WBA Light Heavyweight Rankings Archive | October 2000 | Box-Rank

Rank	WBAOctober 2000
	Roy Jones Jr World Champion
1	Lou Del Valle
2	Frank Liles
3	Derrick Harmon
4	David Telesco
5	Glenn Kelly
6	Richard Hall
7	Clinton Woods
8	Jorge Castro
9	Julio Gonzalez
10	Reggie Johnson
11	Robert Koon
12	Lincoln Carter
13	Eric Harding
14	Billy Lewis
15	Michael Nunn

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WBA

October 2000 archive

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WBA Light Heavyweight Title History

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WBA Light Heavyweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest WBA monthly rankings (January 2000).

WBA Light Heavyweight - Super Champion

22 February 2025Current

1 year 8 months

Became champion: 22 February 2025

Won the title by defeating Artur Beterbiev by majority decision in their rematch.

First shown in February 2025 rankingsView source

Artur Beterbiev

October 2024February 2025

5 months

October 2019October 2024

5 years 1 month

October 2016September 2017

1 year

October 2014October 2016

2 years 1 month

Bernard Hopkins

April 2014October 2014

7 months

Beibut Shumenov

September 2013April 2014

8 months

May 2004June 2004

2 months

January 2001May 2004

3 years 5 months

WBA Light Heavyweight - World Champion

David Benavidez

February 2025September 2026

1 year 8 months

August 2024February 2025

7 months

October 2019July 2021

1 year 10 months

October 2017October 2019

2 years 1 month

August 2017September 2017

2 months

Nathan Cleverly

September 2016August 2017

1 year

Juergen Braehmer

December 2013September 2016

2 years 10 months

Beibut Shumenov

December 2009September 2013

3 years 10 months

Gabriel Campillo

June 2009December 2009

7 months

Hugo Hernan Garay

June 2008June 2009

1 year 1 month

November 2007March 2008

5 months

April 2007November 2007

8 months

August 2006April 2007

9 months

March 2004August 2006

2 years 6 months

September 2003March 2004

7 months

May 2003September 2003

5 months

December 2001May 2003

1 year 6 months

January 2000April 2001

1 year 4 months

WBA Light Heavyweight - Interim Champion

8 August 2025Current

1 year 2 months

Became champion: 8 August 2025

Won the interim title by stopping Jerome Pampellone in the seventh round in Benghazi, Libya.

First shown in August 2025 rankingsView source

July 2006August 2006

2 months