1999-2000 Boxing Heavyweights
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Date | Winner | Loser | Result | Title | Site |
| Nov. 13 | Lennox Lewis | Evander Holyfield | Wu 12 | WBA-WBC-IBF | Las Vegas |
| Dec. 4 | Wladimir Klitschko | Lajos Eros | KO 2 | — | Hannover, GER |
| Dec. 11 | Vitali Klitschko | Obed Sullivan | TKO 9 | WBO | Hamburg, GER |
| Dec. 12 | John Ruiz | Thomas Williams | TKO 2 | — | Tunica, Miss. |
| Jan. 8 | Francois Botha | Steve Pannell | TKO 1 | — | Albuquerque |
| Jan. 15 | David Izon | Derrick Jefferson | TKO 9 | — | New York City |
| Jan. 19 | Chris Byrd | David Washington | TKO 10 | — | Mt. Pleasant, Mich. |
| Jan. 29 | Mike Tyson | Julius Francis | TKO 2 | — | Manchester, England |
| Feb. 12 | Oliver McCall | Ric Lainhart | TKO 1 | — | Pembroke Pines, Fla. |
| Feb. 22 | Henry Akinwande | Christopher Serengo | TKO 1 | — | Cape Town, S. Africa |
| Mar. 1 | Hasim Rahman | Moe Wilson | Wu 10 | — | Woodlawn, Md. |
| Mar. 18 | Wladimir Klitschko | Paea Wolfgamm | KO 1 | — | Hamburg, GER |
| Apr. 1 | Chris Byrd | Vitali Klitschko | TKO 10* | WBO | Berlin |
| Apr. 1 | Obed Sullivan | Jeff Lally | TKO 3 | — | Laughlin, Nev. |
| Apr. 22 | Andrew Golota | Marcus Rhode | TKO 3 | — | Guangzhou, CHN |
| Apr. 29 | Lennox Lewis | Michael Grant | KO 2 | WBA-WBC-IBF | New York City |
| May 20 | Hasim Rahman | Corrie Sanders | TKO 7 | — | Atlantic City |
| May 20 | Oleg Maskeav | Derrick Jefferson | TKO 4 | — | Atlantic City |
| May 25 | Larry Donald | Phil Jackson | KO 5 | — | Tunica, Miss. |
| May 25 | Henry Akinwande | Russell Chasteen | TKO 5 | — | Tunica, Miss. |
| May 25 | Oliver McCall | Markus McIntyre | TKO 3 | — | Tunica, Miss. |
| June 3 | David Tua | Obed Sullivan | KO 1 | — | Las Vegas |
| June 11 | Lance “Mount” Whitaker | Thomas Williams | TKO 2 | — | Conco, Oklahoma |
| June 16 | Andrew Golota | Orlin Norris | Wu 10 | — | Las Vegas |
| June 24 | Mike Tyson | Lou Savarese | TKO 1 | — | Glasgow |
| July 8 | Tim Witherspoon | David Smith | KO 1 | — | Monroe, La. |
| July 15 | Lennox Lewis | Francois Botha | TKO 2 | WBC-IBF | London |
| July 15 | Wladimir Klitschko | Monte Barrett | TKO 7 | — | London |
| July 21 | David Tua | Robert Daniels | KO 3 | — | Las Vegas |
| July 21 | Lance “Mount” Whitaker | David Dixon | Disq. 1† | — | Las Vegas |
| Aug. 5 | Cliff Couser | Jorge Luis Gonzalez | TKO 3 | — | Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Aug. 5 | Hasim Rahman | Frankie Swindell | TKO 7 | — | Las Vegas |
| Aug. 11 | Oliver McCall | Sedrick Fields | Ws 10 | — | Las Vegas |
| Aug. 12 | Evander Holyfield | John Ruiz | Wu 12 | WBA | Las Vegas |
| Oct. 7 | Kirk Johnson | Oleg Maskaev | TKO 4 | — | Uncasville, Conn. |
| Oct. 7 | Lance “Mount” Whitaker | Robert Davis | TKO 2 | — | Uncasville, Conn. |
| Oct. 14 | Wladimir Klitschko | Chris Byrd | Wu 12 | WBO | Cologne, GER |
| Oct. 20 | Mike Tyson | Andrew Golota | TKO 3 | — | Auburn Hills, Mich. |
Note: Lennox Lewis was stripped of the WBA belt when he agreed to fight Michael Grant instead of meeting John Ruiz, the WBA's No. 1 contender at the time. Evander Holyfield beat John Ruiz for the vacant title on Aug. 12.
*Klitschko tore a rotator cuff in his shoulder and did not answer the bell for the tenth round.
†Referee Richard Steele disqualified Dixon for repeated low blows at 2:51 of the first round.
| Major Bouts, 1999-2000 | Cruiserweights (190 lbs) |
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