List of middleweight boxing champions
Historical
Table:
Reign	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	United States Tommy Ryan	World

1907-09-02	1908-09-07 – vacated	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

1913-03-5	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	Hawaii 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)

WBC[edit]

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	2016-05-18	Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin	WBC Interim

2014-06-07	2015-11-17-Stripped	Puerto Rico Miguel Cotto	WBC

2015-11-21	2016-05-18-Vacated	Mexico Saul Alvarez	WBC

2016-05-18	2018-09-15	Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin	WBC

2018-09-15	Present	Mexico Saul Alvarez	WBC

WBA[edit]

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	2017-03-18-Lost to Super Champion	United States Daniel Jacobs	WBA Regular Champion	IBF[edit]

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

2005-01-15	2005-06-04	United States Josh Ekrem	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

WBO[edit]

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	Cameroon 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	2018-10-11	United Kingdom Billy Joe Saunders	WBO

2018-10-20	Present	United States Demetrius Andrade	WBO

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