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WBA Regular cruiserweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 2006. Last held in 2022; no longer contested.

WBA Regular is the WBA's secondary world title. See also the WBA cruiserweight world title for the main title.

World title bouts
15
Champions
7
Longest reign (Guillermo Jones, 2008–2012)
4 years, 1 month
Most successful defences in one reign (Denis Lebedev, 2012–2016)
4

Last champion

Ryad Merhy2021–2022

Reigns and world title bouts

Oct 2017 – Oct 2022

WBA Regular
DorticosBeibut ShumenovBeibut ShumenovRyad Merhy
2018AprJulOct2019AprJulOct2020AprJulOct2021AprJulOct2022AprJulOct
20102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Guillermo JonesWBA Regular2008–20124 years, 1 month · 2 successful defences
  2. 2Denis LebedevWBA Regular2012–20163 years, 6 months · 4 successful defences
  3. 3Virgil HillWBA Regular2006–20071 year, 9 months · 0 successful defences
  4. 4Ryad MerhyWBA Regular2021–20221 year, 6 months · 1 successful defence
  5. 5Beibut ShumenovWBA Regular2019–20211 year, 4 months · 0 successful defences
  6. 6Beibut ShumenovWBA Regular2016–20171 year · 0 successful defences
  7. 7Beibut ShumenovWBA Regular2018–201910 months · 0 successful defences
  8. 8Firat ArslanWBA Regular2007–200810 months · 1 successful defence
  9. 9Yuniel DorticosWBA Regular2017–20187 months · 1 successful defence

Timeline of world title events

  1. 2006

  2. Virgil Hill beats Valery Brudov via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  3. 2007

  4. Firat Arslan beats Virgil Hill via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  5. 2008

  6. Firat Arslan beats Darnell Wilson via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  7. Guillermo Jones beats Firat Arslan via knockout 10/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  1. 2010

  2. Guillermo Jones beats Valery Brudov via knockout 11/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  3. 2011

  4. Guillermo Jones beats Michael Marrone via knockout 6/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  5. 2012

  6. Guillermo Jones’s reign as the WBA Regular cruiserweight world champion ends

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

    Denis Lebedev becomes the WBA Regular cruiserweight world champion

    Cruiserweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  7. Denis Lebedev beats Santander Silgado via knockout 4/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  8. 2013

  9. Denis Lebedev v Guillermo Jones ends in a no contest

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  10. 2014

  11. Denis Lebedev beats Pawel Kolodziej via knockout 2/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  12. 2015

  13. Denis Lebedev beats Youri Kayembre Kalenga via unanimous decision 12/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  14. Denis Lebedev beats Lateef Kayode via knockout 8/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  15. 2016

  16. Beibut Shumenov beats Junior Anthony Wright via knockout 10/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  17. 2017

  18. Beibut Shumenov’s reign as the WBA Regular cruiserweight world champion ends

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

    Yuniel Dorticos becomes the WBA Regular cruiserweight world champion

    Cruiserweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  19. Yuniel Dorticos beats Dmitry Kudryashov via knockout 2/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  20. 2018

  21. Yuniel Dorticos’s reign as the WBA Regular cruiserweight world champion ends

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  22. Beibut Shumenov beats Hizni Altunkaya via corner retirement 9/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  23. 2019

  24. Beibut Shumenov’s reign as the WBA Regular cruiserweight world champion ends

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  25. Beibut Shumenov becomes the WBA Regular cruiserweight world champion

    Cruiserweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  1. 2021

  2. Beibut Shumenov’s reign as the WBA Regular cruiserweight world champion ends

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

    Ryad Merhy becomes the WBA Regular cruiserweight world champion

    Cruiserweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  3. Ryad Merhy beats Zhaoxin Zhang via knockout 8/12

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular

  4. 2022

  5. Ryad Merhy’s reign as the WBA Regular cruiserweight world champion ends

    Cruiserweight · WBA Regular