List of super middleweight boxing champions

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This is a chronological List of World Super Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
IBF
Title inaugurated
1987-12-06	1988-03-11-Vacated	Chong-Pal Park	IBF
1988-03-11	1990-01-27-Vacated	Graciano Rocchigiani	IBF
1990-01-27	1991-05-18	Lindell Holmes	IBF
1991-05-18	1992-01-10	Darrin Van Horn	IBF
1992-01-10	1993-02-13	Iran Barkley	IBF
1993-02-13	1994-11-18	James Toney	IBF
1994-11-18	1996-10-04	Roy Jones Jr	IBF
1997-06-21	1998-10-24	Charles Brewer	IBF
1998-10-24	2004-03-27 - Retired	Sven Ottke	IBF
2004-10-02	2006-03-04	Jeff Lacy	IBF
2006-03-04	2006-11-27 - Stripped	Joe Calzaghe	IBF
2007-03-03	current	Alejandro Berrio	IBF
WBC
Title inaugurated
1988-11-07	1990-12-15-Vacated	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBC
1990-12-15	1992-10-03	Mauro Galvano	WBC
1992-10-03	1996-03-02	Nigel Benn	WBC
1996-03-02	1996-07-06	Thulani Malinga	WBC
1996-07-06	1996-10-12	Vincenzo Nardiello	WBC
1996-10-12	1997-12-19	Robin Reid	WBC
1997-12-19	1998-03-27	Thulani Malinga	WBC
1998-03-27	1999-10-23	Richie Woodhall	WBC
1999-10-23	2000-05-06	Markus Beyer	WBC
2000-05-06	2000-09-01	Glenn Catley	WBC
2000-09-01	2000-12-15	Dingaan Thobela	WBC
2000-12-15	Relinquished	Dave Hilton	WBC
2001-07-10	2003-04-05	Eric Lucas	WBC
2003-04-05	2004-06-05	Markus Beyer	WBC
2004-06-05	2004-10-09	Cristian Sanavia	WBC
2004-10-09	2006-10-14	Markus Beyer	WBC
2006-10-14	current	Mikkel Kessler	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1987-12-06	1988-05-23	Chong Pal Park	WBA
1988-05-23	1989-05-28	Fulgencio Obelmejias	WBA
1989-05-28	1990-03-30	In Chul Baek	WBA
1990-03-30	1991-04-05	Christophe Tiozzo	WBA
1991-04-05	1992-09-12	Victor Cordoba	WBA
1992-09-12	1994-02-26	Michael Nunn	WBA
1994-02-26	1994-08-12	Steve Little	WBA
1994-08-12	1999-06-12	Frankie Liles	WBA
1999-06-12	2000-04-08	Byron Mitchell	WBA
2000-04-08	2000-09-16-Vacated	Bruno Girard	WBA
2001-03-03	2003-03-15	Byron Mitchell	WBA
2003-03-15	2004-03-27 - Retired	Sven Ottke	WBA
2003-09-03	2004-05-05	Anthony Mundine	WBA
2004-05-05	2004-11-12	Manny Siaca	WBA
2004-11-12	current	Mikkel Kessler	WBA
WBO
Title inaugurated
1988-11-04	1990-04-28-Vacated	Thomas Hearns	WBO
1990-11-18	1995-03-18	Chris Eubank	WBO
1995-03-18	1997-07-05 - Retired	Steve Collins	WBO
1997-10-11	current	Joe Calzaghe	WBO

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Champions by weight class:	Heavyweight | Cruiserweight | Light heavyweight | Super middleweight | Middleweight | Super welterweight | Welterweight | Super lightweight | Lightweight | Super featherweight | Featherweight | Super bantamweight | Bantamweight | Super flyweight | Flyweight | Light flyweight | Strawweight
Champions by organization:	WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | The Ring | Undisputed
Terms:	Interim championship | Undisputed championship