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List of world middleweight boxing champions

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Championship recognition

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1884–1910

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Champions were recognized by public acclamation. A champion in that era was a fighter who had a notable win over another fighter and kept winning afterward. Retirements or disputed results could lead to a championship being split among several men for periods of time.

1910–1961

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Championship awarding organizations

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An Australian version of the world title which existed briefly between 1914 and 1916 gained considerable credibility because its holder, Les Darcy, was widely believed to be best boxer in the world in this division.

1961–present

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Championship awarding organizations

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List of champions

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Reign Begun Reign Ended Champion Recognition
1884-07-30 1891-01-14 United States  Nonpareil Dempsey World
1891-01-14 1894-09-26 – vacated United Kingdom  Bob Fitzsimmons World
1896-03-02 1897-12-17 – vacated United States  Kid McCoy World
1897-12-20 1907-05-28 – vacated United States  Tommy Ryan World
1907-12-12 1908-09-07 United States  Stanley Ketchel World
1908-09-07 1908-11-26 United States  Billy Papke World
1908-11-26 1910-10-15 – died United States  Stanley Ketchel World
1913-03-5 1913-10-11 United States  Frank Klaus World
1913-10-11 1914-04-07 United States  George Chip World
1914-04-07 1917-11-14 United States  Al McCoy World
1917-11-14 1920-05-06 United States  Mike O'Dowd World
1920-05-06 1923-08-31 United States  Johnny Wilson World
1923-08-31 1926-02-26 United States  Harry Greb World
1926-02-26 1926-12-03 United States  Tiger Flowers World
1926-12-03 1929-10-29 – vacated United States  Mickey Walker World
1932-01-25 1932-06-11 United States  Gorilla Jones NBA
1932-06-11 1932-07-04 France  Marcel Thil NBA
1933-01-13 1933-08-09 United States  Ben Jeby NYSAC
1933-08-09 1933-10-30 Canada  Lou Brouillard NYSAC
1933-10-30 1934-09-11 United States  Vince Dundee World
1934-09-11 1935-09-19 United States  Teddy Yarosz World
1935-09-19 1936-07-11 United States  Eddie Babe Risko World
1936-07-11 1938-07-26 United States  Freddie Steele World
1938-07-26 1938-11-01 United States  Al Hostak NBA
1938-11-01 1939-06-27 United States  Solly Krieger NBA
1938-11-18 1939-10-02 United States  Fred Apostoli NYSAC
1939-06-27 1940-07-19 United States  Al Hostak NBA
1939-10-02 1940-05-23 Philippines  Ceferino Garcia NYSAC
1940-05-23 1941-05-09 United States  Ken Overlin NYSAC
1940-07-19 1947-07-16 United States  Tony Zale NBA
1941-05-09 1941-10-31[1] United States  Billy Soose NYSAC
1941-11-28 1947-07-16 United States  Tony Zale NYSAC
1947-07-16 1948-06-10 United States  Rocky Graziano NBA
1948-06-10 1948-09-21 United States  Tony Zale NBA
1948-09-21 1949-06-16 France  Marcel Cerdan NBA
1949-06-16 1951-02-14 United States  Jake LaMotta NBA
1950-07-12 1951-02-14 United States  Jake LaMotta NYSAC
1951-02-14 1951-07-10 United States  Sugar Ray Robinson World
1951-07-10 1951-09-12 United Kingdom  Randy Turpin World
1951-09-12 1952-04-16 – vacated United States  Sugar Ray Robinson World
1953-10-21 1955-12-09 Hawaii  Bobo Olson World
1955-12-09 1957-01-02 United States  Sugar Ray Robinson World
1957-01-02 1957-05-01 United States  Gene Fullmer World
1957-05-01 1957-09-23 United States  Sugar Ray Robinson World
1957-09-23 1958-03-25 United States  Carmen Basilio World
1958-03-25 1960-01-22 United States  Sugar Ray Robinson The Ring Magazine title
1959-08-28 1962-10-23 United States  Gene Fullmer NBA
1960-01-22 1961-07-11 United States  Paul Pender The Ring Magazine title
1961-07-11 1962-04-07 United Kingdom  Terry Downes The Ring Magazine title
1962-04-07 1962-04-07 – vacated United States  Paul Pender The Ring Magazine title
1962-10-23 1963-12-07 Nigeria  Dick Tiger Universal (WBA/WBC)
1963-12-07 1965-10-21 United States  Joey Giardello Universal (WBA/WBC)
1965-10-21 1966-04-25 Nigeria  Dick Tiger Universal (WBA/WBC)
1966-04-25 1967-04-17 United States Virgin Islands  Emile Griffith Universal (WBA/WBC)
1967-04-17 1967-09-29 Italy  Nino Benvenuti Universal (WBA/WBC)
1967-09-29 1968-03-04 United States Virgin Islands  Emile Griffith Universal (WBA/WBC)
1968-03-04 1970-11-07 Italy  Nino Benvenuti Universal (WBA/WBC)
1970-11-07 1974-02-09 – title split Argentina  Carlos Monzón Universal (WBA/WBC)
1976-06-26 1977-08-29 – retired Argentina  Carlos Monzón Universal (WBA/WBC)
1980-09-27 1987-04-06 – title split United States  Marvin Hagler Universal (WBA/WBC/IBF)
2004-09-18 2005-07-16 – title lost United States  Bernard Hopkins Universal (WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO)
2005-03-19 Until Today – title lost United States  Rodrigo Martins Universal (WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO)
Title inaugurated
1963-08-10 1963-12-07 Nigeria  Dick Tiger WBC
1963-12-07 1965-10-21 United States  Joey Giardello WBC
1965-10-21 1966-04-25 Nigeria  Dick Tiger WBC
1966-04-25 1967-04-17 United States Virgin Islands  Emile Griffith WBC
1967-04-17 1967-09-29 Italy  Nino Benvenuti WBC
1967-09-29 1968-03-04 United States Virgin Islands  Emile Griffith WBC
1968-03-04 1970-11-07 Italy  Nino Benvenuti WBC
1970-11-07 1974-02-09-Stripped Argentina  Carlos Monzon WBC
1974-05-25 1976-06-26 Colombia  Rodrigo Valdez WBC
1976-06-26 1977-08-29-Retired Argentina  Carlos Monzón WBC
1977-11-05 1978-04-22 Colombia  Rodrigo Valdez WBC
1978-04-22 1979-06-30 Argentina  Hugo Pastor Corro WBC
1979-06-30 1980-03-16 Italy  Vito Antuofermo WBC
1980-03-16 1980-09-27 United Kingdom  Alan Minter WBC
1980-09-27 1987-04-06 United States  Marvelous Marvin Hagler WBC
1987-04-06 1987-05-27-Vacated United States  Sugar Ray Leonard WBC
1987-10-29 1988-06-06 United States  Thomas Hearns WBC
1988-06-06 1989-02-24 United States  Iran Barkley WBC
1989-02-24 1989-12-07-Vacated Panama  Roberto Durán WBC
1990-11-24 1993-05-08 United States Virgin Islands  Julian Jackson WBC
1993-05-08 1994-05-07-Vacated United States  Gerald McClellan WBC
1995-03-17 1995-08-19 United States Virgin Islands  Julian Jackson WBC
1995-08-19 1996-03-16 United States  Quincy Taylor WBC
1996-03-16 1998-05-02 United States  Keith Holmes WBC
1998-05-02 1999-04-24 France  Hacine Cherifi WBC
1999-04-24 2001-04-14 United States  Keith Holmes WBC
2001-04-14 2005-07-16 United States  Bernard Hopkins WBC
2005-07-16 2007-09-29 United States  Jermain Taylor WBC
2007-09-29 2010-04-17 United States  Kelly Pavlik WBC
2010-04-17 2011-01-17-Stripped Argentina  Sergio Martínez WBC
2011-01-17 2011-06-04 Germany  Sebastian Zbik WBC interim
2011-06-04 2012-09-15 Mexico  Julio César Chávez Jr. WBC
2012-09-15 2014-06-07 Argentina  Sergio Martínez WBC
2014-04-05 2014-10-18 Mexico  Marco Antonio Rubio WBC Interim
2014-10-18 2016-05-18 Kazakhstan  Gennady Golovkin WBC Interim
2014-06-07 2015-11-17-Stripped Puerto Rico  Miguel Cotto WBC
2015-11-21 2016-05-18-Vacated Mexico  Saul Alvarez WBC
2016-05-18 2018-09-15 Kazakhstan  Gennady Golovkin WBC
2018-04-21 2019-06-27 United States  Jermall Charlo WBC Interim
2018-09-15 2019-06-27-Elevated to 'Franchise' Champion Mexico  Saul Alvarez WBC
2019-06-27 Present United States  Jermall Charlo WBC
Title inaugurated
1962-10-23 1963-12-07 Nigeria  Dick Tiger WBA
1963-12-07 1965-10-21 United States  Joey Giardello WBA
1965-10-21 1966-04-25 Nigeria  Dick Tiger WBA
1966-04-25 1967-04-17 United States Virgin Islands  Emile Griffith WBA
1967-04-17 1967-09-29 Italy  Nino Benvenuti WBA
1967-04-17 1968-03-04 United States Virgin Islands  Emile Griffith WBA
1968-03-04 1970-11-04 Italy  Nino Benvenuti WBA
1970-11-07 1977-08-29-Retired Argentina  Carlos Monzon WBA
1977-11-05 1978-04-22 Colombia  Rodrigo Valdez WBA
1978-04-22 1979-06-30 Argentina  Hugo Pastor Corro WBA
1979-06-30 1980-03-16 Italy  Vito Antuofermo WBA
1980-03-16 1980-09-27 United Kingdom  Alan Minter WBA
1980-09-27 1987-Stripped United States  Marvin Hagler WBA
1987-10-23 1989-Stripped Italy  Sumbu Kalambay WBA
1989-05-10 1991-04-01-Vacated Jamaica  Mike McCallum WBA
1992-04-22 1993-10-01 United States  Reggie Johnson WBA
1993-10-01 1994-08-Vacated United States  John David Jackson WBA
1994-08-12 1995-12-19 Argentina  Jorge Fernando Castro WBA
1995-12-19 1996-06-24 Japan  Shinji Takehara WBA
1996-06-24 1997-08-23 United States  William Joppy WBA
1997-08-23 1998-01-31 Dominican Republic  Julio César Green WBA
1998-01-31 2001-05-12 United States  William Joppy WBA
2001-05-12 2001-09-29 Puerto Rico  Félix Trinidad WBA
2001-09-29 2005-07-16 United States  Bernard Hopkins WBA Super Champion
2001-11-17 2003-12-13-Lost to Super Champion United States  William Joppy WBA Regular Champion
2004-05-01 2006-03-11 New Zealand  Maselino Masoe WBA Regular Champion
2005-07-16 2006-12-14-Stripped United States  Jermain Taylor WBA Super Champion
2006-03-11 2006-07-15 Germany  Felix Sturm WBA Regular Champion
2006-07-15 2007-04-28 Spain  Javier Castillejo WBA Regular Champion
2007-04-28 2012-09-01 Germany  Felix Sturm WBA Super Champion
2010-10-14 2014-07-26 Kazakhstan  Gennady Golovkin WBA Regular Champion
2012-09-01 2012-11-02-Stripped Australia  Daniel Geale WBA Super Champion
2014-07-26 2018-09-15 Kazakhstan  Gennady Golovkin WBA Super Champion
2014-08-09 2017-03-18-Lost to Super Champion United States  Daniel Jacobs WBA Regular Champion
2017-05-20 2017-10-22 Cameroon  Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam WBA Regular Champion
2017-10-22 2018-10-20 Japan  Ryota Murata WBA Regular Champion
2018-10-20 2019-07-12 United States  Rob Brant WBA Regular Champion
2019-07-12 2021-01-01 Elevated to Super Champion Japan  Ryota Murata WBA Regular Champion
2018-09-15 2021-01-01-Vacated Mexico  Saul Alvarez WBA Super Champion
2021-01-05 2022-04-09 Japan  Ryota Murata WBA Super Champion
2021-05-01 Present Cuba  Erislandy Lara WBA Regular Champion
2022-04-09 Present Kazakhstan  Gennady Golovkin WBA Super Champion
Title inaugurated
1983-05-27 1987-04-06-Stripped United States  Marvin Hagler IBF
1987-10-10 1988-07-28 United States  Frank Tate IBF
1988-07-28 1991-05-10 United States  Michael Nunn IBF
1991-05-10 1993-02-13-Vacated United States  James Toney IBF
1993-05-22 1994-11-18-Vacated United States  Roy Jones Jr. IBF
1995-04-29 2005-07-16 United States  Bernard Hopkins IBF
2005-07-16 2005-10-11-Vacated United States  Jermain Taylor IBF
2005-12-10 2009-07-12-Vacated Germany  Arthur Abraham IBF
2009-09-19 2011-05-07 Germany  Sebastian Sylvester IBF
2011-05-07 2013-08-17 Australia  Daniel Geale IBF
2013-08-17 2013-12-07 United Kingdom  Darren Barker IBF
2013-12-07 2014-05-31 Germany  Felix Sturm IBF
2014-05-31 2014-10-08 Australia  Sam Soliman IBF
2014-10-08 2015-02-06-Stripped United States  Jermain Taylor IBF
2015-06-20 2015-10-17 Canada  David Lemieux IBF
2015-10-17 2018-06-01-Stripped Kazakhstan  Gennady Golovkin IBF
2018-10-27 2019-05-04 United States  Daniel Jacobs IBF
2019-05-04 2019-08-01-Stripped Mexico  Saul Alvarez IBF
2019-10-05 Present Kazakhstan  Gennady Golovkin IBF
Title inaugurated
1989-04-18 1990-04-29 United States  Doug DeWitt WBO
1990-04-29 1990-11-18 United Kingdom  Nigel Benn WBO
1990-11-18 1991-06-22-Vacated United Kingdom  Chris Eubank WBO
1991-11-20 1992-Vacated United States  Gerald McClellan WBO
1993-05-19 1994-05-11 United Kingdom  Chris Pyatt WBO
1994-05-11 1995-03-Vacated Republic of Ireland  Steve Collins WBO
1995-05-19 1997-06-28-Vacated United States  Lonnie Bradley WBO
1997-12-13 1998-05-12-Vacated Canada  Otis Grant WBO
1999-01-30 1999-11-Stripped Germany  Bert Schenk WBO
1999-11 1999-11-27 United Kingdom  Jason Matthews WBO
1999-11-27 2002-04-06 Sweden  Armand Krajnc WBO
2002-04-06 2003-Retired Namibia  Harry Simon WBO
2003-05-10 2003-09-13 Argentina  Hector Javier Velazco WBO
2003-09-13 2004-06-05 Germany  Felix Sturm WBO
2004-06-05 2004-09-18 United States  Oscar De La Hoya WBO
2004-09-18 2005-07-16 United States  Bernard Hopkins WBO
2005-07-16 2007-09-29 United States  Jermain Taylor WBO
2007-09-29 2010-04-17 United States  Kelly Pavlik WBO
2010-04-17 2010-06-01-Stripped Argentina  Sergio Martínez WBO
2010-07-31 2012-08-25-Stripped Russia  Dmitry Pirog WBO
2012-08-25 2012-10-20 Cameroon  Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam WBO
2012-10-20 2014-09-04-Vacated United States  Peter Quillin WBO
2014-12-13 2015-12-19 Republic of Ireland  Andy Lee WBO
2015-12-19 2018-10-11 United Kingdom  Billy Joe Saunders WBO
2018-10-20 2022-08-30 Vacated United States  Demetrius Andrade WBO
2022-05-21 2022-08-30 Elevated Kazakhstan  Janibek Alimkhanuly WBO Interim
2022-08-30 Present Kazakhstan  Janibek Alimkhanuly WBO

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Mark Allen Baker, "Between the Ropes at Madison Square Garden: The History of an Iconic Boxing Ring, 1925-2007", McFarland, 2019, pp.81