Lineal Middleweight World Champions

[160lbs]


Middleweight World Championship: Vacant (Canelo vacated the Championship in 2019)


1.     "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey (1886-1891) USA

2.     Bob Fitzsimmons (1891 - 1896) Vacated. UK

3.     Tommy Ryan (1898-1906) Retired. USA

4.     Stanley Ketchel (1907-1908) USA

5.     Billy Papke (1908) USA

6.     Stanley Ketchel (1908) Died on October 15, 1910. USA

7.     Frank Klaus (1913) USA

8.     George Chip (1913-1914). USA

9.     Al McCoy (1914-1917) USA

10.  Mike O'Dowd (1917-1920) USA

11.  Johnny Wilson (1920-1923) USA

12.  Harry Greb (1923-1926) USA

13.  Tiger Flowers (1926) USA

14.  Mickey Walker (1926-1931) Vacated. USA

15.  Tony Zale (1941-1947) USA

16.  Rocky Graziano (1947-1948) USA

17.  Tony Zale (1948) USA

18.  Marcel Cerdan (1948-1949) France

19.  Jake LaMotta (1949-1951) USA

20.  "Sugar" Ray Robinson (1951) USA

21.  Randy Turpin (1951) USA

22.  "Sugar" Ray Robinson (1951-1952) USA

23.  Carl "Bobo" Olson (1952-1955) USA

24.  "Sugar" Ray Robinson (1955-1957) USA

25.  Gene Fullmer (1957) USA

26.  "Sugar" Ray Robinson (1957) USA

27.  Carmen Basilio (1957-1958) USA

28.  "Sugar" Ray Robinson (1958-1960) USA

29.  Paul Pender (1960-1961) USA

30.  Terry Downes (1961-1962) UK

31.  Paul Pender (1962-1963) Retired. USA

32.  Dick Tiger (1963) Nigeria

33.  Joey Giardello (1963-1965) USA

34.  Dick Tiger (1965-1966) Nigeria

35.  Emile Griffith (1966-1967) US Virgin Islands

36.  Nino Benvenuti (1967) Italy

37.  Emile Griffith (1967) US Virgin Islands

38.  Nino Benvenuti (1968-1970) Italy

39.  Carlos Monzon (1970-1977) Retired Argentina

40.  Rodrigo Valdez (1977-1978) Colombia

41.  Hugo Corro (1978-1979) Argentina

42.  Vito Antuofermo (1979-1980) Italy

43.  Alan Minter (1980) UK

44.  Marvin Hagler (1980-1987) USA

45.  "Sugar" Ray Leonard (1987) Vacated. USA

46.  Michael Nunn (1989-1991) USA

47.  James Toney (1991-1993) Vacated. USA

48.  Bernard Hopkins (2001- 2005) USA

49.  Jermain Taylor (2005-2007) USA

50.  Kelly Pavlik (2007-2010) USA

51.  Sergio Martinez (2010-2014) Argentina

52.  Miguel Angel Cotto (2014-2015) Puerto Rico

53.  Saul Alvarez (2015-2021) Vacated. Mexico

 


September 15, 2018: Middleweight World Champion, Canelo Alvarez, successfully defends his crown against Gennady Golovkin

September 15, 2018: Middleweight World Champion, Canelo Alvarez, successfully defends his crown against Gennady Golovkin


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