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The light-heavyweight division was created in 1903, the brainchild of Chicago journalist Lou Houseman who was also a boxing manager and promoter. He matched his own fighter Jack Root with Kid McCoy and announced the fight as being for the light-heavyweight championship of the world. The boxing press accepted the new weight division and Root was ...
This is a list of current male world boxing champions. ... Light heavyweight (175 lb/79.9 kg) WBA: WBC: IBF: WBO: The Ring: Artur Beterbiev Super champion 21–0 (20 KO)
This category lists professional boxers who have held a full light heavyweight world championship by the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF), or World Boxing Organization (WBO).
Spinks, who had won the IBF heavyweight title the previous month against Larry Holmes, was stripped of the WBC light heavyweight title due to the WBC's policy against fighters holding world titles in multiple divisions at the same time. [21] 13 J. B. Williamson (def. Prince Mama Mohammed) 10 Dec 1985 – 30 Apr 1986 0 14 Dennis Andries
On February 20, 2004, Jones relinquished his heavyweight title to resume boxing as a light heavyweight, at which point Ruiz was elevated to full championship recognition. On April 30, 2005, Ruiz was defeated by James Toney in a championship defense, but post-fight drug testing determined Toney had taken Nandrolone , an anabolic steroid .
In professional boxing, the division is above 168 pounds (76 kg) and up to 175 pounds (79 kg), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight.. The light heavyweight class has produced some of boxing's greatest champions: Bernard Hopkins (who, upon becoming champion, broke the record for oldest man to win a world title), Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Michael ...
3 Light heavyweight. 4 Super middleweight. ... This is a list of IBO world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the International Boxing ...
This is a list of WBO world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Organization (WBO). The WBO is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing , and has awarded world championships in 17 different weight classes since 1989.