| | Name Title Reign Title Recognition Successful Defenses |
| | 1. Joe Calzaghe 10 years, 11 months, 15 days IBF, WBA, WBO, WBC, The Ring 21 |
| | 2. Sven Ottke 5 years, 5 months, 3 days IBF, WBA (Super) 21 |
| | 3. Frankie Liles 4 years, 10 months, 0 days WBA 8 |
| | 4. Lucian Bute 4 years, 7 months, 7 days IBF 9 |
| | 5. Chris Eubank 4 years, 4 months, 0 days WBO 14 |
| | 6. Andre Ward 4 years, 6 months, 3 weeks and 1 day WBA (Super), WBC, The Ring 6 |
| | 7. Chong-Pal Park 3 years, 7 months, 17 days IBF, WBA 10 |
| | 8. Nigel Benn 3 years, 4 months, 28 days WBC 9 |
| | 9. Robert Stieglitz 3 years, 0 months, 3 days WBO 6 |
| | 10. Mikkel Kessler 2 years, 11 months, 23 days WBA (Super) 4 |
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