List of NABF champions

The following is a list of NABF champions, showing every champion certificated by the North American Boxing Federation (NABF), in operation since 1969.

  • r – Champion relinquished title.
  • s – Champion stripped of title.

Heavyweight

[1]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Leotis Martin December 6, 1969 – February 2, 1979r 0
2 Muhammad Ali December 7, 1970 – February 1971r 0
3 George Foreman May 10, 1971 – July 20, 1971 1971r 0
4 Muhammad Ali (2) July 26, 1971 – March 31, 1973 5
5 Ken Norton March 31, 1973 – September 10, 1973 0
6 Muhammad Ali (3) September 10, 1973 – October 30, 1974r 1
7 Ken Norton (2) March 24, 1975 – January 20, 1976r 0
8 George Foreman (2) January 24, 1976 – March 17, 1977r 1
9 Leroy Jones August 19, 1978 – October 20, 1979r 0
10 Michael Dokes January 30, 1982 – December 10, 1982r 1
11 Tim Witherspoon September 23, 1983 – March 9, 1984r 0
12 James Broad August 23, 1984 – April 29, 1985 0
13 Tim Witherspoon (2) April 29, 1985 – January 17, 1986r 1
14 Larry Alexander April 10, 1987 – November 25, 1987 0
15 Orlin Norris November 25, 1987 – February 17, 1990 5
16 Bert Cooper February 17, 1990 – August 5, 1990 0
17 Ray Mercer August 5, 1990 – January 11, 1991r 0
18 Orlin Norris (2) April 30, 1991 – June 3, 1991 0
19 Tony Tucker June 3, 1991 – December 1, 1992r 1
20 Alex García December 8, 1992 – March 1, 1994 4
21 Joe Hipp March 2, 1994 – March 9, 1995s 1
22 Alexander Zolkin August 25, 1995 – May 1, 1996s 2
23 Tony Tucker (2) June 29, 1996 – December 1996s 0
24 John Ruiz January 14, 1997 – January 15, 1999r 3
25 Michael Grant January 30, 1999 – April 29, 2000r 1
26 Clifford Etienne September 9, 2000 – March 6, 2001s 0
27 Obed Sullivan May 20, 2001 – September 2, 2001 0
28 Fres Oquendo September 2, 2001 – April 13, 2002 0
29 David Tua April 13, 2002 – March 29, 2003s 0
30 Joe Mesi June 24, 2003 – September 19, 2003 0
31 Eliecer Castillo September 19, 2003 – April 17, 2004 1
Castillo won the interim title on June 6, 2003, and was later promoted to full champion after Mesi failed to defend the title
32 DaVarryl Williamson April 17, 2004 – October 2, 2004s 0
33 Samuel Peter December 4, 2004 – September 24, 2005 1
34 Wladimir Klitschko September 24, 2005 – April 22, 2006r 0
35 Samuel Peter (2) April 28, 2006 – September 2007r 2
36 Hasim Rahman September 2007 – June 2008r 1
37 Travis Walker June 2008 – November 29, 2008 0
38 Chris Arreola November 29, 2008 – August 2009r 1
39 Johnathon Banks March 20, 2010 – May 2012r 3
40 Tony Grano June 23, 2012 – April 27, 2013 0
41 Éric Molina April 27, 2013 – October 2013 0
42 Andy Ruiz Jr. November 24, 2013 – November 2016r 5
43 Óscar Rivas September 28, 2017 – June 2019r 3
44 Arslanbek Makhmudov September 28, 2019 – present 1

Cruiserweight

[2]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Marvin Camel June 6, 1979 – March 31, 1980r 0
2 S. T. Gordon August 6, 1980 – June 27, 1982r 1
3 Leon Spinks October 31, 1982 – March 6, 1983r 0
4 Anthony Davis May 16, 1984 – June 19, 1985 0
5 Bash Ali June 19, 1985 – April 22, 1986 0
6 Henry Tillman April 22, 1986 – June 15, 1986 0
7 Bert Cooper June 15, 1986 – February 15, 1989 5
8 Nate Miller February 15, 1989 – December 17, 1990 3
9 James Warring December 17, 1990 – August 7, 1991r 0
10 Orlin Norris August 17, 1991 – November 6, 1993r 3
11 Thomas Hearns January 29, 1994 – February 20, 1994r 1
12 Adolpho Washington February 24, 1994 – July 14, 1994r 0
13 James Heath January 27, 1995 – June 17, 1995r 0
14 Brian LaSpada June 17, 1995 – May 5, 1997 2
15 Dale Brown May 5, 1997– February 12, 2000 4
16 Wayne Braithwaite February 12, 2000 – January 5, 2001r 0
17 O'Neil Bell January 18, 2001 – June 2, 2004r 5
18 Dale Brown (2) June 8, 2004– February 4, 2005r 0
19 Ali Supreme March 10, 2005 – June 16, 2005 0
20 Arthur Williams June 16, 2005 – October 27, 2005 0
21 Felix Cora Jr. October 27, 2005 – May 18, 2006 1
22 Vadim Tokarev May 18, 2006 – April 1, 2007r 1
23 Matt Godfrey 2007-04-06 – August 2009 3
24 Jason Robinson April 17, 2010 – August 2010r 0
25 Lateef Kayode October 15, 2010 – August 2011 2
26 Garrett Wilson April 14, 2012 – January 2013 0
27 Denton Daley March 4, 2013 – May 2013 0
28 Thabiso Mchunu January 24, 2014 – April 2015 1
29 Andrew Tabiti May 13, 2016 – May 2018 2

Light heavyweight

[3]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 Jimmy Dupree July 3, 1971 – October 29, 1971 1
2 Mike Quarry October 29, 1971 – 1972 0
3 Richie Kates May 29, 1974 – 1975 0
4 Lonnie Bennett May 8, 1976 – November 1976 0
5 Matthew Saad Muhammad July 26, 1977 – March 1979r 3
6 Jerry Martin August 7, 1979 – January 1980 1
7 Willie Edwards August 14, 1982 – December 3, 1982 0
8 Pete McIntyre December 3, 1982 – June 23, 1983 1
9 Willie Edwards (2) June 23, 1983 – June 26, 1987 5
10 Tony Willis June 26, 1987 – January 1989r 3
11 Andrew Maynard April 1, 1990 – January 10, 1992 4
12 Frank Tate January 10, 1992 – February 1992r 0
13 Egerton Marcus December 1, 1992 – June 1994r 3
14 Merqui Sosa June 30, 1995 – October 1995 0
15 Montell Griffin July 11, 1996 – November 1996 0
16 Michael Nunn January 17, 1997 – April 1997r 0
17 Merqui Sosa (2) May 10, 1997 – March 3, 1998 0
18 Kenny Bowman March 3, 1998 – June 19, 1998 0
19 Derrick Harmon June 19, 1998 – October 1998 0
20 Eric Harding November 13, 1998 – April 1999 0
21 Greg Wright May 23, 1999 – July 14, 2000 2
22 Reggie Johnson July 14, 2000 – January 25, 2002 1
23 Antonio Tarver January 25, 2002 – June 2002 0
24 Montell Griffin (2) November 3, 2002 – March 2003r 0
25 Donnell Wiggins October 11, 2003 – November 2003r 0
26 Lucian Bute February 19, 2005 – March 2005r 0
27 Eric Harding (2) October 21, 2005 – June 2, 2006 0
28 Chad Dawson June 2, 2006 – January 2007r 0
29 Chris Henry May 3, 2007 – February 6, 2009 2
30 Yusaf Mack February 6, 2009 – April 2009r 0
31 Ismail Sillakh April 3, 2010 – April 27, 2012 1
32 Denis Grachev April 27, 2012 – November 3, 2012 0
33 Lucian Bute (2) April 27, 2012 – January 18, 2014 0
34 Jean Pascal January 18, 2014 – February 2015r 0
35 Isaac Chilemba March 14, 2015 – October 2015r 0
36 Oleksandr Gvozdyk April 9, 2016 – February 2018r 4
37 Alfonso López III November 16, 2019 – present 0

Super middleweight

[4]

No. Name Duration of reign Defences
1 James Kinchen October 13, 1988 – November 4, 1988 0
2 Thomas Hearns November 4, 1988 – March 1989r 0
3 Don Lee April 14, 1989 – June 19, 1989 0
4 Paul Whittaker June 19, 1989 – November 13, 1990 1
5 Randall Yonker November 13, 1990 – November 29, 1991 2
6 Michael Nunn November 29, 1991 – September 1992r 0
7 Frankie Liles October 21, 1992 – 1993 0
8 Warren Williams November 10, 1993 – May 28, 1994 1
9 Cecil McKenzie May 28, 1994 – March 1995 1
10 Bryant Brannon April 4, 1995 – September 1996r 2
11 Joseph Kiwanuka November 8, 1996 – October 28, 1997 2
12 Thomas Tate October 28, 1997 – April 1999r 3
13 Randie Carver May 23, 1999 – September 12, 1999 0
14 Kabary Salem September 12, 1999 – April 2000 0
15 Scott Pemberton September 22, 2000 – September 2001 0
16 Charles Brewer October 5, 2001 – March 2002r 0
17 Antwun Echols April 9, 2002 – June 2003r 2
18 Scott Pemberton (2) July 25, 2003 – August 2005 2
19 Lucian Bute September 16, 2005 – May 2007 1
20 Jean Pascal June 8, 2007 – November 2008r 2
21 Andre Ward February 6, 2009 – September 2009 1
22 Sébastien Demers November 7, 2009 – March 2010 0
23 Farah Ennis November 19, 2010 – March 2011 0
24 Jesús González July 8, 2011 – December 2011r 0
25 Dyah Davis January 6, 2012 – June 2, 2012 0
26 Sakio Bika June 2, 2012 – February 2013 0
27 Marco Antonio Peribán March 16, 2013 – March 2014r 1
28 Gilberto Ramírez April 11, 2014 – March 2016r 4
29 Ronald Gavril October 8, 2016 – October 2017r 0
30 Jesse Hart April 28, 2018 – November 2018r 1
31 Shakeel Phinn June 8, 2019 – November 2019 0

References
  1. "BoxRec: List of NABF heavyweight title fights". BoxRec. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. "BoxRec: List of NABF cruiserweight title fights". BoxRec. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  3. "BoxRec: List of NABF light heavyweight title fights". BoxRec. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. "BoxRec: List of NABF super middleweight title fights". BoxRec. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
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