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title: "Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - May 2017"
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# Light Heavyweight Boxing Rankings - May 2017

Combined Light Heavyweight rankings from the WBA, WBC, IBF, WBO, and The RING. Month: May 2017. 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 2017) | IBF (May 2017) | WBO (May 2017) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 3 | [Sullivan Barrera (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sullivan-barrera) | [Sergey Kovalev (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sergey-kovalev) | [Artur Beterbiev (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/artur-beterbiev) |
| 4 | [Dominic Boesel (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dominic-boesel) | [Erik Skoglund (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/erik-skoglund) | [Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleksandr-gvozdyk) |
| 5 | [Joe Smith Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-smith-jr) | [Enrico Koelling (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/enrico-koelling) | [Erik Skoglund (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/erik-skoglund) |
| 6 | [Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleksandr-gvozdyk) | [Dominic Boesel (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/dominic-boesel) | [Sean Monaghan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sean-monaghan) |
| 7 | [Juergen Braehmer (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juergen-braehmer) | [Oleksandr Gvozdyk (Ukraine)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/oleksandr-gvozdyk) | [Enrico Koelling (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/enrico-koelling) |
| 8 | [Felix Valera (Dominican Republic)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/felix-valera) | [Trent Broadhurst (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/trent-broadhurst) | [Umar Salamov (Kyrgyzstan)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/umar-salamov) |
| 9 | [Shefat Isufi (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/shefat-isufi) | [Marcus Browne (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcus-browne) | [Jean Pascal (Canada)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/jean-pascal) |
| 10 | [Marcus Browne (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/marcus-browne) | [Juergen Braehmer (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/juergen-braehmer) | [Richard Baranyi (Hungary)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/richard-baranyi) |
| 11 | [Erik Skoglund (Sweden)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/erik-skoglund) | [Joe Smith Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-smith-jr) | [Mike Lee (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-lee) |
| 12 | [Trent Broadhurst (Australia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/trent-broadhurst) | [Michael Lee (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/michael-lee) | [Joe Smith Jr (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/joe-smith-jr) |
| 13 | [Mike Lee (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/mike-lee) | [Sean Monaghan (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sean-monaghan) | [Sullivan Barrera (Cuba)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/sullivan-barrera) |
| 14 | [Robert Stieglitz (Germany)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/robert-stieglitz) | [Travis Reeves (United States)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/travis-reeves) | [Fanlong Meng (China)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/fanlong-meng) |
| 15 | [Gusmyr Perdomo (Venezuela)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/gusmyr-perdomo) | [Igor Mikhalkin (Russia)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/igor-mikhalkin) | [Robert Parzeczewski (Poland)](https://box-rank.com/boxer/robert-parzeczewski) |

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