Light heavyweight

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In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.7 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight. The light heavyweight class has produced some of boxing's greatest champions: Evander Holyfield, Tommy Loughran, Billy Conn, Joey Maxim, Archie Moore, Jonathan Oakey, Bob Foster, Michael Spinks, Dariusz Michalczewski and Roy Jones Jr. to name a few.

Many light heavyweight champions unsuccessfully challenged for the heavyweight crown until Michael Spinks became the first reigning light heavyweight champion to win the heavyweight championship. Bob Fitzsimmons captured the light heavyweight championship after losing his heavyweight championship. Two all-time great heavyweight champions, Ezzard Charles and Floyd Patterson, started out as light heavyweights. Charles defeated Archie Moore and Joey Maxim several times in non-title bouts before becoming heavyweight champion and Patterson lost an eight-round decision to Joey Maxim before becoming heavyweight champion himself. Evander Holyfield successfully moved up from the light-heavyweight division to both the cruiser and eventually heavyweight divisions and became undisputed champion of both.

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[edit] Olympic champions

[edit] Professional champions

[edit] Current champions

Sanctioning Body Reign Began Champion Record Defenses
WBA January 29, 2010 Kazakhstan Beibut Shumenov 12-1 (8 KO) 3
WBC May 21, 2011 United States Bernard Hopkins 52-5-2-2 (32 KO) 1
IBF August 28, 2009 United States Tavoris Cloud 24-0 (19 KO) 4
WBO May 19, 2011 United Kingdom Nathan Cleverly 24-0 (11 KO) 3

[edit] Kickboxing

In kickboxing, a light heavyweight fighter generally weighs between 77 kg (171 lb) and 82 kg (180 lb).

[edit] See also

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