List of middleweight boxing champions

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

Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition

Contents

[edit] World

1890-02-18 1891-01-14 Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey World
1891-01-14 1894-09-26-Vacated Bob Fitzsimmons World
1896-12-26 1897-12-17-Vacated Charles Kid McCoy World
1898-10-24 1907-05-28-Vacated Tommy Ryan World
1907-09-02 1908-09-07 Stanley Ketchel World
1908-09-07 1908-11-26 Billy Papke World
1908-11-26 1910-06-10-Vacated Stanley Ketchel World
1912-02-22 1913-10-11 Frank Klaus World
1913-10-11 1914-04-07 George Chip World
1914-04-07 1917-11-14 Al McCoy World
1917-11-14 1920-05-06 Mike O'Dowd World
1920-05-06 1923-08-31 Johnny Wilson World
1923-08-31 1926-02-26 Harry Greb World
1926-02-26 1926-12-03 Tiger Flowers World
1926-12-03 1929-10-29-Vacated Mickey Walker World
1932-01-25 1932-06-11 Gorilla Jones NBA
1932-06-11 1932-07-04 Marcel Thil NBA
1933-10-30 1933-10-30 Lou Brouillard World
1933-10-30 1934-09-11 Vince Dundee World
1934-09-11 1935-09-19 Teddy Yarosz World
1935-09-19 1936-07-11 Eddie Babe Risko World
1936-07-11 1938-07-26 Freddie Steele World
1936-07-11 1938-07-26 Freddie Steele World
1937? 1939? Fred Apostoli World
1938-11-01 1939-06-27 Solly Krieger World
1939-06-27 1940-07-19 Al Hostak World
1939? 1940? Ceferino Garcia World
1940? 1941? Billy Soose World
1940-07-19 1947-07-16 Tony Zale NBA
1947-07-16 1948-06-10 Rocky Graziano World
1948-06-10 1948-09-21 Tony Zale World
1948-09-21 1949-06-16 Marcel Cerdan World
1949-06-16 1951-02-14 Jake LaMotta World
1951-02-14 1951-07-10 Sugar Ray Robinson World
1951-07-10 1951-09-12 Randy Turpin World
1951-09-12 1952-04-16-Retired Sugar Ray Robinson World
1953-10-21 1955-12-09 Carl (Bobo) Olson World
1955-12-09 1957-01-02 Sugar Ray Robinson World
1957-01-02 1957-05-01 Gene Fullmer World
1957-05-01 1957-09-23 Sugar Ray Robinson World
1957-09-23 1958-03-25 Carmen Basilio World
1958-03-25 1960-01-22 Sugar Ray Robinson World
1960-01-22 1961-07-11 Paul Pender World
1961-07-11 1962-04-07 Terry Downes World
1962-04-07 1962-04-07-Retired Paul Pender World
1962-10-23 1963-12-07 Dick Tiger WBA/WBC
1963-12-07 1965-10-21 Joey Giardello WBA/WBC
1965-10-21 1966-04-25 Dick Tiger WBA/WBC
1966-04-25 1967-04-17 Emile Griffith WBA/WBC
1967-04-17 1967-09-29 Nino Benvenuti WBA/WBC
1967-09-29 1968-03-04 Emile Griffith WBA/WBC
1968-03-04 1970-11-07 Nino Benvenuti WBA/WBC
1970-11-07 1974-02-09 Carlos Monzon WBA/WBC
Title Split into WBA and WBC Belts

[edit] WBC

Title inaugurated
1974-05-25 1976-06-26 Rodrigo Valdez WBC
1976-06-26 1977-07-30-Vacated Carlos Monzon WBC
1977-11-05 1978-04-22 Rodrigo Valdez WBC
1978-04-22 1979-06-30 Hugo Pastor Corro WBC
1979-06-30 1980-03-16 Vito Antuofermo WBC
1980-03-16 1980-09-27 Alan Minter WBC
1980-09-27 1987-04-06 Marvin Hagler WBC
1987-04-06 1987-04-06-Retired Sugar Ray Leonard WBC
1987-10-29 1988-06-06 Thomas Hearns WBC
1988-06-06 1989-02-24 Iran Barkley WBC
1989-02-24 1990-11-24 Roberto Duran WBC
1990-11-24 1993-05-08 Julian Jackson WBC
1993-05-08 1994-05-07-Vacated Gerald McClellan WBC
1995-03-17 1995-08-19 Julian Jackson WBC
1995-08-19 1996-03-16 Quincy Taylor WBC
1996-03-16 1998-05-02 Keith Holmes WBC
1998-05-02 1999-04-24 Hacine Cherifi WBC
1999-04-24 2001-04-14 Keith Holmes WBC
2001-04-14 2005-07-16 Bernard Hopkins WBC
2005-07-16 2007-09-29 Jermain Taylor WBC
2007-09-29 current Kelly Pavlik WBC

[edit] WBA

Title inaugurated
1974 1977-07-30-Vacated Carlos Monzon WBA
1977-11-05 1978-04-22 Rodrigo Valdez WBA
1978-04-22 1979-06-30 Hugo Pastor Corro WBA
1979-06-30 1979-11-30-Vacated Vito Antuofermo WBA
1980-09-27 1986-03-10-Stripped Marvin Hagler WBA
1980-09-27 1986-03-10-Stripped Marvin Hagler WBA
1987-10-23 1988-11-08-Vacated Sumbu Kalambay WBA
1989-05-10 1991-04-01-Vacated Mike McCallum WBA
1992-04-22 1993-10-01 Reggie Johnson WBA
1993-10-01 1994-08-12 John David Jackson WBA
1994-08-12 1995-12-19 Jorge Fernando Castro WBA
1995-12-19 1996-06-24 Shinji Takehara WBA
1996-06-24 1997-08-23 William Joppy WBA
1997-08-23 1998-01-31 Julio César Green WBA
1998-01-31 2001-05-12 William Joppy WBA
2001-05-12 2001-09-29 Felix Trinidad WBA
2001-09-29 2005-07-16 Bernard Hopkins WBA Super Champion
2005-07-16 Vacated Jermain Taylor WBA Super Champion
2004-05-01 2006-03-11 Maselino Masoe WBA
2006-03-11 2006-07-15 Felix Sturm WBA
2006-07-15 2006-12-02 Javier Castillejo WBA
2006-12-02 2007-02-23-Stripped Mariano Natalio Carrera WBA
2007-02-23 2007-04-28 Javier Castillejo WBA
2007-04-28 current Felix Sturm WBA

[edit] IBF

Title inaugurated
1983-05-27 1986-03-10-Stripped Marvin Hagler IBF
1987-10-10 1988-07-28 Frank Tate IBF
1988-07-28 1991-05-10 Michael Nunn IBF
1991-05-10 1992-08-29-Vacated James Toney IBF
1993-05-22 1994-05-27-Vacated Roy Jones Jr IBF
1994-12-17 2005-07-16 Bernard Hopkins IBF
2005-07-16 Vacated Jermain Taylor IBF
2005-12-10 current Arthur Abraham IBF

[edit] WBO

Title inaugurated
1989-04-18 1990-04-29 Doug DeWitt WBO
1990-04-29 1990-11-18 Nigel Benn WBO
1990-11-18 1991-06-22-Vacated Chris Eubank WBO
1991-11-20 1991-11-20-Vacated Gerald McClellan WBO
1993-05-19 1994-05-11 Chris Pyatt WBO
1994-05-11 Vacated Steve Collins WBO
1995-05-19 1997-06-28-Vacated Lonnie Bradley WBO
1997-12-13 1998-05-12-Vacated Otis Grant WBO
1999-01-30 1999-05-22-Stripped Bert Schenk WBO
1999-07-17 1999-11-27 Jason Matthews WBO
1999-11-27 2002-04-06 Armand Krajnc WBO
2002-04-06 Vacated Harry Simon WBO
2003-05-10 2003-09-13 Hector Javier Velazco WBO
2003-09-13 2004-06-05 Felix Sturm WBO
2004-06-05 2004-09-18 Oscar de la Hoya WBO
2004-09-18 2005-07-16 Bernard Hopkins WBO
2005-07-16 2007-09-29 Jermain Taylor WBO
2007-09-29 current Kelly Pavlik WBO
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