Oleksandr Usyk is considered a small heavyweight in an era of behemoths.
The 6-foot-3 Ukrainian weighed in at a career-high 221¼ pounds for his fight against 240-pound Anthony Joshua this past September, when the former cruiserweight champ earned a unanimous-decision victory and three of the four major heavyweight titles.
Usyk’s official weight would’ve made him one of the bigger champions in the first 60 years of the 20th century, when fighters not much heavier than present day light heavyweights were competing for the heavyweight championship.
From James J. Corbett to Jack Dempsey to Rocky Marciano, men who weighed less than 200 pounds ruled the sport’s glamour division.
Who weighed the least among heavyweight champions?
Here are the 10 lightest fighters who have won the title since John L. Sullivan ruled the division more than a century ago. Their weights when they became champions are listed.
We go in reverse order.
