Heavyweight boxing championship records and statistics only universally recognized form of a world championship until July 2, 1921, when Jack Dempsey became the inaugural NBA Heavyweight Champion. The growing popularity of boxing led to a birth of various regional sanctioning organizations, with each recognizing their own champion. The major governing bodies were the National Boxing Association, formed in 1921, the New York State Athletic Commission, found after the Walker Law legalized prizefighting in New York in 1920, and the International Boxing Union, created in 1911 in Paris in attepmt create a unified international governing body for professional boxing. Both NBA and NYSAC made then-lineal champion Jack
Heavyweight Champion of the World (song) on a recent Mixtape compiled by McClure. The Mixtape entitled "And Whilst the World Was Asleep We Were Listening To..." opens with an alternative version of "The Last Resort" featuring only McClure's verses and a synth backing. The song also features on the compilation 'Top Gear: Seriously Cool Driving Music'. Heavyweight Champion of the World (song) "Heavyweight Champion of the World" is the debut single by English band Reverend and The Makers as well as the first single from their debut album, "The State Of Things". The single was released on 6 May 2007 on download only and was subsequently