Cruiserweight

Sanctioning Body	Reign Began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	May 31, 2019	Arsen Goulamirian	26–0 (18 KO)	2
WBC	January 31, 2020	Ilunga Makabu	29–2 (25 KO)	2
IBF	September 26, 2020	Mairis Briedis	28–1 (20 KO)	1
WBO	March 20, 2021	Lawrence Okolie	18–0 (14 KO)	2

Ranking done by Ring magazine, as of July 17, 2024.^[1]

Rank	Name	Record (W–L–D)	Title(s)
1	Mairis Briedis	28–1 (20 KO)	IBF
2	Yuniel Dorticos	24–2 (22 KO)
3	Ilunga Makabu	29–2 (25 KO)	WBC
4	Lawrence Okolie	18–0 (14 KO)	WBO
5	Thabiso Mchunu	23–5 (13 KO)
6	Kevin Lerena	26–1 (13 KO)
7	Krzysztof Glowacki	31–3 (19 KO)
8	Alexei Papin	13–1 (12 KO)
9	Michal Cieslak	20–1 (14 KO)
10	Mateusz Masternak	46–5 (31 KO)
11	Ryad Merhy	30–1 (25 KO)

As of July 17, 2024.^[2]

Rank	Name	Record (W–L–D)	Points	Title(s)
1	Mairis Briedis	28–1 (20 KO)	249.2	IBF
2	Ilunga Makabu	29–2 (25 KO)	140.4	WBC
3	Lawrence Okolie	17–0 (14 KO)	95.87	WBO
4	Yuniel Dorticos	24–2 (22 KO)	88.27
5	Thabiso Mchunu	23–5 (13 KO)	84.86
6	Arsen Goulamirian	26–0 (18 KO)	68.90	WBA
7	Michal Cieslak	20–1 (14 KO)	60.74
8	Krzysztof Glowacki	31–3 (19 KO)	32.71
9	Ryad Merhy	30–1 (25 KO)	30.14
10	Alexei Papin	13–1 (12 KO)	28.77

The table below is a list of longest reigning cruiserweight champions in boxing. It is measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not apply.

	Name	Title reign	Title recognition	Successful defenses	Beaten opponents	Fights
1.	Johnny Nelson	6 years, 5 months, 26 days	WBO	13	13	[3]
2.	Marco Huck	5 years, 11 months, 17 days	WBO	13	10	[4]
3.	Krzysztof Włodarczyk	4 years, 4 months, 12 days	WBC	6	5	[5]
4.	Denis Lebedev	4 years, 1 month, 3 days	WBA, IBF	5	5	[6]
4.	Guillermo Jones	4 years, 1 month, 3 days	WBA	2	2	[7]
6.	Juan Carlos Gómez	3 years, 11 months, 29 days	WBC	10	10	[8]
7.	Anaclet Wamba	3 years, 11 months, 17 days	WBC	7	7	[9]
8.	Yoan Pablo Hernández	3 years, 11 months, 2 weeks and 5 days	IBF	4	4	[10]
9.	Vassiliy Jirov	3 years, 10 months, 21 days	IBF	5	5	[11]
10.	Jean-Marc Mormeck	3 years, 10 months, 15 days	WBA, WBC	4	4	[12]
11.	Ossie Ocasio	2 years, 9 months, 18 days	WBA	3	3	[13]
12.	Arsen Goulamirian	5 years, 1 month, 2 weeks and 3 days	WBA	4	4	[14]
13.	Oleksandr Usyk	2 years, 8 months, 29 days	WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO	6	6	[15]
14.	Ilunga Makabu	4 years, 5 months, 2 weeks and 3 days	WBC	2	2	[16]
15.	Evander Holyfield	2 years	WBA, WBC, IBF	5	5	[17]

  Active reign

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