Cruiserweight facts for kids

Cruiserweight is a division in boxing for fighters who weigh over 175 pounds and up to 200 pounds (91 kg). The weight limit was once 190 pounds. The World Boxing Council created this weight division in the late 1970s because it felt that some fighters were too small to fight in the heavyweight division but too big to fight in the light heavyweight division. So they made a weight class in-between. Many cruiserweight champions and contenders may eventually fight in the heavyweight division.

Longest reigning cruiserweight champions

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

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

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