IBF Middleweight Champion
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Middleweight champion as recognized by the International Boxing Federation.
- The maximum weight for this division is 160 pounds (72.6 kg or 11 stone 6 lbs).
- One of the traditional eight divisions.
RELATED LINK: IBF Middleweight Title Fights
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marvin Hagler | 1983 May 27 | 1987 Apr 6 S | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Frank Tate | 1987 Oct 10 | 1988 Jul 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Michael Nunn | 1988 Jul 28 | 1991 May 10 | 5 | 5 |
| 4 | James Toney | 1991 May 10 | 1993 Feb 13 V | 6 | 5 |
| 5 | Roy Jones Jr. | 1993 May 22 | 1994 Nov 18 V | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Bernard Hopkins | 1995 Apr 29 | 2005 Jul 16 | 20 | 17 |
| 7 | Jermain Taylor | 2005 Jul 16 | 2005 Oct 11 V | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Arthur Abraham | 2005 Dec 10 | 2009 Jul 11 V | 10 | 10 |
| 9 | Sebastian Sylvester | 2009 Sep 19 | 2011 May 7 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Daniel Geale | 2011 May 7 | 2013 Aug 17 | 4 | 4 |
| 11 | Darren Barker | 2013 Aug 17 | 2013 Dec 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Felix Sturm | 2013 Dec 7 | 2014 May 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Sam Soliman | 2014 May 31 | 2014 Oct 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Jermain Taylor | 2014 Oct 8 | 2014 Feb 6 S | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | David Lemieux | 2015 Jun 20 | 2015 Oct 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Gennady Golovkin | 2015 Oct 17 | 2018 June 06 | 5 | 5 |
| 17 | Daniel Jacobs | 2018 Oct 27 | 2019 May 04 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Saul Alvarez | 2019 May 04 | 2019 Aug 01 S | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Gennady Golovkin (2) | 2019 Oct 05 | 2023 Feb 08 V | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Vincenzo Gualtieri | 2023 Jul 01 | 2023 Oct 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Zhanibek Alimkhanuly | 2023 Oct 14 | Present | 2 | 2 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated