World Middleweight Championship

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Who was champion when?

Professional boxing has four governing bodies, each crowning its own world champion, and they rarely agree. champgraph draws that messy reality as one interactive graph per division, from today at the top back to 1921. Open any plate or stud to dig into the fights, records and title reigns behind it.

  • plates are title wins
  • studs are defences
  • dotted means vacant or stripped

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1921192219231924192519261927192819291930193119321933193419351936193719381939194019411942194319441945194619471948194919501951195219531954195519561957195819591960196119621963196419651966196719681969197019711972197319741975197619771978197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990199119921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Vacated — Mickey Walker, 19 June 1931VStripped — Marcel Thil, 19 September 1933SRetired — Sugar Ray Robinson, 19 December 1952RStripped — Sugar Ray Robinson, 4 May 1959SStripped — Carlos Monzón, 23 April 1974SRetired — Carlos Monzón, 29 August 1977RETIREDStripped — Marvin Hagler, 25 February 1987SStripped — Marvin Hagler, 6 April 1987SRetired — Sugar Ray Leonard, 27 May 1987RStripped — Sumbu Kalambay, 2 March 1989SStripped — Roberto Durán, 11 January 1990SVacated — Chris Eubank, 17 July 1991VStripped — Mike McCallum, 4 December 1991SVacated — James Toney, 15 February 1993VVacated — Gerald McClellan, 2 April 1993VStripped — John David Jackson, 6 May 1994SVacated — Roy Jones Jr., 25 August 1994VVacated — Gerald McClellan, 5 January 1995VVacated — Steve Collins, 22 April 1995VVacated — Lonnie Bradley, 7 November 1997VVacated — Otis Grant, 14 November 1998VVacated — Bert Schenk, 14 July 1999VVacated — Armand Krajnc, 6 April 2002VStripped — Harry Simon, 8 July 2003SVacated — Jermain Taylor, 11 October 2005VStripped — Jermain Taylor, 14 December 2006SVacated — Arthur Abraham, 11 July 2009VStripped — Sergio Martínez, 29 May 2010SStripped — Sergio Martínez, 18 January 2011SStripped — Dmitry Pirog, 25 August 2012SStripped — Daniel Geale, 2 November 2012SVacated — Peter Quillin, 4 September 2014VStripped — Jermain Taylor, 5 February 2015SStripped — Miguel Cotto, 17 November 2015SVacated — Canelo Álvarez, 18 May 2016VStripped — Gennady Golovkin, 6 June 2018SVacated — Billy Joe Saunders, 11 October 2018VVacated — Canelo Álvarez, 26 June 2019VStripped — Canelo Álvarez, 1 August 2019SVacated — Canelo Álvarez, 1 January 2021VVacated — Demetrius Andrade, 26 August 2022VVacated — Gennady Golovkin, 6 February 2023VVacated — Gennady Golovkin, 9 March 2023VStripped — Jermall Charlo, 7 May 2024SStripped — Janibek Alimkhanuly, 10 March 2026SVacated — Janibek Alimkhanuly, 20 July 2026VJOHNNY WILSONWBAHARRY GREBWBATIGER FLOWERSWBAMICKEY WALKERWBAGORILLA JONESWBAMARCEL THILWBALOU BROUILLARDWBAVINCE DUNDEEWBATEDDY YAROSZWBAEDDIE BABE RISKOWBAFREDDIE STEELEWBAAL HOSTAKWBASOLLY KRIEGERWBAAL HOSTAKWBATONY ZALEWBAROCKY GRAZIANOWBATONY ZALEWBAMARCEL CERDANWBAJAKE LAMOTTAWBASUGAR RAY ROBINSONWBARANDOLPH TURPINWBASUGAR RAY ROBINSONWBABOBO OLSONWBASUGAR RAY ROBINSONWBAGENE FULLMERWBASUGAR RAY ROBINSONWBACARMEN BASILIOWBASUGAR RAY ROBINSONWBAGENE FULLMERWBADICK TIGERWBADICK TIGERUNDISPUTEDJOEY GIARDELLOUNDISPUTEDDICK TIGERUNDISPUTEDEMILE GRIFFITHUNDISPUTEDNINO BENVENUTIWBAEMILE GRIFFITHUNDISPUTEDNINO BENVENUTIUNDISPUTEDCARLOS MONZÓNUNDISPUTEDRODRIGO VALDÉZWBCCARLOS MONZÓNUNDISPUTEDRODRIGO VALDÉZUNDISPUTEDHUGO CORROUNDISPUTEDVITO ANTUOFERMOUNDISPUTEDALAN MINTERUNDISPUTEDMARVIN HAGLERUNDISPUTEDMARVIN HAGLERUNDISPUTEDSUGAR RAY LEONARDWBCFRANK TATEIBFSUMBU KALAMBAYWBATHOMAS HEARNSWBCIRAN BARKLEYWBCMICHAEL NUNNIBFROBERTO DURÁNWBCDOUG DEWITTWBOMIKE MCCALLUMWBANIGEL BENNWBOCHRIS EUBANKWBOJULIAN JACKSONWBCJAMES TONEYIBFGERALD MCCLELLANWBOREGGIE JOHNSONWBAGERALD MCCLELLANWBCCHRIS PYATTWBOROY JONES JR.IBFJOHN DAVID JACKSONWBASTEVE COLLINSWBOJORGE CASTROWBAJULIAN JACKSONWBCBERNARD HOPKINSIBFLONNIE BRADLEYWBOQUINCY TAYLORWBCSHINJI TAKEHARAWBAKEITH HOLMESWBCWILLIAM JOPPYWBAJULIO CÉSAR GREENWBAOTIS GRANTWBOWILLIAM JOPPYWBAHACINE CHERIFIWBCBERT SCHENKWBOKEITH HOLMESWBCJASON MATTHEWSWBOARMAND KRAJNCWBOBERNARD HOPKINSWBC · IBFFÉLIX TRINIDADWBABERNARD HOPKINSUNDISPUTEDHARRY SIMONWBOHÉCTOR VELAZCOWBOFELIX STURMWBOOSCAR DE LA HOYAWBOBERNARD HOPKINSUNDISPUTEDJERMAIN TAYLORUNDISPUTEDARTHUR ABRAHAMIBFJAVIER CASTILLEJOWBAFELIX STURMWBAKELLY PAVLIKWBC · WBOSEBASTIAN SYLVESTERIBFSERGIO MARTÍNEZWBC · WBODMITRY PIROGWBOSEBASTIAN ZBIKWBCDANIEL GEALEIBFJULIO CÉSAR CHÁVEZ JR.WBCHASSAN N'DAM N'JIKAMWBODANIEL GEALEIBF · WBASERGIO MARTÍNEZWBCPETER QUILLINWBOGENNADY GOLOVKINWBADARREN BARKERIBFFELIX STURMIBFSAM SOLIMANIBFMIGUEL COTTOWBCJERMAIN TAYLORIBFANDY LEEWBODAVID LEMIEUXIBFGENNADY GOLOVKINIBF · WBACANELO ÁLVAREZWBCBILLY JOE SAUNDERSWBOGENNADY GOLOVKINWBC · IBF · WBACANELO ÁLVAREZWBC · WBADEMETRIUS ANDRADEWBODANIEL JACOBSIBFCANELO ÁLVAREZWBC · IBF · WBAJERMALL CHARLOWBCGENNADY GOLOVKINIBFRYŌTA MURATAWBAGENNADY GOLOVKINIBF · WBAJANIBEK ALIMKHANULYWBOERISLANDY LARAWBAVINCENZO GUALTIERIIBFCARLOS ADAMESWBCJANIBEK ALIMKHANULYIBF · WBODENZEL BENTLEYWBOAARON MCKENNAIBFRoy Jones Jr.JONES JR.Carlos AdamesAaron McKennaErislandy LaraDenzel BentleyWBCIBFWBAWBOToday