Light Heavyweight Champion

Bernard hopkins who upon becoming champion broke the record for oldest man to win a world title tommy loughran billy conn joey maxim archie moore michael moorer bob foster ann wolfe michael spinks dariusz michalczewski roy jones jr sergey kovalev joe.

Light heavyweight champion. The light heavyweight class has produced some of boxing s greatest champions. The pride world middleweight championship 209 4 lb was unified with the ufc light heavyweight championship on september 8 2007 when quinton jackson defeated dan henderson at ufc 75. He matched his own fighter jack root with kid mccoy and announced the fight as being for the light heavyweight championship of the world. 186 to 205 lb 84 to 93 kg the light heavyweight championship was known as the middleweight championship prior to ufc 31 may 4 2001.

On april 30 2005 ruiz was defeated by james toney in a championship defense but post fight drug testing determined toney had taken nandrolone an anabolic steroid. Championship recognition edit 1903 1910 edit. The light heavyweight division was created in 1903 the brainchild of chicago journalist lou houseman who was also a boxing manager and promoter. On february 20 2004 jones relinquished his heavyweight title to resume boxing as a light heavyweight at which point ruiz was elevated to full championship recognition.

Jon jones announces he s vacated the ufc light heavyweight championship aug. The boxing press accepted the new weight division and root was accepted as. The light heavyweight division was created in 1903 the brainchild of chicago journalist lou houseman who was also a boxing manager and promoter.