Since the glove era, John L. Sullivan was the 1st. He was also the last bareknuckle Heavyweight Champion as well.
First Hispanic World Heavyweight ChampJohn Ruiz, former two-time WBA World Heavyweight champion, although he was born in Methuen, Massachusetts.
We have several now. If your talking about who was the last undisputed White Heavyweight Champion, Ingemar Johansson was. If your talking about the last undisputed White American Heavyweight Champion, then the answer is Rocky Marciano.
Although there was no formal boxing organization until 1921, John L. Sullivan is considered by historians to have been the first heavyweight champion of the world. His reign was between 1882-1892. Click on the 'Heavyweight Boxing Champions' link on this page to see a chronological list of those boxers that have been heavyweight champions. but muhammed ali is the greastest of all time ha
Muhammad Ali knocked Foreman out on October 30, 1974 to win the heavyweight title.
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There has never been one.
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Joe Louis was champ from 1937 - 1949
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Heavyweight Champ happened in 1976.
Heavyweight Champ was created in 1976.
The answer depends on what boxing organization you are talking about. Here is a list of the current (2009) heavyweight champions for the four major sanctioning bodies. World Boxing Association - Nikolay Valuev World Boxing Council - Vitali Klitschko International Boxing Federation - Wladimir Klitschko World Boxing Organization - Wladimir Klitschko For updates, see related links below.
Vladimir Klitschko is the IBF, WBO, WBA and IBO champion Vitali Klitschko is the WBC champion