Year            Champ
1719-1730     James Figg
1730             James Figg retired, title declared vacant
1730             Tom Pipes
1731-1734     Tom Pipes vacated title, declared vacant
1735-1738     George "The Barber" Taylor
1738-1750     Jack Broughton
1748             World titles fought under the London Prize Ring rules since 1748.
1750-1760     Jack Slack
1760-1761     William "The Nailer" Stevens
1761-1762     George "The Collier " Meggs
1762-1765     George Millsom
1765-1766     Tom "The Disher " Juchau
1766-1769     Bill "The Dyer " Darts
1769             Tom "The Waterman" Lyons
1769             Tom Lyons retired, title declared vacant
1771-1776     Peter Corcoran
1776-1780    Harry Sellers
1780             Harry Sellers vacated title, declared vacant
1780             Duggan Fearns
1780-1783     Duggan Fearns vacated title, declared vacant
1784-1791     Tom Johnson
1791-1794     Big Benjamin Brain
1794             Big Benjamin Brain died, title declared vacant
1794-1795     Daniel "The Jew" Mendoza
1795             John "Gentleman" Jackson defeated Daniel Mendoza (W-4 ret) to win title
1796             John Jackson retired, title declared vacant.
1796-1797     Thomas Owen
1797-1800     Jack Bartholomew
1800             Jack Bartholomew retired, title declared vacant.
1800-1803     Jem Belcher defeated Andrew Gamble to win vacant title
1803-1806     Henry "Game Chicken" Pearce defeated Jem Belcher to win title.
1806             Henry Pearce retired, title awarded to John Gully
1807-1808     John Gully
1808             John Gully declined the title and retired, title declared vacant
1809-1822     Tom Cribb defeated Tom Molineaux (W-15 ret) to win abandoned title
1809             Tom Cribb retired, title declared vacant.
1810             Tom "Virginia Slave" Molineaux claimed vacant title after Tom Cribb retired
1810-1822     Tom Cribb defeated Tom Molineaux (W-11 ret) to win back title
1822             Tom Cribb retired once again, title declared vacant
1823-1824     Tom "Light Tapper" Spring defeated Jack Langan (W-76 ret) to win vacant title
1824             Tom Spring retired, title declared vacant.
1824-1825     Tom " Great Gun of Windsor" Cannon claimed title after Tom Spring retired
1825-1827     Jem "Black Diamond " Ward defeated Tom Cannon to win title.
1827             Peter 'Young Rump Steak" Crawley defeated Jem Ward to win title.
1827             Peter Crawley retired and named Jem Ward as champion
1828-1832     Jem Ward retired, title declared vacant.
1833-1839     James 'The Deaf 'un" Burke claimed the title after Jem Ward retired
1839-1840     William 'Bendigo" Thompson defeated James Burke to claim portion of the title
1840-1841     Ben Caunt defeated Nick Ward (Jem's brother) to also claim portion of the title
1845-1850     William Thompson defeated Ben Caunt (W-93 disq) to win undisputed title
1850             William Thompson retired, title declared vacant
1850-1851     William "Tipton Slasher" Perry defeated Billy Paddock to win vacant title
1851-1853     Harry Broome defeated William Perry to win title
1853-1856     William Perry defeated Harry Broome by forfeit to win back the title.
1856-1858     Tom "Redditch Needlepointer" Paddock defeated William Perry to win title
1858-1860     Tom "Brighton Boy" Sayers defeated Tom Paddock (W-10 ret) to win title
1860             Tom Sayers and John Heenan fought to a draw (42 rounds)
1860             Tom Sayers retired after the fight and the title was declared vacant
1860-1861     Sam "Staleybridge Infant" Hurst defeated Tom Paddock to claim vacant title
1861-1862     Jem "The Gypsy" Mace defeated Sam Hurst to also claim a portion of the title
1862-1863     Tom King also claimed a portion of the title
1863             Jem Mace defeated Tom King to claim the undisputed title
1863             Tom King defeated Jem Mace to win back the title
1863             Tom King relinquished title, refusing to meet Mace in a rematch, Mace claimed title
1863             Tom King defeated John Heenan and claimed back the title he never lost
1863-1866     King and Mace refused to fight, so the title (claimed by many) declared vacant.
1866             Joe Wormald defeated Andrew Marsden to claim title they both said was theirs
1866             Jem Mace and Joe Goss fought to a draw for the title (Wormald claimed title)
1867             Joe Wormald defeated Ned O'Baldwin by forfeit to once again claim the title
1867             Jem Mace and Ned O'Baldwin fought to a draw for the title, (Wormald still claimed the title)
1867-1870     The title was temporarily suspended due to recent events.
1871-1872     Jem Mace defeated Tom Allen (KO-10) and claimed vacant world and American titles
1872             Jem Mace retired, the title was declared vacant and remained vacant for years
1882             Charley Mitchell claimed the title with a series of wins in the "Billy Madden" Championship bouts.
1890             Charley Mitchell defeated Jem Mace (W-4), who came out of retirement to fight Mitchell for the title.

American/World Bare-Knuckle Championships

Year     Date     Winner     - Loser     Result &nbssp;   Location
1810 Jul 24     Tom Molineaux     - Jack Burrows     W-65 minutes     location unknown
For the American title only, the first documented American title fight
1810 Aug 21     Tom Molineaux     - Tom "Tough" Blake     W-8     location unknown
For the American title only
1810 Dec 18     Tom Cribb     - Tom Molineaux     W-40     Copthall Common, England
For the world title, Molineaux kept his American title
1811 May 21     Tom Molineaux     - Rimmer     W-21     location unknown
For the American title only
1812 Sep 28     Tom Cribb     - Tom Molineaux     W-11     Thistleton Gap, England
For the world title, Molineaux kept his American title
1813 Apr 23     Tom Molineaux     - Jack Carter     W-25     location unknown
For the American title only
1814 May 27     Tom Molineaux     - William Fuller     NC-8 minutes     location unknown
For the American title only, bout ruled a no contest, Molineaux kept this title
1814 May 31     Tom Molineaux     - William Fuller W foul-2 ?
For the American title only, bout ended on a foul by Fuller
1818 Aug 4     Tom Molineaux died in Galway, Ireland. The title was declared vacant
and remained vacant for the next 23 years.
1841 Sep 9     Tom Hyer     - George McChester     W-101     Caldwell's Landing, NY
For the vacant American title only
1849 Feb 7     Tom Hyer     - Yankee Sullivan     W-16     Stillpond Creek, Md
1851 Jan     Tom Hyer retired, the American Title was declared vacant
1853 Oct 12     John Morrissey     - Yankee Sullivan     W-37     Boston Corners, NY
Sullivan beat Morrissey badly, left the ring, ignored ref's call of time, title awarded to Morrissey
1858 Oct 20     John Morrissey     - John Heenan     W-11     Long Point, Canada
1859 Apr 4     John Morrissey relinquished American Title, it was declared vacant
1860 Apr 17     John Cameel Heenan     - Tom Sayers     D-42     Farnborough, England
For the vacant American and world titles, both fighters awarded championship belts;
John Heenan was proclaimed the American champion.
1863 Jan     John Heenan retired, American Title was declared vacant
1863 May 5     Joe Coburn     - Mike McCoole     W-67     Charlesworth, MD
For the vacant American title only
1865 Jun 4     Jim Elliott claimed a portion of the American Title when Joe Coburn 
refused to fight him. He then retired making the title vacant. He would return later.
1866 Sep 19     Mike McCoole      - Bill Davis     W-34     Rhodes Point, St. Louis, MO
Mike McCoole also claimed a portion of the vacant American title with this victory
1867 May 10     Jim Elliott      - Bill Davis     W-9     Point Pelee Island, Canada
For Elliott's portion of the American Title
1867 Aug 31     Mike McCoole      - Aaron Jones     W-34     Busenbark Station, OH
For McCoole's portion of the American Title
1868 Nov 12     Jim Elliott      - Charley Gallagher     W-23     Peach Island, MI
For Elliott's portion of the American Title
1869 Jan 12     Tom Allen      - Bill Davis     W-43     Chateau Island, St. Louis, MO
Tom Allen now claimed a piece of the American Title with this win
1869 Feb 23     Charley Gallagher      - Tom Allen     W-2     Carroll Island, MO
Charley Gallagher now claimed a piece of the American title as well
1869 Jun 15     Mike McCoole      - Tom Allen     W foul-9     Foster's Island, St. Louis, MO
For McCoole's portion of the American Title
1869 Aug 17     Tom Allen      - Charley Gallagher     Draw-11     Foster's Island, MO
Allen knocked Gallagher out but the referee ruled the bout a draw further complicating the title
1870 Jan     Jim Elliott was arrested and later convicted and imprisoned (Dec-12, 1870)
for armed robbery, his portion of the title was stripped.
1870 May 10     Jem Mace      - Tom Allen     W-10     Kennerville, LA
For the world title and also the vacant American title
1871 May 11     Jem Mace      - Joe Coburn     Draw-1     Port Ryeson, Canada
Colburn came out of retirement to face Mace. Neither men struck a blow, police intervened.
1871 Nov 30     Jem Mace      - Joe Coburn     Draw-112     Bay St. Louis, MS
Mace injured his hand in the fifth round, he retained his title with a draw. Mace would later
Vacate the American and World titles.
1872 Nov 30     American and World titles declared to be vacant

World Bare-Knuckle Championships

Year     Date     Winner     Loser     Result     Location
1873 Sep 23     Tom Allen      - Mike McCoole     W-7     St. Louis, MO
For the vacant American and world title
1876 Jul 4     Joe Goss      - Tom Allen     W-27 disq     London, England
1876 Sep 7     Joe Goss      - Tom Allen     W-14 disq     Boone County, KY
1880 May 30     Paddy Ryan      - Joe Goss     KO-87     Colliers Station, WV
1882 Feb 7     John L. Sullivan      - Paddy Ryan    ; TKO-9 ret     Mississippi City, MS
For the American and World title, Sullivan would be the last of the bare-knuckle 
champions as he defended his title many times.
1882 Apr 20     John L. Sullivan      - John McDermott     TKO-3 ret     Rochester, NY
1882 Jul 4     John L. Sullivan      - Jimmy Elliot     KO-3     Brooklyn, NY
1882 Jul 17     John L. Sullivan      - Joe Tug Wilson     W-4 ref     New York, NY
1882 Sep 23     John L. Sullivan      - Henry Higgins     TKO-3 ret     Buffalo, NY
1882 Oct 16     John L. Sullivan      - S.P. Stockton     KO-2     Fort Wayne, IN
1882 Oct 30     John L. Sullivan      - Charley O'Donnell    ; KO-1     Chicago, IL
1882 Nov 17     John L. Sullivan      - PJ Reintzler     TKO-2 ret     Washington DC
1883 Jan 25     John L. Sullivan      - Harry Gilman     KO-3     Toronto, Canada
1883 Mar 14     John L. Sullivan      - Charley Mitchell     KO-3     New York, NY.
Mitchell was the reigning British champion and also claimed the world title.
1883 Aug 6     John L. Sullivan      - Herbert Slade     TKO-3 ret     New York, NY
1883 Oct 17     John L. Sullivan      - James McCoy     TKO-1 ret     McKeesport, PA
1883 Nov 3     John L. Sullivan      - Jim Miles     TKO-1 ret     East St. Louis, IL
1883 Nov 25     John L. Sullivan      - Morris Hefer     KO-1     St. Paul, MN
1883 Dec 4     John L. Sullivan      - Mike Sheenan     TKO-1 ret     Davenport, IA
1884 Jan 14     John L. Sullivan      - Fred Robinson     TKO-2 ret     Butte City, MT
1884 Feb 1     John L. Sullivan      - Sylvester Le Gouriff    KO-1     Astoria, OR
1884 Feb 6     John L. Sullivan      - James Lang     KO-1     Seattle, WA
1884 Mar 6     John L. Sullivan      - George M. Robinson    p; W-4 ref     San Francisco, CA
1884 Apr 10     John L. Sullivan      - Al Marx     KO-3     Galveston, TX
1884 Apr 28     John L. Sullivan      - William Fleming     KO-1     Memphis, TN
1884 Apr 29     John L. Sullivan      - Don Henry     KO-1     Hot Springs, AR
1884 May 2     John L. Sullivan      - Emos Phillips     W-4 ref     Nashville, TN
1884 Nov 10     John L. Sullivan      - John Laflin     W-4 ref     New York, NY
1884 Nov 17     John L. Sullivan      - Alf Greenfield     W-2 ref     New York, NY
1885 Jan 12     John L. Sullivan      - Alf Greenfield     W-4 ref     Boston, MA
1885 Jan 19     John L. Sullivan      - Paddy Ryan     TKO-1 ret     New York, NY
1885 Jun 13     John L. Sullivan      - Jack Burk     W-5 ref     Chicago, IL
1885 Aug 29     John L. Sullivan      - Dominic McCaffrey    ; W-6 ref     Cincinnati, OH
For the vacant World title fought under the Marquees of Queensbury rules with boxing gloves.
1886 Sep 18     John L. Sullivan      - Frank Herald     W-2 ref     Alleghany City, PA
1886 Nov 13     John L. Sullivan      - Paddy Ryan     KO-3     San Francisco, CA
1886 Dec 28     John L. Sullivan      - Duncan McDonald     Draw-4     Denver, CO
1887 Jan 18     John L. Sullivan      - Patsy Cardiff     Draw-6     Minneapolis, MN
1888 Mar 18     John L. Sullivan      - Charlie Mitchell     Draw-39     Chantilly, France
Sullivan retains the Title with the Draw
1889 Jul 8     John L. Sullivan      - Jake Kilrain     TKO-75 ret     Richburg, MS
This was the last bare-knuckle title fight.
1892 Sep 7     James J. Corbett      - John L. Sullivan   ;  KO-21     New Orleans, LA
Sullivan came out of semi-retirement to fight Corbett for the title using the Marquees of
Queensbury rules. Boxing from now on would be governed by these rules.

Colored and Black Heavyweight Championships

Back in the day, black fighters were basically ignored and never given a chance to fight for the World's Heavyweight Championship, so they created their own version of the title and some of these fighters that held these titles are still considered the greatest fighters of all-time. Even when the great black fighter Jack Johnson won the title, he too would not fight any of the black fighters, not because they were black, but because he knew how good they were!

Colored Heavyweight Title (1896-1924)

Year     Date     Winner     - Loser     Result &nbssp;   Location
1896 Dec 21       Bob Armstrong       - Charley Strong    &nbbsp; KO-19      New York City, NY
For the Vacant Colored Heavyweight Title
1897 Mar 6        Bob Armstrong       - Joe Butler      TKO-6      Brooklyn, NY
1898 Jan 29       Frank Childs       - Bob Armstrong   &nbbsp;  KO-2      Chicago, IL
1898 Deb 26      Frank Childs       - John Klondike Haines   &nbbsp;  W-3 DQ      Chicago, IL
1898 Jun 2         Frank Childs       - Charley Strong    &nbbsp; Draw-10 pts      Chicago, IL
Childs keeps his Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1898 Sep 14      George Byers       - Frank Childs     p; W-20 pts      New York City, NY
Byers never defended the title, so Frank Childs was to meet Bob Armstrong for the title.
1899 Mar 4       Frank Childs       - Bob Armstrong    &nbssp; TKO-6      Cincinnati, OH
For the Colored Heavyweight Title as Byers never defended the title
1900 Mar 16        Frank Childs       - George Byers     p; Draw-6 pts      Chicago, IL
For the undisputed Colored Heavyweight title as Byers claims he never lost it in the ring.
Childs keeps his Colored Heavyweight title with a Draw but both fighters agree to meet again.
Frank Childs also keeps his Black Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1901 Mar 16        Frank Childs       - George Byers     p; KO-17      Hot Springs, AR
Childs now hold the "undisputed" Colored heavyweight Title
1902 Feb 24        Denver Ed Martin       - Frank Childs     p; W-6      Chicago, IL
Martin won the Colored Heavyweight title, but Childs still held the Black heavyweight Title
1902 Jul 25        Denver Ed Martin       - Bob Armstrong    &nbssp; W-15 pts      London, England
1902 Oct 16        Denver Ed Martin       - Frank Craig     ; TKO-3      Newcastle, England
1902 Aug 30        Denver Ed Martin       - Frank Craig     ; KO-3      Newcastle, England
1902 Dec 12        Denver Ed Martin       - Bob Armstrong    &nbssp; ND-6      Philadelphia, PA
Martin retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the No Decision
1903 Feb 5        Jack Johnson       - Denver Ed Martin    p;  W-20      Los Angeles, CA
Jackson defends his Black heavyweight Title and wins Martin's Colored Heavyweight Title which is
now unified and undisputed as one championship. The "Black" Heavyweight Championship is no
longer. All future title bouts would be for the "Colored" Heavyweight Championship.
1903 Feb 27        Jack Johnson       - Sam McVea      WW-20      Los Angeles
1903 May 11        Jack Johnson       - Joe Butler      KO-10      Philadelphia, PA
1903 Oct 27        Jack Johnson       - Sam McVea      WW-20      Los Angeles
1904 Feb 15        Jack Johnson       - Black Bill      W-6      Philadelphia, PA
1904 Apr 22        Jack Johnson       - Sam McVea      KKO-20      San Francisco, CA
1904 Jun 2        Jack Johnson       - Frank Childs     p; W-6      Chicago, IL
1904 Oct 18        Jack Johnson       - Denver Ed Martin    &  KO-2      Los Angeles, CA
1905 May 2        Jack Johnson       - Black Bill      KO-4      Philadelphia, PA
1905 May 9        Jack Johnson       - Walter Johnson    &nbbsp; KO-3      Philadelphia, PA
1905 Nov 25        Jack Johnson      - Joe Jeannette    ;   L-2 DQ      Philadelphia, PA
Johnson still retains the Colored Heavyweight Title because he was disqualified
1905 Dec 1        Jack Johnson       - Young Peter Jackson   &nbssp;  ND-10      Baltimore, MD
Johnson retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the No Decision
1905 Dec 2        Jack Johnson       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; ND-6      Philadelphia, PA
Johnson retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the No Decision
1906 Jan 16       Jack Johnson       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; W-3      New York City, NY
1906 Mar 14        Jack Johnson       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; W-15 pts      Baltimore, MD
1906 Apr 26        Jack Johnson       - Sam Langford     p; W-15 pts      Chelsea, MA
1906 Sep 20        Jack Johnson       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; W-6      Philadelphia, PA
1906 Nov 26        Jack Johnson       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; Draw-10 pts      Portland, ME
Johnson retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1907 Nov 19        Jack Johnson       - Peter Felix     ; KO-1      Sydney, Australia
1908 Dec 16        Johnson relinquished the Colored Heavyweight when he fought and beat 
Tommy Burns for the World Heavyweight Title. He never offered to fight any of the top Black
Heavyweight fighters for his World title. So the "Colored" Heavyweight Championship still remained.
1909 Feb 20        Sam McVea       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; W-20 pts      Paris, France
For the vacant, but disputed Colored Heavyweight Title
1909 Apr 19        Joe Jeannette       - Sam McVea    &  TKO-49      Paris, France
1909 May 24        Sam Langford       - William "Iron" Hague  p;    KO-4      London, England
Langford claims Colored Heavyweight Title after Jack Johnson refuses to meet him. Joe Jeannette
still claimed the Colored Heavyweight title as well.
1909 Jul 13        Sam Langford       - John Klondike Haines   &nbbsp;  W-6      Pittsburgh, PA
1909 Sep 28        Sam Langford       - Dixie Kid      WW-7 ret      Boston, MA
1909 Nov 2        Sam Langford       - John Klondike Haines   &nbbsp;  KO-2      Boston, MA
1910 Jan 10        Sam Langford       - Dixie Kid      KKO-3      Memphis, TN
1910 May 14        Sam Langford       - Battling Jim Johnson   &nbbsp;  W-6      Philadelphia, PA
1910 Sep 6        Sam Langford       - Joe Jeannette   &nbbsp;  W-15 pts      Boston, MA
This was for the "Undisputed" Colored Heavyweight Championship as Joe Jeannette also
claimed the Colored Heavyweight Title.
1911 Jan 10        Sam Langford       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; W-12 pts      Boston, MA
1911 Apr 1        Sam Langford       - Sam McVea      DDraw-10 pts      Paris, France
Langford retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1911 Sep 5        Sam Langford       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; W-10      New York City, NY
1911 Dec 26        Sam McVea       - Sam Langford    &nbbsp; W-20 pts      Sydney, Australia
1912 Apr 8        Sam Langford       - Sam McVea      WW-20 pts      Sydney, Australia
1912 Aug 3        Sam Langford       - Sam McVea      WW-20 pts      Sydney, Australia
1912 Oct 19       Sam Langford       - Sam McVea      TTKO-11      Sydney, Australia
1912 Dec 26        Sam Langford       - Sam McVea      KKO-13      Perth, Australia
1913 Mar 24       Sam Langford       - Sam McVea      DDraw-20 pts      Brisbane, Australia
Langford retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1913 Sep 9        Sam Langford       - John Lester Johnson   &nbssp;  KO-1      New York City, NY
1913 Oct 3        Sam Langford       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; Draw-10      New York City, NY
Langford retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1913 Dec 30        Sam Langford       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; W-20 pts      Paris, France
Recognized as a World Title fight by the French Boxing Federation which earlier had stripped 
Jack Johnson of the World Heavyweight Title. Langord was later stripped of this title as well.
1914 Mar 27        Sam Langford       - Battling Jim Johnson   &nbbsp;  W-10      New York City, NY
1914 Apr 15        Sam Langford       - George Kid Cotton    ;  W-8 pts      Chattanooga, TN
1914 May 1        Harry Wills       - Sam Langford    &nbbsp; W-10 pts      New Orleans, LA
1914 Jun 9        Harry Willis       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; W-10      New Orleans, LA
1914 Nov 26        Sam Langford       - Harry Wills    &nbssp; KO-14      Vernon, CA
1915 Apr 6        Sam Langford       - Battling Jim Johnson   &nbbsp;  Draw-10      New York City, NY
Langford retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1915 Apr 13        Joe Jeannette       - Sam Langford   &nbssp;  W-12 pts      Boston, MA
1915 Apr 27        Joe Jeannette       - Sam McVea      DDraw-12 pts      Boston,MA
Jeannette retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with this disputed Draw
1915 Jun 29        Sam McVea       - Sam Langford     p; W-12 pts      Boston, MA
Sam McVea claimed the Colored Heavyweight Title with this win. Joe Jeannette also is still
recognized as the Colored Heavyweight Champ as well.
1915 Sep 7        Harry Wills       - Sam McVea    &  W-12 pts      Boston, MA
Wills won McVea's portion of the Colored Heavyweight Title
1915 Dec 3        Harry Wills       - Sam Langford     p; W-10      New York City, NY
1916 Jan 3        Harry Wills       - Sam Langford     p; W-20 pts      New Orleans, LA
1916 Feb 11        Sam Langford       - Harry Wills    p;  KO-19      New Orleans, LA
1916 Feb 17        Sam Langford       - Sam McVea      DDraw-10      New York City, NY
Langford retains his portion of the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1916 Feb 26        Joe Jeannette       - Silas Green     ; KO-6      Montreal, Canada
Jeannette retains his portion of the Colored Heavyweight Title
1916 Feb 28        Sam Langford       - Cleve Hawkins    &nbssp; W-10      New York City, NY
Langford retains his portion of the Colored Heavyweight Title
1916 Mar 7        Sam Langford       - Harry Wills     ; L-10      Brooklyn, NY
Langford retains his portion of the Colored Heavyweight Title even though he lost the Newspaper Decision
1916 Mar 23        Sam Langford       - Dave Mills      TKO-2      Syracuse, NY
1916 Mar 31        Sam Langford       - Jeff Clark      TKO-5      St. Louis, MO
1916 Apr 7        Sam Langford       - Sam McVea      DDraw-10      Syracuse, NY
Langford retains his portion of the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1916 Apr 25        Sam Langford       - Harry Wills     ; L-8      St. Louis, MO
Langford retains his portion of the Colored Heavyweight Title even though he lost the Newspaper Decision
1916 May 2        Sam Langford       - Sam McVea      NND-10      Buenos Aires, Argentina
Langford retains his portion of the Colored Heavyweight Title with the No-Decision
1916 May 12        Sam Langford       - Joe Jeannette   &nbbsp;  KO-7      Syracuse, NY
For the "Undisputed" Colored Heavyweight Title  as Joe Jeannette also claimed the
Colored Heavyweight Title.
1916 Aug 12        Sam Langford       - Sam McVea      DDraw-10 pts      Buenos Aires, Argentina
Langford retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1916 Nov 30        Sam Langford       - Bill Tate      DDraw-10      Syracuse, NY
Langford retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1916 Dec 12        Sam Langford       - Battling Jim Johnson   &nbbsp;  KO-12      St. Louis, MO
1917 Jan 1        Sam Langford       - Battling Jim Johnson   &nbbsp;  W-12 pts      Kansas City, MO
1917 Jan 25        Bill Tate       - Sam Langford   &nbssp;  W-12 pts      Kansas City, MO
1917 May 1        Sam Langford       - Bill Tate    &  KO-5      St. Louis, MO
1917 May 11        Sam Langford       - Harry Wills     ; Draw-6      Philadelphia, PA
Langford retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1917 Sep 14        Sam Langford       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; W-12      Toledo, OH
1917 Sep 20        Sam Langford         -Harry Wills     &  L-10      Brooklyn, NY
Langford retains the Colored Heavyweight Title even though he lost the Newspaper Decision
1917 Nov 12        Sam Langford         -Harry Wills     &  L-12      Toledo, OH
Langford retains the Colored Heavyweight Title even though he lost the Newspaper Decision
1917 Dec 12        Sam Langford       - Kid Norfolk     ; KO-2      Denver, CO
1918 Apr 14        Harry Wills       - Sam Langford    &nbbsp; KO-6      Panama City, Panama
1918 May 19        Harry Wills       - Sam Langford     p; TKO-7      Panama City, Panama
1918 Aug 19        Harry Wills       - Jeff Clark      TKO-5      Atlantic City, NJ
1918 Sep 14        Harry Wills       - Jack Thompson    &nbssp; ND-6      Philadelphia, PA
Wills retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the No-Decision
1919 Jun 10        Harry Wills       - John Lester Johnson   &nbssp;  W-8      Jersey City, NJ
1919 Jul 4        Harry Wills       - Sam Langford     p; W-8      St. Louis, MO
1919 Aug 18        Harry Wills       - Jeff Clark      TKO-7      Syracuse, NY
1919 Sep 30        Harry Wills       - Sam Langford     p; ND-10      Syracuse, NY
Wills retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the No-Decision
1919 Oct 20        Harry Wills       - Joe Jeannette    &nbssp; W-8      Jersey City, NJ
1919 Nov 5        Harry Wills       - Sam Langford     p; W-15 pts      Tulsa, OK
1920 Jan 1        Harry Wills       - Jack Thompson    &nbssp; NC-3      San Francisco, CA
Wills retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the No-Contest
1920 Jan 12        Harry Wills       - Jack Thimpson    &nbssp; W-15 pts      Tulsa, OK
1920 Mar 17        Harry Wills       - Andrew Johnson    &nbbsp; KO-1      St. Paul, MN
1920 Apr 23        Harry Wills       - Sam Langford     p; W-15 pts      Denver, CO
1920 Sep 8        Harry Wills       - Sam McVea      NNC-6      Philadelphia, PA
Wills retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the No-Contest
1921 Jan 17        Harry Wills       - Bill Tate      TTKO-4      Atlanta, GA
1921 Feb 11        Harry Wills       - Jeff Clark      KO-2      Buffalo, NY
1921 May 27        Harry Wills       - Andrew Johnson    &nbbsp; KO-1      Brooklyn, NY
1921 Jul 2        Harry Wills       - Bill Tate      TTKO-6      Long Island City, NY
1921 Nov 18        Harry Wills       - Denver Ed Martin    &  KO-1      Milwaukie, OR
1921 Nov 30        Harry Wills       - Jack Thompson    &nbssp; NC-5      Denver, CO
Wills retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the No-Contest
1921 Dec 7        Harry Wills       - Bill Tate      WW-12 pts      Denver, CO
1922 Jan 2        Harry Wills         -Bill Tate     &nbbsp; L-1 DQ      Milwaukie, OR
Both fighters agreed to a rematch, Wills is still the Champ because he was disqualified
1922 Jan 6        Harry Wills       - Bill Tate      DDraw-10 pts      Milwaukie, OR
Wills retains the Colored Heavyweight Title with the Draw
1922 Jan 17        Harry Wills       - Sam Langford     p; W-10 pts      Milwaukie, OR
1922 Jun 29        Harry Wills       - Jeff Clark      TKO-2      Trenton, NJ
1922 Jul 17        Harry Wills       - Jeff Clark      KO-3      Winnipeg, Canada
1922 Aug 21        Harry Wills       - Buddy Jackson    &nbssp; KO-2      Newark, NJ
1922 Aug 29        Harry Wills       - Tut Jackson     ; KO-3      Brooklyn, NY
1922 Sep 29        Harry Wills       - Clem Johnson     p; TKO-12      New York City, NY
1923 Nov 5        Harry Wills       - Jack Thompson    &nbssp; TKO-4      Newark, NJ
1924 Sep 6        Wills signed to fight Undisputed Champ Jack Dempsey for the title, but the bout was
cancelled when finances failed to materialize. No more Colored heavyweight Championships were fought.
Wills and Dempsey signed to fight once more and once again the bout was cancelled. There were no more
"Colored" Heavyweight Title fights on record.

Black Heavyweight Title (1899-1903)

Year     Date     Winner     - Loser     Result &nbssp;   Location
1899 May 8        John Klondike Haines       - Jack Johnson     p; TKO-5      Chicago, IL
Haines claims the "new" Black heavyweight Title (Different from the Colored Heavyweight title)
1899 Aug 11        Frank Childs       - John Klondike Haines  &nnbsp;   W-6 pts      Chicago, IL
1899 Oct 28        Frank Childs       - John Klondike Haines   &nbbsp;  KO-3      Chicago, IL
1900 Mar 16        Frank Childs       - George Byers     p; Draw-6 pts      Chicago, IL
Childs keeps Black Heavyweight Title with the Draw, also for the Colored Heavyweight title,
1900 Dec 15        Frank Childs       - Joe Butler      KO-6      Chicago, IL
1902 Oct 10        Frank Childs       - Joe Walcott     ; TKO-3      Chicago, IL
1902 Oct 21        Jack Johnson       - Frank Childs   &nbssp;  TKO-12      Los Angeles, CA
1903 Feb 5        Jack Johnson       - Denver Ed Martin    &  W-20      Los Angeles, CA
Jackson defends his Black heavyweight Title and wins Martin's Colored Heavyweight Title which is
now unified and undisputed as one championship. The "Black" Heavyweight Championship is no
longer. All future title bouts would be for the "Colored" Heavyweight Championship.

Here are some of the Career Records of the Champs
Bob Armstrong (16-11-5, 6 KOs, 3 NDs)
Frank Childs (39-8-8, 22 KOs)
George Byers (20-9-18, 13 KOs, 2 NDs)
John Klondike Haines (27-14-5, 12 KOs)
Denver Ed Martin (22-9-2, 15 KOs 4 NDs
Jack Johnson (92-14-11, 51 KOs, 14 NDs)
Sam McVea (84-15-11, 47 KOs, 5 NDs)
Sam Langford (214-46-44, 138 KOs, 31 NDs)
Joe Jeanette (112-22-14, 68 KOs, 17 NDs)
Harry Wills (80-10-4, 50 KOs, 10 NDs)
Bill Tate (32-28-5, 23 KOs)

White Heavyweight Championships (1913-1921)

When the great black fighter Jack Johnson won the title, he was so despised by the white people for some of the things he did, that the White Heavyweight Championship of the World was created.

Year     Date     Winner                     Loser                         Result          Location
1913 Jan 1       Luther McCarty          -Al Palzer     &nbbsp;               TKO-18       Vernon, CA
For the vacant "White" Heavyweight Championship
1913 Mar 24    Arthur Pelkey            - Luther McCarty   &nnbsp;       KO-1           Calgary, Canada
1914 Jan 1       Ed "Gunboat" Smith    - Arthur Pelkey   &nbbsp;          TKO-15       Daly City, CA
1914 July 16     Georges Carpentier    - Ed "Gunboat" Smith    W-6 DQ        London, England
1921 Jul 27       Jack Dempsey            - Georges Carpentier  &nbssp;  KO-4            Jersey City, NJ
For the Undisputed Heavyweight Title, the "White" Heavyweight Title was soon after eliminated.

European Heavyweight Championships (EBU) (1909- present)

The fights listed here are only the ones where the title changes hands

Year     Date     Winner                     Loser                         Result          Location
1909 Apr 19        Iron (William) Hague      - Gunner Moir     KO-1     London, England
For the new vacant "European Heavyweight Championship".
1910 May     WIlliam Hague vacated the title to fight for the British Title, EBU Title is vacant
1913 Jun 1        Georges Carpentier      - Bombadier Billy Wells     KO-4     Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium
For the vacant title.
1922 Sep 4        Battling Siki     - Georges Carpentier     KO-6     Paris, France
1922 Sep     Battling Siki vacated the title to fight as a Light-heavyweight, EBU Title is vacant
1923 May 20        Erminio Spalla      - Piet van der Veer     W-20 pts     Lombardia, Italy
For the vacant title.
1926 May 18        Paulino Uzcudun      - Erminio Spalla     W-15 pts     Barcelona, Spain
1926 Jun     Paulino Uzcudun vacated the title to fight overseas, EBU Title is vacant
1926 Jun 14        Harry Persson      - Phil Scott     KO-11     London, England
For the vacant title.
1928 Jul     Harry Persson vacated the title to fight for the Swedish title, EBU Title is vacant
1928 Jul 8        Paulino Uzcudun      - Ludwig Haymann     KO-11     País Vasco, Spain
1929 Jan     Paulino Uzcudun was stripped of the title to fight for failure to defend, EBU Title is vacant
1929 Feb 3        Pierre Charles      - Ludwig Haymann     W-15 pts     Dortmund, Germany
For the vacant title.
1931 Aug 30        Hein Müller      - Pierre Charles     W-15 pts     Berlin, Germany
1932 May 28        Pierre Charles      - Hein Müller     W-15 pts     Brussels, Belgium
1933 May 13        Paulino Uzcudun      - Pierre Charles     W-15 pts     Madrid, Spain
1933 Oct     Paulino Uzcudun vacated the title to fight Primo Carnera for the World title
The EBU Title is declared vacant
1935 Jun 21        Pierre Charles      - Vincenz Hower     W-15 pts     Berlin, Germany
For the vacant title.
1935 Oct 2     George Godfrey      - Pierre Charles     W-15 unan     Brussels, Belgium
This was for the IBU's version of the World Heavyweight Title as the IBU did not recognize
Max Baer as the World Champ. Pierre Charles still retained the European title.
1937 Mar 17        Arno Koelblin      - Pierre Charles     W-15 pts     Berlin, Germany
1938 Mar 4        Heinz Lazek      - Arno Koelblin     W-2 DQ     Berlin, Germany
1939 Mar 17        Adolf Heuser      - Heinz Lazek     KO-5     Berlin, Germany
1939 Jul 2        Max Schmeling      - Adolf Heuser     KO-1     Stuttgart, Germany
For the vacant title.
1943 Jan     Max Schmeling vacated the title as he was still fighting in WWII. EBU Title is vacant
1943 May 30        Olle Tandberg     - Karel Sys     W-15 unnan     Solna, Sweden
For the vacant title.
1943 Nov 14        Karel Sys      - Olle Tandberg     W-15 pts     Brussels, Belgium
1946 Jul     Karel Sys stripped of the title due to inactivity. EBU Title is vacant
1946 Jul 29        Bruce Woodcock      - Paul Albert Renet     KO-6     Manchester, England
For the vacant title.
1950 Jun     Bruce Woodcock vacated the title to fight American's Lee Savold for the EBU's version
of the World Heavyweight title as the EBU did not recognized Ezzard Charles as the World Champ.
The EBU Title is declared vacant
1950 Jun 3        Jo Weidin      - Stephane Olek     W-15 pts     Vienna, Austria
For the vacant title.
1951 Mar 27        Jack Gardner      - Jo Weidin     W-15 pts     London, England
1951 Sep 23        Hein Ten Hoff      - Jack Gardner     W-15     Berlin, Germany
1952 Jan 12        Karel Sys      - Hein Ten Hoff     W-15 pts     Brussels, Belgium
1952 Mar 9        Heinz Neuhaus      - Karel Sys     W-15 pts     Dortmund, Germany
1955 Jun 26        Franco Cavicchi      - Heinz Neuhaus     W-15 pts     Bologna, Italy
1956 Sep 30        Ingemar Johansson      - Franco Cavicchi     KO-3     Bologna, Italy
1959 Jun     Ingemar Johansson vacated the title to fight Floyd Patterson for the World Heavyweight
title. The EBU Title is declared vacant
1960 Mar 27        Dick Richardson      - Hans Kalbfell     TKO-13     Dortmund, Germany
For the vacant title.
1962 Jun 27        Ingemar Johansson      - Dick Richardson     KO-8     Gothenburg, Sweden
1964 Jan     Ingemar Johansson retired. The EBU Title is declared vacant. Johansson later made
a come-back and defeated Brian London, then retired for good.
1964 Feb 24        Henry Cooper      - Brian London     W-15 pts     Manchester, England
For the vacant title.
1964 Oct     Henry Cooper vacated the title to fight for the British Empire title. The EBU Title is vacant
1964 Oct 17        Karl Mildenberger      - Santo Amonti     KO-1     Berlin, Germany
For the vacant title.
1968 Sep 18        Henry Cooper      - Karl Mildenberger     W-8 DQ     London, England
1969 Dec     Henry Cooper vacated the title to fight for the British title. The EBU Title is vacant
1969 Dec 6        Peter Weiland      - Bernard Thebault     KO-1     Kiel, Germany
For the vacant title.
1970 Apr 3        Jose Manuel Urtain      - Peter Weiland     KO-7     Madrid, Spain
1970 Nov 10        Henry Cooper      - Jose Manuel Urtain    TKO-9     London, England
1971 Mar 16        Joe Bugner      - Henry Cooper     W-15 pts     London, England
1971 Sep 27        Jack Bodell      - Joe Bugner     W-15 pts     London, England
1971 Dec 17        Jose Manuel Urtain     - Jack Bodell     TKO-2     Madrid, Spain
1972 Jun 9        Jurgen Blin      - Jose Manuel Urtain    W-15 pts     Madrid, Spain
1972 Oct 10        Joe Bugner      - Jurgen Blin     KO-8     London, England
1975 Jun     Joe Bugner vacated the title to fight Muhammed Ali for the World title.
The EBU Title is declared vacant
1976 Apr 6        Richard Dunn      - Bernd August     TKO-3     London, England
For the vacant title.
1976 Oct 12        Joe Bugner      - Richard Dunn     KO-11     London, England
1976 Mar     Joe Bugner vacated the title to fight in the USA. The EBU Title is vacant
1977 Mar 12        Jean-Pierre Coopman      - Jose Manuel     KO-4&     Antwerpen, Belgium
For the vacant title.
1977 May 7        Lucien Rodriguez      - Jean-Pierre Coopman   &nbssp; W-15 pts     Antwerpen, Belgium
1977 Sep 9        Alfredo Evangelista      - Lucien Rodriguez     TKO-11     Madrid, Spain
1979 Apr 18        Lorenzo Zanon      - Alfredo Evangelista   &nbssp; W-12 pts     Piemonte, Italy
1980 Feb    Lorenzo Zanon vacated the title to fight Larry Holmes for the WBC World title.
The EBU Title is declared vacant
1980 Apr 22        John Louis Gardner      - Rudy Gauwe     TKO-9&     London, England
For the vacant title.
1981 Jun    John Louis Gardner vacated the title to fight America's Michael Dokes instead of defending
the title. The EBU Title is declared vacant
1981 Nov 26        Lucien Rodriguez      - Felipe Rodriguez     W-12 pts     Paris, France
For the vacant title.
1984 Nov 9        Steffen Tangstad      - Lucien Rodriguez     W-12 unan     Copenhagen, Denmark
1985 Mar 9        Anders Eklund      - Steffen Tangstad     TKO-4     Copenhagen, Denmark
1985 Oct 1        Frank Bruno      - Anders Eklund     KO--4     London, England
1986 Apr    Frank Bruno vacated the title to sign for a fight versus Tim Witherspoon for the WBC
World title. The EBU Title is declared vacant
1986 Apr 18        Steffen Tangstad      - John Westgarth     W--12 pts     Randers, Denmark
For the vacant title.
1986 Sep    Steffen Tangstad vacated the title to sign for a fight versus Michael Spinks for the IBF
World title. The EBU Title is declared vacant
1987 Jan 8        Alfredo Evangelista      - Andre van den Oetelaar   &  TKO-5     País Vasco, Spain
For the vacant title.
1987 Mar 28        Anders Eklund      - Alfredo Evangelista   &nbssp; KO-7     Copenhagen, Denmark
1987 Oct 9        Francesco Damiani      - Anders Eklund     KO--6     Aosta, Italy
1989 May    Francesco Damiani vacated the title to fight Johnny Duploy for the newly created
WBO World title. The EBU Title is declared vacant
1989 Dec 5        Derek Williams      - Hughroy Currie     TKKO-1     London, England
For the vacant title.
1990 Feb 3        Jean Chanet      - Derek Williams     W--12 unan     Haute-Marne, France
1990 Oct 31        Lennox Lewis      - Jean Chanet     TKO-66     London, England
1993 May    Lennox Lewis vacated the title to fight Tony Tucker for the WBC World title.
The EBU Title is declared vacant
1992 Dec 19        Henry Akinwande      -Axel Schulz     Draw-112     Berlin, Germany
For the vacant title. Both fighters signed to for  rematch to decide the EBU title.
1993 May 1        Henry Akinwande      -Axel Schulz     W-12 ppts     Berlin, Germany
Henry Akinwande captured the title with this victory.
1995 Apr    Henry Akinwande vacated the title to concentrate on the WBO World title.
The EBU Title is declared vacant
1995 Apr 11        Zeljko Mavrovic      - Christophe Bizot     TKO-11     Hauts-de-Seine, France
For the vacant title.
1998 Sep    Zeljko Mavrovic vacated the title to fight Lennox Lewis for the WBC World title.
The EBU Title is declared vacant
1998 Oct 24        Vitali Klitschko      - Mario Schiesser     TTKO-2     Hamburg, Germany
For the vacant title.
1999 Jun    Vitali Klitschko  vacated the title to fight Herbie Hide for the WBO World title.
The EBU Title is declared vacant
1999 Sep 25        Wladimir Klitschko      - Axel Schulz     TKO-88     Cologne, Germany
For the vacant title.
2000 Oct    Wladimir Klitschko  vacated the title to fight Chris Byrd for the WBO World title.
The EBU Title is declared vacant
2000 Nov 25        Vitali Klitschko      - Timo Hoffmann     W-112 unan     Hannover, Germany
For the vacant title.
2002 Jan    Vitali Klitschko  vacated the title to fight Larry Donald in a WBA World title Eliminator
bout. The EBU Title is declared vacant
2002 Jan 5        Luan Krasniqi      - Rene Monse     W-12 mmaj     Magdeburg, Germany
For the vacant title.
2002 Jul 20        Przemyslaw Saleta      - Luan Krasniqi     TKOO-9     Dortmund, Germany
2002 Oct 12        Sinan Samil Sam      - Przemyslaw Saleta T    KO--7     Schwerin, Germany
2004 Feb 14        Luan Krasniqi      - Sinan Samil Sam     WW-12 maj     Stuttgart, Germany
2005 May    Luan Krasniqi  vacated the title to fight Lance Whitaker in a WBO World title Eliminator
bout. The EBU Title is declared vacant
2005 Jun 11        Paolo Vidoz      - Timo Hoffmann     W-112 splt     Kempten, Germany
For the vacant title.
2006 Jul 15        Vladimir Virchis      - Paolo Vidoz     KO-6&     Hamburg, Germany
2007 May 19        Vladimir Virchis      - Paolo Vidoz     W-12 unan     Hamburg, Germany
2008 Mar    Vladimir Virchis vacated the title to fight Juan Carlos Gomez for a WBC Title Eliminator Bout
The EBU Title is declared vacant
2008 July 4        Sinan Samil Sam     - Paolo Vidoz     W-12 unan     Ankara, Turkey
For the vacant title.

"The man who beat the man who beat the man"