WBA Middleweight Champion
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Middleweight champion as recognized by the World 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 National Boxing Association champions, see NBA World Middleweight Champion.
RELATED LINK: WBA Middleweight Title Fights
Primary Championship Lineage
- Every Super champion is the primary champion.
- A Regular champion is a primary champion only if Super, Undisputed and Unified is vacant.
- A Unified champion is a primary champion only if Super is vacant.
- Not every Regular or Unified champion gets promoted to Super if it is vacant.
- Not every Regular champion gets to fight for the vacant Super title.
- A Regular or Unified champion that is considered the primary champion is relegated to secondary champion if Super gets occupied.
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dick Tiger | 1962 Oct 23 | 1963 Dec 7 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Joey Giardello | 1963 Dec 7 | 1965 Oct 21 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | Dick Tiger (2) | 1965 Oct 21 | 1966 Apr 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Emile Griffith | 1966 Apr 25 | 1967 Apr 17 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | Nino Benvenuti | 1967 Apr 17 | 1967 Sep 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Emile Griffith (2) | 1967 Sep 29 | 1968 Mar 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Nino Benvenuti (2) | 1968 Mar 4 | 1970 Nov 7 | 4 | 4 |
| 8 | Carlos Monzon | 1970 Nov 7 | 1977 Aug 29 R | 14 | 11 |
| 9 | Rodrigo Valdez | 1977 Nov 5 | 1978 Apr 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Hugo Pastor Corro | 1978 Apr 22 | 1979 Jun 30 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Vito Antuofermo | 1979 Jun 30 | 1980 Mar 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Alan Minter | 1980 Mar 16 | 1980 Sep 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Marvin Hagler | 1980 Sep 27 | 1987 Feb 25 S | 12 | 10 |
| 14 | Sumbu Kalambay | 1987 Oct 23 | 1989 Mar 2 S | 3 | 3 |
| 15 | Mike McCallum | 1989 May 10 | 1991 Dec 4 V | 3 | 3 |
| 16 | Reggie Johnson | 1992 Apr 22 | 1993 Oct 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 | John David Jackson | 1993 Oct 1 | 1994 Aug V | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Jorge Fernando Castro | 1994 Aug 12 | 1995 Dec 19 | 4 | 4 |
| 19 | Shinji Takehara | 1995 Dec 19 | 1996 Jun 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | William Joppy | 1996 Jun 24 | 1997 Aug 23 | 2 | 2 |
| 21 | Julio Cesar Green | 1997 Aug 23 | 1998 Jan 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | William Joppy (2) | 1998 Jan 31 | 2001 May 12 | 5 | 5 |
| 23 | Felix Trinidad | 2001 May 12 | 2001 Sep 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Bernard Hopkins | 2001 Sep 29 | 2005 Jul 16 | 6 | 6 |
| 25 | Jermain Taylor | 2005 Jul 16 | 2006 Dec 14 S | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Javier Castillejo | 2006 Dec 14 | 2007 Apr 28 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Felix Sturm | 2007 Apr 28 | 2012 Sep 1 | 12 | 11 |
| 28 | Daniel Geale | 2012 Sep 1 | 2012 Nov 2 S | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Gennady Golovkin | 2012 Nov 2 | 2018 Sep 15 | 14 | 14 |
| 30 | Saul Alvarez | 2018 Sep 15 | 2021 Jan 1 V | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Ryota Murata | 2021 Jan 1 | 2022 Apr 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Gennady Golovkin (2) | 2022 Apr 9 | Present | 0 | 0 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
RG - Relegated to secondary champion