List of European Boxing Union champions

The following is a list of European Boxing Union champions. The European Boxing Union (EBU) is a professional boxing governing body that sanctions championship bouts in Europe.

Heavyweight

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Last update: 11 March 2023

List of EBU heavyweight champions.[1]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Georges Carpentier 1 June 1913 6 France French
Battling Siki 24 September 1922 0 Senegal Senegalese / France French
Erminio Spalla 20 May 1923 2 Italy Italian
Paulino Uzcudun 18 May 1926 0 Spain Spanish
Harry Persson 14 June 1926 0 Sweden Swedish
Phil Scott 27 January 1927 0 United Kingdom British
Paulino Uzcudun 7 July 1928 0 Spain Spanish
Pierre Charles 3 February 1929 7 Belgium Belgian
Hein Müller 30 August 1931 1 Germany German
Pierre Charles 28 May 1932 0 Belgium Belgian
Paulino Uzcudun 13 May 1933 0 Spain Spanish
Primo Carnera 22 October 1933 0 Italy Italian
Pierre Charles 21 June 1935 0 Belgium Belgian
Arno Kölblin 17 March 1937 0 Germany German
Heinz Lazek 4 March 1938 3 Austria Austrian
Adolf Heuser 17 March 1939 0 Germany German
Max Schmeling 2 July 1939 0 Germany German
Olle Tandberg 30 May 1943 0 Sweden Swedish
Karel Sys 11 November 1943 0 Belgium Belgian
Bruce Woodcock 29 July 1946 2 United Kingdom British
Jo Weidin 3 June 1950 0 Austria Austrian
Jack Gardner 27 March 1951 0 United Kingdom British
Hein ten Hoff 23 September 1951 0 Germany German
Karel Sys 12 January 1952 0 Belgium Belgian
Heinz Neuhaus 9 March 1952 4 Germany German
Franco Cavicchi 26 June 1955 1 Italy Italian
Ingemar Johansson 30 September 1956 2 Sweden Swedish
Dick Richardson 27 March 1960 3 United Kingdom British
Ingemar Johansson 17 June 1962 0 Sweden Swedish
Henry Cooper 24 February 1964 0 United Kingdom British
Karl Mildenberger 17 October 1964 6 Germany German
Henry Cooper 18 September 1968 1 United Kingdom British
Peter Weiland 6 December 1969 0 Germany German
Jose Manuel Urtain 3 April 1970 1 Spain Spanish
Henry Cooper 10 November 1970 0 United Kingdom British
Joe Bugner 16 March 1971 1 United Kingdom British
Jack Bodell 27 September 1971 0 United Kingdom British
Jose Manuel Urtain 17 December 1971 0 Spain Spanish
Juergen Blin 9 June 1972 0 Germany German
Joe Bugner 10 October 1972 4 United Kingdom British
Richard Dunn 6 April 1976 0 United Kingdom British
Joe Bugner 12 October 1976 0 United Kingdom British
Jean-Pierre Coopman 12 March 1977 0 Belgium Belgian
Lucien Rodriguez 7 May 1977 0 France French
Alfredo Evangelista 9 September 1977 4 Uruguay Uruguayan / Spain Spanish
Lorenzo Zanon 18 April 1979 2 Italy Italian
John L. Gardner 22 April 1980 1 United Kingdom British
Lucien Rodriguez 26 November 1981 6 France French
Steffen Tangstad 9 November 1984 0 Norway Norwegian
Anders Eklund 9 March 1985 0 Sweden Swedish
Frank Bruno 1 October 1985 0 United Kingdom British
Steffen Tangstad 18 April 1986 0 Norway Norwegian
Alfredo Evangelista 8 January 1987 0 Uruguay Uruguayan / Spain Spanish
Anders Eklund 28 March 1987 0 Sweden Swedish
Francesco Damiani 9 October 1987 2 Italy Italian
Derek Williams 5 December 1989 0 United Kingdom British
Jean-Maurice Chanet 3 February 1990 1 France French
Lennox Lewis 31 October 1990 3 United Kingdom British
Henry Akinwande 1 May 1993 2 United Kingdom British
Željko Mavrović 11 April 1995 6 Croatia Croatian
Vitali Klitschko 24 October 1998 2 Ukraine Ukrainian
Wladimir Klitschko 25 September 1999 1 Ukraine Ukrainian
Vitali Klitschko 25 November 2000 0 Ukraine Ukrainian
Luan Krasniqi 5 January 2002 0 Albania Albanian
Przemysław Saleta 20 July 2002 0 Poland Polish
Sinan Şamil Sam 12 October 2002 2 Turkey Turkish
Luan Krasniqi 14 February 2004 2 Albania Albanian
Paolo Vidoz 11 June 2005 2 Italy Italian
Vladimir Virchis 15 July 2006 1 Ukraine Ukrainian
Sinan Şamil Sam 4 July 2008 0 Turkey Turkish
Matt Skelton 19 December 2008 0 United Kingdom British
Albert Sosnowski 18 December 2009 0 Poland Polish
Audley Harrison 9 April 2010 0 United Kingdom British
Alexander Dimitrenko 31 July 2010 2 Ukraine Ukrainian
Robert Helenius 3 December 2011 0 Finland Finnish
Kubrat Pulev 5 May 2012 1 Bulgaria Bulgarian
Derek Chisora 21 September 2013 0 United Kingdom British
Tyson Fury 29 November 2014 0 United Kingdom British
Erkan Teper 17 July 2015 0 Germany German
Robert Helenius 20 December 2015 0 Finland Finnish
Kubrat Pulev 7 May 2016 0 Bulgaria Bulgarian
Agit Kabayel 4 February 2017 3 Germany German
Joe Joyce 28 November 2020 0 United Kingdom British
Agit Kabayel 4 March 2023 0 Germany German

Cruiserweight

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Last update: 2 November 2023

List of EBU cruiserweight champions.[2]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Sammy Reeson 22 April 1987 1 United Kingdom British
Angelo Rottoli 26 May 1989 0 Italy Italian
Anaclet Wamba 11 November 1989 0 France French
Johnny Nelson 14 December 1990 1 United Kingdom British
Akim Tafer 27 February 1992 3 France French
Massimiliano Duran 22 June 1993 0 Italy Italian
Carl Thompson 2 February 1994 1 United Kingdom British
Alexander Gurov 17 January 1995 0 Ukraine Ukrainian
Patrice Aouissi 14 March 1995 1 France French
Alexander Gurov 24 October 1995 0 Ukraine Ukrainian
Akim Tafer 25 May 1996 0 France French
Johnny Nelson 22 February 1997 1 United Kingdom British
Terry Dunstan 14 February 1998 0 United Kingdom British
Alexey Ilyin 27 February 1999 0 Russia Russian
Torsten May 27 November 1999 0 Germany German
Carl Thompson 13 May 2000 1 United Kingdom British
Alexander Gurov 21 April 2001 1 Ukraine Ukrainian
Pietro Aurino 5 November 2002 2 Italy Italian
Vincenzo Cantatore 27 March 2004 1 Italy Italian
Alexander Gurov 27 November 2004 0 Ukraine Ukrainian
David Haye 16 December 2005 3 United Kingdom British
Vincenzo Cantatore 22 June 2007 0 Italy Italian
Johny Jensen 14 December 2007 0 Denmark Danish
Jean Marc Monrose 3 May 2008 0 France French
Marco Huck 20 September 2008 3 Germany German
Enzo Maccarinelli 27 April 2010 0 United Kingdom British
Alexander Frenkel 18 September 2010 0 Germany German
Aleksandr Alekseyev 4 February 2012 1 Russia Russian
Mateusz Masternak 15 December 2012 0 Poland Polish
Grigory Drozd 5 October 2013 1 Russia Russian
Rakhim Chakhkiev 24 October 2014 0 Russia Russian
Tony Bellew 12 December 2015 0 United Kingdom British
Dmytro Kucher 10 June 2016 0 Ukraine Ukrainian
Yves Ngabu 4 June 2017 2 Belgium Belgium
Lawrence Okolie 26 October 2019 0 United Kingdom British
Tommy McCarthy 31 October 2020 1 United Kingdom British
Chris Billam-Smith 13 November 2021 3 United Kingdom British
Michał Cieślak 22 April 2023 0 Poland Polish

Light-heavyweight

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Last update: 2 November 2023

List of EBU light heavyweight champions.[3]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Georges Carpentier 12 February 1913 0 France French
Battling Siki 24 September 1922 0 France French
Raymond Bonnel 1 December 1923 0 France French
Louis Clement 27 March 1924 1 Switzerland Swiss
Herman van 't Hof 5 January 1926 0 Netherlands Dutch
Fernand Delarge 25 July 1926 2 Belgium Belgian
Max Schmeling 19 June 1927 2 Germany German
Michele Bonaglia 10 February 1929 2 Italy Italian
Ernst Pistulla 18 March 1931 1 Germany German
Adolf Heuser 25 June 1932 0 Germany German
John Andersson 1 April 1933 1 Sweden Swedish
Martinez de Alfara 7 February 1934 0 Spain Spanish
Marcel Thil 26 March 1934 3 France French
Merlo Preciso 9 August 1935 0 Italy Italian
Heinz Lazek 17 September 1935 2 Austria Austrian
Gustave Roth 1 September 1936 5 Belgium Belgian
Adolf Heuser 25 March 1938 2 Germany German
Luigi Musina 5 April 1942 0 Italy Italian
Freddie Mills 8 September 1947 1 United Kingdom British
Bruce Woodcock 2 June 1949 0 United Kingdom British
Albert Yvel 9 July 1950 1 France French
Don Cockell 27 March 1951 1 United Kingdom British
Conny Rux 26 July 1952 0 Germany German
Jacques Hairabedian 12 July 1953 0 France French
Gerhard Hecht 9 April 1954 1 Germany German
Willi Hoepner 11 March 1955 0 Germany German
Gerhard Hecht 12 July 1955 1 Germany German
Artemio Calzavara 12 July 1957 0 Italy Italian
Willi Hoepner 30 June 1958 0 Germany German
Erich Schoppner 12 December 1958 4 Germany German
Giulio Rinaldi 28 September 1962 1 Italy Italian
Gustav Scholz 4 April 1964 0 Germany German
Giulio Rinaldi 8 July 1965 0 Italy Italian
Piero Del Papa 11 March 1966 4 Italy Italian
Lothar Stengel 2 December 1967 0 Germany German
Tom Bogs 12 September 1968 1 Denmark Danish
Ivan Prebeg 28 June 1969 0 Croatia Croatian
Piero Del Papa 6 February 1970 2 Italy Italian
Conny Velensek 22 January 1971 1 Germany German
Chris Finnegan 1 February 1972 1 United Kingdom British
Rudiger Schmidtke 14 November 1972 0 Germany German
John Conteh 13 March 1973 3 United Kingdom British
Domenico Adinolfi 4 December 1974 3 Italy Italian
Mate Parlov 10 July 1976 3 Croatia Croatian
Aldo Traversaro 26 November 1977 3 Italy Italian
Rudi Koopmans 7 March 1979 10 Netherlands Dutch
Richard Caramanolis 2 February 1984 0 France French
Alex Blanchard 29 May 1984 5 Netherlands Dutch
Tom Collins 11 November 1987 1 United Kingdom British
Pedro van Raamsdonk 7 September 1988 0 Netherlands Dutch
Jan Lefeber 7 November 1988 1 Netherlands Dutch
Eric Nicoletta 13 October 1989 2 France French
Tom Collins 11 August 1990 1 United Kingdom British
Graciano Rocchigiani 28 February 1991 1 Germany German
Eddy Smulders 12 May 1993 1 Netherlands Dutch
Fabrice Tiozzo 5 March 1994 2 France French
Eddy Smulders 6 May 1995 3 Netherlands Dutch
Crawford Ashley 1 March 1997 1 United Kingdom British
Ole Klemetsen 4 October 1997 0 Norway Norwegian
Crawford Ashley 26 September 1998 0 United Kingdom British
Clinton Woods 13 March 1999 0 United Kingdom British
Mohamed Siluvangi 19 June 1999 0 France French
Clinton Woods 12 February 2000 1 United Kingdom British
Yawe Davis 6 April 2001 1 Italy Italian
Thomas Ulrich 12 October 2002 0 Germany German
Stipe Drviš 8 February 2003 3 Croatia Croatian
Thomas Ulrich 17 July 2004 1 Germany German
Stipe Drviš 7 January 2006 1 Croatia Croatian
Thomas Ulrich 13 January 2007 1 Germany German
Yuri Barashian 23 February 2008 0 Ukraine Ukrainian
Jürgen Brähmer 7 March 2009 1 Germany German
Nathan Cleverly 13 February 2010 0 United Kingdom British
Danny McIntosh 22 January 2011 0 United Kingdom British
Eduard Gutknecht 7 May 2011 3 Germany German
Jürgen Brähmer 2 February 2013 2 Germany German
Igor Mikhalkin 11 April 2014 1 Russia Russian
Mehdi Amar 27 May 2016 0 France French
Robert Stieglitz 12 November 2016 1 Germany German
Karo Murat 1 July 2017 0 Germany German
Dominic Boesel 3 March 2018 2 Germany German
Mathieu Bauderlique 10 September 2021 0 France French
Dan Azeez 11 March 2023 0 United Kingdom British

Super-middleweight

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Last update: 2 November 2023

List of EBU super middleweight champions.[4]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Mauro Galvano 31 March 1990 0 Italy Italian
James Cook 10 March 1991 2 United Kingdom British
Frank Nicotra 3 April 1992 1 France French
Vincenzo Nardiello 16 December 1992 0 Italy Italian
Ray Close 17 March 1993 0 Republic of Ireland Irish
Vincenzo Nardiello 26 November 1993 0 Italy Italian
Frederic Seillier 11 June 1994 2 France French
Henry Wharton 8 July 1995 2 United Kingdom British
Frederic Seillier 5 July 1996 0 France French
Andrey Shkalikov 15 March 1997 0 Russia Russian
Dean Francis 19 December 1997 0 United Kingdom British
Bruno Girard 10 April 1999 1 France French
Andrey Shkalikov 16 September 2000 0 Russia Russian
Danilo Haussler 27 January 2001 6 Germany German
Mads Larsen 4 October 2003 0 Denmark Danish
Rudy Markussen 24 July 2004 0 Denmark Danish
Vitali Tsypko 16 July 2005 0 Ukraine Ukrainian
Jackson Chanet 18 November 2005 0 France French
Mger Mkrtchyan 14 April 2006 0 Armenia Armenian
David Gogiya 12 October 2006 1 Georgia (country) Georgian
Cristian Sanavia 1 June 2007 1 Italy Italian
Karo Murat 12 April 2008 2 Armenia Armenian
Brian Magee 30 January 2010 1 United Kingdom British
Piotr Wilczewski 4 March 2011 0 Poland Polish
James DeGale 15 October 2011 2 United Kingdom British
Christopher Rebrasse 22 March 2014 0 France French
George Groves 20 September 2014 0 United Kingdom British
Hadillah Mohoumadi 29 May 2015 1 France French
Robin Krasniqi 2 June 2018 1 Germany German
Stefan Härtel 11 May 2019 0 Germany German
Lerrone Richards 15 May 2021 0 United Kingdom British
Kevin Sadjo (def. Jack Cullen) 18 December 2021 1 France French

Middleweight

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Last update: 2 November 2023

List of EBU middleweight champions.[5]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Georges Carpentier 29 February 1912 2 France French
Ercole de Balzac 17 December 1920 1 France French
Gus Platts 21 February 1921 0 United Kingdom British
Johnny Basham 31 May 1921 0 United Kingdom British
Ted "Kid" Lewis 14 October 1921 1 United Kingdom British
Roland Todd 15 February 1923 0 United Kingdom British
Bruno Frattini 30 November 1924 1 Italy Italian
Tommy Milligan 8 June 1925 0 United Kingdom British
Rene DeVos 31 January 1926 2 Belgium Belgian
Tommy Milligan 12 July 1926 2 United Kingdom British
Alexander Ireland 14 March 1928 0 United Kingdom British
Mario Bosisio 1 April 1928 0 Italy Italian
Leone Jacovacci 24 June 1928 1 Italy Italian
Marcel Thil 27 March 1929 2 France French
Mario Bosisio 23 November 1930 1 Italy Italian
Poldi Steinbach 19 June 1931 0 Austria Austrian
Hein Domgoergen 30 August 1931 0 Germany German
Ignacio Ara 9 May 1932 0 Spain Spanish
Gustave Roth 21 June 1933 1 Belgium Belgian
Marcel Thil 3 May 1934 3 France French
Edouard Tenet 7 April 1938 0 France French
Bep van Klaveren 17 July 1938 0 Netherlands Dutch
Anton Christoforidis 14 November 1938 0 Greece Greek
Edouard Tenet 10 January 1939 0 France French
Jupp Besselmann 23 May 1942 1 Germany German
Marcel Cerdan 2 February 1947 2 France French
Cyrille Delannoit 23 May 1948 0 Belgium Belgian
Marcel Cerdan 10 July 1948 0 France French
Cyrille Delannoit 6 November 1948 0 Belgium Belgian
Tiberio Mitri 7 May 1949 1 Italy Italian
Randy Turpin 27 February 1951 1 United Kingdom British
Tiberio Mitri 2 May 1954 0 Italy Italian
Charles Humez 13 November 1954 3 France French
Gustav Scholz 4 October 1958 3 Germany German
John McCormack 17 October 1961 1 United Kingdom British
Christian Christensen 8 February 1962 0 Denmark Danish
László Papp 16 May 1962 6 Hungary Hungarian
Nino Benvenuti 15 October 1965 2 Italy Italian
Juan Carlo Duran 17 November 1967 4 Italy Italian
Tom Bogs 11 September 1969 3 Denmark Danish
Juan Carlo Duran 4 December 1970 0 Italy Italian
Jean Claude Bouttier 9 June 1971 1 France French
Tom Bogs 18 January 1973 0 Denmark Danish
Elio Calcabrini 7 November 1973 0 Italy Italian
Jean Claude Bouttier 2 March 1974 0 France French
Kevin Finnegan 27 May 1974 0 United Kingdom British
Gratien Tonna 7 May 1975 0 France French
Bunny Sterling 20 February 1976 0 United Kingdom British
Angelo Jacopucci 4 June 1976 0 Italy Italian
Germano Valsecchi 1 October 1976 1 Italy Italian
Alan Minter 4 February 1977 0 United Kingdom British
Gratien Tonna 21 September 1977 0 France French
Alan Minter 19 July 1978 1 United Kingdom British
Kevin Finnegan 7 February 1980 2 United Kingdom British
Matteo Salvemini 10 September 1980 0 Italy Italian
Tony Sibson 8 December 1980 4 United Kingdom British
Louis Acaries 3 December 1982 2 France French
Tony Sibson 25 February 1985 1 United Kingdom British
Ayub Kalule 20 June 1985 1 Uganda Ugandan
Herol Graham 5 February 1986 1 United Kingdom British
Sumbu Kalambay 26 May 1987 0 Italy Italian
Pierre Joly 18 December 1987 0 France French
Christophe Tiozzo 18 April 1988 2 France French
Francesco Dell'Aquila 31 May 1989 1 Italy Italian
Sumbu Kalambay 24 January 1990 5 Italy Italian
Agostino Cardamone 23 June 1993 4 Italy Italian
Richie Woodhall 22 February 1995 2 United Kingdom British
Alexander Zaitsev 29 June 1996 0 Russia Russian
Hacine Cherifi 19 October 1996 2 France French
Agostino Cardamone 24 April 1998 0 Italy Italian
Erland Betare 23 January 1999 2 France French
Howard Eastman 10 April 2001 0 United Kingdom British
Cristian Sanavia 1 December 2001 0 Italy Italian
Morrade Hakkar 11 May 1995 0 France French
Howard Eastman 28 January 2003 3 United Kingdom British
Morrade Hakkar 26 March 2005 0 France French
Sebastian Sylvester 16 July 2005 2 Germany German
Amin Asikainen 3 June 2006 2 Finland Finnish
Sebastian Sylvester 23 June 2007 3 Germany German
Khoren Gevor 28 November 2008 0 Armenia Armenian
Matthew Macklin 25 September 2009 0 United Kingdom British
Darren Barker 9 April 2010 0 United Kingdom British
Matthew Macklin 18 September 2010 1 United Kingdom British
Darren Barker 30 April 2011 0 United Kingdom British
Grzegorz Proksa 1 October 2011 0 Poland Polish
Kerry Hope 17 March 2012 0 United Kingdom British
Grzegorz Proksa 7 July 2012 0 Poland Polish
Max Bursak 2 February 2013 1 Ukraine Ukrainian
Billy Joe Saunders 26 July 2014 1 United Kingdom British
Michel Soro 20 June 2015 0 France French
Emanuele Blandamura 3 December 2016 1 Italy Italian
Kamil Szeremeta 23 February 2018 2 Poland Polish
Matteo Signani 11 October 2019 2 Italy Italian
Anderson Prestot 24 June 2022 0 France French
Matteo Signani 18 November 2022 0 Italy Italian

Super-welterweight

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Last update: 2 November 2023

List of EBU super welterweight champions[6]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Bruno Visintin 22 May 1964 5 Italy Italian
Bo Hogberg 1 January 1966 0 Sweden Swedish
Yoland Leveque 11 February 1966 0 France French
Sandro Mazzinghi 17 June 1966 4 Italy Italian
Remo Golfarini 29 November 1968 1 Italy Italian
Gerhard Piaskowy 16 July 1969 1 Germany German
Jose Hernandez 11 September 1970 3 Spain Spanish
Juan Carlo Duran 5 July 1972 2 Italy Italian
Jacques Kechichian 4 July 1973 1 France French
Juan Carlo Duran 7 June 1974 3 Italy Italian
Eckhard Dagge 24 June 1975 1 Germany German
Vito Antuofermo 16 January 1976 1 Italy Italian
Maurice Hope 1 October 1976 2 United Kingdom British
Gilbert Cohen 21 November 1978 0 France French
Marijan Beneš 17 March 1979 4 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavian
Louis Acaries 19 March 1981 0 France French
Luigi Minchillo 1 July 1981 4 Italy Italian
Herol Graham 23 May 1983 1 United Kingdom British
Jimmy Cable 25 May 1984 0 United Kingdom British
Georg Steinherr 28 September 1984 1 Germany German
Said Skouma 30 November 1985 2 France French
Chris Pyatt 17 September 1986 0 United Kingdom British
Gianfranco Rosi 28 January 1987 2 Italy Italian
Rene Jacquot 29 January 1988 3 France French
Edip Sekowitsch 11 June 1989 0 Austria Austrian
Giuseppe Leto 20 August 1989 0 Italy Italian
Gilbert Delé 20 December 1989 2 France French
Said Skouma 2 February 1991 0 France French
Mourad Louati 3 May 1991 0 Netherlands Dutch
Jean-Claude Fontana 14 August 1991 1 France French
Laurent Boudouani 29 November 1992 2 France French
Bernard Razzano 5 October 1993 0 France French
Javier Castillejo 11 January 1994 4 Spain Spanish
Laurent Boudouani 3 January 1995 2 France French
Faouzi Hattab 28 September 1996 0 France French
Davide Ciarlante 20 December 1996 2 Italy Italian
Javier Castillejo 2 July 1998 0 Spain Spanish
Mamadou Thiam 30 November 1998 3 Senegal Senegalese
Roman Karmazin 3 June 2000 0 Russia Russian
Mamadou Thiam 29 January 2001 1 Senegal Senegalese
Wayne Alexander 19 January 2002 0 United Kingdom British
Roman Karmazin 7 February 2003 2 Russia Russian
Sergiy Dzindziruk 17 July 2004 2 Ukraine Ukrainian
Michele Piccirillo 10 March 2006 2 Italy Italian
Zaurbek Baysangurov 7 July 2007 2 Russia Russian
Jamie Moore 6 March 2009 1 United Kingdom British
Ryan Rhodes 23 October 2009 1 United Kingdom British
Lukáš Konečný 18 September 2010 2 Czech Republic Czech
Sergey Rabchenko 16 June 2012 3 Belarus Belarusian
Isaac Real 17 May 2014 0 Spain Spanish
Jack Culcay 16 August 2014 1 Germany German
Cédric Vitu 13 June 2015 3 France French
Zakaria Attou 22 December 2017 0 France French
Sergio García 29 September 2018 3 Spain Spanish
Kerman Lejarraga 11 September 2021 1 Spain Spanish
Milan Prat 19 November 2022 0 France French

Welterweight

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Last update: 2 November 2023

List of EBU welterweight champions.[7]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Georges Carpentier 23 October 1911 0 France French
Albert Badoud 21 October 1915 2 Switzerland Swiss
Johnny Basham 2 September 1919 0 United Kingdom British
Ted "Kid" Lewis 9 June 1920 1 United Kingdom British
Piet Hobin 25 June 1921 1 Belgium Belgian
Billy Mack 23 April 1923 0 United Kingdom British
Piet Hobin 6 May 1923 2 Belgium Belgian
Ted "Kid" Lewis 3 July 1924 0 United Kingdom British
Tommy Milligan 26 November 1924 0 United Kingdom British
Mario Bosisio 28 November 1925 2 Italy Italian
Leo Darton 10 July 1928 0 Belgium Belgian
Alf Genon 26 November 1928 3 Belgium Belgian
Gustave Roth 9 October 1929 12 Belgium Belgian
Adrien Anneet 26 October 1932 1 Belgium Belgian
Jack Hood 22 May 1933 0 United Kingdom British
Gustav Eder 8 June 1934 8 Germany German
Felix Wouters 23 July 1936 4 Belgium Belgian
Saverio Turiello 26 December 1938 0 Italy Italian
Marcel Cerdan 3 June 1939 2 France French
Ernie Roderick 4 June 1946 0 United Kingdom British
Robert Villemain 1 February 1947 3 France French
Livio Minelli 4 March 1949 1 Italy Italian
Michele Palermo 14 July 1950 0 Italy Italian
Eddie Thomas 19 February 1951 0 United Kingdom British
Charles Humez 13 June 1951 1 France French
Gilbert Lavoine 22 March 1953 1 France French
Wally Thom 26 August 1954 1 United Kingdom British
Idrissa Dione 23 June 1955 1 France French
Emilio Marconi 12 February 1956 2 Italy Italian
Peter Waterman 28 January 1958 0 United Kingdom British
Emilio Marconi 26 December 1958 0 Italy Italian
Duilio Loi 19 April 1959 4 Italy Italian
Fortunato Manca 9 October 1964 1 Italy Italian
Jean Josselin 25 April 1966 0 France French
Carmelo Bossi 17 May 1967 2 Italy Italian
Edwin Mack 14 August 1968 0 Netherlands Antilles Dutch Antillean
Silvano Bertini 18 January 1969 0 Italy Italian
Jean Josselin 5 May 1969 0 France French
Johann Orsolics 25 September 1969 2 Austria Austrian
Ralph Charles 20 November 1970 0 United Kingdom British
Roger Menetrey 4 June 1971 5 France French
John H. Stracey 27 May 1974 1 United Kingdom British
Marco Scano 9 April 1976 1 Italy Italian
Jørgen Hansen 2 June 1977 0 Denmark Danish
Joerg Eipel 6 August 1977 0 Germany German
Alain Marion 17 December 1977 0 France French
Jørgen Hansen 27 April 1978 0 Denmark Danish
Josef Pachler 18 August 1978 0 Austria Austrian
Henry Rhiney 2 December 1978 0 Jamaica Jamaican
Dave Boy Green 23 January 1979 0 United Kingdom British
Jørgen Hansen 28 June 1979 6 Denmark Danish
Hans Henrik Palm 26 February 1982 1 Denmark Danish
Colin Jones 5 November 1982 0 United Kingdom British
Gilles Elbilia 10 October 1983 1 France French
Gianfranco Rosi 7 July 1984 0 Italy Italian
Lloyd Honeyghan 5 January 1985 1 United Kingdom British
Jose Varela 10 October 1986 0 Spain Spanish
Alfonso Redondo 4 April 1987 0 Spain Spanish
Mauro Martelli 25 June 1987 4 Switzerland Swiss
Nino LaRocca 15 April 1989 1 Italy Italian
Antoine Fernandez 30 December 1989 1 France French
Kirkland Laing 9 May 1990 0 United Kingdom British
Patrizio Oliva 14 November 1990 2 Italy Italian
Ludovic Proto 16 October 1992 0 France French
Gary Jacobs 6 February 1993 3 United Kingdom British
Jose Luis Navarro 17 December 1994 1 Spain Spanish
Valery Kayumba 1 April 1995 0 France French
Patrick Charpentier 18 July 1995 2 France French
Andrey Pestryaev 15 February 1997 0 Russia Russian
Michele Piccirillo 29 November 1997 0 Italy Italian
Maxim Nesterenko 15 August 1998 1 Russia Russian
Alessandro Duran 24 April 1999 0 Italy Italian
Andrey Pestryaev 16 October 1999 0 Russia Russian
Alessandro Duran 18 March 2000 1 Italy Italian
Thomas Damgaard 3 November 2000 0 Denmark Danish
Alessandro Duran 4 May 2001 1 Italy Italian
Christian Bladt 18 January 2002 0 Denmark Danish
Michel Trabant 20 April 2002 2 Germany German
Frederic Klose 19 June 2003 1 France French
Oktay Urkal 14 May 2005 1 Germany German
Frederic Klose 14 April 2006 1 France French
Jackson Osei Bonsu 25 February 2007 4 Belgium Belgian
Rafał Jackiewicz 14 September 2008 2 Poland Polish
Selçuk Aydın 11 July 2009 0 Turkey Turkish
Matthew Hatton 26 March 2010 2 United Kingdom British
Leonard Bundu 4 November 2011 6 Italy Italian
Gianluca Branco 22 November 2014 0 Italy Italian
Leonard Bundu 22 April 2016 0 Italy Italian
Ceferino Rodríguez 2 December 2016 0 Spain Spanish
Sam Eggington 13 May 2017 0 United Kingdom British
Mohamed Mimoune 7 October 2017 0 France French
Kerman Lejarraga 28 April 2018 1 Spain Spanish
David Avanesyan 30 March 2019 5 Russia Russian
Jordy Weiss 31 October 2023 0 France French

Super-lightweight

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Last update: 2 November 2023

List of EBU super lightweight champions[8]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Olli Mäki 14 February 1964 1 Finland Finnish
Juan Albornoz 17 July 1965 0 Spain Spanish
Willy Quatuor 26 December 1965 1 Germany German
Conny Rudhof 1 February 1967 0 Germany German
Johann Orsolics 6 June 1967 2 Austria Austrian
Bruno Arcari 7 May 1968 4 Italy Italian
Rene Roque 22 April 1970 4 France French
Pedro Carrasco 21 May 1971 0 Spain Spanish
Roger Zami 28 February 1972 0 France French
Cemal Kamaci 1 October 1972 0 Turkey Turkish
Antonio Ortiz 13 June 1973 1 Spain Spanish
Perico Fernandez 26 July 1974 1 Spain Spanish
Jose Ramon Gomez Fouz 8 March 1975 1 Spain Spanish
Cemal Kamaci 31 October 1975 1 Turkey Turkish
Dave Boy Green 7 December 1976 0 United Kingdom British
Primo Bandini 10 August 1977 0 Italy Italian
Jean-Baptiste Piedvache 5 December 1977 0 France French
Colin Powers 5 June 1978 0 United Kingdom British
Fernando Sanchez 9 September 1978 1 Spain Spanish
Jose Luis Heredia 3 March 1979 0 Spain Spanish
Jo Kimpuani 19 May 1979 2 France French
Giuseppe Martinese 27 August 1980 0 Italy Italian
Antonio Guinaldo 17 December 1980 1 Spain Spanish
Clinton McKenzie 13 October 1981 0 United Kingdom British
Robert Gambini 12 October 1982 0 France French
Patrizio Oliva 5 January 1983 8 Italy Italian
Terry Marsh 24 October 1985 2 United Kingdom British
Tusikoleta Nkalankete 6 February 1987 3 France French
Efrem Calamati 25 January 1989 4 Italy Italian
Pat Barrett 24 August 1990 3 United Kingdom British
Valery Kayumba 13 June 1992 2 France French
Christian Merle 4 December 1993 0 France French
Valery Kayumba 17 April 1994 0 France French
Khalid Rahilou 4 June 1994 5 France French
Søren Søndergaard 26 April 1996 3 Denmark Danish
Thomas Damgaard 27 November 1998 2 Denmark Danish
Oktay Urkal 19 February 2000 2 Germany German
Gianluca Branco 23 June 2001 2 Italy Italian
Oktay Urkal 28 September 2002 3 Germany German
Junior Witter 2 June 2004 3 United Kingdom British
Ted Bami 22 September 2006 1 Republic of the Congo Congolese / United Kingdom British
Colin Lynes 20 July 2007 1 United Kingdom British
Gianluca Branco 16 May 2008 1 Italy Italian
Souleymane M'baye 3 July 2009 0 France French
Paul McCloskey 6 November 2009 2 United Kingdom British
Michele Di Rocco 8 June 2013 4 Italy Italian
Rubén Nieto 5 December 2013 1 Spain Spanish
Anthony Yigit 30 September 2017 2 Sweden Swedish
Joe Hughes 30 November 2018 0 United Kingdom British
Robbie Davies Jr 30 March 2019 0 United Kingdom British
Sandor Martin 27 July 2019 2 Spain Spanish
Enock Poulsen 21 April 2022 0 Denmark Danish
Franck Petitjean 10 June 2023 0 France French

Lightweight

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Last update: 2 November 2023

List of EBU lightweight champions.[9]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Freddie Welsh 23 August 1909 2 United Kingdom British
Matt Wells 27 February 1911 0 United Kingdom British
Freddie Welsh 11 November 1912 2 United Kingdom British
Bob Marriott 10 April 1919 0 United Kingdom British
Georges Papin 17 May 1920 0 France French
Ernie Rice 9 May 1921 0 United Kingdom British
Seaman Nobby Hall 18 September 1922 1 United Kingdom British
Harry Mason 21 November 1923 0 United Kingdom British
Fred Bretonnel 27 February 1924 2 France French
Lucien Vinez 7 October 1924 1 France French
Harry Mason 22 June 1925 0 United Kingdom British
Lucien Vinez 16 September 1925 2 France French
Luis Rayo 3 August 1927 1 Spain Spanish
Aime Raphael 22 December 1928 1 France French
François Sybille 14 April 1929 1 Belgium Belgian
Alf Howard 16 January 1930 0 United Kingdom British
François Sybille 18 June 1930 1 Belgium Belgian
Bep van Klaveren 19 July 1931 3 Netherlands Dutch
Cleto Locatelli 17 July 1932 0 Italy Italian
François Sybille 7 December 1932 2 Belgium Belgian
Cleto Locatelli 22 October 1933 0 Italy Italian
François Sybille 10 February 1934 0 Belgium Belgian
Carlo Orlandi 17 March 1934 1 Italy Italian
Enrico Venturi 12 October 1935 0 Italy Italian
Vittorio Tamagnini 10 October 1936 2 Italy Italian
Maurice Arnault 22 April 1937 0 France French
Gustave Humery 27 May 1937 0 France French
Aldo Spoldi 2 September 1938 1 Italy Italian
Karl Blaho 26 October 1940 1 Austria Austrian
Bruno Bisterzo 31 May 1941 0 Italy Italian
Ascenzo Botta 26 November 1941 0 Italy Italian
Bruno Bisterzo 31 December 1941 0 Italy Italian
Ascenzo Botta 14 May 1942 0 Italy Italian
Roberto Proietti 20 September 1942 1 Italy Italian
Bruno Bisterzo 8 May 1943 0 Italy Italian
Roberto Proietti 26 May 1946 0 Italy Italian
Emile Di Cristo 4 December 1946 0 France French
Kid Dussart 29 March 1947 0 Belgium Belgian
Roberto Proietti 21 May 1947 1 Italy Italian
Billy Thompson 17 February 1948 3 United Kingdom British
Kid Dussart 5 July 1949 0 Belgium Belgian
Roberto Proietti 17 December 1949 2 Italy Italian
Pierre Montane 23 February 1951 0 France French
Elis Ask 17 August 1951 0 Finland Finnish
Jorgen Johansen 4 January 1952 4 Denmark Danish
Duilio Loi 6 February 1954 8 Italy Italian
Mario Vecchiatto 24 October 1959 0 Italy Italian
Dave Charnley 29 March 1960 3 United Kingdom British
Conny Rudhof 29 September 1963 0 Germany German
Willy Quatuor 8 May 1964 0 Germany German
Franco Brondi 13 March 1965 1 Italy Italian
Maurice Tavant 9 October 1965 2 France French
Borge Krogh 3 November 1966 0 Denmark Danish
Pedro Carrasco 30 June 1967 5 Spain Spanish
Miguel Velazquez 29 January 1970 3 Spain Spanish
Antonio Puddu 31 July 1971 4 Italy Italian
Ken Buchanan 1 May 1974 2 United Kingdom British
Fernand Roelands 6 February 1976 0 Belgium Belgian
Perico Fernandez 9 July 1976 1 Spain Spanish
Jim Watt 5 August 1977 3 United Kingdom British
Charlie Nash 27 June 1979 1 United Kingdom British
Francisco Leon 1 June 1980 0 Spain Spanish
Charlie Nash 14 December 1980 0 United Kingdom British
Giuseppe Gibilisco 10 May 1981 3 Italy Italian
Lucio Cusma 17 March 1983 0 Italy Italian
Rene Weller 29 June 1983 0 Germany German
Lucio Cusma 30 September 1983 0 Italy Italian
Rene Weller 9 March 1984 4 Germany German
Gert Bo Jacobsen 10 January 1986 5 Denmark Danish
Rene Weller 5 March 1988 0 Germany German
Poli Díaz 30 November 1988 7 Spain Spanish
Antonio Renzo 27 April 1991 2 Italy Italian
Jean Baptiste Mendy 27 March 1992 6 France French
Racheed Lawal 22 April 1994 0 Denmark Danish
Jean Baptiste Mendy 4 December 1994 1 France French
Angel Mona 18 July 1995 2 France French
Carlos Fernandes 15 February 1997 0 France French
Oscar Garcia Cano 29 March 1997 0 Spain Spanish
Billy Schwer 25 October 1997 3 United Kingdom British
Oscar Garcia Cano 15 November 1999 0 Spain Spanish
Julien Lorcy 31 January 2000 1 France French
Stefano Zoff 26 May 2001 2 Italy Italian
Jason Cook 2 August 2002 2 United Kingdom British
Stefano Zoff 7 June 2003 4 Italy Italian
Juan Carlos Diaz Melero 4 November 2005 1 Spain Spanish
Yuri Ramanau 11 November 2006 3 Belarus Belarusian
Jonathan Thaxton 4 October 2008 0 United Kingdom British
Anthony Mezaache 28 February 2009 1 France French
John Murray 7 May 2010 2 United Kingdom British
Gavin Rees 4 June 2011 3 United Kingdom British
Emiliano Marsili 9 March 2013 4 Italy Italian
Edis Tatli 25 April 2015 3 Finland Finnish
Francesco Patera 6 May 2017 0 Belgium Belgian
Edis Tatli 12 December 2017 1 Finland Finnish
Francesco Patera 13 October 2018 3 Belgium Belgian
Yvan Mendy 30 April 2022 0 France French
Denys Berinchyk 3 December 2022 0 Ukraine Ukrainian

Super-featherweight

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List of EBU super featherweight champions.[10]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Tommaso Galli 13 January 1971 3 Italy Italian
Domenico Chiloiro 16 August 1972 0 Italy Italian
Lothar Abend 13 October 1972 3 Germany German
Svein Erik Paulsen 7 May 1974 4 Norway Norwegian
Roland Cazeaux 27 February 1976 1 France French
Natale Vezzoli 24 September 1976 8 Italy Italian
Carlos Hernandez 10 March 1979 0 Spain Spanish
Rodolfo Sanchez 3 June 1979 1 Spain Spanish
Carlos Hernandez 21 December 1979 8 Spain Spanish
Cornelius Boza-Edwards 17 March 1982 0 Uganda Ugandan
Roberto Castanon 6 November 1982 2 Spain Spanish
Alfredo Raininger 21 September 1983 1 Italy Italian
Jean-Marc Renard 12 April 1984 0 Belgium Belgian
Pat Cowdell 7 July 1984 2 United Kingdom British
Jean-Marc Renard 29 January 1986 4 Belgium Belgian
Salvatore Curcetti 16 May 1987 0 Italy Italian
Piero Morello 17 February 1988 1 Italy Italian
Lars Lund Jensen 28 October 1988 0 Denmark Danish
Racheed Lawal 8 December 1988 2 Denmark Danish
Daniel Londas 9 June 1989 5 France French
Jimmi Bredahl 7 March 1992 0 Denmark Danish
Regilio Tuur 3 December 1992 1 Netherlands Dutch
Jacobin Yoma 11 June 1993 4 French Guiana French Guianan
Anatoly Alexandrov 4 July 1995 3 Kazakhstan Kazakhstani
Julien Lorcy 2 November 1996 0 France French
Djamel Lifa 6 April 1997 1 France French
Anatoly Alexandrov 21 February 1998 1 Kazakhstan Kazakhstani
Dennis Holbaek Pedersen 18 June 1999 0 Denmark Danish
Boris Sinitsin 14 January 2000 0 Russia Russian
Dennis Holbaek Pedersen 1 September 2000 0 Denmark Danish
Tontcho Tontchev 20 January 2001 0 Bulgaria Bulgarian
Boris Sinitsin 15 September 2001 1 Russia Russian
Pedro Miranda 2 February 2002 0 Spain Spanish
Affif Djelti 6 July 2002 2 Algeria Algerian
Boris Sinitsin 4 October 2003 3 Russia Russian
Alex Arthur 23 July 2005 3 United Kingdom British
Levan Kirakosyan 10 March 2007 1 Armenia Armenian
Siarhei Guliakevich 22 December 2007 1 Belarus Belarusian
Levan Kirakosyan 19 February 2010 1 Armenia Armenian
Stephen Foster 2 October 2010 0 United Kingdom British
Ermano Fegatilli 26 February 2011 1 Belgium Belgian
Devis Boschiero 21 July 2012 3 Italy Italian
Romain Jacob 14 February 2014 2 France French
Juli Giner 10 November 2015 0 Spain Spanish
Guillaume Frenois 10 November 2016 2 France French
Martin Joseph Ward 13 December 2017 0 United Kingdom British
James Tennyson 5 May 2018 0 United Kingdom British
Samir Ziani 2 February 2019 2 France French
Faroukh Kourbanov 11 December 2021 0 Belgium Belgian
Zelfa Barrett 4 June 2022 0 United Kingdom British
Juan Felix Gomez 5 May 2023 0 Spain Spanish

Featherweight

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List of EBU featherweight champions.[11]
Name Date of title victory Successful defences Nationality
Joey Smith 1 April 1911 0 United Kingdom British
Jean Poesy 23 June 1911 0 France French
Jim Driscoll 3 June 1912 1 United Kingdom British
Ted "Kid" Lewis 6 October 1913 1 United Kingdom British
Louis de Ponthieu 24 December 1919 0 France French
Arthur Wyns 31 May 1920 2 Belgium Belgian
Billy Matthews 12 June 1922 0 United Kingdom British
Eugène Criqui 7 July 1922 3 France French
Edouard Mascart 20 December 1923 0 France French
Charles Ledoux 19 February 1924 0 France French
Henri Hebrans 8 May 1924 0 Belgium Belgian
Edouard Mascart 17 November 1924 0 France French
Henri Hebrans 17 December 1924 0 Belgium Belgian
Antonio Ruiz 30 October 1925 1 Spain Spanish
Luigi Quadrini 7 January 1928 1 Italy Italian
Knud Larsen 11 January 1929 1 Denmark Danish
Jose Girones 1 December 1929 7 Spain Spanish
Maurice Holtzer 26 March 1935 4 France French
Phil Dolhem 6 September 1938 1 Belgium Belgian
Lucian Popescu 3 June 1939 0 Romania Romanian
Ernst Weiss 30 May 1941 0 Austria Austrian
Gino Bondavalli 2 July 1941 2 Italy Italian
Ermano Bonetti 11 November 1945 0 Italy Italian
Al Phillips 27 May 1947 0 United Kingdom British
Ronnie Clayton 11 September 1947 0 United Kingdom British
Ray Famechon 22 March 1948 6 France French
Jean Sneyers 17 October 1953 1 Belgium Belgian
Ray Famechon 20 September 1954 2 France French
Fred Galiana 3 November 1955 1 Spain Spanish
Cherif Hamia 21 January 1957 0 France French
Sergio Caprari 18 August 1958 0 Italy Italian
Gracieux Lamperti 15 August 1959 3 France French
Alberto Serti 19 August 1962 0 Italy Italian
Howard Winstone 9 July 1963 7 United Kingdom British
José Legrá 22 December 1967 0 Cuba Cuban
Manuel Calvo 17 December 1968 0 Spain Spanish
Tommaso Galli 20 August 1969 1 Italy Italian
José Legrá 26 June 1970 5