NBA World Middleweight Title Fights
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Middleweight title fights as recognized by the National Boxing Association.
- The maximum weight for this division is 160 pounds (72.6 kg or 11 stone 6 lbs).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
- For World Boxing Association title fights, see WBA Middleweight Title Fights.
RELATED LINK: NBA World Middleweight Champion
| Date | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1932 Jan 25 | Gorilla Jones | TKO 6 | Oddone Piazza | Vacant | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
| 2 | 1932 Apr 26 | Gorilla Jones | UD 12 | Young Terry | 1 | Trenton, New Jersey, USA |
| 3 | 1932 Jun 11 | Marcel Thil | DQ 11 | Gorilla Jones | - | Paris, Paris, FRA |
| 4 | 1932 Jul 4 | Marcel Thil | PTS 15 | Len Harvey | 1 | White City, London, UK |
| 5 | 1933 Oct 30 | Vince Dundee | UD 15 | Lou Brouillard | - | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| 6 | 1933 Dec 8 | Vince Dundee | SD 15 | Andy Callahan | 1 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| 7 | 1934 May 3 | Vince Dundee | PTS 15 | Al Diamond | 2 | Paterson, New Jersey, USA |
| 8 | 1934 Sep 11 | Teddy Yarosz | PTS 15 | Vince Dundee | - | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 9 | 1935 Sep 19 | Eddie (Babe) Risko | UD 15 | Teddy Yarosz | - | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 10 | 1936 Feb 10 | Eddie (Babe) Risko | PTS 10 | Tony Fisher | 1 | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| 11 | 1936 Jul 11 | Freddie Steele | UD 15 | Eddie (Babe) Risko | - | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 12 | 1937 Jan 1 | Freddie Steele | UD 10 | Gorilla Jones | 1 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
| 13 | 1937 Feb 19 | Freddie Steele | UD 15 | Eddie (Babe) Risko | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
| 14 | 1937 May 11 | Freddie Steele | KO 3 | Frank Battaglia | 3 | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 15 | 1937 Sep 11 | Freddie Steele | KO 4 | Ken Overlin | 4 | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 16 | 1938 Feb 19 | Freddie Steele | TKO 7 | Carmen Barth | 5 | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| 17 | 1938 Jul 26 | Al Hostak | KO 1 | Freddie Steele | - | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 18 | 1938 Nov 1 | Solly Krieger | MD 15 | Al Hostak | - | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 19 | 1939 Jun 27 | Al Hostak (2) | TKO 4 | Solly Krieger | - | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 20 | 1939 Dec 11 | Al Hostak (2) | KO 1 | Erich Seelig | 1 | Cleveland, Ohio, USA |
| 21 | 1940 Jul 19 | Tony Zale | TKO 13 | Al Hostak | - | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| 22 | 1941 Feb 21 | Tony Zale | KO 14 | Steve Mamakos | 1 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 23 | 1941 May 28 | Tony Zale | KO 2 | Al Hostak | 2 | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 24 | 1941 Nov 28 | Tony Zale | UD 15 | Georgie Abrams | 3 | New York, New York, USA |
| 25 | 1946 Sep 27 | Tony Zale | KO 6 | Rocky Graziano | 4 | Bronx, New York, USA |
| 26 | 1947 Jul 16 | Rocky Graziano | TKO 6 | Tony Zale | - | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 27 | 1948 Jun 10 | Tony Zale (2) | KO 3 | Rocky Graziano | - | Newark, New Jersey, USA |
| 28 | 1948 Sep 21 | Marcel Cerdan | RTD 11 | Tony Zale | - | Jersey City, New Jersey, USA |
| 29 | 1949 Jun 16 | Jake LaMotta | TKO 10 | Marcel Cerdan | - | Detroit, Michigan, USA |
| 30 | 1957 May 1 | Sugar Ray Robinson | KO 5 | Gene Fullmer | - | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| 31 | 1959 Aug 28 | Gene Fullmer | TKO 14 | Carmen Basilio | Vacant | San Francisco, California, USA |
| 32 | 1959 Dec 4 | Gene Fullmer | UD 15 | Spider Webb | 1 | Logan, Utah, USA |
| 33 | 1960 Apr 20 | Gene Fullmer | PTS 15 | Joey Giardello | 2 | Bozeman, Montana, USA |
| 34 | 1960 Jun 29 | Gene Fullmer | TKO 12 | Carmen Basilio | 3 | Salt Lake City, Utah, USA |
| 35 | 1960 Dec 3 | Gene Fullmer | PTS 15 | Sugar Ray Robinson | 4 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| 36 | 1961 Mar 4 | Gene Fullmer | UD 15 | Sugar Ray Robinson | 5 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
| 37 | 1961 Aug 5 | Gene Fullmer | SD 15 | Florentino Fernandez | 6 | Ogden, Utah, USA |
| 38 | 1961 Dec 9 | Gene Fullmer | KO 10 | Benny Paret | 7 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
