Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
World Boxing Organization
Asia Pacific Light Heavyweight Title (as of 2025-08-04)
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
Alexey Trofimov
2002-02-16
Donetsk, UKR
Defeats Melroy Corbin; also holds CISBB Title; also wins WBF Intercontinental Title on 04-06-23 and IBF International Title on 04-09-22; Asia Pacific title is vacant in 04-12.
Beibut Shumenov
2008-04-22
Shymkent, KAZ
Defeats Lavell Finger; vacates in 09-08 to challenge for WBA world title.
Soulan Pownceby
2009-08-28
Kohimarama, NZL
Defeats Togasilimai Letoa; vacates in 12-09 upon retirement.
Blake Caparello
2014-12-13
Flemington, VIC, AUS
Defeats Maximiliano Jorge Gomez; vacant in 15-05.
Steve Geffrard
2016-12-03
Shenzhen, CHN
Defeats Dmitry Sukhotskiy; vacant in 17-07.
Gasan Gasanov
2017-11-02
Qijiang, CHN
Defeats Qu Peng; stripped of the title after losing a non-title match on 18-06-09.
Jerome Pampellone
2023-04-27
North Shore, NZL
Defeats Mose Auimatagi Jr.; also holds IBF Australasian Title; loses an IBF eliminator on 24-04-24.
Maxim Sazonov (Maxim Xu)
2025-08-04
Tōkyō, JPN
Defeats Adli Hafidz and also wins the vacant OPBF Title.
