International Boxing Association Light Heavyweight Champion
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Light Heavyweight champion as recognized by the International Boxing Association.
- The maximum weight for this division is 175 pounds (79.4 kg or 12½ stone).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
RELATED LINK: International Boxing Association Light Heavyweight Title Fights
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocky Gannon | 1996 Sept 13 | 1996 Dec 10 | 0 |
| 2 | Dominick Carter | 1996 Dec 10 | 1997 Mar 11 | 0 |
| 3 | Rocky Gannon (2) | 1997 Mar 11 | 1999 Jan 12 | 0 |
| 4 | Jose Luis Rivera | 1997 Aug 3 | 1999 Jan 16S | 0 |
| 5 | Ole Klemetsen | 2000 Jan 14 | 2001 Jun 16R | 0 |
| 6 | Roy Jones Jr. | 2001 Jul 28 | 2004 May 15 | 2 |
| 7 | Antonio Tarver | 2004 May 15 | 2005 Jun 18S | 0 |
| 8 | Glen Johnson | 2006 Feb 24 | 2007 May 17S | 0 |
| 9 | Reggie Johnson | 2008 Feb 23 | 2008 Jul 1R | 0 |
| 10 | Beibut Shumenov | 2009 May 9 | 2014 Apr 19* | 6 |
| 11 | Sergey Kovalev | 2017 Nov 25 | 2018 Aug 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Eleider Alvarez | 2018 Aug 4 | Present | 0 |
Notes
*Shumenov lost to Bernard Hopkins on April 19, 2014, but Hopkins did not pay the sanctioning fee for the IBA title, such that the title became vacant.
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated