was promoted as the undisputed light heavyweight champion by HBO after unifying the WBA, WBC and IBF titles in June 1999, for which he was also awarded The Ring championship title in 2002. If a fighter wins all the titles but is stripped by one organization of its title, he may continue to be considered the undisputed champion. Other bodies such as the IBO, IBU, and WBF are disregarded. Others continue to consider it sufficient to hold the WBA, WBC, and IBF titles. Some sources consider the WBO title necessary for an undisputed champion. Conversely, the WBO explicitly recognises the other three sanctioning bodies. The IBF did not recognise the WBO in May 2006, but was doing so by February 2007. In 2004 the WBC began naming WBO champions on its ranking listings. By 2001, the WBA was giving the same recognition to WBO champions as to WBA, WBC and IBF champions. The World Boxing Organization (WBO), established in Puerto Rico in 1988, took longer to acquire credibility. The title was split again in 1992 when Riddick Bowe forfeited the WBC title.
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After some negotiations, the heavyweight title was unified in a series of co-ordinated bouts in 1985–87, with Mike Tyson emerging as the first undisputed champion (WBC, WBA & IBF) since Leon Spinks in 1978. The fragmentation of titles was thus increased. The International Boxing Federation (IBF) was founded as the USBA-I in 1976 and by 1984 had enough credibility to be considered major. Some of the most highly-regarded and lucrative fights were unification bouts between rival champions to create an "undisputed champion". Both bodies established separate official rankings and required champions to face their top-ranked contenders or forfeit their titles.
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The number of disputed champions increased in the 1960s and especially in the 1970s. The NBA renamed itself the World Boxing Association in 1962 (later based in Panama), and in 1963 the NYSAC, EBU and other countries formed the rival World Boxing Council, based in Mexico. An early use of "undisputed" appears in a New York Times preview of the 1941 fight. The longest split was ten years, of the middleweight title, between Mickey Walker's move up to heavyweight in 1931 and NBA champion Tony Zale's defeat of NYSAC contender Georgie Abrams in 1941. The disputes were usually short-lived as a lucrative fight would be organised between the rival champions. Occasionally, the International Boxing Union (renamed the European Boxing Union in 1946) recognised a different champion. However, disputes could arise if the champion retired or moved to a different weight class. Until the 1960s, both usually recognised the same lineal champion. state bodies in 1921, and began recognising champions in 1927. The National Boxing Association (NBA) was founded by other U.S. The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC) recognized champions from its foundation in 1920. Once a consensus champion had been awarded the title, the championship could usually be taken only by beating the reigning holder, establishing a lineal championship.
Early boxing champions at various weight divisions were established by acclamation between 18. Prior to the 1960s, most champions were "undisputed", although the term was rarely used it does not appear in one 1970 Boxing Dictionary.
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