after losing it the first time he won it twice more.
in 1974 beating george foreman and again in his rematch with leon spinks in 1978.
Michael spinks was the first reigning light heavyweight champion to move up and claim the world heavyweight title. bob fitzsimmons won the heavyweight title before winning the lt heavy crown.
Jersey Joe Walcott
george foreman. Won the title at age 45
Bugner was 31 when he defeated Henry Cooper for the British, European Boxing Union, and Commonwealth heavyweight titles in March, 1971. He lost the titles to Jack Bodell in September, 1971. He regained the EBU title when he defeated Jurgen Blin in October, 1972 (age 32). He won the Australia heavyweight title in 1995 when he defeated Vince Cervi (age 45). And finally, he won the World Boxing Federation heavyweight title when he defeated James 'Bonecrusher' Smith in 1998 at the age of 48.
1950-08-15 - Ezzard Charles TKOs Freddie Beshore in 14 for heavyweight boxing title
Muhammad Ali knocked Foreman out on October 30, 1974 to win the heavyweight title.
The boxing world was shaken in 1908 as Jack Johnson knocked out heavyweight champion Tommy Burns in the 14th round. It is considered a major boxing event because Johnson was the first Black man to win the heavyweight title.
3 times, '64, '74, '78.
Heavy weight champion Jack Johnson lost his title in the boxing match with Jess Willard. The bout took place in Havana, Cuba in 1915.
He beat Joe Frazier in 1973 to win the title the first time, and then he beat Michael Moorer in 1994 to regain the title.
Evander hollyfield This answer is incorrect; nobody defeated George Forman.
In the boxing context Tommy Burns was a world heavyweight champion who was the first white boxer to agree to fight a black boxer for the world title. On Boxing Day 1908 he lost his title to Jack Johnson who became the first ever black heavyweight champion of the world. Johnson was not the first black champion as many books say. tHAT HONOUR GOES TO First Black man to win a world boxing title; held three world boxing titles: paperweight, bantamweight and featherweight; invented shadow boxing and the suspended punching bag; fought in the world's longest fight.