World title lineage
IBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Champions
A complete roll of IBF light heavyweight champions since 1979 — 25 champions across 50 reigns. DMITRY BIVOL is the current titleholder. The longest reign belongs to MICHAEL SPINKS (7y 10m, 0 defences).
- 50DMITRY BIVOLCURRENT CHAMPION
2026–present · 5m · 0 defences
- 49
2025–2026 · 1y 1m · 0 defences
- 48
2025 · 2m · 0 defences
- 47
2024–2025 · 4m · 0 defences
- 46
2024 · 2m · 0 defences
- 45
2024 · 2m · 0 defences
- 44
2024 · 1m · 0 defences
- 43
2024 · 4m · 0 defences
- 42
2023–2024 · 6m · 0 defences
- 41
2023 · 6m · 0 defences
- 40
2022–2023 · 7m · 0 defences
- 39
2017–2022 · 4y 8m · 5 defences
- 38
2015–2017 · 2y 8m · 3 defences
- 37
2011–2015 · 3y 9m · 1 defence
- 36
2011 · 3m · 0 defences
- 35
2010–2011 · 7m · 1 defence
- 34
2010 · 6m · 0 defences
- 33
2009–2010 · 5m · 0 defences
- 32
2009 · 4m · 0 defences
- 31
2009 · 3m · 0 defences
- 30
2008–2009 · 4m · 0 defences
- 29
2008 · 2m · 0 defences
- 28
2008 · 4m · 0 defences
- 27
2007–2008 · 7m · 0 defences
- 26
2007 · 5m · 0 defences
- 25
2006–2007 · 1y · 1 defence
- 24
2005–2006 · 6m · 0 defences
- 23
2005 · 1m · 0 defences
- 22
2005 · 21d · 0 defences
- 21
2005 · 6m · 1 defence
- 20
2005 · 1d · 0 defences
- 19
2004–2005 · 3m · 0 defences
- 18
2004 · 1m · 0 defences
- 17
2004 · 22d · 0 defences
- 16
2004 · 8m · 1 defence
- 15
2003–2004 · 7m · 0 defences
- 14
2003 · 3m · 0 defences
- 13
2000–2003 · 2y 8m · 4 defences
- 12
2000 · 3m · 0 defences
- 11
2000 · 5m · 1 defence
- 10
1999–2000 · 12m · 0 defences
- 9
1997–1999 · 1y 7m · 0 defences
- 8
1993–1997 · 4y 3m · 10 defences
- 7
1985–1993 · 7y 10m · 0 defences
- 6
1985 · 2m · 0 defences
- 5
1984–1985 · 9m · 0 defences
- 4
1984 · 4m · 0 defences
- 3
1983–1984 · 11m · 1 defence
- 2
1980–1983 · 2y 5m · 0 defences
- 1
1979–1980 · 1y 1m · 0 defences
