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In fact, most of the light heavyweight champions unsuccessfully challenged for the heavyweight crown, until Michael Spinks became the first reigning champion to win the heavier crown. Interestingly, Bob Fitzsimmons captured the light heavyweight championship after losing the heavyweight championship. Two all time great Heavyweight Champions Ezzard Charles and Floyd Patterson started out as Light Heavyweights, Charles defeating Archie Moore and Joey Maxim several times in non-title bouts, and Patterson unsuccessfully challenging for Maxim's Light heavyweight title (though some thought Patterson should have won the fight). The current Light heavyweight Champion is Antonio Tarver . Tarver had been a contender during the reign of Roy Jones, Jr. and when Jones moved up to the heavyweight division, Tarver became the champion. Tarver taunted Jones into coming back to light heavyweight, and lost the title by a razor thin decision to Jones. But in the rematch, Tarver knocked Jones out in the second round, scoring one of the most stunning upsets in the division's history. Tarver temporarily lost the title to Glen Johnson , but once again regained it in the rematch. OLYMPIC LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS
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