Top 10 Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings

Updating the Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings after Lyndon Arthur defeated Braian Nahuel Suarez to become the IBO Light Heavyweight Champion

By admin | November 9, 2022

The Top 10 Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings welcomes a new champion in IBO Light Heavyweight Champion Lyndon Arthur

Honorable Mention

Mathieu Bauderlique

Mathieu Bauderlique is a French boxer, who also won a bronze medal in the 2016 Olympics. He has a professional record of 21 wins and 2 losses and is ranked #10 by the Ring, and BoxRec light-heavyweight rankings.

Maxim Vlasov

Maxim Vlasov is a Russian professional boxer with a record of 46 wins and 5 losses.

He competed at cruiserweight for most of his career, where he won multiple regional titles and was also challenged for the WBO interim cruiserweight title. After moving to light-heavyweight, he fought Joe Smith Jr. for the WBO light-heavyweight title but lost via MD.

Vlasov fought Dilmurod Satybaldiev in his most recent fight and did not come out to fight after the 6th round losing the fight via corner retirement. There is no announcement about his next fight yet.

Marcus Browne

Marcus Browne, an American boxer, holds an impressive record of 24 wins and only 2 losses

Browne won the vacant WBC USNBC light heavyweight title back in 2016, a few years later, in January of 2019, he defeated Badou Jack to become the WBA interim and WBC Silver light heavyweight champion as well.

In his most recent fight, he challenged Artur Beterbiev for the world light heavyweight title, however, he could not win. Here is no announcement about his next fight.

Top 10 Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings

10. Lyndon Arthur

Title(s):

IBO Light Heavyweight World Champion

Lyndon Arthur is a professional boxer from the UK, and he has a record of 23 wins and only 1 loss.

Arthur is the current IBO light heavyweight champion, and has previously held the commonwealth and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles.

Arthur won the IBO title in his most recent fight, after defeating Braian Nahuel Suarez via knockout, and his next fight has not been announced yet.

9. Igor Mikhalkin

Igor Mikhalkin is a professional boxer from Russia, and he has a record of 25 wins and 3 losses.

Mikhalkin is the former IBO light-heavyweight world champion, and he has held multiple regional titles as well, like the European and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles

In his most recent fight, he defeated Dilmurod Satybaldiev, and his next fight has not been announced yet.

8. Dan Azeez

Dan Azeez is a British professional boxer and he has an undefeated record of 20 wins and 0 losses.

He has held multiple regional titles, including the British, European, and Commonwealth light-heavyweight titles. In his most recent fight, he defeated Khalid Graidia via Decision, and he is scheduled to fight against Joshua Buatsi on October 21.

7. Anthony Yarde

Anthony Yarde is a British boxer, with a professional record of 23 wins and 3 losses.

He is the former WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight champion and challenged Sergey Kovalev for the WBO light heavyweight championship as well. He also won the Commonwealth and WBO Inter-Continental light-heavyweight titles recently.

In his most recent fight, he challenged Artur Beterbiev for his unified title but could not win. Anthony Yarde is fighting Ricky Summers next on Saturday 23rd September 2023.

6. Joshua Buatsi

Joshua Buatsi is a British professional boxer who was born in Ghana. He has an undefeated record with 17 wins and no losses.

As an amateur, he won a bronze medal in the 2012 Olympics and has been competing as a professional since 2017. He is also the former WBA International light-heavyweight champion and British Light-heavyweight champion.

In his most recent fight, he defeated Pawel Stepian via UD, and his next fight is scheduled against Dan Azeez for October 21.

5. Gilberto Ramirez

Now in our Top 5 Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings is Gilberto Ramírez Sánchez. Sánchez is a Mexican professional boxer, and he has an extensive undefeated record with 44 victories and 1 loss.

Ramirez is the former WBO super middleweight world champion, winning the title in 2016 and defending it 5 times before moving to light heavyweight. He has held the NABF title at light heavyweight and even fought Dimitry Bivol for the WBA (Super) Light-Heavyweight title in his most recent fight.

He is scheduled to fight Joe Smith Jr. for his next fight on Saturday 7th October 2023

4. Joe Smith Jr.

Joe Smith Jr. is an American professional boxer with a record of 28 wins and 4 losses.

Smith is the former WBO light heavyweight champion of the world and has previously held the WBC International light heavyweight title as well.

In his most recent fight, he challenged Artur Beterbiev for his unified title and had his own WBO title on the line as well. However, he lost the fight via TKO. His next fight is scheduled against Gilberto ‘Zurdo’ Ramirez for Saturday 7th October 2023

3. Callum Smith

Callum Smith is a British professional boxer, with a record of 29 wins and 1 loss, with 21 knockouts.

Callam Smith competed at super middleweight for most of his career and became the unified WBA and the ring super middleweight champion. However, after defending the titles twice, he lost them to Canello Alveraz.

Smith moved to Light-heavyweight and has won both of his fights in the division. He knocked out Mathieu Bauderlique in his most recent fight, and he will be fighting Artur Beterbiev for the Unified WBC, WBO, and IBF light heavyweight titles on January 13, 2024.

2. Dmitry Bivol

Title(s):

WBA Light Heavyweight Super Champion

Dmitry Bivol is a professional boxer from Russia, and he has an undefeated record of 21-0. He is also the current WBA super light heavyweight champion of the world.

In 2016, he won the WBA interim light-heavyweight title in the world. He defended it twice before being promoted to the main title. Bivol continued to defend the WBA light-heavyweight championship six times.

In his most recent fight, he defeated Gilberto Ramírez, via Unanimous Decision, and there is no announcement about his next fight.

1. Artur Beterbiev

Title(s):

WBC Light Heavyweight World Champion
IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion
WBO Light Heavyweight World Champion

Artur Beterbiev is a Russian Boxer, with a record of 19 wins and no losses. He is the current unified WBC, WBO, and IBF light heavyweight champion of the world.

Beterbiev won the vacant IBF light-heavyweight title in 2017 and continued to defend it twice, before winning the WBC light-heavyweight title in 2019. He also defeated Joe Smith Jr via TKO in the second round, and became the WBO champion as well.

In his most recent fight Beterbiev took on Anthony Yarde in an exciting fight. As Yarde connected more, Beterbiev delivered heavy shots and was able to knock down Yarde in the 8th. When he got back up Beterbiev delivered more shots that forced Yarde’s corner to stop the fight.

For his next fight, Artur Beterbiev is scheduled to fight Callum Smith on January 13, 2024.

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