Light Heavyweight
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Status
Active (orgs active since 1913)
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Total world champions
96
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Total world title bouts
442
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Most world title bouts
Dariusz Michalczewski (24-2-0)
Scheduled world title bouts
Current champions
Timeline
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Bob Moha beats Cyclone Johnny Thompson via newspaper decision 10/10
Bob Moha becomes the NYSAC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Sam Langford becomes the IBU Light Heavyweight world champion
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Jack Dillon becomes the NYSAC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Jack Dillon's NYSAC Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Sam Langford's IBU Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Georges Carpentier becomes the IBU and NYSAC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Georges Carpentier becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Battling Siki becomes the IBU, NYSAC and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Mike McTigue becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Battling Siki's IBU Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Mickey Walker beats Mike McTigue via newspaper decision 12/12
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Paul Berlenbach becomes the RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Paul Berlenbach beats Mike McTigue via unanimous decision 15/15
Paul Berlenbach becomes the NYSAC and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Paul Berlenbach v Tony Marullo results in a no contest 9/12
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Paul Berlenbach beats Jack Delaney via points decision 15/15
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Paul Berlenbach beats Young Stribling via unanimous decision 15/15
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Jack Delaney beats Paul Berlenbach via unanimous decision 15/15
Jack Delaney becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Mike McTigue becomes the NYSAC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Jack Delaney's RING Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Jimmy Slattery becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Tommy Loughran becomes the NYSAC and RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Tommy Loughran beats Jimmy Slattery via majority decision 15/15
Tommy Loughran becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Tommy Loughran beats Leo Lomski via unanimous decision 15/15
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Tommy Loughran beats Pete Latzo via unanimous decision 15/15
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Tommy Loughran beats Pete Latzo via unanimous decision 10/10
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Tommy Loughran beats Mickey Walker via split decision 10/10
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Tommy Loughran beats Jim Braddock via unanimous decision 15/15
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Tommy Loughran's NYSAC and WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Jimmy Slattery becomes the NYSAC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Maxie Rosenbloom beats Jimmy Slattery via split decision 15/15
Maxie Rosenbloom becomes the NYSAC and RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Maxie Rosenbloom beats Jimmy Slattery via unanimous decision 15/15
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George Nichols becomes the IBU and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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George Nichols's IBU and WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Joe Knight becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Bob Godwin becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Maxie Rosenbloom beats Adolf Heuser via unanimous decision 15/15
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Maxie Rosenbloom becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Maxie Rosenbloom beats Mickey Walker via unanimous decision 15/15
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Maxie Rosenbloom's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Bob Olin beats Maxie Rosenbloom via unanimous decision 15/15
Bob Olin becomes the NYSAC and RING Light Heavyweight world champion
Billy Conn becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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John Henry Lewis beats Bob Olin via unanimous decision 15/15
John Henry Lewis becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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John Henry Lewis beats Jock McAvoy via unanimous decision 15/15
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Gustave Roth becomes the IBU Light Heavyweight world champion
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John Henry Lewis beats Len Harvey via points decision 15/15
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Adolf Heuser becomes the IBU Light Heavyweight world champion
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Adolf Heuser's IBU Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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John Henry Lewis's NYSAC Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Tiger Jack Fox becomes the NYSAC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Melio Bettina becomes the NYSAC Light Heavyweight world champion
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John Henry Lewis's RING Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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John Henry Lewis's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Billy Conn beats Melio Bettina via unanimous decision 15/15
Billy Conn becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Billy Conn beats Melio Bettina via unanimous decision 15/15
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Billy Conn beats Gus Lesnevich via unanimous decision 15/15
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Billy Conn beats Gus Lesnevich via unanimous decision 15/15
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Anton Christoforidis beats Melio Bettina via unanimous decision 15/15
Anton Christoforidis becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Billy Conn's RING Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Gus Lesnevich beats Anton Christoforidis via unanimous decision 15/15
Gus Lesnevich becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Billy Conn's NYSAC Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Gus Lesnevich beats Tami Mauriello via split decision 15/15
Gus Lesnevich becomes the NYSAC and RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Gus Lesnevich beats Tami Mauriello via unanimous decision 15/15
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Freddie Mills beats Gus Lesnevich via points decision 15/15
Freddie Mills becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Joey Maxim becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Joey Maxim beats Sugar Ray Robinson via corner retirement 13/15
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Archie Moore beats Joey Maxim via unanimous decision 15/15
Archie Moore becomes the NYSAC, RING and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Archie Moore beats Joey Maxim via unanimous decision 15/15
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Archie Moore beats Joey Maxim via unanimous decision 15/15
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Archie Moore's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Harold Johnson becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Archie Moore beats Giulio Rinaldi via unanimous decision 15/15
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Archie Moore's NYSAC Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Harold Johnson beats Doug Jones via unanimous decision 15/15
Harold Johnson becomes the NYSAC and RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Harold Johnson beats Gustav Scholz via unanimous decision 15/15
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Harold Johnson becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Willie Pastrano beats Harold Johnson via split decision 15/15
Willie Pastrano becomes the RING, WBA and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Willie Pastrano beats Gregorio Peralta via corner retirement 5/15
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Jose Torres becomes the RING, WBA and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Jose Torres beats Wayne Thornton via unanimous decision 15/15
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Dick Tiger becomes the RING, WBA and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Bob Foster becomes the RING, WBA and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Bob Foster's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Vicente Rondon becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Bob Foster becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Bob Foster's RING, WBC and WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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John Conteh becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Victor Galindez becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Miguel Angel Cuello becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Victor Galindez beats Eddie Mustafa Muhammad via unanimous decision 15/15
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Mate Parlov becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Mike Rossman becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Marvin Johnson becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Victor Galindez becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Matthew Saad Muhammad becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Matthew Saad Muhammad becomes the RING Light Heavyweight world champion
Marvin Johnson becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Eddie Mustafa Muhammad becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Eddie Mustafa Muhammad beats Rudy Koopmans via corner retirement 3/15
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Michael Spinks beats Eddie Mustafa Muhammad via unanimous decision 15/15
Michael Spinks becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Dwight Muhammad Qawi beats Matthew Saad Muhammad via knockout 10/15
Dwight Muhammad Qawi becomes the RING and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Dwight Muhammad Qawi beats Matthew Saad Muhammad via knockout 6/15
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Michael Spinks beats Dwight Muhammad Qawi via unanimous decision 15/15
Michael Spinks becomes the RING and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Michael Spinks beats Eddie Davis via unanimous decision 12/12
Michael Spinks becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Michael Spinks's WBA, RING, WBC and IBF Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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JB Williamson beats Prince Mama Mohammed via unanimous decision 12/12
JB Williamson becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Slobodan Kacar becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Marvin Johnson becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Dennis Andries becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Bobby Czyz becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Thomas Hearns becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Leslie Stewart becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Virgil Hill becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Charles Williams becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Donny Lalonde becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Sugar Ray Leonard's WBC Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Michael Moorer becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Dennis Andries becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Jeff Harding becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Dennis Andries becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Leeonzer Barber becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Thomas Hearns becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Jeff Harding becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Iran Barkley becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Iran Barkley's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Virgil Hill becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Henry Maske becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Mike McCallum becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Dariusz Michalczewski beats Leeonzer Barber via unanimous decision 12/12
Dariusz Michalczewski becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Fabrice Tiozzo becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Dariusz Michalczewski beats Philippe Michel via unanimous decision 12/12
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Dariusz Michalczewski beats Christophe Girard via unanimous decision 12/12
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Dariusz Michalczewski beats Graciano Rocchigiani via disqualification 7/12
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Virgil Hill becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Roy Jones Jr becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Montell Griffin becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Dariusz Michalczewski beats Virgil Hill via unanimous decision 12/12
Dariusz Michalczewski becomes the IBF and WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Dariusz Michalczewski's IBF Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Dariusz Michalczewski's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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William Guthrie becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Roy Jones Jr becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Lou Del Valle becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Reggie Johnson becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Roy Jones Jr becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion
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Roy Jones Jr beats Reggie Johnson via unanimous decision 12/12
Roy Jones Jr becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Roy Jones Jr beats David Telesco via unanimous decision 12/12
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Dariusz Michalczewski beats Graciano Rocchigiani via corner retirement 9/12
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Roy Jones Jr beats Derrick Harmon via corner retirement 10/12
Roy Jones Jr becomes the WBAS Light Heavyweight world champion
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Roy Jones Jr beats Julio Cesar Gonzalez via unanimous decision 12/12
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Bruno Girard becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Roy Jones Jr becomes the RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Roy Jones Jr's WBC and IBF Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Mehdi Sahnoune becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Antonio Tarver beats Montell Griffin via unanimous decision 12/12
Antonio Tarver becomes the IBF and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Silvio Branco becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Julio Cesar Gonzalez beats Dariusz Michalczewski via split decision 12/12
Julio Cesar Gonzalez becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Roy Jones Jr beats Antonio Tarver via majority decision 12/12
Roy Jones Jr becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Zsolt Erdei becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Glen Johnson becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Fabrice Tiozzo becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Antonio Tarver becomes the RING, WBAS and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Glen Johnson's IBF Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Antonio Tarver's WBAS and WBC Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Glen Johnson becomes the RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Clinton Woods becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Tomasz Adamek becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Antonio Tarver becomes the RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Clinton Woods beats Julio Cesar Gonzalez via unanimous decision 12/12
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Bernard Hopkins becomes the RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Silvio Branco becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Chad Dawson becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Stipe Drews becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Clinton Woods beats Julio Cesar Gonzalez via unanimous decision 12/12
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Danny Green becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Danny Green's WBAR Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Antonio Tarver becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Joe Calzaghe becomes the RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Hugo Garay becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Adrian Diaconu becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Chad Dawson becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Joe Calzaghe's RING Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Chad Dawson's IBF Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Jean Pascal becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Gabriel Campillo becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Tavoris Cloud becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Juergen Braehmer becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Juergen Braehmer beats Dmitry Sukhotskiy via unanimous decision 12/12
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Beibut Shumenov becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Beibut Shumenov beats Vyacheslav Uzelkov via unanimous decision 12/12
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Jean Pascal becomes the RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Nathan Cleverly becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Bernard Hopkins becomes the RING and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Chad Dawson becomes the RING and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Bernard Hopkins becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Adonis Stevenson becomes the RING and WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Sergey Kovalev becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Juergen Braehmer becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
Beibut Shumenov becomes the WBAS Light Heavyweight world champion
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Bernard Hopkins becomes the WBAS Light Heavyweight world champion
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Adonis Stevenson beats Andrzej Fonfara via unanimous decision 12/12
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Juergen Braehmer beats Roberto Feliciano Bolonti via unanimous decision 12/12
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Sergey Kovalev beats Bernard Hopkins via unanimous decision 12/12
Sergey Kovalev becomes the IBF and WBAS Light Heavyweight world champion
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Adonis Stevenson's RING Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Juergen Braehmer beats Eduard Gutknecht via unanimous decision 12/12
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Sergey Kovalev beats Isaac Chilemba via unanimous decision 12/12
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Nathan Cleverly becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Andre Ward beats Sergey Kovalev via unanimous decision 12/12
Andre Ward becomes the IBF, WBAS and WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Andre Ward becomes the RING Light Heavyweight world champion
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Andre Ward's WBAS and RING Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Dmitry Bivol becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
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Andre Ward's IBF Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Andre Ward's WBO Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Artur Beterbiev becomes the IBF Light Heavyweight world champion
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Sergey Kovalev becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Eleider Alvarez becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Oleksandr Gvozdyk becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Sergey Kovalev becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Jean Pascal becomes the WBAR Light Heavyweight world champion
Dmitry Bivol becomes the WBAS Light Heavyweight world champion
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Artur Beterbiev becomes the WBC Light Heavyweight world champion
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Canelo Alvarez becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Canelo Alvarez's WBO Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Joe Smith Jr becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Jean Pascal's WBAR Light Heavyweight world title reign ends
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Artur Beterbiev beats Joe Smith Jr via technical knockout 2/12
Artur Beterbiev becomes the WBO Light Heavyweight world champion
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Artur Beterbiev beats Anthony Yarde via technical knockout 8/12
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