heavyweight boxing champion

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• List of heavyweight boxing champions — This is a chronological list of world heavyweight boxing champions since the introduction of the Marquess of Queensberry rules: Championship recognition 1885 1910 Champions were recognized by public acclamation. A champion in that era was a… …   Wikipedia

• List of light-heavyweight boxing champions — This is a chronological List of World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better known sanctioning organizations: Contents 1 Championship recognition 1.1 1903–1910 1.2 1910–1961 1.2.1 …   Wikipedia

• List of British heavyweight boxing champions — is a table showing the boxers who have won the British heavyweight championship, which has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and the British Boxing Board of Control since 1929.A champion will often voluntarily relinquish… …   Wikipedia

• List of British light-heavyweight boxing champions — is a table showing the boxers who have won the British light heavyweight championship. The title has been sanctioned by the National Sporting Club since 1891, and later by its replacement British Boxing Board of Control since 1929.A champion may… …   Wikipedia

• boxing — boxing1 /bok sing/, n. 1. the material used to make boxes or casings. 2. a boxlike enclosure; casing. 3. an act or instance of putting into or furnishing with a box. [1510 20; BOX1 + ING1] boxing2 /bok sing/, n. the act, technique, or profession… …   Universalium

• champion — championless, adj. championlike, adj. /cham pee euhn/, n. 1. a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion. 2. anything that takes first place in… …   Universalium

• champion — I UK [ˈtʃæmpɪən] / US noun [countable] Word forms champion : singular champion plural champions *** 1) someone who has won an important competition, especially in sport the world heavyweight boxing champion Brazil s first game will be against… …   English dictionary

• champion — cham|pi|on1 W2 [ˈtʃæmpiən] n [Date: 1100 1200; : Old French; Origin: Medieval Latin campio] 1.) someone or something that has won a competition, especially in sport ▪ the world heavyweight boxing champion ▪ the Olympic champion reigning/defending …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• champion — cham|pi|on1 [ tʃæmpiən ] noun count *** 1. ) someone who has won an important competition, especially in a sport: the world heavyweight boxing champion Brazil s first game will be against Italy, the defending champions (=the team that is the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• champion — 1 noun (C) 1 someone or something that has won a competition, especially in sport: the world heavyweight boxing champion | reigning champion (=the champion at the present time) 2 champion of someone who publicly fights for and defends an aim or… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• champion*/ — [ˈtʃæmpiən] noun [C] I 1) someone who has won an important competition, especially in sport the world heavyweight boxing champion[/ex] 2) someone who publicly supports or defends something a champion of the rights of developing nations[/ex] II… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English