List of New Zealand cruiserweight boxing champions

This list of New Zealand cruiserweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional cruiserweight championship.

The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand National Boxing Federation and New Zealand Professional Boxing Association since 1994.

A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as the world. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear.

Name Reign Duration of reign Title Defences Note
Anthony Bigeni 1 26 May 1994 New Zealand Boxing Association 6
Sam Leuii 1 10 October 2000 New Zealand National Boxing Federation 1
Lightning Lupe 1 14 December 2000 New Zealand National Boxing Federation 0
Mohamed Azzaoui 1 22 February 2003 New Zealand Boxing Association 0
Colin Hunia 1 27 May 2004 New Zealand Boxing Association 0 Hunia is the last person to hold a title from New Zealand Boxing Association in all divisions.
Soulan Pownceby 1 28 August 2008 New Zealand National Boxing Federation 0
Monty Filimaea 1 9 November 2013 – 26 June 2015 New Zealand National Boxing Federation 1
Monty Filimaea [1] 2 22 May 2014 New Zealand Professional Boxing Association 0 Filimaea Held both NZNBF and NZPBA titles at the same time.
James Langton [2] 1 26 June 2015 – 3 November 2015 New Zealand National Boxing Federation 1
Monty Betham Jnr[3] 1 3 November 2015 – 29 October 2016 New Zealand National Boxing Federation 0 Vacated title when retired
Asher Derbyshire[4] 1 29 April 2016 – present New Zealand Professional Boxing Association 1
Lance Bryant 1 30 June 2016 – present New Zealand National Boxing Federation 1 Interim Champion. Champion promoted when Betham retired.
Lance Bryant 2 24 March 2018 – present Pro-Box NZ 0
David Light 1 21 April 2018 – present Professional Boxing Commission New Zealand 0

See also

References
  1. "'Boxing saved my life,' says Monty Filimaea". Stuff. Retrieved 28 September 2014.
  2. "Langton gets the business done in front of vocal home crowd". Stuff. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. "Super 8: Betham wins NZ cruiserweight boxing title to follow in father's footsteps". Stuff. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  4. "Māori opponents battle it out for Cruiserweight Title". Maori TV. Retrieved 29 April 2016.
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