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Historical

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