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Light Heavyweight (178 lbs)| Year | | Final Match |
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| 1920 | Eddie Eagan, USA | Decision | | 1924 | Harry Mitchell, GBR | Decision | | 1928 | Victor Avendaño, ARG | Decision | | 1932 | David Carstens, S. Afr | Decision | | 1936 | Roger Michelot, FRA | Decision | | 1948 | George Hunter, S. Afr | Decision | | 1952 | Norvel Lee, USA | Decision, 3-0 | | 1956 | Jim Boyd, USA | Decision | | 1960 | Cassius Clay, USA | Decision, 5-0 | | 1964 | Cosimo Pinto, ITA | Decision, 3-2 | | 1968 | Dan Poznjak, USSR | Default | | 1972 | Mate Parlov, YUG | Stopped, 2nd | | 1976 | Leon Spinks, USA | Stopped, 3rd | | 1980 | Slobodan Kacar, YUG | Decision, 4-1 | | 1984 | Anton Josipovic, YUG | Default | | 1988 | Andrew Maynard, USA | Decision, 5-0 | | 1992 | Torsten May, GER | Decision, 8-3 | | 1996 | Vasilii Jirov, KAZ | Decision, 17-4 | | 2000 | Alexander Lebziak, RUS | Decision, 20-6 | | 2004 | Andre Ward, USA | Decision, 20-13 |
| 2008 | Zhanf Xiaoping, CHN | Decision, 11-7 |
| 2012 | Egor Mekhontsev, RUS | Final, 15-15 |
Note: Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali after winning the world heavyweight championship in 1964.
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