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Light heavyweight

Index Light heavyweight

Light heavyweight, or junior cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. [1]

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Adonis Stevenson

Stevenson Adonis (born 22 September 1977), best known as Adonis Stevenson, is a Haitian Canadian professional boxer.

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Aleksandr Lebziak

Aleksandr Borisovich Lebziak (Александр Борисович Лебзяк, born April 15, 1969) is a Russian boxer, who won the Gold medal in the men's Light Heavyweight (81 kg) category at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

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Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing (also called Olympic Boxing) is a variant of boxing practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games, Pan American Games and Commonwealth Games, as well as many associations.

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Andre Ward

Andre Michael Ward (born February 23, 1984) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 2004 to 2017.

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Andrew Maynard (boxer)

Andrew Maynard (born April 8, 1964) is an American former boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

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Ann Wolfe

Ann Wolfe (born January 17, 1971) is an American boxer who held world titles in three different weight classes simultaneously.

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Anton Josipović

Anton Ante Josipović (born 22 October 1961 in Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former Croatian boxer from Bosnia and Herzegovina (then part of Yugoslavia).

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Archie Moore

Archie Moore (born Archibald Lee Wright; December 13, 1916 – December 9, 1998) was an American professional boxer and the longest reigning World Light Heavyweight Champion of all time (December 1952 – May 1962).

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Artur Beterbiev

Artur Asilbekovich Beterbiev (Артур Асильбекович Бетербиев; born 21 January 1985) is a Russian professional boxer who has held the IBF light-heavyweight title since 2017.

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Battling Levinsky

Barney Lebrowitz (June 10, 1891 – February 12, 1949), better known as Battling Levinsky, was the world light heavyweight champion from 1916 to 1920.

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Bellator Kickboxing

Bellator Kickboxing is an American kickboxing promotion company based in Los Angeles.

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Bernard Hopkins

Bernard Humphrey Hopkins Jr. (born January 15, 1965) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2016.

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Billy Conn

William David "Billy" Conn (October 8, 1917 – May 29, 1993) was an Irish American professional boxer and Light Heavyweight Champion famed for his fights with Joe Louis.

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Bob Fitzsimmons

Robert James Fitzsimmons (26 May 1863 – 22 October 1917) was a British professional boxer who made boxing history as the sport's first three-division world champion.

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Bob Foster (boxer)

Robert Lloyd "Bob" Foster (December 15, 1938 – November 21, 2015) was an American professional boxer who fought as a light heavyweight and heavyweight.

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Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics

These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.

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Boxing at the 1932 Summer Olympics

These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Boxing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

These are the results of the boxing competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.

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Boxing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

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Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1956 Summer Olympics took place in the new stadium at West Melbourne.

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Boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Italy and the United States dominated boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals for each country.

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Boxing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics which was held October 11 to 23.

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Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

The boxing programme of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the Arena México.

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Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1972 Summer Olympics: It was held August 27 to September 10, with the participation of 357 fighters from 81 countries.

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Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1980 Summer Olympics took place in the Indoor Stadium of the Olympiski Sports Complex in Moscow.

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Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place in the Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul between September the 17th and October the 2nd.

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Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics took place in the old Pavelló Club Joventut de Badalona in Barcelona.

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Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Final results for the Boxing competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour.

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Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place in the Peristeri Olympic Boxing Hall.

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Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The boxing programme of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China was held at the Workers Indoor Arena.

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Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

The boxing tournaments at the 2012 Olympic Games in London were held from 28 July to 12 August at the ExCeL Exhibition Centre.

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Boxing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

The boxing tournaments at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place from 6 to 21 August 2016 at the Pavilion 6 of Riocentro.

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Charles Williams (boxer)

Charles Williams (born June 2, 1962 in Columbus, MS), is a retired professional boxer, who was the IBF Light Heavyweight (175lb) Champion of the World for 6 years, from 1987-1993.

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Combat sport

A combat sport, or fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport that usually involves one-on-one combat.

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Cosimo Pinto

Cosimo Pinto (born 14 March 1943) is a retired Italian light heavyweight boxer who won a gold medal at the 1964 Olympics.

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Cruiserweight (boxing)

Cruiserweight, also referred to as junior heavyweight, is a weight class in professional boxing between light heavyweight and heavyweight.

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Danas Pozniakas

Danas Pozniakas (19 October 1939 – 4 February 2005) was a Lithuanian amateur light-heavyweight boxer who won the European title in 1965, 1967 and 1969 and an Olympic gold medal in 1968.

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Dariusz Michalczewski

Dariusz Michalczewski (born 5 May 1968) is a Polish-German former professional boxer who competed from 1991 to 2005.

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David Carstens

David Daniel Carstens (September 1914 in Strand – 6 August 1955) was a South African boxer who competed in the Olympic games in 1932.

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Dmitry Bivol

Dmitry Yuryevich Bivol (Дмитрий Юрьевич Бивол; born 18 December 1990) is a Russian professional boxer who has held the WBA light-heavyweight title since 2017.

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Egor Mekhontsev

Egor Leonidovich Mekhontsev (Егор Леонидович Мехонцев, transliteration Egor Leonidovich Mechoncev; born on 14 November 1984 in Asbest, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR) is a Russian professional boxer, who as an amateur boxer among other achievements won gold at 2012 London Olympics at light heavyweight division.

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Evander Holyfield

Evander Holyfield (born October 19, 1962) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2011.

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Ezzard Charles

Ezzard Mack Charles (July 7, 1921 – May 28, 1975) was an American professional boxer and World Heavyweight Champion.

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Floyd Patterson

Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1952 to 1972, and twice reigned as the world heavyweight champion from 1956 to 1962.

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Freddie Mills

Frederick Percival "Freddie" Mills (26 June 1919 – 25 July 1965) was an English boxer, and the world light heavyweight champion from 1948 to 1950.

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George Hunter (boxer)

George Hunter (22 July 1927 – 12 December 2004) was a boxer from South Africa, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur.

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Glory (kickboxing)

Glory, formerly Glory World Series, is an international kickboxing promotion company founded in 2012 by Glory Sports International Pte Ltd.

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Heavyweight

Heavyweight is a weight class in combat sports.

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International Boxing Federation

The International Boxing Federation (IBF) is one of four major organizations recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO).

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International Kickboxing Federation

The International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) is one of the oldest and the largest professional sanctioning organizations of kickboxing and Muay Thai in the world and is based in the United States.

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Jim Boyd (boxer)

James Boyd (November 30, 1930 – January 25, 1997) was a boxer from Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States, who competed in the Light Heavyweight division during his career as an amateur.

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Joe Calzaghe

Joseph William Calzaghe, (born 23 March 1972) is a Welsh former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2008.

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Joey Maxim

Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli (March 28, 1922 – June 2, 2001) was an American professional boxer.

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Julio César La Cruz

Julio César La Cruz Peraza (born 11 August 1989) is a Cuban amateur boxer.

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Kickboxing

Kickboxing is a group of stand-up combat sports based on kicking and punching, historically developed from karate mixed with boxing.

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Leon Spinks

Leon Spinks (born July 11, 1953) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1995.

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Mate Parlov

Mate Parlov (16 November 1948 – 29 July 2008) was a Yugoslav and Croatian boxer, Olympic gold medalist who was European and World Champion as amateur and as professional.

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Michael Moorer

Michael Lee Moorer (born November 12, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1988 to 2008.

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Michael Spinks

Michael Spinks (born July 13, 1956) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1988.

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Middleweight

Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.

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Mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts (MMA) is a full-contact combat sport that allows striking and grappling, both standing and on the ground, using techniques from other combat sports and martial arts.

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Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.

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Norvel Lee

Norvel L. R. Lee (September 22, 1924 in Eagle Rock, Virginia – August 19, 1992 in Bethesda, Maryland) was a boxer from the United States, who competed in the Light Heavyweight and Heavyweight divisions during his career as an amateur.

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Oleksandr Gvozdyk

Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Олександр Гвоздик; born 15 April 1987) is a Ukrainian professional boxer who has held the WBC interim light heavyweight title since March 2018.

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Professional boxing

Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is a regulated, sanctioned boxing.

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Roger Michelot

Roger Michelot (8 June 1912 in Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne – 19 March 1993) was a French boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.

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Roy Jones Jr.

Roy Levesta Jones Jr. (born January 16, 1969) is an American former professional boxer, boxing commentator, boxing trainer, rapper, and actor who holds dual American and Russian citizenship.

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Sergey Kovalev (boxer)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kovalev (Сергей Александрович Ковалёв; born 2 April 1983) is a Russian professional boxer.

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Slobodan Kačar

Slobodan Kačar (Слободан Качар; born September 15, 1957) is a retired Serbian boxer who was the IBF Light-Heavyweight Champions of the World, born in Perućica near Jajce in Bosnia and Herzegovina, then SFR.

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Super middleweight

Super middleweight, or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports.

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Tommy Loughran

Thomas Patrick Loughran (November 29, 1902 – July 7, 1982) was an American professional boxer and the former World Light Heavyweight Champion.

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Torsten May

Torsten May (born October 9, 1969 in Glauchau, Saxony) was a German boxer, who won the Light Heavyweight Gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.

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Vassiliy Jirov

Vassiliy Valeryevich Jirov (born 4 April 1974), sometimes known as Vasily Zhirov, is a Kazakhstani former professional boxer who competed from 1997 to 2009, and held the IBF cruiserweight title from 1999 to 2003.

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Víctor Avendaño

Víctor Ángel Pedro Avendaño (June 5, 1907 in Buenos Aires – July 1, 1984) was an Argentine boxer who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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Víctor Galíndez

Víctor Emilio Galíndez (November 2, 1948 in Vedia – October 25, 1980 in Veinticinco de Mayo, Buenos Aires) was an Argentine boxer who was the third Latin American to win the world Light Heavyweight championship, after Puerto Rico's José Torres and Venezuela's Vicente Rondon.

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Virgil Hill

Virgil Eugene Hill (born January 18, 1964) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2007, and in 2015.

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Weight class

Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own size.

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Weight class (boxing)

A weight class is a measurement weight range for boxers.

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World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association (WBA) is the oldest and one of four major organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the IBF, WBC, and WBO.

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World Boxing Council

The World Boxing Council (WBC) is one of four major organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the International Boxing Federation (IBF), World Boxing Association (WBA) and World Boxing Organization (WBO) and one of the two original sanctioning bodies (along with the WBA).

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World Boxing Organization

The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is a sanctioning organization which recognizes professional boxing world champions.

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Zhang Xiaoping

Zhang Xiaoping (born April 1, 1982 in Xilinhot, Inner Mongolia) is a Mongol amateur boxer from PRC who won a gold medal as a light heavyweight in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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Zsolt Erdei

Zsolt Erdei (born 31 May 1974) is a Hungarian former professional boxer who competed from 2000 to 2014.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_heavyweight

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