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Historical
[edit]| Reign Began | Reign Ended | Champion | Nationality | Recognition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1878-03-12 | 1880-12-17 | Denny Harrington |  Ireland
|
World |
| Although billed for the World middleweight title Harrington's victories came at 154lbs rather than 160lbs which later became established as the weight limit for middleweight. | ||||
| 1880-12-17 | 1883-??-?? | William Sherriff |  Great Britain
|
World |
| Although billed for the World middleweight title Sheriff's victory came at 154lbs rather than 160lbs which later became established as the weight limit for middleweight. | ||||
| 1884-07-30 | 1891-01-14 | Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey | Ireland
|
World |
| 1891-01-14 | 1894-09-26 – vacated | Bob Fitzsimmons | Great Britain
|
World |
| Fitzsimmons relinquished the title to fight as a heavyweight. | ||||
| 1896-12-26 | 1897-12-17 – vacated | Kid McCoy |  USA
|
World |
| McCoy relinquished the title to fight as a heavyweight. | ||||
| 1898-10-24 | 1907-05-28 – vacated | Tommy Ryan | USA
|
World |
| Ryan retired. | ||||
| 1907-09-02 | 1908-09-07 | Stanley Ketchel | USA
|
World |
| 1908-09-07 | 1908-11-26 | Billy Papke | USA
|
World |
| 1908-11-26 | 1910-06-10 – vacated | Stanley Ketchel | USA
|
World |
| Ketchel was murdered whilst still champion. | ||||
| 1911-06-08 | 1913-11-26 | Billy Papke | USA
|
IBU |
| Papke lost a decision to Frank Mantell on February 22 1912 in a bout which was scheduled as a title defence. However since Papke was over the middleweight limit for the bout he still claimed the championship afterwards. Mantell also claimed he was world champion but his claim petered out after a series of defeats in non-title fights in early 1913. | ||||
| 1913-03-05 | 1913-10-11 | Frank Klaus | USA
|
IBU |
| 1913-10-11 | 1914-04-07 | George Chip | USA
|
World |
| From 1914 to 1916 a version of the world middleweight title was fought exclusively in Australia. The champions of this version of the title were: 1914-01-01 to 1914-03-14 Eddie McGoorty USA 1914-03-14 to 1914-04-06 Jeff Smith 1914-11-12 to 1914-12-26 Mick King  Australia 1914-12-26 to 1915-05-23 Jeff Smith USA 1915-05-23 to 1917-05-24 Les Darcy Australia. The significance of this version of the title is that Darcy was generally accepted as the best middleweight in the world at the time. Darcy died of pneumonia in 1917 and the Australian version of the title came to an end. | ||||
| 1914-04-07 | 1917-11-14 | Al McCoy | USA
|
World |
| 1917-11-14 | 1920-05-06 | Mike O'Dowd | USA
|
World |
| 1920-05-06 | 1921-07-27 | Johnny Wilson | USA
|
World |
| On July 27 1921 Wilson defeated Bryan Downey on a disqualfication. The Ohio Boxing Commission later overturned the referee's verdict and declared Downey the winner and new world champion. The New York State Boxing Comission declared their version of the world title to be vacant whilst the rest of the world still acknowledged Wilson as champion. Downey defended his "world title" three times before losing it to Jock Malone in September 1922. Malone lost recognition in Ohio when he lost a non-title fight to Lou Bogash in October 1923. | ||||
| 1921-07-27 | 1923-08-31 | Johnny Wilson | USA
|
NBA/IBU |
| 1922-09-18 | 1922-11-30 | Dave Rosenberg | USA
|
NY |
| 1922-11-30 | 1923 – vacated | Mike O'Dowd | USA
|
NY |
| O'Dowd retired. | ||||
| 1923-08-31 | 1926-02-26 | Harry Greb | USA
|
World |
| 1926-02-26 | 1926-12-03 | Tiger Flowers | USA
|
World |
| 1926-12-03 | 1929-10-29 – vacated | Mickey Walker | USA
|
World |
| Walker retired. | ||||
| 1932-01-25 | 1932-06-11 | Gorilla Jones | USA
|
NBA |
| 1932-06-11 | 1932-??-?? | Marcel Thil |  France
|
NBA/IBU |
| Thil was stripped of the NBA version of the title for his failure to defend against Gorilla Jones. | ||||
| 1932-??-?? | 1937-09-23 | Marcel Thil | France
|
IBU |
| 1933-01-13 | 1933-08-09 | Ben Jeby | USA
|
NY |
| 1933-08-09 | 1933-10-30 | Lou Brouillard |  Canada
|
NY |
| 1933-10-30 | 1934-09-11 | Vince Dundee | USA
|
NY |
| 1934-09-11 | 1935-09-19 | Teddy Yarosz | USA
|
NBA/NY |
| 1935-09-19 | 1936-07-11 | Eddie Babe Risko | USA
|
NBA/NY |
| 1936-07-11 | 1937-09-?? | Freddie Steele | USA
|
NBA/NY |
| Steele was stripped of the NY version of the title for failing to defend against Fred Apostoli. He instead opted for a fight with Marcel Thil in a bout in which, by agreement with the NYSAC, Thil would become regosnised by the NYSAC if he won but Steele would not claim the IBU version if he won. Steele won to retain his NYSAC title whilst Thil was stripped of the IBU version of the title. | ||||
| 1937-09-?? | 1938-07-26 | Freddie Steele | USA
|
NBA |
| 1938-04-01 | 1938-11-18 | Fred Apostoli | USA
|
NY |
| 1938-04-08 | 1938-07-?? | Edouard Tenet | France
|
IBU |
| Tenet was stripped of his title following a defeat in a non-title fight with Bep van Klaveren in July 1938 | ||||
| 1938-07-26 | 1938-11-01 | Al Hostak | USA
|
NBA |
| 1938-11-01 | 1939-06-27 | Solly Krieger | USA
|
NBA |
| 1938-01-08 | 1939-10-02 | Fred Apostoli | USA
|
NY/IBU |
| 1939-06-27 | 1940-07-19 | Al Hostak | USA
|
NBA |
| 1939-10-02 | 1940-05-23 | Ceferino Garcia |  Phillipines
|
NY/IBU |
| 1940-05-23 | 1941-05-09 | Ken Overlin | USA
|
NY/IBU |
| 1940-07-19 | 1941-11-28 | Tony Zale | USA
|
NBA |
| 1941-05-09 | 1941-07-?? | Billy Soose | USA
|
NY/IBU |
| Soose was stripped of his title following a defeat to Georgie Abrams in a non-title fight in July 1941. | ||||
| 1941-11-28 | 1947-07-16 | Tony Zale | USA
|
World |
| 1947-07-16 | 1948-06-10 | Rocky Graziano | USA
|
World |
| 1948-06-10 | 1948-09-21 | Tony Zale | USA
|
World |
| 1948-09-21 | 1949-06-16 | Marcel Cerdan | France
|
World |
| 1949-06-16 | 1951-02-14 | Jake LaMotta | USA
|
World |
| 1951-02-14 | 1951-07-10 | Sugar Ray Robinson | USA
|
World |
| 1951-07-10 | 1951-09-12 | Randy Turpin | Great Britain
|
World |
| 1951-09-12 | 1952-04-16 – vacated | Sugar Ray Robinson | USA
|
World |
| Robinson retired although his retirement was to be a brief one. | ||||
| 1953-06-09 | 1953-10-21 | Randy Turpin | Great Britain
|
IBU |
| 1953-10-21 | 1955-12-09 | Bobo Olson | USA
|
World |
| 1955-12-09 | 1957-01-02 | Sugar Ray Robinson | USA
|
World |
| 1957-01-02 | 1957-05-01 | Gene Fullmer | USA
|
World |
| 1957-05-01 | 1957-09-23 | Sugar Ray Robinson | USA
|
World |
| 1957-09-23 | 1958-03-25 | Carmen Basilio | USA
|
World |
| 1958-03-25 | 1959-??-?? | Sugar Ray Robinson | USA
|
World |
| Robinson was stripped of the NBA version of the title for inactivity. | ||||
| 1959-??-?? | 1960-01-22 | Sugar Ray Robinson | USA
|
NY/EBU |
| 1959-08-12 | 1962-10-23 | Gene Fullmer | USA
|
NBA |
| 1960-01-22 | 1961-07-11 | Paul Pender | USA
|
NY/EBU |
| 1961-07-11 | 1962-04-07 | Terry Downes | Great Britain
|
NY/EBU |
| 1962-04-07 | 1962-??-?? – vacated | Paul Pender | USA
|
NY/EBU |
| Pender was stripped of his titles for inactivity. | ||||
| 1962-10-23 | 1963-12-07 | Dick Tiger |  Nigeria
|
World |
| 1963-12-07 | 1965-10-21 | Joey Giardello | USA
|
World |
| 1965-10-21 | 1966-04-25 | Dick Tiger | Nigeria
|
World |
| 1966-04-25 | 1967-04-17 | Emile Griffith |  US Virgin Islands
|
World |
| 1967-04-17 | 1967-09-29 | Nino Benvenuti |  Italy
|
World |
| 1967-09-29 | 1968-03-04 | Emile Griffith | US Virgin Islands
|
World |
| 1968-03-04 | 1970-11-07 | Nino Benvenuti | Italy
|
World |
| 1970-11-07 | 1974-??-?? | Carlos Monzón |  Argentina
|
World |
| Monzón was stripped of the WBC title for failure to defend against Rodrigo Valdez. | ||||
| 1974-??-?? | 1976-06-26 | Carlos Monzón | Argentina
|
WBA |
| 1974-05-25 | 1976-06-26 | Rodrigo Valdez |  Colombia
|
WBC |
| 1976-06-26 | 1977-??-?? | Carlos Monzón | Argentina
|
World |
| Monzón retired | ||||
| 1977-11-05 | 1978-04-22 | Rodrigo Valdez | Colombia
|
World |
| 1978-04-22 | 1979-06-30 | Hugo Corro | Argentina
|
World |
| 1979-06-30 | 1980-03-16 | Vito Antuofermo | Italy
|
World |
| 1980-03-16 | 1980-09-26 | Alan Minter | Great Britain
|
World |
| 1980-09-26 | 1987-??-?? | Marvin Hagler | USA
|
World |
| Hagler was stripped of the WBA and IBF titles for failure to defend against Herol Graham. | ||||
| 1987-??-?? | 1987-04-06 | Marvin Hagler | USA
|
WBC |
| 1987-04-06 | 1987-??-?? | Sugar Ray Leonard | USA
|
WBC |
| Leonard retired. | ||||
| 1987-10-10 | 1988-07-28 | Frank Tate | USA
|
IBF |
| 1987-10-23 | 1989-??-?? | Sumbu Kalambay | Italy
|
WBA |
| Kalambay was stripped of his title for fighting IBF champion Michael Nunn rather than making a mandatory defence of his WBA title | ||||
| 1987-10-29 | 1988-06-06 | Thomas Hearns | USA
|
WBC |
| 1988-06-06 | 1989-02-24 | Iran Barkley | USA
|
WBC |
| 1988-07-28 | 1991-05-10 | Michael Nunn | USA
|
IBF |
| 1989-02-24 | 1990-??-?? | Roberto Duran |  Panama
|
WBC |
| Duran vacated the title to move to super-middleweight. | ||||
| 1989-05-10 | 1991-??-?? | Mike McCallum |  Jamaica
|
WBA |
| McCallum was stripped of his title for fighting IBF champion James Toney rather than making a mandatory defence of his WBA title | ||||
| 1989-04-18 | 1990-04-28 | Doug DeWitt | USA
|
WBO |
| 1990-04-29 | 1990-11-18 | Nigel Benn | Great Britain
|
WBO |
| 1990-11-18 | 1991-??-?? | Chris Eubank | Great Britain
|
WBO |
| Eubank vacated the title to move to super-middleweight. | ||||
| 1990-11-28 | 1993-05-08 | Julian Jackson | US Virgin Islands
|
WBC |
| 1991-05-10 | 1993-02-13 | James Toney | USA
|
IBF |
| Toney vacated the title. | ||||
| 1991-11-28 | 1992-??-?? | Gerald McClellan | USA
|
WBO |
| McClellan relinquished the WBO title to fight for the WBC title. | ||||
| 1992-04-22 | 1993-10-01 | Reggie Johnson | USA
|
WBA |
| 1993-05-08 | 1994-??-?? | Gerald McClellan | USA
|
WBC |
| McClellan relinquished the WBC title to fight at super-middleweight. | ||||
| 1993-05-19 | 1992-05-11 | Chris Pyatt | Great Britain
|
WBO |
| 1993-05-22 | 1994-??-?? | Roy Jones Jr. | USA
|
IBF |
| Jones relinquished the IBF title to fight at super-middleweight. | ||||
| 1993-10-01 | 1994-08-?? | John David Jackson | USA
|
WBA |
| Jackson was stripped pf the title for accepting a non-title fight without having the permission of the WBA. | ||||
| 1994-05-11 | 1995-03-?? | Steve Collins |  Ireland
|
WBO |
| 1994-08-12 | 1995-12-19 | Jorge Fernando Castro | Argentina
|
WBA |
| 1995-03-17 | 1995-08-19 | Julian Jackson | US Virgin Islands
|
WBC |
| 1995-04-29 | xxxx-xx-xx | Bernard Hopkins | USA
|
WBC |
| 1995-05-19 | 1997-??-?? | Lonnie Bradley | USA
|
WBO |
| Bradley was forced to vacate the title after suffering a detached retina. | ||||
| 1995-08-19 | 1996-03-16 | Quincy Taylor | USA
|
WBC |
| 1995-12-19 | 1996-06-24 | Shinji Takehara |  Japan
|
WBA |
| 1996-03-16 | 1998-05-02 | Keith Holmes | USA
|
WBC |
| 1996-06-24 | 1997-08-27 | William Joppy | USA
|
WBA |
| 1997-08-27 | 1998-01-31 | Julio Cesar Green |  Dominican Republic
|
WBA |
| 1997-12-13 | 1998-??-?? | Otis Grant | Canada
|
WBO |
| Grant vacated the title to fight in the light-heavyweight division. | ||||
| 1998-01-31 | 2001-05-12 | William Joppy | USA
|
WBA |
| 1998-05-02 | 1999-04-24 | Hacine Cherifi | France
|
WBC |
| 1999-01-30 | 1999-12-?? | Bert Schenk |  Germany
|
WBO |
| Schenk was stripped after being unable to defend it due to injury. | ||||
| 1999-04-24 | 2001-04-14 | Keith Holmes | USA
|
WBC |
| 1999-11-?? | 1999-11-27 | Jason Matthews | Great Britain
|
WBO |
| Schenk was unable to defend his title due to injury so the WBO decreed that Matthews and Ryan Rhodes fight for the interim world title. When Schenk could not recover in time for a scheduled defence against his mandatory challenger Matthews was elevated full champion. | ||||
| 1999-11-27 | 2002-04-06 | Armand Krajnc |  Sweden
|
WBO |
| 1989-04-18 | 2005-07-16 | Bernard Hopkins (USA) | WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO | |
| 2005-07-16 | 2005-10-12 | Jermain Taylor (USA) | WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO split | |