In 1930, he won the New York light heavyweight title.

There is not a serious German contender for the light heavyweight title, is there?

In 1934, he defeated Rosenbloom for the light heavyweight title in a dull fight.

A world heavyweight boxing champion won the light heavyweight title in the 1960 Olympics.

Roy Jones Jr., who plans to fight eventually for both supermiddlewight and light heavyweight titles, is beginning his move up in weight.

After failing in two previous attempts without him, the 5-foot-9-inch Emery captured the women's 156-pound light middleweight title last year.

Johnson lost the light heavyweight title to Antonio Tarver in the rematch.

His number-one contendership for the light heavyweight title was on the line during this bout.

This will be Johnson's third defense of his light heavyweight title, and he said he feels comfortable with the weight.

He also was looking to extend his own world record of 23 straight successful defenses of the light heavyweight title.