Light Heavyweight • World Boxing Association

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Timeline

  1. 2 Jul 1921

    Georges Carpentier becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  2. 11 May 1922

  3. 24 Sep 1922

    Battling Siki becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  4. 17 Mar 1923

    Mike McTigue becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  5. 25 Jun 1923

  6. 2 Aug 1923

  7. 4 Oct 1923

    Young Stribling and Mike McTigue share a draw 10/10

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  8. 7 Jan 1925

  9. 30 May 1925

    Paul Berlenbach becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  10. 13 Jul 1925

  11. 11 Sep 1925

  12. 11 Dec 1925

  13. 10 Jun 1926

    Paul Berlenbach beats Young Stribling via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  14. 16 Jul 1926

    Jack Delaney becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  15. 10 Dec 1926

  16. 26 Jul 1927

    Jack Delaney's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  17. 30 Aug 1927

    Jimmy Slattery becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  18. 12 Dec 1927

    Tommy Loughran becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  19. 6 Jan 1928

    Tommy Loughran beats Leo Lomski via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  20. 1 Jun 1928

  21. 16 Jul 1928

  22. 28 Mar 1929

  23. 18 Jul 1929

  24. 3 Sep 1929

    Tommy Loughran's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  25. 18 Mar 1932

    George Nichols beats Dave Maier via split decision 10/10

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

    George Nichols becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  26. 17 Dec 1932

    George Nichols's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  27. 1 Jan 1933

    Joe Knight becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  28. 1 Mar 1933

    Bob Godwin becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  29. 24 Mar 1933

    Maxie Rosenbloom becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  30. 3 Nov 1933

  31. 5 Feb 1934

  32. 17 Sep 1934

    Maxie Rosenbloom's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  33. 16 Nov 1934

    Billy Conn becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  34. 31 Oct 1935

    John Henry Lewis becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  35. 13 Mar 1936

    John Henry Lewis beats Jock McAvoy via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  36. 9 Nov 1936

  37. 3 Jun 1937

  38. 25 Apr 1938

  39. 28 Oct 1938

    John Henry Lewis beats Al Gainer via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  40. 19 Jun 1939

    John Henry Lewis's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  41. 13 Jul 1939

    Billy Conn becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  42. 25 Sep 1939

  43. 17 Nov 1939

  44. 5 Jun 1940

  45. 13 Jan 1941

    Anton Christoforidis becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  46. 22 May 1941

    Gus Lesnevich becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  47. 26 Aug 1941

    Gus Lesnevich beats Tami Mauriello via split decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  48. 14 Nov 1941

    Gus Lesnevich beats Tami Mauriello via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  49. 14 May 1946

  50. 28 Feb 1947

  51. 5 Mar 1948

  52. 26 Jul 1948

    Freddie Mills becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  53. 24 Jan 1950

    Joey Maxim becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  54. 22 Aug 1951

    Joey Maxim beats Bob Murphy via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  55. 25 Jun 1952

  56. 17 Dec 1952

    Archie Moore becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  57. 24 Jun 1953

  58. 27 Jan 1954

  59. 11 Aug 1954

  60. 22 Jun 1955

  61. 5 Jun 1956

  62. 20 Sep 1957

  63. 10 Dec 1958

  64. 12 Aug 1959

  65. 25 Oct 1960

    Archie Moore's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  66. 7 Feb 1961

    Harold Johnson beats Jesse Bowdry via knockout 9/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

    Harold Johnson becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  67. 24 Apr 1961

  68. 29 Aug 1961

    Harold Johnson beats Eddie Cotton via split decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  69. 12 May 1962

    Harold Johnson beats Doug Jones via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  70. 23 Jun 1962

    Harold Johnson beats Gustav Scholz via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  71. 1 Jun 1963

    Willie Pastrano becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  72. 10 Apr 1964

    Willie Pastrano beats Gregorio Peralta via corner retirement 5/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  73. 30 Nov 1964

  74. 30 Mar 1965

    Jose Torres becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  75. 21 May 1966

    Jose Torres beats Wayne Thornton via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  76. 15 Aug 1966

    Jose Torres beats Eddie Cotton via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  77. 15 Oct 1966

  78. 16 Dec 1966

    Dick Tiger becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  79. 16 May 1967

  80. 17 Nov 1967

  81. 24 May 1968

    Bob Foster becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  82. 22 Jan 1969

  83. 24 May 1969

  84. 4 Apr 1970

    Bob Foster beats Roger Rouse via corner retirement 3/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  85. 27 Jun 1970

  86. 9 Sep 1970

    Bob Foster's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  87. 27 Feb 1971

    Vicente Rondon beats Jimmy Dupree via knockout 6/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

    Vicente Rondon becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  88. 5 Jun 1971

    Vicente Rondon beats Piero Del Papa via knockout 1/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  89. 21 Aug 1971

    Vicente Rondon beats Eddie Jones via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  90. 26 Oct 1971

    Vicente Rondon beats Gomeo Brennan via knockout 13/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  91. 15 Dec 1971

    Vicente Rondon beats Doyle Baird via knockout 8/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  92. 7 Apr 1972

    Bob Foster becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  93. 27 Jun 1972

  94. 26 Sep 1972

  95. 21 Aug 1973

    Bob Foster beats Pierre Fourie via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  96. 1 Dec 1973

    Bob Foster beats Pierre Fourie via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  97. 17 Jun 1974

  98. 16 Sep 1974

    Bob Foster's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  99. 7 Dec 1974

    Victor Galindez beats Len Hutchins via corner retirement 12/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

    Victor Galindez becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  100. 7 Apr 1975

    Victor Galindez beats Pierre Fourie via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  101. 30 Jun 1975

    Victor Galindez beats Jorge Ahumada via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  102. 13 Sep 1975

    Victor Galindez beats Pierre Fourie via split decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  103. 28 Mar 1976

    Victor Galindez beats Harald Skog via knockout 3/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  104. 22 May 1976

    Victor Galindez beats Richie Kates via knockout 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  105. 5 Oct 1976

    Victor Galindez beats Kosie Smith via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  106. 18 Jun 1977

    Victor Galindez beats Richie Kates via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  107. 17 Sep 1977

    Victor Galindez beats Yaqui Lopez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  108. 20 Nov 1977

  109. 6 May 1978

    Victor Galindez beats Yaqui Lopez via unanimous decision 15/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  110. 15 Sep 1978

    Mike Rossman becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  111. 5 Dec 1978

    Mike Rossman beats Aldo Traversaro via knockout 6/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  112. 14 Apr 1979

    Victor Galindez becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  113. 30 Nov 1979

    Marvin Johnson becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  114. 31 Mar 1980

    Eddie Mustafa Muhammad becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  115. 20 Jul 1980

  116. 29 Nov 1980

    Eddie Mustafa Muhammad beats Rudy Koopmans via corner retirement 3/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  117. 18 Jul 1981

    Michael Spinks becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  118. 7 Nov 1981

    Michael Spinks beats Vonzell Johnson via knockout 7/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  119. 13 Feb 1982

    Michael Spinks beats Mustafa Wasajja via knockout 6/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  120. 11 Apr 1982

  121. 12 Jun 1982

    Michael Spinks beats Jerry Celestine via knockout 8/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  122. 18 Sep 1982

    Michael Spinks beats Johnny Davis via knockout 9/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  123. 18 Mar 1983

  124. 25 Nov 1983

  125. 25 Feb 1984

  126. 23 Feb 1985

  127. 6 Jun 1985

  128. 21 Sep 1985

    Michael Spinks's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  129. 9 Feb 1986

    Marvin Johnson becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  130. 20 Sep 1986

    Marvin Johnson beats Jean Marie Emebe via knockout 13/15

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  131. 23 May 1987

    Leslie Stewart becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  132. 5 Sep 1987

    Virgil Hill becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  133. 21 Nov 1987

    Virgil Hill beats Rufino Angulo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  134. 3 Apr 1988

    Virgil Hill beats Jean Marie Emebe via knockout 11/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  135. 6 Jun 1988

    Virgil Hill beats Ramzi Hassan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  136. 11 Nov 1988

    Virgil Hill beats Willie Featherstone via knockout 10/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  137. 4 Mar 1989

  138. 27 May 1989

    Virgil Hill beats Joe Lasisi via knockout 7/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  139. 24 Oct 1989

    Virgil Hill beats James Kinchen via knockout 1/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  140. 25 Feb 1990

    Virgil Hill beats David Vedder via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  141. 7 Jul 1990

    Virgil Hill beats Tyrone Frazier via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  142. 6 Jan 1991

    Virgil Hill beats Mike Peak via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  143. 3 Jun 1991

    Thomas Hearns becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  144. 20 Mar 1992

    Iran Barkley becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  145. 10 Apr 1992

    Iran Barkley's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  146. 29 Sep 1992

    Virgil Hill becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  147. 20 Feb 1993

  148. 3 Apr 1993

  149. 28 Aug 1993

    Virgil Hill beats Sergio Daniel Merani via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  150. 9 Nov 1993

    Virgil Hill beats Saul Montana via knockout 10/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  151. 17 Dec 1993

    Virgil Hill beats Guy Waters via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  152. 23 Jul 1994

  153. 1 Apr 1995

    Virgil Hill beats Crawford Ashley via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  154. 2 Sep 1995

    Virgil Hill beats Drake Thadzi via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  155. 20 Apr 1996

  156. 23 Nov 1996

  157. 13 Jun 1997

    Dariusz Michalczewski becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  158. 1 Jul 1997

    Dariusz Michalczewski's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  159. 20 Sep 1997

    Lou Del Valle beats Eddy Smulders via knockout 8/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

    Lou Del Valle becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  160. 18 Jul 1998

    Roy Jones Jr becomes the WBA Light Heavyweight world champion

  161. 14 Nov 1998

  162. 9 Jan 1999

    Roy Jones Jr beats Richard Frazier via knockout 2/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  163. 5 Jun 1999

  164. 15 Jan 2000

    Roy Jones Jr beats David Telesco via unanimous decision 12/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  165. 13 May 2000

  166. 9 Sep 2000

    Roy Jones Jr beats Eric Harding via corner retirement 10/12

    Light Heavyweight (175 lb)

  167. 24 Feb 2001

    Roy Jones Jr's WBA Light Heavyweight world title reign ends

  168. 4 Aug 2001