WBO Light Heavyweight Title Fights
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Light Heavyweight title fights as recognized by the World Boxing Organization.
- The maximum weight for this division is 175 pounds (79.4 kg or 12½ stone).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
RELATED LINK: WBO Light Heavyweight Champion
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1988 Dec 3 | Michael Moorer | TKO 5 | Ramzi Hassan | Inaugural | Brook Park, Ohio, USA |
| 2 | 1989 Jan 14 | Michael Moorer | TKO 2 | Victor Claudio | 1 | Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA |
| 3 | 1989 Feb 19 | Michael Moorer | TKO 6 | Frankie Swindell | 2 | Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 4 | 1989 Apr 22 | Michael Moorer | TKO 1 | Freddie Delgado | 3 | Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA |
| 5 | 1989 Jun 25 | Michael Moorer | TKO 8 | Leslie Stewart | 4 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 6 | 1989 Nov 16 | Michael Moorer | KO 1 | Jeff Thompson | 5 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 7 | 1989 Dec 22 | Michael Moorer | TKO 6 | Mike Sedillo | 6 | Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA |
| 8 | 1990 Feb 3 | Michael Moorer | RTD 9 | Marcellus Allen | 7 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 9 | 1990 Apr 28 | Michael Moorer | KO 1 | Mario Melo | 8 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 10 | 1990 Dec 15 | Michael Moorer | TKO 8 | Danny Stonewalker | 9 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 11 | 1991 May 9 | Leeonzer Barber | RTD 5 | Tom Collins | Vacant | Leeds, Yorkshire, UK |
| 12 | 1992 Jan 7 | Leeonzer Barber | SD 12 | Anthony Hembrick | 1 | Auburn Hills, Michigan, USA |
| 13 | 1993 Feb 27 | Leeonzer Barber | UD 12 | Mike Sedillo | 2 | Beijing, CHN |
| 14 | 1993 Sep 29 | Leeonzer Barber | UD 12 | Andrea Magi | 3 | Pesaro, Marche, ITA |
| 15 | 1994 Jan 29 | Leeonzer Barber | TKO 9 | Nicky Piper | 4 | Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| 16 | 1994 Sep 10 | Dariusz Michalczewski | UD 12 | Leeonzer Barber | - | Alsterdorf, Hamburg, GER |
| 17 | 1995 Mar 11 | Dariusz Michalczewski | KO 2 | Roberto Dominguez Perez | 1 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 18 | 1995 May 20 | Dariusz Michalczewski | KO 4 | Paul Carlo | 2 | Alsterdorf, Hamburg, GER |
| 19 | 1995 Aug 19 | Dariusz Michalczewski | KO 5 | Everardo Armenta Jr. | 3 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 20 | 1995 Oct 7 | Dariusz Michalczewski | UD 12 | Philippe Michel | 4 | Frankfurt, Hessen, GER |
| 21 | 1996 Apr 6 | Dariusz Michalczewski | TKO 5 | Asluddin Umarov | 5 | Hannover, Niedersachsen, GER |
| 22 | 1996 Jun 8 | Dariusz Michalczewski | UD 12 | Christophe Girard | 6 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 23 | 1996 Aug 10 | Dariusz Michalczewski | DQ 7 | Graciano Rocchigiani | 7 | St.Pauli, Hamburg, GER |
| 24 | 1996 Dec 13 | Dariusz Michalczewski | TKO 8 | Christophe Girard | 8 | Hannover, Niedersachsen, GER |
| 25 | 1997 Jun 13 | Dariusz Michalczewski | UD 12 | Virgil Hill | 9 | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 26 | 1997 Oct 4 | Dariusz Michalczewski | RTD 7 | Nicky Piper | 10 | Hannover, Niedersachsen, GER |
| 27 | 1997 Dec 13 | Dariusz Michalczewski | RTD 6 | Daren Zenner | 11 | Alsterdorf, Hamburg, GER |
| 28 | 1998 Mar 20 | Dariusz Michalczewski | TKO 4 | Andrea Magi | 12 | Frankfurt, Hessen, GER |
| 29 | 1998 Sep 19 | Dariusz Michalczewski | KO 8 | Mark Prince | 13 | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 30 | 1998 Dec 12 | Dariusz Michalczewski | TKO 9 | Drake Thadzi | 14 | Frankfurt, Hessen, GER |
| 31 | 1999 Apr 3 | Dariusz Michalczewski | TKO 7 | Muslim Biarslanov | 15 | Bremen, GER |
| 32 | 1999 Aug 28 | Dariusz Michalczewski | TKO 4 | Montell Griffin | 16 | Bremen, GER |
| 33 | 2000 Apr 15 | Dariusz Michalczewski | RTD 9 | Graciano Rocchigiani | 17 | Hannover, Niedersachsen, GER |
| 34 | 2000 Dec 16 | Dariusz Michalczewski | TKO 7 | Ka-Dy King | 18 | Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 35 | 2001 May 5 | Dariusz Michalczewski | KO 9 | Alejandro Lakatos | 19 | Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, GER |
| 36 | 2001 Dec 15 | Dariusz Michalczewski | TKO 11 | Richard Hall | 20 | Neukoelln, Berlin, GER |
| 37 | 2002 Apr 20 | Dariusz Michalczewski | KO 2 | Joey DeGrandis | 21 | Gdansk, POL |
| 38 | 2002 Sep 14 | Dariusz Michalczewski | TKO 10 | Richard Hall | 22 | Braunschweig, Niedersachsen, GER |
| 39 | 2003 Mar 29 | Dariusz Michalczewski | KO 9 | Derrick Harmon | 23 | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 40 | 2003 Oct 18 | Julio Cesar Gonzalez | SD 12 | Dariusz Michalczewski | - | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 41 | 2004 Jan 17 | Zsolt Erdei | UD 12 | Julio Cesar Gonzalez | - | Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
| 42 | 2004 May 8 | Zsolt Erdei | MD 12 | Hugo Hernan Garay | 1 | Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 43 | 2004 Sep 11 | Zsolt Erdei | UD 12 | Alejandro Lakatos | 2 | Budapest, HUN |
| 44 | 2005 Feb 26 | Zsolt Erdei | SD 12 | Hugo Hernan Garay | 3 | Altona, Hamburg, GER |
| 45 | 2005 Oct 22 | Zsolt Erdei | TKO 12 | Mehdi Sahnoune | 4 | Halle an der Saale, Sachsen-Anhalt, GER |
| 46 | 2006 May 6 | Zsolt Erdei | TKO 10 | Paul Murdoch | 5 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 47 | 2006 Jul 29 | Zsolt Erdei | UD 12 | Thomas Ulrich | 6 | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 48 | 2007 Jan 27 | Zsolt Erdei | TKO 8 | Danny Santiago | 7 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
| 49 | 2007 Jun 16 | Zsolt Erdei | TKO 11 | George Blades | 8 | Budapest, HUN |
| 50 | 2007 Nov 24 | Zsolt Erdei | SD 12 | Tito Mendoza | 9 | Dresden, Sachsen, GER |
| 51 | 2008 Apr 26 | Zsolt Erdei | UD 12 | DeAndrey Abron | 10 | Dresden, Sachsen, GER |
| 52 | 2009 Jan 10 | Zsolt Erdei | UD 12 | Yuri Barashian | 11 1 | Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, GER |
| 53 | 2009 Aug 22 | Jürgen Brähmer | TKO 11 | Aleksy Kuziemski | Interim | Budapest, HUN |
| 54 | 2009 Dec 19 | Jürgen Brähmer | UD 12 | Dmitry Sukhotsky | 1 | Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, GER |
| 55 | 2010 Apr 24 | Jürgen Brähmer | TKO 5 | Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky | 2 | Alsterdorf, Hamburg, GER |
| 56 | 2010 Dec 11 | Nathan Cleverly | UD 12 | Nadjib Mohammedi | Interim | Liverpool, Merseyside, UK |
| 57 | 2011 May 21 | Nathan Cleverly | TKO 4 | Aleksy Kuziemski | 1 | Greenwich, London, UK |
| 58 | 2011 Oct 15 | Nathan Cleverly | MD 12 | Tony Bellew | 2 | Liverpool, Merseyside, UK |
| 59 | 2012 Feb 25 | Nathan Cleverly | UD 12 | Tommy Karpency | 3 | Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| 60 | 2012 Nov 10 | Nathan Cleverly | TKO 8 | Shawn Hawk | 4 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 61 | 2013 Apr 20 | Nathan Cleverly | UD 12 | Robin Krasniqi | 5 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 62 | 2013 Aug 17 | Sergey Kovalev | TKO 4 | Nathan Cleverly | - | Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| 63 | 2013 Nov 30 | Sergey Kovalev | KO 2 | Ismayl Sillakh | 1 | Quebec City, Quebec, CAN |
| 64 | 2014 Mar 29 | Sergey Kovalev | KO 7 | Cedric Agnew | 2 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 65 | 2014 Aug 2 | Sergey Kovalev | TKO 2 | Blake Caparello | 3 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 66 | 2014 Nov 8 | Sergey Kovalev | UD 12 | Bernard Hopkins | 4 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 67 | 2015 Mar 14 | Sergey Kovalev | TKO 8 | Jean Pascal | 5 | Montreal, Quebec, CAN |
| 68 | 2015 Jul 25 | Sergey Kovalev | KO 3 | Nadjib Mohammedi | 6 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 69 | 2016 Jan 30 | Sergey Kovalev | RTD 7 | Jean Pascal | 7 | Montreal, Quebec, CAN |
| 70 | 2016 Jul 11 | Sergey Kovalev | UD 12 | Isaac Chilemba | 8 | DIVS, Ekaterinburg, RUS |
| 71 | 2016 Nov 19 | Andre Ward | UD 12 | Sergey Kovalev | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 72 | 2017 Jun 17 | Andre Ward | TKO 8 | Sergey Kovalev | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 73 | 2017 Nov 25 | Sergey Kovalev (2) | TKO 2 | Vyacheslav Shabranskyy | vacant | New York, New York, USA |
| 74 | 2018 Mar 3 | Sergey Kovalev (2) | TKO 7 | Igor Mikhalkin | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
| 75 | 2018 Aug 4 | Eleider Alvarez | TKO 7 | Sergey Kovalev | - | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
| 76 | 2019 Feb 2 | Sergey Kovalev (3) | UD 12 | Eleider Alvarez | - | Frisco, Texas, USA |
| 77 | 2019 Aug 24 | Sergey Kovalev (3) | TKO 11 | Anthony Yarde | 1 | Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RUS |
| 78 | 2019 Nov 2 | Saul Alvarez | KO 11 | Sergey Kovalev (3) | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 79 | 2021 Apr 10 | Joe Smith Jr | MD 12 | Maxim Vlasov | - | Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA |
| 80 | 2022 Jan 15 | Joe Smith Jr | KO 9 | Steve Geffrard | 1 | Verona, New York, USA |
| 81 | 2022 Jun 18 | Artur Beterbiev | TKO 2 | Joe Smith Jr | - | New York, New York, USA |
| 82 | 2023 Jan 29 | Artur Beterbiev | TKO 8 | Anthony Yarde | 1 | Wembley, London, UK |
| 83 | 2024 Jan 13 | Artur Beterbiev | TKO 7 | Callum Smith | 2 | Québec City, Québec, CAN |
| 84 | 2024 Oct 12 | Artur Beterbiev | MD 12 | Dmitrii Bivol | 3 | Riyadh, KSA |
Footnotes
1 - Title at stake for Erdei only as Barashian did not make the weight