List of light heavyweight boxing champions

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This is a chronological List of World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-02-25	1985-06-06-Vacated	Michael Spinks	IBF
1985-12-21	1986-09-06	Slobodan Kacar	IBF
1986-09-06	1987-10-29	Bobby Czyz	IBF
1987-10-29	1993-03-20	Charles Williams	IBF
1993-03-20	1996-11-23	Henry Maske	IBF
1996-11-23	1997-06-13	Virgil Hill	IBF
1997-06-13	Relinquished	Dariusz Michalczewski	IBF
1997-07-19	1998-02-06	William Guthrie	IBF
1998-02-06	1999-06-05	Reggie Johnson	IBF
1999-06-05	2002-09-07 - Relinquished	Roy Jones Jr	IBF
2003-04-26	Relinquished	Antonio Tarver	IBF
2004-02-06	2004-09-25 - Relinquished	Glen Johnson	IBF
2005-03-04	Current	Clinton Woods	IBF
WBC
Title inaugurated
1968-05-24	1974-06-17-Vacated	Bob Foster	WBC
1974-10-01	1977-03-05-Vacated	John Conteh	WBC
1977-05-21	1978-01-07	Miguel Angel Cuello	WBC
1978-01-07	1978-12-02	Mate Parlov	WBC
1978-12-02	1979-04-22	Marvin Johnson	WBC
1979-04-22	1981-12-19	Matthew Saad Muhammad	WBC
1981-12-19	1983-03-18	Dwight Braxton	WBC
1983-03-18	1985-06-06-Vacated	Michael Spinks	WBC
1985-12-10	1986-04-30	JB Williamson	WBC
1986-04-30	1987-03-07	Dennis Andries	WBC
1987-03-07	1987-03-07-Vacated	Thomas Hearns	WBC
1987-11-27	1988-11-07	Donny Lalonde	WBC
1988-11-07	1988-11-07-Vacated	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBC
1989-02-21	1989-06-24	Dennis Andries	WBC
1989-06-24	1990-07-28	Jeff Harding	WBC
1990-07-28	1991-09-11	Dennis Andries	WBC
1991-09-11	1994-07-23	Jeff Harding	WBC
1994-07-23	1995-06-16	Mike McCallum	WBC
1995-06-16	Relinquished	Fabrice Tiozzo	WBC
1996-11-22	1997-03-21	Roy Jones Jr	WBC
1997-03-21	1997-08-07	Montell Griffin	WBC
1997-08-07	2004-05-15	Roy Jones Jr	WBC
2005-05-21	current	Tomasz Adamek	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1968-05-24	1970-06-27-Stripped	Bob Foster	WBC
1971-02-27	1972-04-07	Vicente Rondon	WBC
1972-04-07	1974-06-17-Vacated	Bob Foster	WBC
1974-12-07	1978-09-15	Victor Galindez	WBA
1978-09-15	1979-04-14	Mike Rossman	WBA
1979-04-14	1979-11-30	Victor Galindez	WBA
1979-11-30	1980-03-31	Marvin Johnson	WBA
1980-03-31	1981-07-18	Eddie Mustafa Muhammad	WBA
1981-07-18	1985-06-06-Vacated	Michael Spinks	WBA
1986-02-09	1987-05-23	Marvin Johnson	WBA
1987-05-23	1987-09-05	Leslie Stewart	WBA
1987-09-05	1991-06-03	Virgil Hill	WBA
1991-06-03	1992-03-20	Thomas Hearns	WBA
1992-03-20	Relinquished	Iran Barkley	WBA
1992-09-29	1997-06-13	Virgil Hill	WBA
1997-06-13	Relizquished	Dariusz Michalczewski	WBA
1997-09-20	1998-07-18	Lou Del Valle	WBA
1998-07-18	2004-05-15	Roy Jones Jr	WBA
2001-12-22	2003-03-08	Bruno Girard	WBA
2003-03-08	2003-10-10	Mehdi Sahnoune	WBA
2003-10-10	2004-03-20	Silvio Branco	WBA
2004-03-20	current	Fabrice Tiozzo	WBA
WBO
Title inaugurated
1988-12-03	1990-12-15-Vacated	Michael Moorer	WBO
1991-05-09	1994-09-10	Leeonzer Barber	WBO
1994-09-10	2003-10-18	Dariusz Michalczewski	WBO
2003-10-18	2004-01-17	Julio Gonzalez	WBO
2004-01-17	current	Zsolt Erdei	WBO
World
1903-04-22	1903-07-04	Jack Root	World
1903-07-04	1903-11-25	George Gardiner	World
1903-11-25	1905-12-20	Bob Fitzsimmons	World
1905-12-20	1905-12-20-Vacated	Philadelphia Jack O'Brien	World
1914-04-14	1916-10-24	Jack Dillon	World
1916-10-24	1920-10-12	Battling Levinsky	World
1920-10-12	1922-09-24	Georges Carpentier	World
1922-09-24	1923-03-17	Battling Siki	World
1922-09-24	1925-05-30	Mike McTigue	World
1925-05-30	1926-07-16	Paul Berlenbach	World
1926-07-16	1927-02-18-Vacated	Jack Delaney	World
1927-08-30	1927-12-12	Jimmy Slattery	World
1927-12-12	1929-07-18-Vacated	Tommy Loughran	World
1930-02-10	1930-06-25	Jimmy Slattery	World
1930-06-25	1930-10-22-Vacated	Maxie Rosenbloom	World
1932-03-18	1932-03-18-Stripped	George Nichols	World
Awarded the title	1933-03-01	Joe Knight	World
1933-03-01	1933-03-24	Bob Godwin	World
1933-03-24	1934-11-16	Maxie Rosenbloom	World
1934-11-16	1935-10-31	Bob Olin	World
1935-10-31	1938-10-28-Vacated	John Henry Lewis	World
1939-07-13	1940-06-05-Retired	Billy Conn	World
1941-01-13	1941-05-22	Anton Christoforidis	NBA
1941-05-22	1941-11-14	Gus Lesnevich	NBA
1946-05-14	1948-07-26	Gus Lesnevich	World
1948-07-26	1950-01-24	Freddie Mills	World
1950-01-24	1952-12-17	Joey Maxim	World
1952-12-17	1961-06-10-Vacated	Archie Moore	World
1962-05-12	1963-06-01	Harold Johnson	World
1963-06-01	1965-03-30	Willie Pastrano	WBA/WBC
1965-03-30	1966-12-16	Jose Torres	WBA/WBC
1966-12-16	1968-05-24	Dick Tiger	WBA/WBC
Title Split into WBA and WBC Belts

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