Light Heavyweight Rankings & Boxing Champions : Box.Live

RING LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 10 Feb, 2026

The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion

Dmitry
Bivol

24-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

Won against

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

Time held

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

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

19-2-0

Kalajdzic

30-3-0

Dropped Out This Month

Gvozdyk

21-3-0

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WBO LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Feb, 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

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

Won against

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

Time held

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

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

Gvozdyk

21-3-0

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

Dabschah

26-0-1

Khataev

11-1-0

Carrillo

14-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

Tryc

16-3-0

Latreche

34-5-1

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IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 10 Feb, 2026

IBF World Light Heavyweight Champion

Dmitry
Bivol

24-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

Won against

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

Time held

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

Michael Eifert (13-1-0)

Last mandatory

Not Fulfilled Yet

Since a mandatory

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

Eifert [m]

13-1-0

Wallace

16-1-0

Morrell

12-1-0

Zinad

24-1-0

Beterbiev

21-1-0

Khataev

11-1-0

Ismailov

21-22-1

Voytsekhovsky

15-0-0

Whittaker

10-0-1

Ataev

8-0-0

Lapin

12-0-0

Richards

20-4-1

Lopez

15-0-0

Oberlton

14-0-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Dropped Out This Month

Carrillo

14-0-0

Whitaker

15-10-0

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WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 04 Feb, 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

87 days - (2 months & 25 days)

Won against

(Promoted From Secondary Belt)

Time held

316 days - (10 months & 10 days)

Total defences

Nov 22 2025

TKO 7

Yarde (27-3-0)

Activity average

Every 316 days - (10 months & 10 days)

Mandatory challenger

Artur Beterbiev (21-1-0)

Last mandatory

Not Fulfilled Yet

Since a mandatory

316 days - (10 months & 10 days)

Beterbiev [m]

21-1-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Whittaker

10-0-1

Morrell

12-1-0

Khataev

11-1-0

Kalajdzic

30-3-0

Hutchinson

19-2-0

Parker

26-2-0

Unal

15-0-0

Richards

20-4-1

Wallace

16-1-0

Yarde

27-4-0

Lopez

6-0-0

Lopez

15-0-0

Gavril

27-3-0

Dropped Out This Month

Gvozdyk

21-3-0

Rivera

27-2-0

Zinad

24-1-0

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WBA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 01 Feb, 2026

WBA Super World Light Heavyweight Champion

Dmitry
Bivol

24-1-0

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Next Scheduled Defence

TBA

Last defence

Not Defended Yet

Time inactive

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

Won against

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

Time held

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

360 days - (11 months & 23 days)

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

87 days - (2 months & 25 days)

Won against

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

Time held

381 days - (1 year & 16 days)

Total defences

Nov 22 2025

TKO 7

Yarde (27-3-0)

Activity average

Every 381 days - (1 year & 16 days)

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

381 days - (1 year & 16 days)

Beterbiev

21-1-0

Lopez

6-0-0

Ataev

8-0-0

Lapin

12-0-0

Oberlton

14-0-0

Nicholson

22-1-0

Lopez

15-0-0

Yarde

27-4-0

Taylor

13-0-0

Richards

19-1-0

Wallace

16-1-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Cameron

24-7-1

Tejeda

11-0-1

Bermeta

21-0-1

Dropped Out This Month

Morrell

12-1-0

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Big upcoming Light Heavyweight fights

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Sunday, Feb 22 2026

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Sunday, Feb 22 2026

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Hutchinson

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Saturday, Mar 28 2026

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Saturday, Nov 22 2025

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Saturday, Nov 01 2025

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Saturday, Nov 01 2025

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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
(19-2-0) 1
Radivoje Kalajdzic
(30-3-0)

Dropped Out This Month

Oleksandr Gvozdyk (21-3-0) (9)

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) 1
Artur Beterbiev
(21-1-0) 1
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) -
Oleksandr Gvozdyk
(21-3-0) -
Conor Wallace
(16-1-0) -
Ardian Krasniqi
(12-0-0) 1
Artur Reis
(16-1-0)
Alban Bermeta
(21-0-1) -
Zach Parker
(26-2-0) -
Daniel Lapin
(12-0-0) -
Maxim Xu
(10-0-0) -
Ben Whittaker
(10-0-1) -
Diyab Simon Dabschah
(26-0-1) 1
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0)
Juan Carrillo
(14-0-0) 2

Dropped Out This Month

Mateusz Tryc (16-3-0) (6)
Bilel Latreche (34-5-1) (15)

IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)

IBF World Light Heavyweight Champion

Michael Eifert [m]
(13-1-0) -
Conor Wallace
(16-1-0) -
David Morrell
(12-1-0) 1
Malik Zinad
(24-1-0) 1
Artur Beterbiev
(21-1-0) 2
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) 1
Ali Ismailov
(21-22-1) 1
Vasily Voytsekhovsky
(15-0-0) -
Ben Whittaker
(10-0-1)
Sharabutdin Ataev
(8-0-0) 1
Daniel Lapin
(12-0-0) 1
Craig Richards
(20-4-1)
Najee Lopez
(15-0-0) -
Atif Oberlton
(14-0-0) 1
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) 1

Dropped Out This Month

Juan Carrillo (14-0-0) (9)
Benjamin Whitaker (15-10-0) (10)

WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

David Benavidez (31-0-0)

WBC World Light heavyweight Champion

Artur Beterbiev [m]
(21-1-0) -
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) 3
Ben Whittaker
(10-0-1) 6
David Morrell
(12-1-0) 2
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) 2
Radivoje Kalajdzic
(30-3-0)
Willy Hutchinson
(19-2-0) 1
Zach Parker
(26-2-0) 3
Mehmet Unal
(15-0-0) 5
Craig Richards
(20-4-1) 3
Conor Wallace
(16-1-0) 5
Anthony Yarde
(27-4-0) 8
Arlen Lopez
(6-0-0) 2
Najee Lopez
(15-0-0)
Ronald Gavril
(27-3-0)

Dropped Out This Month

Oleksandr Gvozdyk (21-3-0) (3)
Richard Rivera (27-2-0) (10)
Malik Zinad (24-1-0) (12)

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) 1
Sharabutdin Ataev
(8-0-0) 1
Daniel Lapin
(12-0-0) 1
Atif Oberlton
(14-0-0) 1
Deon Nicholson
(22-1-0) 1
Najee Lopez
(15-0-0) 1
Anthony Yarde
(27-4-0) 1
Ezra Taylor
(13-0-0) 1
Lerrone Richards
(19-1-0)
Conor Wallace
(16-1-0) -
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) -
Liam Cameron
(24-7-1) -
Luis Antonio Tejeda
(11-0-1) -
Alban Bermeta
(21-0-1) -

Dropped Out This Month

David Morrell (12-1-0) (2)

Box.Live Power Rankings – Light Heavyweight

Box.Live's Power Rankings provide a simple method for ranking active fighters 1st through 38th 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
1	Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)	(c)	-	(c)	(c)	(c)
2	Artur Beterbiev (21-1-0)	1	1 [m]	5	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	-	-	8
7	David Morrell (12-1-0)	6	4	3	1	-
8	Imam Khataev (11-1-0)	7	5	6	14	-
9	Joshua Buatsi (20-1-0)	8	2	15	3	12
10	Willy Hutchinson (19-2-0)	9	7	-	-	-
11	Radivoje Kalajdzic (30-3-0)	10	6	-	-	-
12	Conor Wallace (16-1-0)	-	11	2	5	11
13	Daniel Lapin (12-0-0)	-	-	11	10	4
14	Sharabutdin Ataev (8-0-0)	-	-	10	-	3
15	Arlen Lopez (6-0-0)	-	13	-	-	2
16	Ben Whittaker (10-0-1)	-	3	9	12	-
17	Michael Eifert (13-1-0)	-	-	1 [m]	-	-
18	Zach Parker (26-2-0)	-	8	-	9	-
19	Najee Lopez (15-0-0)	-	14	13	-	7
20	Atif Oberlton (14-0-0)	-	-	14	-	5
21	Malik Zinad (24-1-0)	-	-	4	-	-
22	Oleksandr Gvozdyk (21-3-0)	-	-	-	4	-
23	Ardian Krasniqi (12-0-0)	-	-	-	6	-
24	Deon Nicholson (22-1-0)	-	-	-	-	6
25	Craig Richards (20-4-1)	-	10	12	-	-
26	Ali Ismailov (21-22-1)	-	-	7	-	-
27	Artur Reis (16-1-0)	-	-	-	7	-
28	Alban Bermeta (21-0-1)	-	-	-	8	15
29	Vasily Voytsekhovsky (15-0-0)	-	-	8	-	-
30	Ezra Taylor (13-0-0)	-	-	-	-	9
31	Mehmet Unal (15-0-0)	-	9	-	-	-
32	Lerrone Richards (19-1-0)	-	-	-	-	10
33	Maxim Xu (10-0-0)	-	-	-	11	-
34	Diyab Simon Dabschah (26-0-1)	-	-	-	13	-
35	Liam Cameron (24-7-1)	-	-	-	-	13
36	Luis Antonio Tejeda (11-0-1)	-	-	-	-	14
37	Juan Carrillo (14-0-0)	-	-	-	15	-
38	Ronald Gavril (27-3-0)	-	15	-	-	-