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The Australian cruiserweight boxing championship is a title administered by the Australian National Boxing Federation (previously the Australian Boxing Federation) since its inauguration in 1981.^[1] The title is currently vacant.^[2]

List of champions

^r – Champion relinquished title.
^s – Champion stripped of title.

No.	Champion	Reign Began	Reign Ended	Title defenses	Notes	Source(s)
1	Tony Mundine def. Steve Aczel	24 July 1981	March, 1984^r	-	Retired in March, 1984	^[3]
2	Kevin Wagstaff def. Wally Carr	1 June 1984	????	def. Roy Bijkerk on 18 November 1985 def. Falu Atti on 10 March 1986	-
3	Apollo Sweet def. Dave Russell	3 July 1988	November, 1990^r	def. Kevin Wagstaff on 16 November 1988 drw. Daniel Saylor on 17 March 1989 def. Craig Petersen on 16 October 1989 def. Vivian Schwalger on 2 March 1990 drw. Dave Russell on 2 October 1990	Retired in November, 1990	^[4]
4	Gary Wills def. Daniel Saylor	13 October 1991	????	def. Bekir Kantarci on 20 June 1992	-
5	Dave Russell def. Vivian Schwalger	31 July 1992	????	-	-
6	Ted Cofie def. Vivian Schwalger	7 May 1993	23 February 1994	def. Steve Unterholzer on 17 June 1993 def. Moli Kaufusi on 25 September 1993	-
7	Phil Gregory def. Ted Cofie	23 February 1994	1 December 1995	def. Steve Unterholzer on 18 August 1994 def. John Connelly on 29 May 1995 drw. Peter Kinsella on 15 August 1995	-
8	Peter Kinsella def. Phil Gregory	1 December 1995	3 June 1997	-	-
9	Sam Soliman def. Peter Kinsella	3 June 1997	28 November 1997	-	-
10	Adrian Bellin def. Sam Soliman	28 November 1997	23 October 1998	def. Peter Kinsella on 27 March 1998 def. Peter Kinsella on 4 July 1998 def. Phil Gregory on 2 October 1998	-
11	Mosese Sorovi def. Adrian Bellin	23 October 1998	December, 1998^r	-	Moved up to super middleweight by December, 1998	^[5]
12	Tosca Petridis def. Adrian Bellin	23 April 1999	24 March 2000	-	-
13	Adam Watt def. Tosca Petridis	24 March 2000	June, 2000^r	-	Competed for Commonwealth Cruiser Title in June and World Cruiser Title in October, 2000	^[6]
14	Daniel Rowsell def. Paul Murdoch	24 November 2000	September, 2001^r	def. Paul Smallman on 2 March 2001 def. Lawrence Tauasa on 13 July 2001	Competed for PABA Cruiser Title in September, 2001	^[7]
15	Jamie Wallace def. Justin Clements	19 July 2002	6 December 2002	-	-
16	Simon Paterson def. Jamie Wallace	6 December 2002	February, 2002^r	-	Competed for IBF Pan Pacific Cruiser Title in February 2002	^[8]
17	Lawrence Tauasa def. Tosca Petridis	21 February 2003	January, 2004^r	def. Jamie Wallace on 18 July 2003	Moved up to super middleweight by January, 2004	^[9]
18	Tosca Petridis def. Brett Smith	7 March 2004	7 March 2004^r	-	Retired after winning title on 7 March 2004	^[10]
19	Daniel Ammann def. Justin Clements	29 July 2006	13 May 2011	def. Dominic Vea on 3 November 2006 def. Nermin Sabanovic on 2 March 2007 def. Anthony McCracken on 31 August 2007 def. Brett Smith on 29 February 2008	-
20	Brad Pitt def. Daniel Ammann	13 May 2011	November, 2011^r	-	Competed for OPBF Cruiser Title in November, 2011	^[11]
21	Daniel Ammann def. Mostyn Niemann	17 February 2012	24 May 2014	def. Anthony McCracken on 15 June 2012 def. Pieter Cronje on 7 September 2012 def. David Aloua on 30 January 2013 def. Kane Watts on 28 April 2013	-
22	Mark Flanagan def. Daniel Ammann	24 May 2014	????	def. Shane Quinn on 3 December 2014	-
23	Kane Watts def. Emosi Solitua	7 August 2015	????	-	-
24	Aaron Russell def. James Porter	4 June 2016	????	-	-
25	Danny Green def. Kane Watts	3 August 2016	????	def. Anthony Mundine on 3 February 2017	-
26	Jai Opetaia def. Daniel Ammann	15 July 2017	????	def. Benjamin Kelleher on 17 January 2018	-
27	Jayden Joseph def. Uria Afamasaga	27 April 2018	7 July 2018	def. Benjamin Kelleher on 17 January 2018	-
28	Benjamin Kelleher def. Jayden Joseph	7 July 2018	????	def. Uria Afamasaga on 16 March 2019	-
29	Daniel Russell def. Jayden Joseph	30 August 2019	14 December 2019	-	-
30	Jason Whateley def. Daniel Russell	14 December 2019	????	-	-

List of champions

See also

References

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