

    Ricky Parkey beats Lee Roy Murphy via knockout 10/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Ricky Parkey becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  7. 28 Mar 1987

    Ricky Parkey beats Chisanda Mutti via knockout 12/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  8. 15 May 1987

    Evander Holyfield beats Ricky Parkey via knockout 3/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Evander Holyfield becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  9. 15 Aug 1987

    Evander Holyfield beats Ossie Ocasio via knockout 11/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  10. 5 Dec 1987

    Evander Holyfield beats Dwight Muhammad Qawi via knockout 4/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  11. 1 Jan 1988

    Evander Holyfield's IBF Cruiserweight world title reign ends

  12. 9 Apr 1988

    Evander Holyfield beats Carlos De Leon via knockout 8/15

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  13. 3 Jun 1989

    Glenn McCrory beats Patrick Lumumba via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Glenn McCrory becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  14. 21 Oct 1989

    Glenn McCrory beats Siza Makathini via knockout 11/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  15. 22 Mar 1990

    Jeff Lampkin beats Glenn McCrory via knockout 3/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Jeff Lampkin becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  16. 28 Jul 1990

    Jeff Lampkin beats Siza Makathini via knockout 8/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  17. 1 Jul 1991

    Jeff Lampkin's IBF Cruiserweight world title reign ends

  18. 7 Sep 1991

    James Warring beats James Pritchard via knockout 1/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    James Warring becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  19. 15 Nov 1991

    James Warring beats Donnell Wingfield via knockout 5/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  20. 16 May 1992

    James Warring beats Johnny Nelson via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  21. 30 Jul 1992

    Alfred Cole beats James Warring via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Alfred Cole becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  22. 28 Feb 1993

    Alfred Cole beats Uriah Grant via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  23. 16 Jul 1993

    Alfred Cole beats Glenn McCrory via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  24. 17 Nov 1993

    Alfred Cole beats Vincent Boulware via knockout 5/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  25. 23 Jul 1994

    Alfred Cole beats Nate Miller via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  26. 1 Jan 1995

    Alfred Cole's IBF Cruiserweight world title reign ends

  27. 24 Jun 1995

    Alfred Cole beats Uriah Grant via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  28. 31 Aug 1996

    Adolpho Washington beats Torsten May via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Adolpho Washington becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  29. 21 Jun 1997

    Uriah Grant beats Adolpho Washington via majority decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Uriah Grant becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  30. 8 Nov 1997

    Imamu Mayfield beats Uriah Grant via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Imamu Mayfield becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  31. 28 Mar 1998

    Imamu Mayfield beats Terry Dunstan via knockout 11/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  32. 30 Oct 1998

    Arthur Williams beats Imamu Mayfield via knockout 9/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Arthur Williams becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  33. 5 Jun 1999

    Vassiliy Jirov beats Arthur Williams via knockout 7/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Vassiliy Jirov becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  34. 18 Sep 1999

    Vassiliy Jirov beats Dale Brown via knockout 10/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  35. 12 Feb 2000

    Vassiliy Jirov beats Saul Montana via knockout 9/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  36. 6 Feb 2001

    Vassiliy Jirov beats Alex Gonzales via knockout 1/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  37. 24 Mar 2001

    Vassiliy Jirov beats Terry McGroom via knockout 1/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  38. 8 Sep 2001

    Vassiliy Jirov beats Julian Letterlough via knockout 8/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  39. 1 Feb 2002

    Vassiliy Jirov beats Jorge Castro via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

  40. 26 Apr 2003

    James Toney beats Vassiliy Jirov via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    James Toney becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  41. 1 Sep 2003

    James Toney's IBF Cruiserweight world title reign ends

  42. 1 May 2004

    Kelvin Davis beats Ezra Sellers via knockout 8/12

    Cruiserweight (190 lb)

    Kelvin Davis becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  43. 20 May 2005

    O'Neil Bell beats Dale Brown via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    O'Neil Bell becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  44. 26 Aug 2005

    O'Neil Bell beats Sebastiaan Rothmann via knockout 11/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  45. 7 Jan 2006

    O'Neil Bell beats Jean Marc Mormeck via knockout 10/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  46. 1 Apr 2006

    O'Neil Bell's IBF Cruiserweight world title reign ends

  47. 25 Nov 2006

    Krzysztof Wlodarczyk beats Steve Cunningham via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Krzysztof Wlodarczyk becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  48. 26 May 2007

    Steve Cunningham beats Krzysztof Wlodarczyk via majority decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Steve Cunningham becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  49. 29 Dec 2007

    Steve Cunningham beats Marco Huck via knockout 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  50. 11 Dec 2008

    Tomasz Adamek beats Steve Cunningham via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Tomasz Adamek becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  51. 27 Feb 2009

    Tomasz Adamek beats Johnathon Banks via knockout 8/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  52. 11 Jul 2009

    Tomasz Adamek beats Bobby Gunn via corner retirement 4/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  53. 18 Oct 2009

    Tomasz Adamek's IBF Cruiserweight world title reign ends

  54. 5 Jun 2010

    Steve Cunningham beats Troy Ross via knockout 5/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Steve Cunningham becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  55. 12 Feb 2011

    Steve Cunningham beats Enad Licina via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  56. 1 Oct 2011

    Yoan Pablo Hernandez beats Steve Cunningham via technical decision 6/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Yoan Pablo Hernandez becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  57. 4 Feb 2012

    Yoan Pablo Hernandez beats Steve Cunningham via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  58. 15 Sep 2012

    Yoan Pablo Hernandez beats Troy Ross via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  59. 23 Nov 2013

    Yoan Pablo Hernandez beats Alexander Alekseev via knockout 10/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  60. 16 Aug 2014

    Yoan Pablo Hernandez beats Firat Arslan via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  61. 21 Sep 2015

    Victor Emilio Ramirez becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  62. 2 Oct 2015

    Victor Emilio Ramirez and Ovill McKenzie share a draw 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  63. 21 May 2016

    Denis Lebedev beats Victor Emilio Ramirez via knockout 2/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Denis Lebedev becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  64. 3 Dec 2016

    Murat Gassiev beats Denis Lebedev via split decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Murat Gassiev becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  65. 21 Oct 2017

    Murat Gassiev beats Krzysztof Wlodarczyk via knockout 3/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  66. 3 Feb 2018

    Murat Gassiev beats Yuniel Dorticos via knockout 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  67. 21 Jul 2018

    Oleksandr Usyk beats Murat Gassiev via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Oleksandr Usyk becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  68. 10 Nov 2018

    Oleksandr Usyk beats Tony Bellew via knockout 8/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  69. 14 Jun 2019

    Oleksandr Usyk's IBF Cruiserweight world title reign ends

  70. 15 Jun 2019

    Yuniel Dorticos beats Andrew Tabiti via knockout 10/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Yuniel Dorticos becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  71. 26 Sep 2020

    Mairis Briedis beats Yuniel Dorticos via majority decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Mairis Briedis becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

  72. 16 Oct 2021

    Mairis Briedis beats Artur Mann via technical knockout 3/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

  73. 2 Jul 2022

    Jai Opetaia beats Mairis Briedis via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight (200 lb)

    Jai Opetaia becomes the IBF Cruiserweight world champion

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