Light Heavyweight Rankings & Boxing Champions : Box.Live

RING LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 May, 2026

The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion

Dmitry
Bivol

24-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Eifert (13-1-0) 30-May-2026

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Won against

Beterbiev (21-0-0) MD 12 22-Feb-2025

Time held

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Benavidez

32-0-0

Smith

31-2-0

Ramirez

22-0-0

Yarde

27-4-0

Morrell

12-2-0

Khataev

11-1-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Hutchinson

20-2-0

Lopez

16-0-0

Dzambekov

14-0-0

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WBO LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 May, 2026

WBO World Light heavyweight Champion

Dmitry
Bivol

24-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Won against

Beterbiev (21-0-0) MD 12 22-Feb-2025

Time held

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

WBO Interim World Light Heavyweight Champion

Callum
Smith

31-2-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Last defence

Time inactive

Won against

Time held

Total defences

Activity average

Mandatory challenger

Last mandatory

Since a mandatory

Morrell

12-2-0

Beterbiev

21-1-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Kalajdzic

30-3-0

Hutchinson

20-2-0

Wallace

17-1-0

Krasniqi

12-0-0

Reis

16-1-0

Bermeta

21-0-1

Parker

26-2-0

Lapin

13-0-0

10-0-0

Whittaker

11-0-1

Lopez

16-0-0

Jones

18-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

Dabschah

28-1-1

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IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 May, 2026

IBF World Light Heavyweight Champion

Dmitry
Bivol

24-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Eifert (13-1-0) 30-May-2026

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Won against

Beterbiev (21-0-0) MD 12 22-Feb-2025

Time held

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

Michael Eifert (13-1-0)

Last mandatory

Not Fulfilled Yet

Since a mandatory

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Eifert [m]

13-1-0

Wallace

17-1-0

Whittaker

11-0-1

Khataev

11-1-0

Lapin

13-0-0

Ataev

8-0-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Hutchinson

20-2-0

Lopez

16-0-0

Ismailov

21-22-1

Voytsekhovsky

15-0-0

Richards

20-4-1

Oberlton

16-0-0

Kraus

10-0-0

Aokuso

8-0-0

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WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 06 May, 2026

WBC World Light heavyweight Champion

David
Benavidez

32-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Yarde (27-3-0) TKO 7 22-Nov-2025

Time inactive

170 days - (5 months & 19 days)

Won against

(Promoted From Secondary Belt)

Time held

399 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Total defences

Nov 22 2025

TKO 7

Yarde (27-3-0)

Activity average

Every 399 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Mandatory challenger

Artur Beterbiev (21-1-0)

Last mandatory

Not Fulfilled Yet

Since a mandatory

399 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Beterbiev [m]

21-1-0

Whittaker

11-0-1

Buatsi

20-1-0

Hutchinson

20-2-0

Khataev

11-1-0

Kalajdzic

30-3-0

Unal

15-0-0

Parker

26-2-0

Richards

20-4-1

Lopez

16-0-0

Wallace

17-1-0

Yarde

27-4-0

Lopez

6-0-0

Dzambekov

14-0-0

Lapin

13-0-0

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WBA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 02 May, 2026

WBA Super World Light Heavyweight Champion

Dmitry
Bivol

24-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

Eifert (13-1-0) 30-May-2026

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Won against

Beterbiev (21-0-0) MD 12 22-Feb-2025

Time held

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

443 days - (1 year & 2 months)

WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion

David
Benavidez

32-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Yarde (27-3-0) TKO 7 22-Nov-2025

Time inactive

170 days - (5 months & 19 days)

Won against

Morrell (11-0-0) UD 12 01-Feb-2025

Time held

464 days - (1 year & 3 months)

Total defences

Nov 22 2025

TKO 7

Yarde (27-3-0)

Activity average

Every 464 days - (1 year & 3 months)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

464 days - (1 year & 3 months)

Beterbiev

21-1-0

Lopez

6-0-0

Ataev

8-0-0

Lapin

13-0-0

Lopez

16-0-0

Eifert

13-1-0

Oberlton

16-0-0

Whittaker

11-0-1

Richards

19-1-0

Uzcategui

32-5-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Cameron

24-8-1

Hutchinson

20-2-0

Unal

15-0-0

Tejeda

12-0-1

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Big upcoming Light Heavyweight fights

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Bivol

Eifert

Saturday, May 30 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-05-30T20:00:00Z ()

Light Heavyweight championship

RING

IBF

WBA

Ramirez

Richards

Thursday, Jun 04 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-06-05T03:00:00Z ()

Edmondson

Arthur

Saturday, Jun 20 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-06-20T20:00:00Z ()

Whittaker

Rivera

Saturday, Jun 27 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-06-28T01:00:00Z ()

Recent Light Heavyweight results

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Oberlton

Gongora

Saturday, May 09 2026

Cameron

Rea

Saturday, May 09 2026

Morrell

Chelli

Saturday, May 09 2026

Whittaker

Suarez

Saturday, Apr 18 2026

Hutchinson

Taylor

Saturday, Mar 28 2026

Coe

Hart

Saturday, Jan 24 2026

Richards

Azeez

Saturday, Dec 20 2025

Whittaker

Gavazi

Saturday, Nov 29 2025

Benavidez

Yarde

Saturday, Nov 22 2025

Light Heavyweight championship

WBC

WBA

Buatsi

Parker

Saturday, Nov 01 2025

Light Heavyweight boxing rankings

RING LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)

The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion

David Benavidez
(32-0-0) -
Callum Smith
(31-2-0) -
Albert Ramirez
(22-0-0) -
Anthony Yarde
(27-4-0) -
David Morrell
(12-2-0) -
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) -
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) -
Willy Hutchinson
(20-2-0) -
Najee Lopez
(16-0-0) -
Umar Dzambekov
(14-0-0) -

WBO LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)

WBO World Light heavyweight Champion

Callum Smith (31-2-0)

WBO Interim World Light Heavyweight Champion

David Morrell
(12-2-0) -
Artur Beterbiev
(21-1-0) -
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) -
Radivoje Kalajdzic
(30-3-0) -
Willy Hutchinson
(20-2-0) -
Conor Wallace
(17-1-0) -
Ardian Krasniqi
(12-0-0) -
Artur Reis
(16-1-0) -
Alban Bermeta
(21-0-1) -
Zach Parker
(26-2-0) -
Daniel Lapin
(13-0-0) -
Maxim Xu
(10-0-0) -
Ben Whittaker
(11-0-1) -
Najee Lopez
(16-0-0) -
Antwan Jones
(18-0-0)

Dropped Out This Month

Diyab Simon Dabschah (28-1-1) (15)

IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)

IBF World Light Heavyweight Champion

Michael Eifert [m]
(13-1-0) -
Conor Wallace
(17-1-0) -
Ben Whittaker
(11-0-1) 2
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) 1
Daniel Lapin
(13-0-0) 2
Sharabutdin Ataev
(8-0-0) 2
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) 3
Willy Hutchinson
(20-2-0) 1
Najee Lopez
(16-0-0) 2
Ali Ismailov
(21-22-1) 6
Vasily Voytsekhovsky
(15-0-0) 5
Craig Richards
(20-4-1) -
Atif Oberlton
(16-0-0) -
Gradus Kraus
(10-0-0) -
Paulo Aokuso
(8-0-0) -

WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

David Benavidez (32-0-0)

WBC World Light heavyweight Champion

Artur Beterbiev [m]
(21-1-0) -
Ben Whittaker
(11-0-1) 1
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) 1
Willy Hutchinson
(20-2-0) -
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) -
Radivoje Kalajdzic
(30-3-0) -
Mehmet Unal
(15-0-0) -
Zach Parker
(26-2-0) -
Craig Richards
(20-4-1) -
Najee Lopez
(16-0-0) -
Conor Wallace
(17-1-0) -
Anthony Yarde
(27-4-0) -
Arlen Lopez
(6-0-0) -
Umar Dzambekov
(14-0-0) -
Daniel Lapin
(13-0-0) -

WBA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)

WBA Super World Light Heavyweight Champion

David Benavidez (32-0-0)

WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion

Artur Beterbiev
(21-1-0) -
Arlen Lopez
(6-0-0) -
Sharabutdin Ataev
(8-0-0) -
Daniel Lapin
(13-0-0) -
Najee Lopez
(16-0-0) -
Michael Eifert
(13-1-0) -
Atif Oberlton
(16-0-0) -
Ben Whittaker
(11-0-1) -
Lerrone Richards
(19-1-0) -
Jose Uzcategui
(32-5-0) -
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) -
Liam Cameron
(24-8-1) -
Willy Hutchinson
(20-2-0) -
Mehmet Unal
(15-0-0) -
Luis Antonio Tejeda
(12-0-1) -

Box.Live Power Rankings – Light Heavyweight

Box.Live's Power Rankings provide a simple method for ranking active fighters 1st through 36th in the light heavyweight division.

Outside the top 10 or so fighters, who are more likely to be ranked for their current ability and standing at light heavyweight, others are considered by their potential future influence as mandatory or eliminator contenders. Every fighter is either a champion or ranked by at least one organisation at light heavyweight, so inactive fighters may not appear until they fight again.

Order: Ring champion, Ring positions 1–10, then other world champions, then by combined ranking points (WBC/IBF/WBO/WBA).

Key: (c) = champion, (int) = interim, (reg) = WBA regular when multiple champions, [m] = mandatory.

#	Fighter	The Ring	WBC	IBF	WBO	WBA	Change
1	Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)	(c)	-	(c)	(c)	(c)	-
2	David Benavidez (32-0-0)	1	(c)	-	-	(reg)	-
3	Callum Smith (31-2-0)	2	-	-	(int)	-	-
4	Albert Ramirez (22-0-0)	3	-	-	-	-	-
5	Anthony Yarde (27-4-0)	4	12	-	-	-	-
6	David Morrell (12-2-0)	5	-	-	1	-	-
7	Imam Khataev (11-1-0)	6	5	4	-	-	-
8	Joshua Buatsi (20-1-0)	7	3	7	3	11	-
9	Willy Hutchinson (20-2-0)	8	4	8	5	13	-
10	Najee Lopez (16-0-0)	9	10	9	14	5	-
11	Umar Dzambekov (14-0-0)	10	14	-	-	-	-
12	Artur Beterbiev (21-1-0)	-	1 [m]	-	2	1	-
13	Ben Whittaker (11-0-1)	-	2	3	13	8	-
14	Conor Wallace (17-1-0)	-	11	2	6	-	-
15	Daniel Lapin (13-0-0)	-	15	5	11	4	-
16	Michael Eifert (13-1-0)	-	-	1 [m]	-	6	-
17	Sharabutdin Ataev (8-0-0)	-	-	6	-	3	+1
18	Radivoje Kalajdzic (30-3-0)	-	6	-	4	-	-1
19	Arlen Lopez (6-0-0)	-	13	-	-	2	-
20	Zach Parker (26-2-0)	-	8	-	10	-	-
21	Atif Oberlton (16-0-0)	-	-	13	-	7	+1
22	Mehmet Unal (15-0-0)	-	7	-	-	14	+1
23	Craig Richards (20-4-1)	-	9	12	-	-	+1
24	Ardian Krasniqi (12-0-0)	-	-	-	7	-	+2
25	Artur Reis (16-1-0)	-	-	-	8	-	+2
26	Alban Bermeta (21-0-1)	-	-	-	9	-	+2
27	Lerrone Richards (19-1-0)	-	-	-	-	9	+2
28	Ali Ismailov (21-22-1)	-	-	10	-	-	-7
29	Jose Uzcategui (32-5-0)	-	-	-	-	10	+1
30	Vasily Voytsekhovsky (15-0-0)	-	-	11	-	-	-5
31	Liam Cameron (24-8-1)	-	-	-	-	12	-
32	Maxim Xu (10-0-0)	-	-	-	12	-	-
33	Gradus Kraus (10-0-0)	-	-	14	-	-	-
34	Antwan Jones (18-0-0)	-	-	-	15	-	-
35	Luis Antonio Tejeda (12-0-1)	-	-	-	-	15	-
36	Paulo Aokuso (8-0-0)	-	-	15	-	-	-