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List of world middleweight boxing champions

None

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

The International Boxing Union (IBU), formed in Paris in 1910. Changed name to European Boxing Union in 1946. It organised world title fights from 1913 to 1963 after which it was incorporated into the World Boxing Council (WBC).
The New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), formed in 1920. It organised world title bouts until the early 1970s when it became a member of World Boxing Council (WBC).
The National Boxing Association (NBA) formed in the United States in 1921.
Other bodies including the National Sporting Club in Great Britain and the California State Athletic Commission also awarded world titles. 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

The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA); it changed its name in 1961 and allowed membership from outside the United States.
The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963.
The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983.
The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988.

List of champions

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
1884-07-30	1891-01-14	USA Nonpareil Dempsey	World
1891-01-14	1894-09-26 – vacated	UK Bob Fitzsimmons	World
1896-03-02	1897-12-17 – vacated	USA Kid McCoy	World
1897-12-20	1907-05-28 – vacated	USA Tommy Ryan	World
1907-12-12	1908-09-07	USA Stanley Ketchel	World
1908-09-07	1908-11-26	USA Billy Papke	World
1908-11-26	1910-10-15 – died	USA Stanley Ketchel	World
1913-03-5	1913-10-11	USA Frank Klaus	World
1913-10-11	1914-04-07	USA George Chip	World
1914-04-07	1917-11-14	USA Al McCoy	World
1917-11-14	1920-05-06	USA Mike O'Dowd	World
1920-05-06	1923-08-31	USA Johnny Wilson	World
1923-08-31	1926-02-26	USA Harry Greb	World
1926-02-26	1926-12-03	USA Tiger Flowers	World
1926-12-03	1929-10-29 – vacated	USA Mickey Walker	World
1932-01-25	1932-06-11	USA Gorilla Jones	NBA
1932-06-11	1932-07-04	France Marcel Thil	NBA
1933-01-13	1933-08-09	USA Ben Jeby	NYSAC
1933-08-09	1933-10-30	CAN Lou Brouillard	NYSAC
1933-10-30	1934-09-11	USA Vince Dundee	World
1934-09-11	1935-09-19	USA Teddy Yarosz	World
1935-09-19	1936-07-11	USA Eddie Babe Risko	World
1936-07-11	1938-07-26	USA Freddie Steele	World
1938-07-26	1938-11-01	USA Al Hostak	NBA
1938-11-01	1939-06-27	USA Solly Krieger	NBA
1938-11-18	1939-10-02	USA Fred Apostoli	NYSAC
1939-06-27	1940-07-19	USA Al Hostak	NBA
1939-10-02	1940-05-23	Philippines Ceferino Garcia	NYSAC
1940-05-23	1941-05-09	USA Ken Overlin	NYSAC
1940-07-19	1947-07-16	USA Tony Zale	NBA
1941-05-09	1941-10-31	USA Billy Soose	NYSAC
1941-11-28	1947-07-16	USA Tony Zale	NYSAC
1947-07-16	1948-06-10	USA Rocky Graziano	NBA
1948-06-10	1948-09-21	USA Tony Zale	NBA
1948-09-21	1949-06-16	FRA Marcel Cerdan	NBA
1949-06-16	1951-02-14	USA Jake LaMotta	NBA
1950-07-12	1951-02-14	USA Jake LaMotta	NYSAC
1951-02-14	1951-07-10	USA Sugar Ray Robinson	World
1951-07-10	1951-09-12	GBR Randy Turpin	World
1951-09-12	1952-04-16 – vacated	USA Sugar Ray Robinson	World
1953-10-21	1955-12-09	Hawaii Bobo Olson	World
1955-12-09	1957-01-02	USA Sugar Ray Robinson	World
1957-01-02	1957-05-01	USA Gene Fullmer	World
1957-05-01	1957-09-23	USA Sugar Ray Robinson	World
1957-09-23	1958-03-25	USA Carmen Basilio	World
1958-03-25	1960-01-22	USA Sugar Ray Robinson	The Ring Magazine title
1959-08-28	1962-10-23	US Gene Fullmer	NBA
1960-01-22	1961-07-11	USA Paul Pender	The Ring Magazine title
1961-07-11	1962-04-07	GBR Terry Downes	The Ring Magazine title
1962-04-07	1962-04-07 – vacated	USA Paul Pender	The Ring Magazine title
1962-10-23	1963-12-07	Nigeria Dick Tiger	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1963-12-07	1965-10-21	USA 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	ARG Carlos Monzón	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1976-06-26	1977-08-29 – retired	ARG Carlos Monzón	Universal (WBA/WBC)
1980-09-27	1987-04-06 – title split	USA Marvin Hagler	Universal (WBA/WBC/IBF)
2004-09-18	2005-07-16 – title lost	USA Bernard Hopkins	Universal (WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO)
2005-07-16	2005-10-11 – title split	USA 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	USA 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	Great Britain Alan Minter	WBC
1980-09-27	1987-04-06	USA Marvelous Marvin Hagler	WBC
1987-04-06	1987-05-27-Vacated	USA Sugar Ray Leonard	WBC
1987-10-29	1988-06-06	USA Thomas Hearns	WBC
1988-06-06	1989-02-24	USA 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	USA Gerald McClellan	WBC
1995-03-17	1995-08-19	United States Virgin Islands Julian Jackson	WBC
1995-08-19	1996-03-16	USA Quincy Taylor	WBC
1996-03-16	1998-05-02	USA Keith Holmes	WBC
1998-05-02	1999-04-24	France Hacine Cherifi	WBC
1999-04-24	2001-04-14	USA Keith Holmes	WBC
2001-04-14	2005-07-16	USA Bernard Hopkins	WBC
2005-07-16	2007-09-29	USA Jermain Taylor	WBC
2007-09-29	2010-04-17	USA 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	MEX Julio César Chávez Jr.	WBC
2012-09-15	2014-06-07	ARG Sergio Martínez	WBC
2014-04-05	2014-10-18	MEX Marco Antonio Rubio	WBC Interim
2014-10-18	2016-05-18	KAZ Gennady Golovkin	WBC Interim
2014-06-07	2015-11-17-Stripped	PUR Miguel Cotto	WBC
2015-11-21	2016-05-18-Vacated	MEX Saul Alvarez	WBC
2016-05-18	2018-09-15	KAZ Gennady Golovkin	WBC
2018-04-21	2019-06-27	USA Jermall Charlo	WBC Interim
2018-09-15	2019-06-27-Elevated to 'Franchise' Champion	MEX Saul Alvarez	WBC
2019-06-27	2024-05-07	USA Jermall Charlo	WBC
2024-05-07	Present	DOM Carlos Adames	WBC
Title inaugurated
1962-10-23	1963-12-07	Nigeria Dick Tiger	WBA
1963-12-07	1965-10-21	USA 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	Great Britain Alan Minter	WBA
1980-09-27	1987-Stripped	USA 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	USA Reggie Johnson	WBA
1993-10-01	1994-08-Vacated	USA 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	USA William Joppy	WBA
1997-08-23	1998-01-31	Dominican Republic Julio César Green	WBA
1998-01-31	2001-05-12	USA William Joppy	WBA
2001-05-12	2001-09-29	PUR Félix Trinidad	WBA
2001-09-29	2005-07-16	USA Bernard Hopkins	WBA Super Champion
2001-11-17	2003-12-13-Lost to Super Champion	USA 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	USA 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	KAZ Gennady Golovkin	WBA Regular Champion/WBA
2012-09-01	2012-11-02-Stripped	AUS Daniel Geale	WBA Super Champion
2014-07-26	2018-09-15	KAZ Gennady Golovkin	WBA Super Champion
2014-08-09	2017-03-18-Lost to Super Champion	USA 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	JPN Ryota Murata	WBA Regular Champion
2018-10-20	2019-07-12	USA Rob Brant	WBA Regular Champion
2019-07-12	2021-01-01-Elevated to Super Champion	JPN Ryota Murata	WBA Regular Champion
2018-09-15	2021-01-01-Vacated	MEX Saul Alvarez	WBA Super Champion
2021-01-05	2022-04-09	JPN Ryota Murata	WBA Super Champion
2021-05-01	2023-03-09	CUB Erislandy Lara	WBA Regular Champion
2022-04-09	2023-03-09	KAZ Gennady Golovkin	WBA Super Champion
2023-03-09	Present	CUB Erislandy Lara	WBA
Title inaugurated
1983-05-27	1987-04-06-Stripped	USA Marvin Hagler	IBF
1987-10-10	1988-07-28	USA Frank Tate	IBF
1988-07-28	1991-05-10	USA Michael Nunn	IBF
1991-05-10	1993-02-13-Vacated	USA James Toney	IBF
1993-05-22	1994-11-18-Vacated	USA Roy Jones Jr.	IBF
1995-04-29	2005-07-16	USA Bernard Hopkins	IBF
2005-07-16	2005-10-11-Vacated	USA Jermain Taylor	IBF
2005-12-10	2009-07-12-Vacated	GER Arthur Abraham	IBF
2009-09-19	2011-05-07	GER Sebastian Sylvester	IBF
2011-05-07	2013-08-17	AUS Daniel Geale	IBF
2013-08-17	2013-12-07	GBR Darren Barker	IBF
2013-12-07	2014-05-31	GER Felix Sturm	IBF
2014-05-31	2014-10-08	AUS Sam Soliman	IBF
2014-10-08	2015-02-06-Stripped	USA Jermain Taylor	IBF
2015-06-20	2015-10-17	CAN David Lemieux	IBF
2015-10-17	2018-06-01-Stripped	KAZ Gennady Golovkin	IBF
2018-10-27	2019-05-04	USA Daniel Jacobs	IBF
2019-05-04	2019-08-01-Stripped	MEX Saul Alvarez	IBF
2019-10-05	2023-02-06-Vacated	KAZ Gennady Golovkin	IBF
2023-07-01	2023-10-14	GER Vincenzo Gualtieri	IBF
2023-10-14	Present	KAZ Janibek Alimkhanuly	IBF
Title inaugurated
1989-04-18	1990-04-29	USA Doug DeWitt	WBO
1990-04-29	1990-11-18	Great Britain Nigel Benn	WBO
1990-11-18	1991-06-22-Vacated	Great Britain Chris Eubank	WBO
1991-11-20	1992-Vacated	USA Gerald McClellan	WBO
1993-05-19	1994-05-11	Great Britain Chris Pyatt	WBO
1994-05-11	1995-03-Vacated	Ireland Steve Collins	WBO
1995-05-19	1997-06-28-Vacated	USA 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	Great Britain 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	USA Oscar De La Hoya	WBO
2004-09-18	2005-07-16	USA Bernard Hopkins	WBO
2005-07-16	2007-09-29	USA Jermain Taylor	WBO
2007-09-29	2010-04-17	USA Kelly Pavlik	WBO
2010-04-17	2010-06-01-Stripped	ARG Sergio Martínez	WBO
2010-07-31	2012-08-25-Stripped	RUS Dmitry Pirog	WBO
2012-08-25	2012-10-20	CMR Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam	WBO
2012-10-20	2014-09-04-Vacated	USA Peter Quillin	WBO
2014-12-13	2015-12-19	Ireland Andy Lee	WBO
2015-12-19	2018-10-11	Great Britain Billy Joe Saunders	WBO
2018-10-20	2022-08-30 Vacated	USA Demetrius Andrade	WBO
2022-05-21	2022-08-30-Elevated	KAZ Janibek Alimkhanuly	WBO Interim
2022-08-30	Present	KAZ Janibek Alimkhanuly	WBO

References

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

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