List of The Ring world champions
Light heavyweight

List of The Ring world champions

Section Title: Light heavyweight
Table Section Text: None

Number	Champion	Reign

1	United States Maxie Rosenbloom	June 25, 1930 – November 16, 1934

2	United States Bob Olin	November 16, 1934 – October 31, 1935

3	United States John Henry Lewis	October 31, 1935 – June 1939 (Retired)

4	United States Billy Conn (def. Melio Bettina)	July 13, 1939 – May 1941 (moved up to heavyweight)

5	United States Gus Lesnevich (def. Tami Mauriello)	August 26, 1941 – July 26, 1948

6	United Kingdom Freddie Mills	July 26, 1948 – January 24, 1950

7	United States Joey Maxim	January 24, 1950 – December 17, 1952

8	United States Archie Moore	December 17, 1952 – May 12, 1962 (moved up to heavyweight)

9	United States Harold Johnson (def. Doug Jones)	May 12, 1962 – June 1, 1963

10	United States Willie Pastrano	June 1, 1963 – March 30, 1965

11	Puerto Rico José Torres	March 30, 1965 – December 16, 1966

12	Nigeria Dick Tiger	December 16, 1966 – May 24, 1968

13	United States Bob Foster	May 24, 1968 – September 16, 1974 (retired)

14	Argentina Víctor Galíndez	1979 – November 30, 1979 (lost to Marvin Johnson)

15	United States Matthew Saad Muhammad (awarded title by The Ring)	November 30, 1979 – December 19, 1981

16	United States Dwight Muhammad Qawi	December 19, 1981 – March 18, 1983

17	United States Michael Spinks	March 18, 1983 – September 21, 1985 (vacated after winning the heavyweight title)

18	United States Roy Jones Jr.	2001 – May 15, 2004

19	United States Antonio Tarver	May 15, 2004 – December 18, 2004

20	Jamaica Glen Johnson	December 18, 2004 – June 18, 2005

21	United States Antonio Tarver	June 18, 2005 – June 10, 2006

22	United States Bernard Hopkins	June 10, 2006 – April 19, 2008

23	United Kingdom Joe Calzaghe	April 19, 2008 – February 6, 2009 (retired)

24	Canada Jean Pascal (def. Chad Dawson)	August 14, 2010 – May 21, 2011

25	United States Bernard Hopkins	May 21, 2011 – April 28, 2012

26	United States Chad Dawson	April 28, 2012 – June 8, 2013

27	Canada Adonis Stevenson	June 8, 2013 – November 24, 2015 (stripped)

28	United States Andre Ward (def. Sergey Kovalev)	June 17, 2017 – September 21, 2017 (retired)

Sentence(s)

Jones was awarded The Ring Championship belt.

final_sentence: Jones was awarded The Ring Championship belt.