Light Heavyweight
| Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Spinks def. Eddie Davis |
February 25, 1984 | Atlantic City, New Jersey | 2 |
| Title vacated | 1985 | Spinks' last successful defense was against Jim MacDonald on June 6, 1985 in Las Vegas, Nevada. | |
| Slobodan Kačar def. Eddie Mustafa Muhammad |
December 21, 1985 | Pesaro, Italy | 0 |
| Bobby Czyz | September 6, 1986 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 3 |
| Charles Williams | October 29, 1987 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 8 |
| Henry Maske | March 20, 1993 | Düsseldorf, Germany | 10 |
| Virgil Hill | November 23, 1996 | München, Germany | 0 |
| Dariusz Michalczewski | June 13, 1997 | Oberhausen, Germany | 0 |
| Title vacated | June 16, 1997 | ||
| William Guthrie def. Darrin Allen |
July 19, 1997 | Indio, California | 0 |
| Reggie Johnson | February 6, 1998 | Uncasville, Connecticut | 2 |
| Roy Jones Jr. | June 5, 1999 | Biloxi, Mississippi | 7 |
| Title vacated | 2003 | Jones vacated the title in order to move up to Heavyweight. His last successful defense was against Clinton Woods on September 7, 2002 in Portland, Oregon. | |
| Antonio Tarver def. Montell Griffin |
April 26, 2003 | Mashantucket, Connecticut | 0 |
| Title vacated | November 8, 2003 | Tarver, who also held the WBC title, was stripped of the IBF title after losing the WBC title to Roy Jones Jr. in Las Vegas, Nevada. | |
| Glen Johnson def. Clinton Woods |
February 6, 2004 | Sheffield, England | 1 |
| Title vacated | December 2004 | Johnson's only defense was against Roy Jones Jr. on September 25, 2004 in Memphis, Tennessee. | |
| Clinton Woods def. Rico Hoye |
March 4, 2005 | Rotherham, England | 4 |
| Antonio Tarver | April 12, 2008 | Tampa, Florida | 0 |
| Chad Dawson | October 11, 2008 | Las Vegas, Nevada | 1 |
| Title vacated | May 27, 2009 | Dawson vacated the title to negotiate a fight with boxer Glen Johnson. | |
| Tavoris Cloud def. Clinton Woods |
August 28, 2009 | Hollywood, Florida | 0 |
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