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Maxie “Slapsie” Rosenbloom and Barney “Battling Levinsky” Lebrowitz each held the light-heavyweight championship for five years.

A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

Since defeating Irvin in his initial light-heavyweight cameo, the middleweight king has labored to victories over Patrick Cote, Thales Leites, Demian Maia and, most recently, Chael Sonnen.

Elliot Worsell: Anderson Silva -- Bored or on Borrowed Time? Elliot Worsell 2011

Chad Dawson is one of the world's top light-heavyweight boxers, but he's not among its most celebrated figures.

'Boring' Boxer Gains Punch Scott Cacciola 2011

Mayweather is renowned for a style of self-protection perfected by former light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, in which the fighter tucks his chin, rolls with a punch, then lashes back with a straight right or short left hook as his foe attacks.

Mayweather's Prelude to Pacquiao? Gordon Marino 2011

But in the wake of his controversial World Boxing Council light-heavyweight title fight Oct. 15 against the far better-known Bernard Hopkins, Dawson, who grew up in New Haven, Conn., has learned that controversy sells—or at least gets his name out there.

'Boring' Boxer Gains Punch Scott Cacciola 2011

Understandable, perhaps, were he not actually fighting better opponents at middleweight than he has been at light-heavyweight.

Elliot Worsell: Anderson Silva -- Bored or on Borrowed Time? Elliot Worsell 2011

Understandable, perhaps, were he not actually fighting better opponents at middleweight than he has been at light-heavyweight.

Elliot Worsell: Anderson Silva -- Bored or on Borrowed Time? Elliot Worsell 2011

As middleweight title defenses began to mount up, Silva sought fresh challenges in the light-heavyweight division.

Elliot Worsell: Anderson Silva -- Bored or on Borrowed Time? Elliot Worsell 2011

Since defeating Irvin in his initial light-heavyweight cameo, the middleweight king has labored to victories over Patrick Cote, Thales Leites, Demian Maia and, most recently, Chael Sonnen.

Elliot Worsell: Anderson Silva -- Bored or on Borrowed Time? Elliot Worsell 2011

As middleweight title defenses began to mount up, Silva sought fresh challenges in the light-heavyweight division.

Elliot Worsell: Anderson Silva -- Bored or on Borrowed Time? Elliot Worsell 2011