IBF Light Heavyweight Champion
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Light Heavyweight champion as recognized by the International Boxing Federation.
- The maximum weight for this division is 175 pounds (79.4 kg or 12½ stone).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
RELATED LINK: IBF Light Heavyweight Title Fights
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Spinks | 1984 Feb 25 | 1985 Sep 21 V | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Slobodan Kacar | 1985 Dec 21 | 1986 Sep 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Bobby Czyz | 1986 Sep 6 | 1987 Oct 29 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Charles Williams | 1987 Oct 29 | 1993 Mar 20 | 8 | 8 |
| 5 | Henry Maske | 1993 Mar 20 | 1996 Nov 23 | 10 | 9 |
| 6 | Virgil Hill | 1996 Nov 23 | 1997 Jun 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Dariusz Michalczewski | 1997 Jun 13 | 1997 Jun 16 V | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | William Guthrie | 1997 Jul 19 | 1998 Feb 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Reggie Johnson | 1998 Feb 6 | 1999 Jun 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Roy Jones Jr. | 1999 Jun 5 | 2003 Mar 1 V | 7 | 7 |
| 11 | Antonio Tarver | 2003 Apr 26 | 2003 Nov 8 S | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Glen Johnson | 2004 Feb 6 | 2004 Dec V | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Clinton Woods | 2005 Mar 4 | 2008 Apr 12 | 4 | 3 |
| 14 | Antonio Tarver (2) | 2008 Apr 12 | 2008 Oct 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Chad Dawson | 2008 Oct 11 | 2009 May 27 V | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Tavoris Cloud | 2009 Aug 28 | 2013 Mar 9 | 4 | 4 |
| 17 | Bernard Hopkins | 2013 Mar 9 | 2014 Nov 8 | 2 | 2 |
| 18 | Sergey Kovalev | 2014 Nov 8 | 2016 Nov 19 | 4 | 3 |
| 19 | Andre Ward | 2016 Nov 19 | 2017 Sept 21R | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Artur Beterbiev | 2017 Nov 11 | 2025 Feb 22 | 9 | 9 |
| 21 | Dmitry Bivol | 2025 Feb 22 | Present | 0 | 0 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated