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

Combined Light Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: May 2016. These are official monthly lists, not BoxRec fight records. See [Box-Rank vs BoxRec](https://box-rank.com/blog/box-rank-vs-boxrec-which-boxing-site-should-you-use).

| Rank | WBA (May 2016) | IBF (May 2016) | WBO (May 2016) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Champion | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) - Super Champion | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) - Champion | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) - Super Champion |
| Champion | [Juergen Braehmer (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juergen-braehmer) - World Champion |  |  |
| 1 | [Dmitry Bivol (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dmitry-bivol) | [Andre Ward (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andre-ward) | [Dominic Boesel (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dominic-boesel) |
| 2 | [Andre Ward (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andre-ward) | [Artur Beterbiev (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-beterbiev) | [Andre Ward (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andre-ward) |
| 3 | [Andrzej Fonfara (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andrzej-fonfara) | [Erik Skoglund (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/erik-skoglund) | [Sean Monaghan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sean-monaghan) |
| 4 | [Artur Beterbiev (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-beterbiev) | [Sean Monaghan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sean-monaghan) | [Andrzej Fonfara (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/andrzej-fonfara) |
| 5 | [Sullivan Barrera (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sullivan-barrera) | [Marcus Browne (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcus-browne) | [Erik Skoglund (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/erik-skoglund) |
| 6 | [Marcus Browne (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcus-browne) | [Enrico Koelling (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/enrico-koelling) | [Robert Stieglitz (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/robert-stieglitz) |
| 7 | [Dominic Boesel (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dominic-boesel) | [Igor Mikhalkin (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/igor-mikhalkin) | [Artur Beterbiev (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-beterbiev) |
| 8 | [Shefat Isufi (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/shefat-isufi) | [Sullivan Barrera (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sullivan-barrera) | [Umar Salamov (Kyrgyzstan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/umar-salamov) |
| 9 | [Felix Valera (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/felix-valera) | [Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/vyacheslav-shabranskyy) | [Igor Mikhalkin (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/igor-mikhalkin) |
| 10 | [Alexander Brand (Colombia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/alexander-brand) | [Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleksandr-gvozdyk) | [Marcus Browne (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcus-browne) |
| 11 | [Azea Augustama (Haiti)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/azea-augustama) | [Thomas Williams Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/thomas-williams-jr) | [Chad Dawson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chad-dawson) |
| 12 | [Isaac Chilemba (Malawi)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/isaac-chilemba) | [Trent Broadhurst (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/trent-broadhurst) | [Isidro Ranoni Prieto (Paraguay)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/isidro-ranoni-prieto) |
| 13 | [Avni Yildirim (Türkiye)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/avni-yildirim) | [Chad Dawson (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/chad-dawson) | [Enrico Koelling (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/enrico-koelling) |
| 14 | [Enrico Koelling (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/enrico-koelling) | [Jean Pascal (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jean-pascal) | [Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleksandr-gvozdyk) |
| 15 | [David Benavidez (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/david-benavidez) | [Radivoje Kalajdzic (Serbia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/radivoje-kalajdzic) | [Isaac Chilemba (Malawi)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/isaac-chilemba) |

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