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title: "Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - December 2016"
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# Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - December 2016

Combined Light Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and Ring. Month: December 2016.

| Rank | WBA (December 2016) | IBF (December 2016) | WBO (December 2016) | RING (December 2016) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Champion | [Andre Ward (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andre-ward) - Super Champion | [Andre Ward (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andre-ward) - Champion | [Andre Ward (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andre-ward) - Champion | Vacant |
| Champion | [Nathan Cleverly (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/nathan-cleverly) - World Champion |  |  |  |
| 1 | [Dmitry Bivol (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dmitry-bivol) | Vacant | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) | [Andre Ward (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andre-ward) |
| 2 | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) | [Artur Beterbiev (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-beterbiev) | [Dominic Boesel (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dominic-boesel) | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) |
| 3 | [Artur Beterbiev (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-beterbiev) | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) | [Artur Beterbiev (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-beterbiev) | [Adonis Stevenson (Haiti)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/adonis-stevenson) |
| 4 | [Sullivan Barrera (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sullivan-barrera) | [Erik Skoglund (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/erik-skoglund) | [Robert Stieglitz (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/robert-stieglitz) | [Eleider Alvarez (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/eleider-alvarez) |
| 5 | [Joe Smith Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-smith-jr) | [Sean Monaghan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sean-monaghan) | [Erik Skoglund (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/erik-skoglund) | [Artur Beterbiev (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-beterbiev) |
| 6 | [Juergen Braehmer (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juergen-braehmer) | [Enrico Koelling (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/enrico-koelling) | [Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleksandr-gvozdyk) | [Joe Smith Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-smith-jr) |
| 7 | [Felix Valera (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/felix-valera) | [Sullivan Barrera (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sullivan-barrera) | [Sean Monaghan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sean-monaghan) | [Nathan Cleverly (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/nathan-cleverly) |
| 8 | [Dominic Boesel (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dominic-boesel) | [Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleksandr-gvozdyk) | [Isidro Ranoni Prieto (Paraguay)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/isidro-ranoni-prieto) | [Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleksandr-gvozdyk) |
| 9 | [Shefat Isufi (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/shefat-isufi) | [Robert Stieglitz (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/robert-stieglitz) | [Marcus Browne (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcus-browne) | [Sullivan Barrera (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sullivan-barrera) |
| 10 | [Enrico Koelling (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/enrico-koelling) | [Trent Broadhurst (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/trent-broadhurst) | [Enrico Koelling (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/enrico-koelling) | [Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vyacheslav-shabranskyy) |
| 11 | [Azea Augustama (Haiti)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/azea-augustama) | [Joe Smith Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-smith-jr) | [Richard Baranyi (Hungary)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/richard-baranyi) |  |
| 12 | [Frank Buglioni (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/frank-buglioni) | [Marcus Browne (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcus-browne) | [Mike Lee (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-lee) |  |
| 13 | [Avni Yildirim (Türkiye)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/avni-yildirim) | [Michael Lee (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/michael-lee) | [Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vyacheslav-shabranskyy) |  |
| 14 | [Thomas Oosthuizen (South Africa)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/thomas-oosthuizen) | [Jean Pascal (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jean-pascal) | [Joe Smith Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-smith-jr) |  |
| 15 | [Erik Skoglund (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/erik-skoglund) | [Radivoje Kalajdzic (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/radivoje-kalajdzic) | [Igor Mikhalkin (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/igor-mikhalkin) |  |

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