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title: "Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - May 2008"
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# Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - May 2008

Combined Light Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and Ring. Month: May 2008.

| Rank | WBA (May 2008) | IBF (May 2008) | WBO (May 2008) | RING (May 2008) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Champion | Vacant | [Antonio Tarver (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/antonio-tarver) - Champion | [Zsolt Erdei (Hungary)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/zsolt-erdei) - Champion | [Joe Calzaghe (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-calzaghe) - Champion |
| 1 | [Yuriy Barashian (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yuriy-barashian) | Vacant | [Roy Jones Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roy-jones-jr) | [Bernard Hopkins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bernard-hopkins) |
| 2 | [Hugo Hernan Garay (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/hugo-hernan-garay) | Vacant | [Bernard Hopkins (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/bernard-hopkins) | [Antonio Tarver (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/antonio-tarver) |
| 3 | [Roy Jones Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roy-jones-jr) | [Roy Jones Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roy-jones-jr) | [Hugo Hernan Garay (Argentina)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/hugo-hernan-garay) | [Chad Dawson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chad-dawson) |
| 4 | [Juergen Braehmer (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juergen-braehmer) | [Clinton Woods (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/clinton-woods) | [Tavoris Cloud (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tavoris-cloud) | [Glen Johnson (Jamaica)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/glen-johnson) |
| 5 | [Vyacheslav Uzelkov (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vyacheslav-uzelkov) | [Tavoris Cloud (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/tavoris-cloud) | [Aleksy Kuziemski (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/aleksy-kuziemski) | [Zsolt Erdei (Hungary)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/zsolt-erdei) |
| 6 | [Glen Johnson (Jamaica)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/glen-johnson) | [Glen Johnson (Jamaica)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/glen-johnson) | [Yuri Barashian (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yuri-barashian) | [Roy Jones (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/roy-jones) |
| 7 | [Silvio Branco (Italy)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/silvio-branco) | [Yuri Barashian (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yuri-barashian) | [Dean Francis (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dean-francis) | [Clinton Woods (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/clinton-woods) |
| 8 | [Dawid Kostecki (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dawid-kostecki) | [Reggie Johnson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/reggie-johnson) | [Silvio Branco (Italy)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/silvio-branco) | [Adrian Diaconu (Romania)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/adrian-diaconu) |
| 9 | [Rachid Kanfouah (France)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rachid-kanfouah) | Vacant | [Clinton Woods (United Kingdom)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/clinton-woods) | [Chris Henry (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chris-henry) |
| 10 | [Yusaf MacK (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/yusaf-mack) | [Julio Gonzalez (Mexico)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/julio-gonzalez) | [Vyacheslav Uzelkov (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vyacheslav-uzelkov) | [Juergen Braehmer (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juergen-braehmer) |
| 11 | [Thomas Ulrich (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/thomas-ulrich) | [Aleksy Kuziemski (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/aleksy-kuziemski) | [Thomas Ulrich (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/thomas-ulrich) |  |
| 12 | [Aleksy Kuziemski (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/aleksy-kuziemski) | [Silvio Branco (Italy)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/silvio-branco) | [Deandrey Abron (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/deandrey-abron) |  |
| 13 | [Stipe Drews (Croatia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/stipe-drews) | Vacant | [Stipe Drews (Croatia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/stipe-drews) |  |
| 14 | [Elvir Muriqi (Albania)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/elvir-muriqi) | [Rachid Kanfouah (France)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/rachid-kanfouah) | [Elvir Muriqi (Albania)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/elvir-muriqi) |  |
| 15 | [Daniel Lovett (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/daniel-lovett) |  | [Beibut Shumenov (Kazakhstan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/beibut-shumenov) |  |

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