- John L. Sullivan………………..1882
- James J. Corbett………………1892
- Bob Fitzsimmons………………1897
- James J. Jeffries……………….1899
- Jack Johnson…………………..1910
- Jess Willard……………………1915
- Jack Dempsey…………………1919
- Gene Tunney……………….1926–1928 Retired as champion.
- Max Schmeling……………….1930–Recognized as champion.
- Jack Sharkey…………………1932
- Primo Carnera……………….1933
- Max Baer……………………..1934
- James J. Braddock…………..1935
- Joe Louis……………………..1937
- Ezzard Charles……………….1950
- Jersey Joe Walcott…………..1951
- Rocky Marciano……………..1952–1956 Retired as champion.
- Floyd Patterson……………….1956–Recognized as champion.
- Ingmar Johansson……………1959
- Floyd Patterson……………….1960
- Sonny Liston………………….1962
- Muhammad Ali……………….1964
- Joe Frazier……………………1971
- George Foreman……………..1973
- Muhammad Ali……………….1974
- Leon Spinks…………………..1978
- Muhammad Ali……………….1978
- Larry Holmes…………………1980
- Michael Spinks……………….1985
- Mike Tyson……………………1988
- James “Buster” Douglas……..1990
- Evander Holyfield…………….1990
- Riddick Bowe………………….1992
- Evander Holyfield……………..1993
- Michael Moorer………………..1994
- George Foreman………………1994
- Shannon Briggs………………..1997
- Lennox Lewis………………….1998
- Hasim Rahman………………..2001
- Lennox Lewis………………..2001–2004 Retired as champion.
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