Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing.

Olympic Heavyweight Champions

Weight limit varied over the years. In 1984 super-heavyweight class was introduced as the unlimited category. Current super-heavyweight olympic class is 200.5+ lb (91+ kg) - equivalent to heavyweight division in professional boxing.

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heavyweight

• 1904 Samuel Berger, USA
• 1908 A.L.Oldham, Great Britain
• 1920 Ronald Rawson, Great Britain
• 1924 Otto von Porat, Norway
• 1928 Arturo Rodriguez Jurado, Argentina
• 1932 Santiago Lovell, Argentina
• 1936 Herbert Runge, Germany
• 1948 Rafael Iglesias, Argentina
• 1952 H. Edward Sanders, USA
• 1956 Peter Rademacher, USA
• 1960 Franco De Piccolo, Italy
• 1964 Joe Frazier, USA
• 1968 George Foreman, USA
• 1972 Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba
• 1976 Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba
• 1980 Teofilo Stevenson, Cuba
• 1984 Henry Tillman, USA
• 1988 Ray Mercer, USA
• 1992 Felix Savon, Cuba
• 1996 Felix Savon, Cuba
• 2000 Felix Savon, Cuba
• 2004 Odlanier Solis Fonte, Cuba

super-heavyweight

• 1984 Tyrell Biggs, USA
• 1988 Lennox Lewis, Canada
• 1992 Roberto Balado, Cuba
• 1996 Wladimir Klitschko, Ukraine
• 2000 Audley Harrison, Great Briatin
• 2004 Alexander Povetkin, Russia