The World Boxing Union (WBU) was a

boxing Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...

sanctioning body. The original WBU was founded in January 1995 by IBF European representative, boxing journalist, actor and former holder of the title of Britain's heaviest man Jon W. Robinson. It sanctioned boxing with various promoters worldwide. Following Robinson's death in 2004, the organization became dormant and was eventually dissolved. An organization serving the same purpose and with the same name, but with no connections to the original, was formed in Germany in 2010 under the leadership of Torsten Knille.

List of WBU heavyweight champions

Other WBU champions (selected)

Other past WBU champions include

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, Sornpichai Kratingdaenggym, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam,

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, Tony Oakey,

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, Lee McAllister, Angel Manfredy, George Scott,

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, Willie Limond, Craig Docherty,

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, Kevin Lear, Anthony Farnell, Jimmy Lange,

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, Choi Tseveenpurev, Jeremy Williams, Cristian Charquero,

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, David Burke,

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, and

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. In addition, Carlos Contreras defeated challenger Victor Rabanales by 8 RTKO. *

List of WBU world champions The following is a list of WBU world champions, a table showing the world champions certificated by the World Boxing Union (WBU). r – Champion relinquished title. s – Champion stripped of title. List of WBU Champions Heavyweight WBU ...

References

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