World title lineage
WBA LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT Champions
A complete roll of WBA light heavyweight champions since 1964 — 44 champions across 73 reigns. DMITRY BIVOL is the current titleholder. The longest reign belongs to MICHAEL SPINKS (6y 4m, 8 defences).
- 73DMITRY BIVOLCURRENT CHAMPION
2026–present · 5m · 0 defences
- 72
2026 · 21d · 0 defences
- 71
2025–2026 · 6m · 0 defences
- 70
2025 · 21d · 0 defences
- 69
2025 · 4m · 0 defences
- 68
2025 · 5m · 0 defences
- 67
2025 · 21d · 0 defences
- 66
2024–2025 · 2m · 0 defences
- 65
2024 · 2m · 0 defences
- 64
2024 · 1m · 0 defences
- 63
2024 · 3m · 0 defences
- 62
2024 · 3m · 0 defences
- 61
2023–2024 · 3m · 0 defences
- 60
2022–2023 · 1y 6m · 2 defences
- 59
2022 · 8d · 0 defences
- 58
2022 · 1m · 0 defences
- 57
2022 · 2m · 0 defences
- 56
2021–2022 · 3m · 0 defences
- 55
2021 · 4m · 0 defences
- 54
2021 · 5m · 0 defences
- 53
2019–2021 · 1y 3m · 0 defences
- 52
2019 · 4m · 0 defences
- 51
2019 · 6m · 0 defences
- 50
2019 · 1m · 0 defences
- 49
2018–2019 · 2m · 0 defences
- 48
2018 · 2m · 0 defences
- 47
2017–2018 · 11m · 2 defences
- 46
2017 · 2m · 0 defences
- 45
2017 · 5m · 0 defences
- 44
2016–2017 · 6m · 1 defence
- 43
2016 · 3m · 0 defences
- 42
2016 · 4m · 0 defences
- 41
2016 · 1m · 0 defences
- 40
2015–2016 · 5m · 0 defences
- 39
2015 · 1m · 0 defences
- 38
2014–2015 · 8m · 1 defence
- 37
2014 · 28d · 0 defences
- 36
2013–2014 · 11m · 2 defences
- 35
2011–2013 · 2y 5m · 0 defences
- 34
2011 · 7m · 0 defences
- 33
2009–2011 · 1y 7m · 0 defences
- 32
2007–2009 · 1y 7m · 2 defences
- 31
2007 · 1d · 0 defences
- 30
2007 · 3m · 0 defences
- 29
2006–2007 · 1y 4m · 0 defences
- 28
2006 · 2m · 0 defences
- 27
2004–2006 · 1y 3m · 0 defences
- 26
2004 · 6m · 0 defences
- 25
2004 · 7d · 1 defence
- 24
2004 · 4m · 0 defences
- 23
2003–2004 · 2m · 0 defences
- 22
2003 · 3m · 0 defences
- 21
2003 · 5m · 0 defences
- 20
2002–2003 · 6m · 0 defences
- 19
2002 · 7m · 0 defences
- 18
2001–2002 · 12m · 2 defences
- 17
2000–2001 · 3m · 0 defences
- 16
1998–2000 · 2y 5m · 6 defences
- 15
1997–1998 · 1y 1m · 0 defences
- 14
1993–1997 · 4y 4m · 8 defences
- 13
1992–1993 · 11m · 0 defences
- 12
1988–1992 · 3y 4m · 6 defences
- 11
1988 · 6m · 0 defences
- 10
1987–1988 · 6m · 1 defence
- 9
1981–1987 · 6y 4m · 8 defences
- 8
1977–1981 · 3y 10m · 1 defence
- 7
1976–1977 · 1y 6m · 0 defences
- 6
1972–1976 · 3y 12m · 4 defences
- 5
1971–1972 · 1y 1m · 3 defences
- 4
1968–1971 · 2y 9m · 4 defences
- 3
1966–1968 · 1y 5m · 1 defence
- 2
1965–1966 · 1y 9m · 3 defences
- 1
1964–1965 · 4m · 0 defences
