WBA Light Heavyweight Title Fights
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Light Heavyweight title fights as recognized by the World Boxing Association.
- The maximum weight for this division is 175 pounds (79.4 kg or 12½ stone).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
- For National Boxing Association title fights, see NBA World Light Heavyweight Title Fights.
RELATED LINK: WBA Light Heavyweight Champion
Primary Championship Lineage
- Every Super champion is the primary champion.
- A Regular champion is a primary champion only if Super, Undisputed and Unified is vacant.
- A Unified champion is a primary champion only if Super is vacant.
- Not every Regular or Unified champion gets promoted to Super if it is vacant.
- Not every Regular champion gets to fight for the vacant Super title.
- A Regular or Unified champion that is considered the primary champion is relegated to secondary champion if Super gets occupied.
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1963 Jun 1 | Willie Pastrano | SD 15 | Harold Johnson | Inaugural | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 2 | 1964 Apr 10 | Willie Pastrano | TKO 6 | Gregorio Manuel Peralta | 1 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 3 | 1964 Nov 30 | Willie Pastrano | TKO 11 | Terry Downes | 2 | Manchester, Lancashire, UK |
| 4 | 1965 Mar 30 | Jose Torres | TKO 9 | Willie Pastrano | - | New York, New York, USA |
| 5 | 1966 May 21 | Jose Torres | UD 15 | Wayne Thornton | 1 | Flushing, Queens, New York, USA |
| 6 | 1966 Aug 15 | Jose Torres | UD 15 | Eddie Cotton | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 7 | 1966 Oct 15 | Jose Torres | KO 2 | Chic Calderwood | 3 | San Juan, PUR |
| 8 | 1966 Dec 16 | Dick Tiger | UD 15 | Jose Torres | - | New York, New York, USA |
| 9 | 1967 May 16 | Dick Tiger | SD 15 | Jose Torres | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
| 10 | 1967 Nov 17 | Dick Tiger | TKO 12 | Roger Rouse | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 11 | 1968 May 24 | Bob Foster | KO 4 | Dick Tiger | - | New York, New York, USA |
| 12 | 1969 Jan 22 | Bob Foster | TKO 1 | Frank DePaula | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
| 13 | 1969 May 24 | Bob Foster | TKO 4 | Andy Kendall | 2 | West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA |
| 14 | 1970 Apr 4 | Bob Foster | TKO 4 | Roger Rouse | 3 | Missoula, Montana, USA |
| 15 | 1970 Jun 27 | Bob Foster | TKO 10 | Mark Tessman | 4 | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| 16 | 1971 Feb 27 | Vicente Rondon | KO 6 | Jimmy Dupree | Vacant | Caracas, VEN |
| 17 | 1971 Jun 5 | Vicente Rondon | KO 1 | Piero Del Papa | 1 | Caracas, VEN |
| 18 | 1971 Aug 21 | Vicente Rondon | UD 15 | Eddie Jones | 2 | Caracas, VEN |
| 19 | 1971 Oct 26 | Vicente Rondon | TKO 14 | Gomeo Brennan | 3 | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 20 | 1971 Dec 15 | Vicente Rondon | TKO 8 | Doyle Baird | 4 | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| 21 | 1972 Apr 7 | Bob Foster (2) | TKO 2 | Vicente Rondon | - | Miami Beach, Florida, USA |
| 22 | 1972 Jun 27 | Bob Foster (2) | KO 4 | Mike Quarry | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 23 | 1972 Sep 26 | Bob Foster (2) | KO 14 | Chris Finnegan | 2 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 24 | 1973 Aug 21 | Bob Foster (2) | UD 15 | Pierre Fourie | 3 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
| 25 | 1973 Dec 1 | Bob Foster (2) | UD 15 | Pierre Fourie | 4 | Johannesburg, Gauteng, RSA |
| 26 | 1974 Jun 17 | Bob Foster (2) | PTS 15 | Jorge Ahumada | 5 | Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA |
| 27 | 1974 Dec 7 | Victor Emilio Galindez | TKO 13 | Len Hutchins | Vacant | Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, ARG |
| 28 | 1975 Apr 7 | Victor Emilio Galindez | UD 15 | Pierre Fourie | 1 | Johannesburg, Gauteng, RSA |
| 29 | 1975 Jun 30 | Victor Emilio Galindez | UD 15 | Jorge Ahumada | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 30 | 1975 Sep 13 | Victor Emilio Galindez | SD 15 | Pierre Fourie | 3 | Johannesburg, Gauteng, RSA |
| 31 | 1976 Mar 28 | Victor Emilio Galindez | KO 3 | Harald Skog | 4 | Oslo, NOR |
| 32 | 1976 May 15 | Victor Emilio Galindez | KO 15 | Richie Kates | 5 | Johannesburg, Gauteng, RSA |
| 33 | 1976 Oct 5 | Victor Emilio Galindez | UD 15 | Kosie Smith | 6 | Johannesburg, Gauteng, RSA |
| 34 | 1977 Jun 18 | Victor Emilio Galindez | UD 15 | Richie Kates | 7 | Roma, Lazio, ITA |
| 35 | 1977 Sep 17 | Victor Emilio Galindez | UD 15 | Yaqui Lopez | 8 | Roma, Lazio, ITA |
| 36 | 1977 Nov 20 | Victor Emilio Galindez | UD 15 | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | 9 | Torino, Piemonte, ITA |
| 37 | 1978 May 6 | Victor Emilio Galindez | UD 15 | Yaqui Lopez | 10 | Viareggio, Toscana, ITA |
| 38 | 1978 Sep 15 | Mike Rossman | TKO 13 | Victor Emilio Galindez | - | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 39 | 1978 Dec 5 | Mike Rossman | TKO 6 | Aldo Traversaro | 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 40 | 1979 Apr 14 | Victor Emilio Galindez (2) | TKO 10 | Mike Rossman | - | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 41 | 1979 Nov 30 | Marvin Johnson | KO 11 | Victor Emilio Galindez | - | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 42 | 1980 Mar 31 | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | TKO 11 | Marvin Johnson | - | Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| 43 | 1980 Jul 20 | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | TKO 10 | Jerry Martin | 1 | McAfee, New Jersey, USA |
| 44 | 1980 Nov 28 | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | TKO 3 | Rudi Koopmans | 2 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 45 | 1981 Jul 18 | Michael Spinks | UD 15 | Eddie Mustafa Muhammad | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 46 | 1981 Nov 7 | Michael Spinks | TKO 7 | Vonzell Johnson | 1 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 47 | 1982 Feb 13 | Michael Spinks | TKO 6 | Mustafa Wasajja | 2 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 48 | 1982 Apr 11 | Michael Spinks | TKO 8 | Murray Sutherland | 3 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 49 | 1982 Jun 12 | Michael Spinks | TKO 8 | Jerry Celestine | 4 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 50 | 1982 Sep 18 | Michael Spinks | TKO 9 | John Davis | 5 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 51 | 1983 Mar 18 | Michael Spinks | UD 15 | Dwight Muhammad Qawi | 6 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 52 | 1983 Nov 25 | Michael Spinks | TKO 10 | Oscar Rivadeneyra | 7 | Vancouver, British Columbia, CAN |
| 53 | 1984 Feb 25 | Michael Spinks | UD 12 | Eddie Davis | 8 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 54 | 1985 Feb 23 | Michael Spinks | TKO 3 | David Sears | 9 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 55 | 1985 Jun 6 | Michael Spinks | TKO 8 | Jim MacDonald | 10 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 56 | 1986 Feb 9 | Marvin Johnson (2) | TKO 7 | Leslie Stewart | Vacant | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| 57 | 1986 Sep 20 | Marvin Johnson (2) | TKO 13 | Jean-Marie Emebe | 1 | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| 58 | 1987 May 23 | Leslie Stewart | RTD 8 | Marvin Johnson | - | Port-of-Spain, TRI |
| 59 | 1987 Sep 5 | Virgil Hill | TKO 4 | Leslie Stewart | - | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 60 | 1987 Nov 21 | Virgil Hill | UD 12 | Rufino Angulo | 1 | Bercy, FRA |
| 61 | 1988 Apr 3 | Virgil Hill | TKO 11 | Jean-Marie Emebe | 2 | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 62 | 1988 Jun 6 | Virgil Hill | UD 12 | Ramzi Hassan | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 63 | 1988 Nov 11 | Virgil Hill | TKO 10 | Willie Featherstone | 4 | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 64 | 1989 Mar 4 | Virgil Hill | UD 12 | Bobby Czyz | 5 | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 65 | 1989 May 27 | Virgil Hill | TKO 7 | Joe Lasisi | 6 | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 66 | 1989 Oct 24 | Virgil Hill | TKO 1 | James Kinchen | 7 | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 67 | 1990 Feb 25 | Virgil Hill | UD 12 | David Vedder | 8 | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 68 | 1990 Jul 7 | Virgil Hill | UD 12 | Tyrone Frazier | 9 | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 69 | 1991 Jan 6 | Virgil Hill | UD 12 | Mike Peak | 10 | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 70 | 1991 Jun 3 | Thomas Hearns | UD 12 | Virgil Hill | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 71 | 1992 Mar 20 | Iran Barkley | SD 12 | Thomas Hearns | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 72 | 1992 Sep 29 | Virgil Hill (2) | UD 12 | Frank Tate | Vacant | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 73 | 1993 Feb 20 | Virgil Hill (2) | TD 11 | Adolpho Washington | 1 | Fargo, North Dakota, USA |
| 74 | 1993 Apr 3 | Virgil Hill (2) | SD 12 | Fabrice Tiozzo | 2 | Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, FRA |
| 75 | 1993 Aug 28 | Virgil Hill (2) | UD 12 | Sergio Daniel Merani | 3 | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 76 | 1993 Nov 9 | Virgil Hill (2) | TKO 10 | Saul Montana | 4 | Fargo, North Dakota, USA |
| 77 | 1993 Dec 17 | Virgil Hill (2) | UD 12 | Guy Waters | 5 | Minot, North Dakota, USA |
| 78 | 1994 Jul 23 | Virgil Hill (2) | UD 12 | Frank Tate | 6 | Bismarck, North Dakota, USA |
| 79 | 1995 Apr 1 | Virgil Hill (2) | UD 12 | Crawford Ashley | 7 | Primm, Nevada, USA |
| 80 | 1995 Sep 2 | Virgil Hill (2) | UD 12 | Drake Thadzi | 8 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 81 | 1996 Apr 20 | Virgil Hill (2) | UD 12 | Lou Del Valle | 9 | Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA |
| 82 | 1996 Nov 23 | Virgil Hill (2) | SD 12 | Henry Maske | 10 | Munich, Bayern, GER |
| 83 | 1997 Jun 13 | Dariusz Michalczewski | UD 12 | Virgil Hill | - | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 84 | 1997 Sep 20 | Lou Del Valle | TKO 8 | Eddy Smulders | Vacant | Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 85 | 1998 Jul 18 | Roy Jones Jr. | UD 12 | Lou Del Valle | - | New York, New York, USA |
| 86 | 1998 Nov 14 | Roy Jones Jr. | TKO 10 | Otis Grant | 1 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA |
| 87 | 1999 Jan 9 | Roy Jones Jr. | TKO 2 | Richard Frazier | 2 | Pensacola, Florida, USA |
| 88 | 1999 Jun 5 | Roy Jones Jr. | UD 12 | Reggie Johnson | 3 | Biloxi, Mississippi, USA |
| 89 | 2000 Jan 15 | Roy Jones Jr. | UD 12 | David Telesco | 4 | New York, New York, USA |
| 90 | 2000 May 13 | Roy Jones Jr. | TKO 11 | Richard Hall | 5 | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| 91 | 2000 Sep 9 | Roy Jones Jr. | TKO 10 | Eric Harding | 6 | New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| 92 | 2001 Feb 24 | Roy Jones Jr. | TKO 11 | Derrick Harmon | 7 | Tampa, Florida, USA |
| 93 | 2001 Jul 28 | Roy Jones Jr. | UD 12 | Julio Cesar Gonzalez | 8 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 94 | 2002 Feb 2 | Roy Jones Jr. | KO 7 | Glen Kelly | 9 | Miami, Florida, USA |
| 95 | 2002 Sep 7 | Roy Jones Jr. | TKO 6 | Clinton Woods | 10 | Portland, Oregon, USA |
| 96 | 2003 Oct 10 | Silvio Branco | TKO 11 | Mehdi Sahnoune | - | Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, FRA |
| 97 | 2003 Nov 8 | Roy Jones Jr. (2) | MD 12 | Antonio Tarver | Vacant | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 98 | 2004 May 15 | Antonio Tarver | TKO 2 | Roy Jones Jr. | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 99 | 2005 Feb 26 | Fabrice Tiozzo | TKO 6 | Dariusz Michalczewski | 1 | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 100 | 2007 Apr 28 | Stipe Drews | UD 12 | Silvio Branco | - | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 101 | 2007 Dec 16 | Danny Green | UD 12 | Stipe Drews | - | Mt Claremont, Perth, Western Australia, AUS |
| 102 | 2008 Jul 3 | Hugo Hernan Garay | UD 12 | Yuri Barashian | Vacant | Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, ARG |
| 103 | 2008 Nov 22 | Hugo Hernan Garay | UD 12 | Juergen Braehmer | 1 | Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, GER |
| 104 | 2009 Jun 20 | Gabriel Campillo | MD 12 | Hugo Hernan Garay | - | Sunchales, Santa Fe, ARG |
| 105 | 2009 Aug 15 | Gabriel Campillo | MD 12 | Beibut Shumenov | 1 | Astana, KAZ |
| 106 | 2010 Jan 29 | Beibut Shumenov | SD 12 | Gabriel Campillo | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 107 | 2010 Jul 23 | Beibut Shumenov | UD 12 | Vyacheslav Uzelkov | 1 | Lemoore, California, USA |
| 108 | 2011 Jan 8 | Beibut Shumenov | KO 6 | William Joppy | 2 | Chimkent, KAZ |
| 109 | 2011 Jul 29 | Beibut Shumenov | TKO 9 | Danny Santiago | 3 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 110 | 2012 Jun 02 | Beibut Shumenov | UD 12 | Enrique Ornelas | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 111 | 2013 Dec 14 | Beibut Shumenov | TKO 3 | Tomas Kovacs | 5 | San Antonio, Texas, USA |
| 112 | 2014 Apr 19 | Bernard Hopkins | SD 12 | Beibut Shumenov | - | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
| 113 | 2014 Nov 8 | Sergey Kovalev | UD 12 | Bernard Hopkins | - | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 114 | 2015 Mar 14 | Sergey Kovalev | TKO 8 | Jean Pascal | 1 | Montreal, Quebec, CAN |
| 115 | 2015 Jul 25 | Sergey Kovalev | KO 3 | Nadjib Mohammedi | 2 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 116 | 2016 Jan 30 | Sergey Kovalev | RTD 7 | Jean Pascal | 3 | Montreal, Quebec, CAN |
| 117 | 2016 Jul 11 | Sergey Kovalev | UD 12 | Isaac Chilemba | 4 | Ekaterinburg, RUS |
| 118 | 2016 Nov 19 | Andre Ward | UD 12 | Sergey Kovalev | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 119 | 2017 Feb 23 | Dmitry Bivol | TKO 4 | Robert Berridge | - | Nizhny Tagil, RUS |
| 132 | 2024 Oct 12 | Artur Beterbiev | MD 12 | Dmitrii Bivol | - | Riyadh, KSA |