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The World Boxing Union (WBU) is a lightly regarded boxing sanctioning body whose "world champions" often lack widespread recognition. WBU titles are often a stepping-stone for fighters who progress to other titles.

In recent years many of their title fights have taken place under the promotion of British promoter Frank Warren's Sports Network. They do not have mandatory challengers for their world titles.

[edit] List of WBU Heavyweight Champions

Since the WBU Heavyweight title's inception in 1995, there have been six recognized champions.^[1].

No.	Name	Duration of reign	Defenses	Notes
1	George Foreman	March 29, 1995 — 1997	2	Foreman was recognized as champion after he was stripped of the IBF title.
2	Corrie Sanders	November 15, 1997 — May 20, 2000	3	Defeated Ross Purity.
3	Hasim Rahman	May 20, 2000 — April 21, 2001	0	Relinqished the title in order to fight Lennox Lewis for the IBF, IBO and WBC titles.
4	Johnny Nelson	November 24, 2001 — December 4, 2001	0	Defeated Alexander Vasiliev. Relinqished the title in order to concentrate on defending his WBO Cruiserweight title.
5	Georgi Kandelaki	December 21, 2002 — January 2004	0	Defeated Alexander Vasiliev. Kandelaki either relinquished or was stripped of the title.
6	Rafeal Jose Louis Gomez	February 25, 2005 — January 26, 2008	12	Gave up the title in January 2008 due to him having a WBA heavyweight shot against Nikolay Valuev.