Light Heavyweight Rankings & Boxing Champions : Box.Live

RING LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 Apr, 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

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Beterbiev

21-1-0

Benavidez

31-0-0

Smith

31-2-0

Ramirez

22-0-0

Yarde

27-4-0

Morrell

12-1-0

Khataev

11-1-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Hutchinson

20-2-0

Lopez

16-0-0

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WBO LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 01 Apr, 2026

WBO 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

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

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

12-1-0

Beterbiev

21-1-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Kalajdzic

30-3-0

Hutchinson

20-2-0

Wallace

16-1-0

Krasniqi

12-0-0

Reis

16-1-0

Bermeta

21-0-1

Parker

26-2-0

Lapin

12-0-0

10-0-0

Whittaker

10-0-1

Lopez

16-0-0

Dabschah

26-0-1

Dropped Out This Month

Khataev

11-1-0

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IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 09 Apr, 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

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

Michael Eifert (13-1-0)

Last mandatory

Not Fulfilled Yet

Since a mandatory

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Eifert [m]

13-1-0

Wallace

16-1-0

Khataev

11-1-0

Ismailov

21-22-1

Whittaker

10-0-1

Voytsekhovsky

15-0-0

Lapin

12-0-0

Ataev

8-0-0

Hutchinson

20-2-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Lopez

16-0-0

Richards

20-4-1

Oberlton

15-0-0

Kraus

10-0-0

Aokuso

8-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

Taylor

13-1-0

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WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 02 Apr, 2026

WBC World Light heavyweight Champion

David
Benavidez

31-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

139 days - (4 months & 18 days)

Won against

(Promoted From Secondary Belt)

Time held

368 days - (1 year & 3 days)

Total defences

Nov 22 2025

TKO 7

Yarde (27-3-0)

Activity average

Every 368 days - (1 year & 3 days)

Mandatory challenger

Artur Beterbiev (21-1-0)

Last mandatory

Not Fulfilled Yet

Since a mandatory

368 days - (1 year & 3 days)

Beterbiev [m]

21-1-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Whittaker

10-0-1

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

16-1-0

Yarde

27-4-0

Lopez

6-0-0

Dzambekov

14-0-0

Lapin

12-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

Gavril

27-3-0

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WBA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Apr, 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

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Won against

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

Time held

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

412 days - (1 year & 1 month)

WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion

David
Benavidez

31-0-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

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

Time inactive

139 days - (4 months & 18 days)

Won against

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

Time held

433 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Total defences

Nov 22 2025

TKO 7

Yarde (27-3-0)

Activity average

Every 433 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

433 days - (1 year & 2 months)

Beterbiev

21-1-0

Lopez

6-0-0

Ataev

8-0-0

Lapin

12-0-0

Lopez

16-0-0

Eifert

13-1-0

Oberlton

15-0-0

Nicholson

22-1-0

Richards

19-1-0

Uzcategui

32-5-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Cameron

24-7-1

Bermeta

21-0-1

Unal

15-0-0

Tejeda

12-0-1

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Big upcoming Light Heavyweight fights

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Whittaker

Suarez

Saturday, Apr 18 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-04-18T21:00:00Z ()

Cameron

Rea

Saturday, May 09 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-05-09T18:00:00Z ()

Bivol

Eifert

Saturday, May 30 2026

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

Light Heavyweight championship

RING

IBF

WBA

WBO

Ramirez

Richards

Thursday, Jun 04 2026

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

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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

Rea

Arthur

Saturday, Nov 01 2025

Lapin

Edmondson

Saturday, Jul 19 2025

Morrell

Khataev

Saturday, Jul 12 2025

Gallegos

Coe

Friday, May 30 2025

Light Heavyweight boxing rankings

RING LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)

The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion

Artur Beterbiev
(21-1-0) -
David Benavidez
(31-0-0) -
Callum Smith
(31-2-0) -
Albert Ramirez
(22-0-0) -
Anthony Yarde
(27-4-0) -
David Morrell
(12-1-0) -
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) -
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) -
Willy Hutchinson
(20-2-0) -
Najee Lopez
(16-0-0) -

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
(12-1-0) -
Artur Beterbiev
(21-1-0) -
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) -
Radivoje Kalajdzic
(30-3-0) -
Willy Hutchinson
(20-2-0)
Conor Wallace
(16-1-0) 1
Ardian Krasniqi
(12-0-0) 1
Artur Reis
(16-1-0) 1
Alban Bermeta
(21-0-1) 1
Zach Parker
(26-2-0) 1
Daniel Lapin
(12-0-0) 1
Maxim Xu
(10-0-0) 1
Ben Whittaker
(10-0-1) 1
Najee Lopez
(16-0-0) 1
Diyab Simon Dabschah
(26-0-1) 2

Dropped Out This Month

Imam Khataev (11-1-0) (14)

IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)

IBF World Light Heavyweight Champion

Michael Eifert [m]
(13-1-0) -
Conor Wallace
(16-1-0) -
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) -
Ali Ismailov
(21-22-1) -
Ben Whittaker
(10-0-1) -
Vasily Voytsekhovsky
(15-0-0) -
Daniel Lapin
(12-0-0) 1
Sharabutdin Ataev
(8-0-0) 1
Willy Hutchinson
(20-2-0) 1
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) 1
Najee Lopez
(16-0-0) 1
Craig Richards
(20-4-1) 1
Atif Oberlton
(15-0-0) -
Gradus Kraus
(10-0-0) 1
Paulo Aokuso
(8-0-0)

Dropped Out This Month

Ezra Taylor (13-1-0) (14)

WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

David Benavidez (31-0-0)

WBC World Light heavyweight Champion

Artur Beterbiev [m]
(21-1-0) -
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) -
Ben Whittaker
(10-0-1) -
Willy Hutchinson
(20-2-0) 2
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) 1
Radivoje Kalajdzic
(30-3-0) 1
Mehmet Unal
(15-0-0) -
Zach Parker
(26-2-0) -
Craig Richards
(20-4-1) -
Najee Lopez
(16-0-0) 4
Conor Wallace
(16-1-0) 1
Anthony Yarde
(27-4-0) 1
Arlen Lopez
(6-0-0) 1
Umar Dzambekov
(14-0-0) 1
Daniel Lapin
(12-0-0)

Dropped Out This Month

Ronald Gavril (27-3-0) (15)

WBA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)

WBA Super World Light Heavyweight Champion

David Benavidez (31-0-0)

WBA World Light Heavyweight Champion

Artur Beterbiev
(21-1-0) -
Arlen Lopez
(6-0-0) -
Sharabutdin Ataev
(8-0-0) -
Daniel Lapin
(12-0-0) -
Najee Lopez
(16-0-0) -
Michael Eifert
(13-1-0) -
Atif Oberlton
(15-0-0) -
Deon Nicholson
(22-1-0) -
Lerrone Richards
(19-1-0) -
Jose Uzcategui
(32-5-0) -
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) -
Liam Cameron
(24-7-1) -
Alban Bermeta
(21-0-1) -
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 37th 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	Artur Beterbiev (21-1-0)	1	1 [m]	-	2	1	-
3	David Benavidez (31-0-0)	2	(c)	-	-	(reg)	-
4	Callum Smith (31-2-0)	3	-	-	(int)	-	-
5	Albert Ramirez (22-0-0)	4	-	-	-	-	-
6	Anthony Yarde (27-4-0)	5	12	-	-	-	-
7	David Morrell (12-1-0)	6	-	-	1	-	-
8	Imam Khataev (11-1-0)	7	5	3	-	-	-
9	Joshua Buatsi (20-1-0)	8	2	10	3	11	-
10	Willy Hutchinson (20-2-0)	9	4	9	5	-	-
11	Najee Lopez (16-0-0)	10	10	11	14	5	-
12	Conor Wallace (16-1-0)	-	11	2	6	-	-
13	Ben Whittaker (10-0-1)	-	3	5	13	-	-
14	Daniel Lapin (12-0-0)	-	15	7	11	4	-
15	Michael Eifert (13-1-0)	-	-	1 [m]	-	6	-
16	Radivoje Kalajdzic (30-3-0)	-	6	-	4	-	+1
17	Sharabutdin Ataev (8-0-0)	-	-	8	-	3	-1
18	Arlen Lopez (6-0-0)	-	13	-	-	2	-
19	Zach Parker (26-2-0)	-	8	-	10	-	-
20	Ali Ismailov (21-22-1)	-	-	4	-	-	-
21	Atif Oberlton (15-0-0)	-	-	13	-	7	-
22	Mehmet Unal (15-0-0)	-	7	-	-	14	+1
23	Craig Richards (20-4-1)	-	9	12	-	-	-1
24	Vasily Voytsekhovsky (15-0-0)	-	-	6	-	-	-
25	Alban Bermeta (21-0-1)	-	-	-	9	13	-
26	Ardian Krasniqi (12-0-0)	-	-	-	7	-	-
27	Artur Reis (16-1-0)	-	-	-	8	-	-
28	Deon Nicholson (22-1-0)	-	-	-	-	8	-
29	Lerrone Richards (19-1-0)	-	-	-	-	9	-
30	Jose Uzcategui (32-5-0)	-	-	-	-	10	-
31	Liam Cameron (24-7-1)	-	-	-	-	12	-
32	Maxim Xu (10-0-0)	-	-	-	12	-	-
33	Gradus Kraus (10-0-0)	-	-	14	-	-	+3
34	Umar Dzambekov (14-0-0)	-	14	-	-	-	-
35	Diyab Simon Dabschah (26-0-1)	-	-	-	15	-	-
36	Luis Antonio Tejeda (12-0-1)	-	-	-	-	15	+1
37	Paulo Aokuso (8-0-0)	-	-	15	-	-	* New *