List of middleweight boxing champions

Championship recognition

1884–1910

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

Championship awarding organizations

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

Championship awarding organizations

Historical

Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition
1884-07-30 1891-01-14 Republic of Ireland Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey World
1891-01-14 1894-09-26 vacated United Kingdom Bob Fitzsimmons World
1896-12-26 1897-12-17 vacated United States Kid McCoy World
1898-10-24 1907-05-28 vacated Canada Tommy Ryan World
1907-09-02 1908-09-07 United States Stanley Ketchel World
1908-09-07 1908-11-26 United States Billy Papke World
1908-11-26 1910-06-10 vacated United States Stanley Ketchel World
1912-02-22 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
1933-10-30 1933-10-30 Canada Lou Brouillard World
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
1937? 1939? United States Fred Apostoli World
1938-11-01 1939-06-27 United States Solly Krieger World
1939-06-27 1940-07-19 United States Al Hostak World
1939-10-02 1940-05-23 Philippines Ceferino Garcia World
1940-05-23 1941-05-09 United States Ken Overlin World
1941-05-09 1941 United States Billy Soose World
1940-07-19 1947-07-16 United States Tony Zale NBA
1947-07-16 1948-06-10 United States Rocky Graziano World
1948-06-10 1948-09-21 United States Tony Zale World
1948-09-21 1949-06-16 France Marcel Cerdan World
1949-06-16 1951-02-14 United States Jake LaMotta World
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 United States 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 World
1960-01-22 1961-07-11 United States Paul Pender World
1961-07-11 1962-04-07 United Kingdom Terry Downes World
1962-04-07 1962-04-07 vacated United States Paul Pender World
1962-08-10 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)
2005-07-16 2005-10-11 title split United States Jermain Taylor 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 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
2011-06-04 2012-09-15 Mexico Julio Cesar Chavez, 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 Present Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin WBC Interim
2014-06-07 2015-11-17-Stripped Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto WBC
2015-11-21 Present Mexico Saul Alvarez 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 Present Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin WBA Super Champion
2012-09-01 2012-11-02-Stripped Australia Daniel Geale WBA Super Champion
2014-08-09 Present United States Daniel Jacobs WBA Regular Champion
2015-02-28 2015-10-25-Stripped United Kingdom Chris Eubank, Jr. WBA Interim Champion
2015-10-10 Present Venezuela Alfonso Blanco WBA Interim 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 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 Gabriel Martínez WBO
2010-07-31 2012-08-25-Stripped Russia Dmitry Pirog WBO
2012-08-25 2012-10-20 France 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 Present United Kingdom Billy Joe Saunders WBO

See also

References

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