Light Heavyweight
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| 1903 | Jack Root, George Gardner |
| 1903–05 | Bob Fitzsimmons |
| 1905–12 | Philadelphia Jack O'Brien1 |
| 1912–16 | Jack Dillon |
| 1916–20 | Battling Levinsky |
| 1920–22 | Georges Carpentier |
| 1923 | Battling Siki |
| 1923–25 | Mike McTigue |
| 1925–26 | Paul Berlenbach |
| 1926–27 | Jack Delaney2 |
| 1927 | Mike McTigue |
| 1927–29 | Tommy Loughran |
| 1930 | Jimmy Slattery |
| 1930–34 | Maxie Rosenbloom |
| 1934–35 | Bob Olin |
| 1935–39 | John Henry Lewis |
| 1939 | Melio Bettina |
| 1939–41 | Billy Conn2 |
| 1941 | Anton Christoforidis (NBA) |
| 1941–48 | Gus Lesnevich |
| 1948–50 | Freddie Mills |
| 1950–52 | Joey Maxim |
| 1952–61 | Archie Moore3 |
| 1961–63 | Harold Johnson |
| 1963–65 | Willie Pastrano |
| 1965–66 | José Torres |
| 1966–67 | Dick Tiger |
| 1968 | Dick Tiger, Bob Foster |
| 1969–70 | Bob Foster |
| 1971 | Vicente Rondon (WBA), Bob Foster (WBC) |
| 1972–73 | Bob Foster (WBA, WBC) |
| 1974 | John Conteh (WBA), Bob Foster (WBC)1,4 |
| 1975–76 | Victor Galindez (WBA), John Conteh (WBC) |
| 1977 | Victor Galindez (WBA), John Conteh (WBC),4 Miguel Cuello (WBC) |
| 1978 | Victor Galindez (WBA), Mike Rossman (WBA), Miguel Cuello (WBC), Mate Parlov (WBC), Marvin Johnson (WBC) |
| 1979 | Mike Rossman (WBA), Victor Galindez (WBA), Marvin Johnson (WBC), Matthew (Franklin) Saad Muhammad (WBC) |
| 1980 | Matthew Saad Muhammad (WBC), Marvin Johnson (WBA), Eddie (Gregory) Mustafa Muhammad (WBA) |
| 1981 | Matthew Saad Muhammad (WBC), Eddie Mustafa Muhammad (WBA), Michael Spinks (WBA), Dwight Braxton (WBC) |
| 1982 | Dwight Braxton (WBC), Michael Spinks (WBA) |
| 1983 | Michael Spinks (undisputed) |
| 1984 | Michael Spinks (undisputed) |
| 1985 | Michael Spinks (undisputed)5 |
| 1986 | Marvin Johnson (WBA), Dennis Andries (WBC) |
| 1987 | Thomas Hearns (WBC), Virgil Hill (WBA), Bobby Czyz (IBF) |
| 1988 | Charles Williams (IBF), Virgil Hill (WBA), Donny LaLonde (WBC), Sugar Ray Leonard (WBC) |
| 1989 | Dennis Andries (WBC), Virgil Hill (WBA), Charles Williams (IBF), Jeff Harding (WBC) |
| 1990 | Virgil Hill (WBA), Charles Williams (IBF), Jeff Harding (WBC), Dennis Andries (WBC) |
| 1991 | Virgil Hill (WBA), Thomas Hearns (WBA), Dennis Andries (WBC), Charles Williams (IBF) |
| 1992 | Charles Williams (IBF), James Waring (IBF), Jeff Harding (WBC) |
| 1993 | Virgil Hill (WBA), Jeff Harding (WBC), Henry Maske (IBF) |
| 1994 | Virgil Hill (WBA), Mike McCallum (WBC), Henry Maske (IBF) |
| 1995 | Virgil Hill (WBA), Fabio Tiozzo (WBC), Henry Maske (IBF) |
| 1996–97 | Virgil Hill (WBA), Fabio Tiozzo (WBC), Henry Maske (IBF) |
| 1998 | Roy Jones (WBA, WBC), Reggie Johnson (IBF) |
| 1999– 2001 | Roy Jones (WBA, WBC, IBF) |
| 2002 | Bruno Girard (WBA), Roy Jones (WBC, IBF) |
| 2003 | Vacant (WBA), Antonio Tarver (WBC, IBF) |
| 2004 | Antonio Tarver (WBC), Fabrice Tiozzo (WBA), Glen Johnson (IBF) |
| 2005 | Tomasz Adamek(WBC), Fabrice Tiozzo (WBA), Clinton Woods (IBF) |
1. Retired. 2. Abandoned title. 3. NBA withdrew recognition in 1961, New York Commission in 1962; recognized thereafter only by California and Europe. 4. WBC withdrew recognition. 5. Spinks relinquished title in 1985 to fight for heavyweight title.
| Other World Boxing Titleholders | Middleweight |
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