List of Undisputed Boxing Champions - Light Heavyweight

Light Heavyweight

Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition
June 1, 1963 March 30, 1965 Willie Pastrano WBC & WBA
March 30, 1965 December 16, 1966 José Torres WBC & WBA
December 16, 1966 May 24, 1968 Dick Tiger WBC WBA
May 24, 1968 9 December 1970 Bob Foster WBC & WBA
Bob Foster was stripped of the WBA championship for refusing to face a mandatory challenger.
7 April 1972 16 September 1974 Bob Foster WBC & WBA
Foster unified the titles again by defeating Vicente Rondon on 7 April 1972. He relinquished both belts upon his retirement on 16 September 1974.
March 18, 1983 September 21, 1985 Michael Spinks WBA, WBC & IBF
Michael Spinks unified the title by defeating Dwight Muhammad Qawi. He later added the IBF title to his undisputed recognition. He vacated all of the belts after moving to the heavyweight division.
June 5, 1999 September 7, 2002 Roy Jones Jr. WBA, WBC & IBF
Roy Jones Jr. unified the title after defeating Reggie Johnson for his IBF belt, successfully unifying his WBA and WBC belts. Jones relinquished his titles after he moved to the heavyweight division.

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