IBF Light Heavyweight Title Fights
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Light Heavyweight title fights 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 Champion
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1984 Feb 25 | Michael Spinks | UD 12 | Eddie Davis | Inaugural | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 2 | 1985 Feb 23 | Michael Spinks | TKO 3 | David Sears | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 3 | 1985 Jun 6 | Michael Spinks | TKO 8 | Jim MacDonald | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 4 | 1985 Dec 21 | Slobodan Kacar | SD 15 | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | Vacant | Pesaro, Marche, ITA |
| 5 | 1986 Sep 6 | Bobby Czyz | TKO 5 | Slobodan Kacar | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 6 | 1986 Dec 26 | Bobby Czyz | TKO 1 | David Sears | 1 | West Orange, New Jersey, USA |
| 7 | 1987 Feb 21 | Bobby Czyz | KO 2 | Willie Edwards | 2 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 8 | 1987 May 3 | Bobby Czyz | TKO 6 | Jim MacDonald | 3 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 9 | 1987 Oct 29 | Charles Williams | TKO 9 | Bobby Czyz | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 10 | 1988 Jun 10 | Charles Williams | TKO 11 | Richard Caramanolis | 1 | Annecy, Haute-Savoie, FRA |
| 11 | 1988 Oct 21 | Charles Williams | KO 3 | Rufino Angulo | 2 | Villenave d'Ornon, Gironde, FRA |
| 12 | 1989 Jun 25 | Charles Williams | TKO 10 | Bobby Czyz | 3 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 13 | 1990 Jan 7 | Charles Williams | TKO 8 | Frankie Swindell | 4 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 14 | 1991 Jan 12 | Charles Williams | UD 12 | Mwehu Beya | 5 | Saint Vincent d'Aoste, Valle d'Aosta, ITA |
| 15 | 1991 Apr 20 | Charles Williams | TKO 2 | James Kinchen | 6 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 16 | 1991 Jul 20 | Charles Williams | KO 3 | Vincent Boulware | 7 | San Remo, Liguria, ITA |
| 17 | 1991 Oct 19 | Charles Williams | TKO 2 | Freddie Delgado | 8 | Williamsburg, Virginia, USA |
| 18 | 1993 Mar 20 | Henry Maske | UD 12 | Charles Williams | - | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 19 | 1993 Sep 18 | Henry Maske | UD 12 | Anthony Hembrick | 1 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 20 | 1993 Dec 11 | Henry Maske | UD 12 | David Vedder | 2 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 21 | 1994 Mar 26 | Henry Maske | TKO 9 | Ernesto Magdaleno | 3 | Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 22 | 1994 Jun 4 | Henry Maske | UD 12 | Andrea Magi | 4 | Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 23 | 1994 Oct 8 | Henry Maske | TKO 9 | Iran Barkley | 5 | Halle, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 24 | 1995 Feb 11 | Henry Maske | UD 12 | Egerton Marcus | 6 | Frankfurt, Hessen, GER |
| 25 | 1995 May 27 | Henry Maske | UD 12 | Graciano Rocchigiani | 7 | Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 26 | 1995 Oct 14 | Henry Maske | UD 12 | Graciano Rocchigiani | 8 | Munich, Bayern, GER |
| 27 | 1996 Feb 17 | Henry Maske | UD 12 | Duran Williams | 9 | Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 28 | 1996 May 25 | Henry Maske | UD 12 | John Scully | 10 | Leipzig, Sachsen, GER |
| 29 | 1996 Nov 23 | Virgil Hill | SD 12 | Henry Maske | - | Munich, Bayern, GER |
| 30 | 1997 Jun 13 | Dariusz Michalczewski | UD 12 | Virgil Hill | - | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 31 | 1997 Jul 19 | William Guthrie | TKO 3 | Darrin Allen | Vacant | Indio, California, USA |
| 32 | 1998 Feb 6 | Reggie Johnson | KO 5 | William Guthrie | - | Uncasville, Connecticut, USA |
| 33 | 1998 May 29 | Reggie Johnson | UD 12 | Ole Klemetsen | 1 | Pesaro, Marche, ITA |
| 34 | 1999 Feb 27 | Reggie Johnson | UD 12 | Will Taylor | 2 | Miami, Florida, USA |
| 35 | 1999 Jun 5 | Roy Jones Jr. | UD 12 | Reggie Johnson | - | Biloxi, Mississippi, USA |
| 36 | 2000 Jan 15 | Roy Jones Jr. | UD 12 | David Telesco | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
| 37 | 2000 May 13 | Roy Jones Jr. | TKO 11 | Richard Hall | 2 | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| 38 | 2000 Sep 9 | Roy Jones Jr. | TKO 10 | Eric Harding | 3 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 39 | 2001 Feb 24 | Roy Jones Jr. | TKO 11 | Derrick Harmon | 4 | Tampa, Florida, USA |
| 40 | 2001 Jul 28 | Roy Jones Jr. | UD 12 | Julio Cesar Gonzalez | 5 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 41 | 2002 Feb 2 | Roy Jones Jr. | KO 7 | Glen Kelly | 6 | Miami, Florida, USA |
| 42 | 2002 Sep 7 | Roy Jones Jr. | TKO 6 | Clinton Woods | 7 | Portland, Oregon, USA |
| 43 | 2003 Apr 26 | Antonio Tarver | UD 12 | Montell Griffin | Vacant | Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA |
| 44 | 2003 Nov 7 | Glen Johnson | PTS 12 | Clinton Woods | Vacant | Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK |
| 45 | 2004 Feb 6 | Glen Johnson | UD 12 | Clinton Woods | Vacant | Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK |
| 46 | 2004 Sep 25 | Glen Johnson | KO 9 | Roy Jones Jr. | 1 | Memphis, Tennessee, USA |
| 47 | 2005 Mar 4 | Clinton Woods | TKO 5 | Rico Hoye | Vacant | Rotherham, Yorkshire, UK |
| 48 | 2005 Sep 9 | Clinton Woods | UD 12 | Julio Cesar Gonzalez | 1 | Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK |
| 49 | 2006 May 13 | Clinton Woods | TKO 6 | Jason DeLisle | 2 | Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK |
| 50 | 2006 Sep 2 | Clinton Woods | SD 12 | Glen Johnson | 3 | Bolton, Lancashire, UK |
| 51 | 2007 Sep 29 | Clinton Woods | UD 12 | Julio Cesar Gonzalez | 4 | Sheffield, Yorkshire, UK |
| 52 | 2008 Apr 12 | Antonio Tarver (2) | UD 12 | Clinton Woods | - | Tampa, Florida, USA |
| 53 | 2008 Oct 11 | Chad Dawson | UD 12 | Antonio Tarver | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 54 | 2009 May 9 | Chad Dawson | UD 12 | Antonio Tarver | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 55 | 2009 Aug 28 | Tavoris Cloud | UD 12 | Clinton Woods | Vacant | Hollywood, Florida, USA |
| 56 | 2010 Aug 7 | Tavoris Cloud | UD 12 | Glen Johnson | 1 | Saint Louis, Missouri, USA |
| 57 | 2010 Dec 17 | Tavoris Cloud | UD 12 | Fulgencio Zuniga | 2 | Miami, Florida, USA |
| 58 | 2011 Jun 25 | Tavoris Cloud | TKO 8 | Yusaf Mack | 3 | Saint Charles, Missouri, USA |
| 59 | 2012 Feb 18 | Tavoris Cloud | SD 12 | Gabriel Campillo | 4 | Corpus Christi, Texas, USA |
| 70 | 2017 Nov 11 | Artur Beterbiev | KO 12 | Enrico Koelling | Vacant | Fresno, California, USA |
| 71 | 2018 Oct 6 | Artur Beterbiev | KO 4 | Callum Johnson | 1 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 72 | 2019 May 4 | Artur Beterbiev | TKO 5 | Radivoje Kalajdzic | 2 | Stockton, California, USA |
| 73 | 2019 Oct 19 | Artur Beterbiev | TKO 10 | Oleksandr Gvozdyk | 3 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 74 | 2021 Mar 20 | Artur Beterbiev | TKO 10 | Adam Deines | 4 | Moscow, RUS |
| 75 | 2021 Dec 17 | Artur Beterbiev | KO 9 | Marcus Browne | 5 | Montreal, Quebec, CAN |
| 76 | 2022 Jun 18 | Artur Beterbiev | TKO 2 | Joe Smith Jr | 6 | New York, New York, USA |
| 77 | 2023 Jan 29 | Artur Beterbiev | TKO 8 | Anthony Yarde | 7 | Wembley, London, UK |