| Title Holder | Tenure | Status | Def | Birthplace | Notes |
| Marco Huck | 2009- | WBO | 1 | Germany | |
| Zsolt Erdie | 2009- | WBC | 0 | Hungary | |
| Victor Emilio Ramirez | 2009 | WBO | 0 | Argentina | |
| Ola Afolabi | 2009 | WBO | 0 | England | |
| Victor Emilio Ramirez | 2009 | WBO | 0 | Argentina | |
| Guillermo Jones | 2008- | WBA | 1 | Panama | |
| Tomasz Adamek | 2008-2009 | IBF | 2 | Poland | |
| Giacobbe Fragomeni | 2008-2009 | WBC | 1 | Italy | |
| David Haye | 2008 | WBA-WBC-WBO | 1 | England | |
| David Haye | 2008 | WBC | 1 | England | Haye relinquished titles to campaign at Heavyweight |
| Firat Arslan | 2007-2008 | WBA | 2 | Germany | |
| Steve Cunninghan | 2007-2008 | IBF | 1 | USA | |
| David Haye | 2007-2008 | WBC | 0 | England | |
| Jean-Marc Mormeck | 2007 | WBC-WBA | 0 | France | |
| Enzo Maccarinelli | 2006-2008 | WBO | 4 | Wales | |
| O'Neil Bell | 2006-2007 | IBF-WBA-WBC | 2 | USA | |
| Virgil Hill | 2006-2007 | WBA | 0 | USA | |
| O'Neil Bell | 2006-2007 | WBA-WBC | 0 | USA | |
| Krzysztof Wlodarczyk | 2006-2007 | IBF | 0 | Poland | |
| Valery Brudov | 2006-2007 | WBA | 0 | Russia | |
| O'Neil Bell | 2005-2006 | IBF | 0 | USA | |
| Kelvin Davis | 2004-2005 | IBF | 0 | USA | |
| James Toney | 2003-2004 | IBF | 0 | USA | |
| Jean-Marc Mormeck | 2002-2006 | WBA-WBC | 3 | France | |
| Jean-Marc Mormeck | 2002-2005 | WBA | 3 | France | |
| Wayne Braithwaite | 2002-2005 | WBC | 3 | Guyana | |
| Virgil Hill | 2000-2002 | WBA | 0 | USA | |
| Johnny Nelson | 1999-2005 | WBO | 13 | England | |
| Vassily Jirov | 1999-2003 | IBF | 6 | Kazakhstan | |
| Juan Carlos Gomez | 1998-2002 | WBC | 9 | Cuba | Gomez relinquished title to box at heavyweight. |
| Arthur Williams | 1998-1999 | IBF | 0 | England | |
| Fabrice Tiozzo | 1997-2000 | WBA | 4 | France | |
| Carl Thompson | 1997-1999 | WBO | 2 | England | |
| Imamu Mayfield | 1997-1998 | IBF | 1 | USA | |
| Uriah Grant | 1997 | IBF | 0 | Jamaica | |
| Adolpho Washington | 1996-1997 | IBF | 0 | USA | |
| Marcelo Dominguez | 1995-1998 | WBC | 3 | Argentina | |
| Ralf Rocchigiani | 1995-1997 | WBO | 6 | Germany | |
| Nate Miller | 1995-1997 | WBA | 4 | USA | |
| Dariusz Michalczewski | 1994-1995 | WBO | 0 | Poland | Michalczewski relinquished title to defend his Lt heavyweight title. |
| Orlin Norris | 1993-1995 | WBA | 4 | USA | |
| Nestor Giovannini | 1993-1994 | WBO | 2 | Argentina | |
| Marcus Bott | 1993 | WBO | 0 | Germany | |
| Al Cole | 1992-1996 | IBF | 5 | USA | |
| Tyrone Booze | 1992-1993 | WBO | 1 | USA | |
| Anaclet Wamba | 1991-1995 | WBC | 7 | Congo | |
| Bobby Czyz | 1991-1993 | WBA | 2 | USA | Czyz stripped for failure to defend. |
| James Warring | 1991-1992 | IBF | 2 | USA | |
| Magne Havnaa | 1990-1992 | WBO | 2 | Norway | Havnaa relinquished the title. |
| Jeff Lampkin | 1990-1991 | IBF | 1 | USA | Lampkin relinquished the title. |
| Masimiliano Duran | 1990-1991 | WBC | 1 | Italy | |
| Robert Daniels | 1989-1991 | WBA | 2 | USA | |
| Carlos De Leon | 1989-1990 | WBC | 1 | Puerto Rico | |
| Glenn McCrory | 1989-1990 | IBF | 1 | England | |
| Boone Pultz | 1989-1990 | WBO | 0 | USA | |
| Taoufik Belbouli | 1989 | WBA | 0 | France | |
| Evander Holyfield | 1988 | Undisputed | 0 | USA | Holyfield relinquished the title to campaign at Heavyweight. |
| Evander Holyfield becomes the first undisputed champion of the cruiserweight division, holding all major titles simultaneously. | |||||
| Evander Holyfield | 1987-1988 | WBA-IBF | 1 | USA | |
| Carlos De Leon | 1986-1988 | WBC | 3 | Puerto Rico | |
| Evander Holyfield | 1986-1987 | WBA | 1 | USA | |
| Rickey Parkey | 1986-1987 | IBF | 0 | USA | |
| D. Muhammad Qawi | 1985-1986 | WBA | 1 | USA | |
| Bernard Benton | 1985-1986 | WBC | 0 | USA | |
| Alfonso Ratliff | 1985 | WBC | 0 | USA | |
| Lee Roy Murphy | 1984-1986 | IBF | 3 | USA | |
| Piet Crous | 1984-1985 | WBA | 1 | S. Africa | |
| Carlos De Leon | 1983-1985 | WBC | 3 | Puerto Rico | |
| Marvin Camel | 1983-1984 | IBF | 1 | USA | |
| Ossie Ocasio | 1982-1984 | WBA | 3 | Puerto Rico | |
| S.T. Gordon | 1982-1983 | WBC | 1 | USA | |
| Carlos De Leon | 1980-1982 | WBC | 1 | Puerto Rico | |
| Marvin Camel | 1979-1980 | WBC | 1 | USA | |
| Bold ( Indicates Current Holder) - Bold (Indicates Undisputed) - * (Indicates WBA Super) | |||||