Heavyweight • World Boxing Association

The WBA timeline stops on the introduction of the WBA Super title. See also: WBA Regular, WBA Super

Timeline

  1. 2 Jul 1921

    Jack Dempsey becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  2. 4 Jul 1923

    Jack Dempsey beats Tommy Gibbons via points decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  3. 14 Sep 1923

  4. 23 Sep 1926

    Gene Tunney becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  5. 22 Sep 1927

  6. 26 Jul 1928

  7. 31 Jul 1928

    Gene Tunney's WBA Heavyweight world title reign ends

  8. 12 Jun 1930

    Max Schmeling becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  9. 3 Jul 1931

  10. 21 Jun 1932

    Jack Sharkey becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  11. 29 Jun 1933

    Primo Carnera becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  12. 1 Mar 1934

  13. 14 Jun 1934

    Max Baer becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  14. 13 Jun 1935

    Jim Braddock becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  15. 22 Jun 1937

    Joe Louis becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  16. 23 Feb 1938

  17. 1 Apr 1938

  18. 22 Jun 1938

  19. 25 Jan 1939

  20. 17 Apr 1939

  21. 28 Jun 1939

  22. 20 Sep 1939

  23. 9 Feb 1940

    Joe Louis beats Arturo Godoy via split decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  24. 29 Mar 1940

    Joe Louis beats Johnny Paychek via knockout 2/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  25. 20 Jun 1940

  26. 16 Dec 1940

    Joe Louis beats Al McCoy via corner retirement 5/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  27. 31 Jan 1941

  28. 17 Feb 1941

  29. 21 Mar 1941

  30. 8 Apr 1941

  31. 23 May 1941

    Joe Louis beats Buddy Baer via disqualification 7/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  32. 18 Jun 1941

  33. 29 Sep 1941

  34. 9 Jan 1942

  35. 27 Mar 1942

  36. 19 Jun 1946

  37. 18 Sep 1946

    Joe Louis beats Tami Mauriello via knockout 1/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  38. 5 Dec 1947

  39. 25 Jun 1948

  40. 1 Mar 1949

    Joe Louis's WBA Heavyweight world title reign ends

  41. 22 Jun 1949

    Ezzard Charles becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  42. 10 Aug 1949

  43. 14 Oct 1949

    Ezzard Charles beats Pat Valentino via knockout 8/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  44. 15 Aug 1950

    Ezzard Charles beats Freddie Beshore via knockout 14/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  45. 27 Sep 1950

  46. 5 Dec 1950

  47. 12 Jan 1951

  48. 7 Mar 1951

  49. 30 May 1951

  50. 18 Jul 1951

    Jersey Joe Walcott becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  51. 5 Jun 1952

  52. 23 Sep 1952

    Rocky Marciano becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  53. 15 May 1953

  54. 24 Sep 1953

  55. 17 Jun 1954

  56. 17 Sep 1954

  57. 16 May 1955

  58. 21 Sep 1955

  59. 27 Apr 1956

    Rocky Marciano's WBA Heavyweight world title reign ends

  60. 30 Nov 1956

    Floyd Patterson becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  61. 29 Jul 1957

  62. 18 Aug 1958

    Floyd Patterson beats Roy Harris via corner retirement 12/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  63. 1 May 1959

  64. 26 Jun 1959

    Ingemar Johansson becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  65. 20 Jun 1960

    Floyd Patterson becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  66. 13 Mar 1961

  67. 4 Dec 1961

  68. 25 Sep 1962

    Sonny Liston becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  69. 22 Jul 1963

  70. 25 Feb 1964

    Muhammad Ali becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  71. 19 Jun 1964

    Muhammad Ali's WBA Heavyweight world title reign ends

  72. 5 Mar 1965

    Ernie Terrell beats Eddie Machen via unanimous decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

    Ernie Terrell becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  73. 1 Nov 1965

    Ernie Terrell beats George Chuvalo via unanimous decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  74. 28 Jun 1966

    Ernie Terrell beats Doug Jones via unanimous decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  75. 6 Feb 1967

    Muhammad Ali becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  76. 22 Mar 1967

  77. 29 Apr 1967

    Muhammad Ali's WBA Heavyweight world title reign ends

  78. 27 Apr 1968

    Jimmy Ellis beats Jerry Quarry via majority decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

    Jimmy Ellis becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  79. 14 Sep 1968

  80. 16 Feb 1970

    Joe Frazier becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  81. 18 Nov 1970

  82. 8 Mar 1971

  83. 15 Jan 1972

  84. 25 May 1972

    Joe Frazier beats Ron Stander via corner retirement 4/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  85. 22 Jan 1973

    George Foreman becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  86. 1 Sep 1973

  87. 26 Mar 1974

  88. 30 Oct 1974

    Muhammad Ali becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  89. 24 Mar 1975

  90. 16 May 1975

  91. 30 Jun 1975

    Muhammad Ali beats Joe Bugner via unanimous decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  92. 1 Oct 1975

  93. 20 Feb 1976

    Muhammad Ali beats Jean Pierre Coopman via knockout 5/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  94. 30 Apr 1976

    Muhammad Ali beats Jimmy Young via unanimous decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  95. 24 May 1976

  96. 28 Sep 1976

  97. 16 May 1977

    Muhammad Ali beats Alfredo Evangelista via unanimous decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  98. 29 Sep 1977

    Muhammad Ali beats Earnie Shavers via unanimous decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (175+ lb)

  99. 15 Feb 1978

    Leon Spinks becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  100. 15 Sep 1978

    Muhammad Ali becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  101. 18 Oct 1979

    Muhammad Ali's WBA Heavyweight world title reign ends

  102. 20 Oct 1979

    John Tate becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  103. 31 Mar 1980

    Mike Weaver becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  104. 25 Oct 1980

  105. 3 Oct 1981

    Mike Weaver beats James Tillis via unanimous decision 15/15

    Heavyweight (190+ lb)

  106. 10 Dec 1982

    Michael Dokes becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  107. 20 May 1983

  108. 23 Sep 1983

    Gerrie Coetzee becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  109. 1 Dec 1984

    Greg Page becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  110. 29 Apr 1985

    Tony Tubbs becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  111. 17 Jan 1986

    Tim Witherspoon becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  112. 19 Jul 1986

  113. 12 Dec 1986

    James Smith becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  114. 7 Mar 1987

    Mike Tyson becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  115. 30 May 1987

  116. 1 Aug 1987

  117. 16 Oct 1987

  118. 22 Jan 1988

  119. 21 Mar 1988

  120. 27 Jun 1988

  121. 25 Feb 1989

  122. 21 Jul 1989

  123. 11 Feb 1990

    Buster Douglas becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  124. 25 Oct 1990

    Evander Holyfield becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  125. 19 Apr 1991

  126. 23 Nov 1991

  127. 19 Jun 1992

  128. 13 Nov 1992

    Riddick Bowe becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  129. 6 Feb 1993

  130. 22 May 1993

    Riddick Bowe beats Jesse Ferguson via knockout 2/12

    Heavyweight (190+ lb)

  131. 6 Nov 1993

    Evander Holyfield becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  132. 22 Apr 1994

    Michael Moorer becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  133. 5 Nov 1994

    George Foreman becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  134. 4 Mar 1995

    George Foreman's WBA Heavyweight world title reign ends

  135. 8 Apr 1995

    Bruce Seldon becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  136. 19 Aug 1995

    Bruce Seldon beats Joe Hipp via knockout 10/12

    Heavyweight (190+ lb)

  137. 7 Sep 1996

    Mike Tyson becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  138. 9 Nov 1996

    Evander Holyfield becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  139. 28 Jun 1997

  140. 8 Nov 1997

  141. 19 Sep 1998

    Evander Holyfield beats Vaughn Bean via unanimous decision 12/12

    Heavyweight (190+ lb)

  142. 13 Mar 1999

  143. 13 Nov 1999

    Lennox Lewis becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  144. 29 Apr 2000

    Lennox Lewis's WBA Heavyweight world title reign ends

  145. 12 Aug 2000

    Evander Holyfield becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  146. 3 Mar 2001

    John Ruiz becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  147. 15 Dec 2001

  148. 27 Jul 2002

    John Ruiz beats Kirk Johnson via disqualification 10/12

    Heavyweight (190+ lb)

  149. 1 Mar 2003

    Roy Jones Jr becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  150. 20 Feb 2004

    John Ruiz becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  151. 17 Apr 2004

    John Ruiz beats Fres Oquendo via knockout 11/12

    Heavyweight (200+ lb)

  152. 13 Nov 2004

    John Ruiz beats Andrew Golota via unanimous decision 12/12

    Heavyweight (200+ lb)

  153. 30 Apr 2005

  154. 17 Dec 2005

    Nikolai Valuev becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  155. 3 Jun 2006

    Nikolai Valuev beats Owen Beck via knockout 3/12

    Heavyweight (200+ lb)

  156. 7 Oct 2006

    Nikolai Valuev beats Monte Barrett via knockout 11/12

    Heavyweight (200+ lb)

  157. 20 Jan 2007

    Nikolai Valuev beats Jameel McCline via corner retirement 3/12

    Heavyweight (200+ lb)

  158. 14 Apr 2007

    Ruslan Chagaev becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  159. 19 Jan 2008

    Ruslan Chagaev beats Matt Skelton via unanimous decision 12/12

    Heavyweight (200+ lb)

  160. 5 Jul 2008

    Ruslan Chagaev's WBA Heavyweight world title reign ends

  161. 30 Aug 2008

    Nikolai Valuev becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  162. 20 Dec 2008

  163. 7 Feb 2009

    Ruslan Chagaev beats Carl Davis Drumond via technical decision 6/12

    Heavyweight (200+ lb)

  164. 7 Nov 2009

    David Haye becomes the WBA Heavyweight world champion

  165. 3 Apr 2010

  166. 13 Nov 2010

    David Haye beats Audley Harrison via knockout 3/12

    Heavyweight (200+ lb)

  167. 2 Jul 2011

    David Haye's WBA Heavyweight world title reign ends