David Light (boxer)

Elite Heavyweight (91 kg)[8]

1. Defeated E Enoka in Semifinals
2. Lost Tino Honey in finals

Elite Heavyweight (91 kg)[9]

1. Defeated Kahukura Bentson in Quarterfinals
2. Defeated Floyd Masson in Semifinals
3. Defeated Tino Honey in finals

Elite Heavyweight (91 kg)

1. Defeated Hale Faiumu in semifinals
2. Defeated Toa Leutele in finals

Elite Heavyweight (91 kg):

1. Defeated Floyd Masson in semifinals
2. Defeated Tino Honey in finals

Heavyweight (91 kg)

1. Defeated Muhammad Meeraj Omar (Malaysia) in Round of 16
2. Defeated Charles Okoth (Kenya) in quarterfinals
3. Defeated Stephen Lavelle (Scotland) in semifinal
4. Lost Samir El-Mais (Canada) in final

In October 2018, Light took on Fijian boxer James Singh in his ninth fight of his professional boxing career.[10][11] Light won the fight by first-round knockout. The following month, Light took on another Fijian boxer Savenaca Naliva for the WBF International Cruiserweight title.[12] This is the first time in lights professional career that he fought for an international title.[13] Light won the fight by third round stoppage, winning his first international title.[14][15] In December 2018, Light took on Lance Bryant on a Joseph Parker undercard. Light won the fight by second round stoppage.[16]

In May 2019, Light took a major risk by taking on two time world title challenger Australian Mark Flanagan for the vacant WBO Oriental Cruiserweight title.[17] Light won the fight by Unanimous Decision.[18] After winning the fight, Light received the ranking of 14th in the WBO. Light went on to fight another Australian World title contender Trent Broadhurst.[19] Light won fight by third round stoppage with Broadhurst knocked down four times in the fight. The fight was surrounded by controversy for multiple reasons including Broadhurst coming into the fight with an ear injury and Light making the injury worse. One of the biggest controversy surrounding the fight was the judging on the fight. Before the stoppage, the judges did not recognize the knockdown that, giving incorrect scoring to the cards.[20] Light finished his 2019 with the ranking of 8th in WBO, 14th in IBF, 30th in the WBC and 38th on Boxrec.[21]

Unfotunately due to COVID-19 pandemic, majority of 2020 was inactive. In December 2020, Light took on Mose Auimatagi Jnr, defending his WBO Oriental Cruiserweight title.[22][23] Light won the fight by Unanimous Decision.[24] Light will return to the ring after recovering from an ACL injury in 2022.[25] Light would make is USA debut when he took on Anthony Martinez in May 2022, in Florida.[26] This will be the biggest title fight of his professional career so far for the WBO International Cruiserweight title. Light won the fight by first-round knockout.[27] Light took on Indian boxer Vikas Singh in October 2022 in his return to Australia. The fight was on a 19 fight card which was held on Lights promoter Matt Rose event.[28] Light won the fight by second-round knockout. In December 2022, Light would return to Florida to take on Brandon Glanton in a WBO World title eliminator.[29] Light defending his WBO International title and Glanton defending his WBO Global title.[30][31] Light won the fight by a close Split Decision with the world title shot expected to happen in March or April 2023.[32]

On December 5, 2022, the WBO ordered negotiations between WBO World Cruiserweight champion Lawrence Okolie promoter Eddie Hearn and Lights promoter Matt Rose to negotiated a mandatory world title fight between the two boxers. The two were given 20 days to negotiate.[33] On the 6th of December 2022, WBO announced that the World title fight will be going to the Purse bid on December 14 in Puerto Rico.[34] On the 13th of December, Okolie team requested a 7-day extension to continue their negotiations between them and Lights team. Lights team supported the extension and WBO accepted. WBO stated if an agreement does not reach, the purse bid would be held on 22 December in Puerto Rico.[35] It was revealed on 15 December that the world title fight would likely happen in the UK in March 2023.[36] On the 23rd of December, it was announced that both team have come to an agreement and will fight in the UK on March 11.[37] The fight will be promoted by Ben Shalom under UK Boxing promotion "Boxxer".[38] This is the same promoter for Joseph Parker.[39] Leading into the World title fight, he received a significant ranking increase in the world bodies including 1st with the WBO[40] and 5th in the IBF.[41] Light lost the fight by unanimous decision, but Light was praised for his toughness.[42] After the fight, Lights trainer Isaac Peach, blast the referee for allowing Lawrence Okolie to fowl multiple times throughout the fight.[43]