Light Heavyweight Rankings & Boxing Champions : Box.Live

RING LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 03 Mar, 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

378 days - (1 year & 13 days)

Won against

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

Time held

378 days - (1 year & 13 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

378 days - (1 year & 13 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

Bivol

24-1-0

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WBO LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 03 Mar, 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

378 days - (1 year & 13 days)

Won against

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

Time held

378 days - (1 year & 13 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

378 days - (1 year & 13 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

Kalajdzic

30-3-0

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

Lopez

15-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

Gvozdyk

21-3-0

Carrillo

14-0-0

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IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 06 Mar, 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

378 days - (1 year & 13 days)

Won against

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

Time held

378 days - (1 year & 13 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

Michael Eifert (13-1-0)

Last mandatory

Not Fulfilled Yet

Since a mandatory

378 days - (1 year & 13 days)

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

Ataev

8-0-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Lapin

12-0-0

Hutchinson

19-2-0

Richards

20-4-1

Lopez

15-0-0

Oberlton

15-0-0

Taylor

13-0-0

Kraus

10-0-0

Dropped Out This Month

Morrell

12-1-0

Zinad

24-1-0

Beterbiev

21-1-0

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WBC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 03 Mar, 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

105 days - (3 months & 15 days)

Won against

(Promoted From Secondary Belt)

Time held

334 days - (11 months)

Total defences

Nov 22 2025

TKO 7

Yarde (27-3-0)

Activity average

Every 334 days - (11 months)

Mandatory challenger

Artur Beterbiev (21-1-0)

Last mandatory

Not Fulfilled Yet

Since a mandatory

334 days - (11 months)

Beterbiev [m]

21-1-0

Buatsi

20-1-0

Whittaker

10-0-1

Khataev

11-1-0

Kalajdzic

30-3-0

Hutchinson

19-2-0

Unal

15-0-0

Parker

26-2-0

Richards

20-4-1

Wallace

16-1-0

Yarde

27-4-0

Lopez

6-0-0

Dzambekov

14-0-0

Lopez

15-0-0

Gavril

27-3-0

Dropped Out This Month

Morrell

12-1-0

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WBA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT RANKINGS

Updated: 02 Mar, 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

378 days - (1 year & 13 days)

Won against

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

Time held

378 days - (1 year & 13 days)

Total defences

Activity average

N/A

Mandatory challenger

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

378 days - (1 year & 13 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

105 days - (3 months & 15 days)

Won against

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

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

TBC

Last mandatory

None Called Yet

Since a mandatory

399 days - (1 year & 1 month)

Beterbiev

21-1-0

Lopez

6-0-0

Ataev

8-0-0

Lapin

12-0-0

Oberlton

15-0-0

Lopez

15-0-0

Nicholson

22-1-0

Taylor

13-0-0

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

11-0-1

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Big upcoming Light Heavyweight fights

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Lopez

Gallegos

Friday, Mar 13 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-03-14T03:00:00Z ()

Hutchinson

Taylor

Saturday, Mar 28 2026

Estimated Ringwalk: 2026-03-28T21:00:00Z ()

Smith

Morrell

Saturday, Apr 18 2026

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

Light Heavyweight championship

WBO

Recent Light Heavyweight results

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Coe

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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

Jones

Taylor

Saturday, May 10 2025

Light Heavyweight boxing rankings

RING LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0)

The Ring Light Heavyweight Champion

Artur Beterbiev
(21-1-0) 1
David Benavidez
(31-0-0) 1
Callum Smith
(31-2-0) 1
Albert Ramirez
(22-0-0) 1
Anthony Yarde
(27-4-0) 1
David Morrell
(12-1-0) 1
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) 1
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) 1
Willy Hutchinson
(19-2-0) 1
Radivoje Kalajdzic
(30-3-0) 1

Dropped Out This Month

Dmitry Bivol (24-1-0) (1)

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)
Conor Wallace
(16-1-0) -
Ardian Krasniqi
(12-0-0) -
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) -
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) -
Najee Lopez
(15-0-0)

Dropped Out This Month

Oleksandr Gvozdyk (21-3-0) (4)
Juan Carrillo (14-0-0) (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) -
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) 3
Ali Ismailov
(21-22-1) 3
Ben Whittaker
(10-0-1) 4
Vasily Voytsekhovsky
(15-0-0) 2
Sharabutdin Ataev
(8-0-0) 3
Joshua Buatsi
(20-1-0) 7
Daniel Lapin
(12-0-0) 2
Willy Hutchinson
(19-2-0)
Craig Richards
(20-4-1) 1
Najee Lopez
(15-0-0) 1
Atif Oberlton
(15-0-0) 1
Ezra Taylor
(13-0-0)
Gradus Kraus
(10-0-0)

Dropped Out This Month

David Morrell (12-1-0) (3)
Malik Zinad (24-1-0) (4)
Artur Beterbiev (21-1-0) (5)

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) -
Imam Khataev
(11-1-0) 1
Radivoje Kalajdzic
(30-3-0) 1
Willy Hutchinson
(19-2-0) 1
Mehmet Unal
(15-0-0) 2
Zach Parker
(26-2-0) -
Craig Richards
(20-4-1) 1
Conor Wallace
(16-1-0) 1
Anthony Yarde
(27-4-0) 1
Arlen Lopez
(6-0-0) 1
Umar Dzambekov
(14-0-0)
Najee Lopez
(15-0-0) -
Ronald Gavril
(27-3-0) -

Dropped Out This Month

David Morrell (12-1-0) (4)

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) -
Atif Oberlton
(15-0-0) -
Najee Lopez
(15-0-0) -
Deon Nicholson
(22-1-0) -
Ezra Taylor
(13-0-0) -
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
(11-0-1) -

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