List of WBC world champions
Super middleweight

List of WBC world champions

Section Title: Super middleweight
Table Section Text: None

Name	Reign period	No. of successful defenses	Days

United States Sugar Ray Leonard	November 7, 1988 – December 15, 1990 (retired)	2	768

Italy Mauro Galvano def. Dario Matteoni	December 15, 1990 – October 3, 1992	2	658

United Kingdom Nigel Benn	October 3, 1992 – March 2, 1996	9	1246

South Africa Thulani Malinga	March 2, 1996 – July 6, 1996	0	126

Italy Vincenzo Nardiello	July 6, 1996 – October 12, 1996	0	98

United Kingdom Robin Reid	October 12, 1996 – December 19, 1997	3	433

South Africa Thulani Malinga	December 19, 1997 – March 27, 1998	0	433

United Kingdom Richie Woodhall	March 27, 1998 – October 23, 1999	2	575

Germany Markus Beyer	October 23, 1999 – May 6, 2000	1	196

United Kingdom Glenn Catley	May 6, 2000 – September 1, 2000	0	118

South Africa Dingaan Thobela	September 1, 2000 – December 15, 2000	0	105

Canada Dave Hilton, Jr.	December 15, 2000 – May 2001 (stripped)	0	167

Canada Éric Lucas def. Glenn Catley	June 10, 2001 – April 5, 2003	3	664

Germany Markus Beyer	April 5, 2003 – June 5, 2004	2	427

Italy Cristian Sanavia	June 5, 2004 – October 9, 2004	0	126

Germany Markus Beyer	October 9, 2004 – October 14, 2006	5	735

Denmark Mikkel Kessler	October 14, 2006 – November 3, 2007	1	385

United Kingdom Joe Calzaghe	November 3, 2007 – June 28, 2008 (vacated)	0	238

United Kingdom Carl Froch def. Jean Pascal	December 6, 2008 – April 24, 2010	2	504

Denmark Mikkel Kessler	April 25, 2010 – November 2010 (vacated)	0	219

United Kingdom Carl Froch def. Arthur Abraham	November 27, 2010 – December 17, 2011	1	385

United States Andre Ward	December 17, 2011 – May 20, 2013 (stripped)	1	520

Australia Sakio Bika	June 22, 2013 – August 16, 2014	1	420

United States Anthony Dirrell	August 16, 2014 – April 24, 2015	0	251

Sweden Badou Jack	April 24, 2015 – January 18, 2017 (vacated)	3	645

United States David Benavidez def. Ronald Gavril	September 8, 2017 - October 3, 2018 (stripped)	1	390

United States Anthony Dirrell def. Avni Yildirim	February 23, 2019 - Present	0	66

Sentence(s)

David Benavidez held the WBC super middleweight title from September 8, 2017 to October 3, 2018.

final_sentence: David Benavidez held the WBC super middleweight title from September 8, 2017 to October 3, 2018.