# The 11 Greatest Undisputed Champions in Boxing History

> Four belts, one name. Heavyweight kings, bantamweight pioneers and a few pound-for-pound arguments packed into one field.

*By YPB Team · Published October 22, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-11-greatest-undisputed-champions-in-boxing-history*

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1. **Mike Tyson** — score 1000/1000
   Brooklyn heavyweight who became the youngest heavyweight champion at 20 and was undisputed champion by 1987.
2. **Claressa Shields** — score 848/1000
   American two-time Olympic champion who became undisputed champion in multiple weight classes.
3. **Bernard Hopkins** — score 752/1000
   Philadelphia middleweight who unified the division by beating Félix Trinidad in 2001 and made 20 title defenses.
4. **Oleksandr Usyk** — score 734/1000
   Ukrainian southpaw who became undisputed cruiserweight champion in 2018 and undisputed heavyweight champion in 2024.
5. **Naoya Inoue** — score 636/1000
   Japanese champion who became undisputed at bantamweight in 2022 and at super bantamweight in 2023.
6. **Lennox Lewis** — score 636/1000
   British heavyweight who became undisputed champion in 1999 by beating Evander Holyfield.
7. **Canelo Álvarez** — score 520/1000
   Mexican star who became the first undisputed super middleweight champion of the four-belt era in 2021.
8. **Katie Taylor** — score 520/1000
   Irish Olympic champion who became undisputed at lightweight and later at super lightweight.
9. **Riddick Bowe** — score 520/1000
   Brooklyn heavyweight who won the undisputed title by beating Evander Holyfield in 1992.
10. **Evander Holyfield** — score 382/1000
   Boxer from Atlanta who was undisputed champion at both cruiserweight and heavyweight.
11. **Terence Crawford** — score 0/1000
   Omaha fighter who became undisputed at junior welterweight in 2017, welterweight in 2023 and super middleweight in 2025.

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