The light heavyweight division is loaded with talent

[The Hammer]

Sergey Kovalev (IBF, WBA, WBO)
Adonis Stevenson (WBC)
Jean Pascal
Nathan Cleverly
Andre Ward
Isaac Chilemba
Bernard Hopkins
Artur Beterbiev
Marcus Browne
Joe Smith Jr
Egor Mekhontsev
Dmitry Bivol
Vyacheslav Shabranskyy
Oleksandr Gvozdyk
Eleider Alvarez
Umar Salamov
Radivoje Kaladzjic

as well as:

Felix Valera
Sullivan Barrera
Erik Skoglund
Yunieski Gonzalez
Medzhid Bektemirov
Sergey Ekimov
Ahmed ElBiali
Enrico Koelling
Abel Gevor
Erik Skoglund
Oscar Ahlin
Sullivan Barrera
Yunier Dorticos
Craig Baker
Avni Yildirim
Yamaguchi Falcao
Sean Monaghan
Abdelhafid Benchabla
Adilbek Niyazymbetov
Joe Ward
Tommy Karpency
Nadjib Mohammedi
Thomas Oosthuizen
Sakio Bika
Igor Mikhalkin
Lucian Bute
Maxim Vlasov
Vasily Lepikhin
Edwin Rodriguez
Karo Murat
Chad Dawson


And perhaps some of these will eventually move up:

James DeGale, George Groves, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Anthony Dirrell, Andre Dirrell, Fedor Chudinov

[SeekDaGreat]

Artur Beterbiev

Egor Mekhontsev

Andrzej Fonfara

Sergey Kovalev

Jean Pascal

Vyacheslav Shabranskyy

Oleksandr Gvozdyk

Adonis Stevenson

Eleider Alvarez

Vasily Lepikhin

Juergen Braehmer

Medzhid Bektemirov

Ryno Liebenberg

Erik Skoglund

Isaac Chilemba

and of course ATG Bernard Hopkins


Then there's a not-so-bad supporting cast:

Andre Dirrell, Nadjib Mohammedi, Igor Mikhalkin, Lucian Bute, Gabriel Campillo, Maxim Vlasov, Doudou Ngumbu


And perhaps some of these will eventually move up:

Carl Froch, Andre Ward, James DeGale, Mikkel Kessler, Julio Cesar Chavez Jr, Anthony Dirrell, Sakio Bika, Fedor Chudinov, Thomas Oosthuizen

No love for Shumenov or Murat? Daaaamn. Cold blooded.

[bojangles1987]

It's definitely improving over where it was 3 years ago, when Dawson, Hopkins, and Pascal were the three best fighters and Cloud was top 5.

I'm looking forward to light heavyweight's future.

[bojangles1987]

No love for Shumenov or Murat? Daaaamn. Cold blooded.

They suck.

[LacedUp]

I read about 3 good light heavyweights on that list.

[SeekDaGreat]

They suck.

I see several guys on there I'm pretty confident Shumenov or Murat can beat. Pascal and Fonfara for starters.

[SplitSecond]

that beterbiev, defense seems suspect at the moment but damn i wanna see more of this guy, the lightheavy version of triple g

[SnakeVen0m]

I just hope these guys start fighting each other. Networks have a great chance to make a super six tournament at that weight.

[HanzGruber]

Not enough Mexicans

[BostonGuy]

No love for Karpency? He's a fringe contender with his win over Dawson