WBA Middleweight Title Fights
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Middleweight title fights 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 title fights, see NBA World Middleweight Title Fights.
RELATED LINK: WBA Middleweight Champion
Primary Championship Fights
- 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.
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1 | 1962 Oct 23 | Dick Tiger | UD 15 | Gene Fullmer | Inaugural | San Francisco, California, USA |
2 | 1963 Feb 23 | Dick Tiger | PTS 15 | Gene Fullmer | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
3 | 1963 Aug 10 | Dick Tiger | RTD 7 | Gene Fullmer | 2 | Ibadan, NGR |
4 | 1963 Dec 7 | Joey Giardello | PTS 15 | Dick Tiger | - | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
5 | 1964 Dec 14 | Joey Giardello | UD 15 | Rubin Carter | 1 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
6 | 1965 Oct 21 | Dick Tiger (2) | UD 15 | Joey Giardello | - | New York, New York, USA |
7 | 1966 Apr 25 | Emile Griffith | UD 15 | Dick Tiger | - | New York, New York, USA |
8 | 1966 Jul 13 | Emile Griffith | MD 15 | Joey Archer | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
9 | 1967 Jan 23 | Emile Griffith | UD 15 | Joey Archer | 2 | New York, New York, USA |
10 | 1967 Apr 17 | Nino Benvenuti | UD 15 | Emile Griffith | - | New York, New York, USA |
11 | 1967 Sep 29 | Emile Griffith (2) | MD 15 | Nino Benvenuti | - | Flushing, Queens, New York, USA |
12 | 1968 Mar 4 | Nino Benvenuti (2) | UD 15 | Emile Griffith | - | New York, New York, USA |
13 | 1968 Dec 14 | Nino Benvenuti (2) | UD 15 | Don Fullmer | 1 | San Remo, Liguria, ITA |
14 | 1969 Oct 4 | Nino Benvenuti (2) | DQ 7 | Fraser Scott | 2 | Naples, Campania, ITA |
15 | 1969 Nov 22 | Nino Benvenuti (2) | KO 11 | Luis Manuel Rodriguez | 3 | Roma, Lazio, ITA |
16 | 1970 May 23 | Nino Benvenuti (2) | KO 8 | Tom Bethea | 4 | Umag, CRO |
17 | 1970 Nov 7 | Carlos Monzon | TKO 12 | Nino Benvenuti | - | Roma, Lazio, ITA |
18 | 1971 May 8 | Carlos Monzon | TKO 3 | Nino Benvenuti | 1 | Monte Carlo, MON |
19 | 1971 Sep 25 | Carlos Monzon | TKO 14 | Emile Griffith | 2 | Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, ARG |
20 | 1972 Mar 4 | Carlos Monzon | TKO 5 | Denny Moyer | 3 | Roma, Lazio, ITA |
21 | 1972 Jun 17 | Carlos Monzon | TKO 13 | Jean-Claude Bouttier | 4 | Paris, Paris, FRA |
22 | 1972 Aug 19 | Carlos Monzon | TKO 5 | Tom Bogs | 5 | Copenhagen, DEN |
23 | 1972 Nov 11 | Carlos Monzon | UD 15 | Bennie Briscoe | 6 | Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, ARG |
24 | 1973 Jun 2 | Carlos Monzon | UD 15 | Emile Griffith | 7 | Monte Carlo, MON |
25 | 1973 Sep 29 | Carlos Monzon | UD 15 | Jean-Claude Bouttier | 8 | Paris, Paris, FRA |
26 | 1974 Feb 9 | Carlos Monzon | RTD 7 | Jose Napoles | 9 | Puteaux, Hauts-de-Seine, FRA |
27 | 1974 Oct 5 | Carlos Monzon | KO 7 | Tony Mundine | 10 | Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, ARG |
28 | 1975 Jun 30 | Carlos Monzon | TKO 10 | Tony Licata | 11 | New York, New York, USA |
29 | 1975 Dec 13 | Carlos Monzon | KO 5 | Gratien Tonna | 12 | Paris, Paris, FRA |
30 | 1976 Jun 26 | Carlos Monzon | UD 15 | Rodrigo Valdez | 13 | Monte Carlo, MON |
31 | 1977 Jul 30 | Carlos Monzon | UD 15 | Rodrigo Valdez | 14 | Monte Carlo, MON |
32 | 1977 Nov 5 | Rodrigo Valdez | UD 15 | Bennie Briscoe | Vacant | Campione d'Italia, Lombardia, ITA |
33 | 1978 Apr 22 | Hugo Pastor Corro | UD 15 | Rodrigo Valdez | - | San Remo, Liguria, ITA |
34 | 1978 Aug 5 | Hugo Pastor Corro | UD 15 | Ronnie Harris | 1 | Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, ARG |
35 | 1978 Nov 11 | Hugo Pastor Corro | UD 15 | Rodrigo Valdez | 2 | Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, ARG |
36 | 1979 Jun 30 | Vito Antuofermo | SD 15 | Hugo Pastor Corro | - | Monte Carlo, MON |
37 | 1979 Nov 30 | Vito Antuofermo | PTS 15 | Marvin Hagler | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
38 | 1980 Mar 16 | Alan Minter | SD 15 | Vito Antuofermo | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
39 | 1980 Jun 28 | Alan Minter | TKO 8 | Vito Antuofermo | 1 | Wembley, London, UK |
40 | 1980 Sep 27 | Marvin Hagler | TKO 3 | Alan Minter | - | Wembley, London, UK |
41 | 1981 Jan 17 | Marvin Hagler | TKO 8 | Fulgencio Obelmejias | 1 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
42 | 1981 Jun 13 | Marvin Hagler | TKO 5 | Vito Antuofermo | 2 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
43 | 1981 Oct 3 | Marvin Hagler | TKO 11 | Mustafa Hamsho | 3 | Rosemont, Illinois, USA |
44 | 1982 Mar 7 | Marvin Hagler | TKO 1 | William Lee | 4 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
45 | 1982 Oct 30 | Marvin Hagler | TKO 5 | Fulgencio Obelmejias | 5 | San Remo, Liguria, ITA |
46 | 1983 Feb 11 | Marvin Hagler | TKO 6 | Tony Sibson | 6 | Worcester, Massachusetts, USA |
47 | 1983 May 27 | Marvin Hagler | KO 4 | Wilford Scypion | 7 | Providence, Rhode Island, USA |
48 | 1983 Nov 10 | Marvin Hagler | UD 15 | Roberto Duran | 8 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
49 | 1984 Mar 30 | Marvin Hagler | TKO 10 | Juan Domingo Roldan | 9 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
50 | 1984 Oct 19 | Marvin Hagler | TKO 3 | Mustafa Hamsho | 10 | New York, New York, USA |
51 | 1985 Apr 15 | Marvin Hagler | TKO 3 | Thomas Hearns | 11 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
52 | 1986 Mar 10 | Marvin Hagler | KO 11 | John Mugabi | 12 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
53 | 1987 Oct 23 | Sumbu Kalambay | UD 15 | Iran Barkley | Vacant | Livorno, Toscana, ITA |
54 | 1988 Mar 5 | Sumbu Kalambay | UD 12 | Mike McCallum | 1 | Pesaro, Marche, ITA |
55 | 1988 Jun 12 | Sumbu Kalambay | UD 12 | Robbie Sims | 2 | Ravenna, Emilia Romagna, ITA |
56 | 1988 Nov 8 | Sumbu Kalambay | TKO 7 | Doug DeWitt | 3 | Monte Carlo, MON |
57 | 1989 May 10 | Mike McCallum | SD 12 | Herol Graham | Vacant | Kensington, London, UK |
58 | 1990 Feb 3 | Mike McCallum | UD 12 | Steve Collins | 1 | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
59 | 1990 Apr 14 | Mike McCallum | KO 11 | Michael Watson | 2 | Kensington, London, UK |
60 | 1991 Apr 1 | Mike McCallum | SD 12 | Sumbu Kalambay | 3 | Monte Carlo, MON |
61 | 1992 Apr 22 | Reggie Johnson | MD 12 | Steve Collins | Vacant | East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA |
62 | 1992 Oct 27 | Reggie Johnson | UD 12 | Lamar Parks | 1 | Houston, Texas, USA |
63 | 1993 Jan 19 | Reggie Johnson | TKO 8 | Ki Yun Song | 2 | Boise, Idaho, USA |
64 | 1993 May 4 | Reggie Johnson | UD 12 | Wayne Harris | 3 | Denver, Colorado, USA |
65 | 1993 Oct 1 | John David Jackson | UD 12 | Reggie Johnson | - | Buenos Aires, Distrito Federal, ARG |
66 | 1994 Aug 12 | Jorge Fernando Castro | SD 12 | Reggie Johnson | Vacant | San Miguel, Tucuman, ARG |
67 | 1994 Nov 5 | Jorge Fernando Castro | KO 2 | Alex Ramos | 1 | Caleta Olivia, Santa Cruz, ARG |
68 | 1994 Dec 10 | Jorge Fernando Castro | TKO 9 | John David Jackson | 2 | Monterrey, Nuevo León, MEX |
69 | 1995 May 27 | Jorge Fernando Castro | TKO 12 | Anthony Andrews | 3 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA |
70 | 1995 Oct 13 | Jorge Fernando Castro | SD 12 | Reggie Johnson | 4 | Comodoro Rivadavia, Chubut, ARG |
71 | 1995 Dec 19 | Shinji Takehara | UD 12 | Jorge Fernando Castro | - | Tokyo, JPN |
72 | 1996 Jun 24 | William Joppy | TKO 9 | Shinji Takehara | - | Yokohama, Kanagawa, JPN |
73 | 1996 Oct 19 | William Joppy | TKO 7 | Ray McElroy | 1 | Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA |
74 | 1997 May 10 | William Joppy | UD 12 | Peter Venancio | 2 | Coconut Grove, Florida, USA |
75 | 1997 Aug 23 | Julio Cesar Green | UD 12 | William Joppy | - | New York, New York, USA |
76 | 1998 Jan 31 | William Joppy (2) | UD 12 | Julio Cesar Green | - | Tampa, Florida, USA |
77 | 1998 Aug 28 | William Joppy (2) | TKO 3 | Roberto Duran | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
78 | 1999 Sep 24 | William Joppy (2) | TKO 7 | Julio Cesar Green | 2 | Washington, District of Columbia, USA |
79 | 2000 May 20 | William Joppy (2) | TKO 1 | Rito Ruvalcaba | 3 | Tunica, Mississippi, USA |
80 | 2000 Sep 16 | William Joppy (2) | UD 12 | Hacine Cherifi | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
81 | 2000 Dec 2 | William Joppy (2) | TKO 4 | Jonathan Reid | 5 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
82 | 2001 May 12 | Felix Trinidad | TKO 5 | William Joppy | - | New York, New York, USA |
83 | 2001 Sep 29 | Bernard Hopkins | TKO 12 | Felix Trinidad | - | New York, New York, USA |
84 | 2002 Feb 2 | Bernard Hopkins | TKO 10 | Carl Daniels | 1 | Reading, Pennsylvania, USA |
85 | 2003 Mar 29 | Bernard Hopkins | RTD 8 | Morrade Hakkar | 2 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA |
86 | 2003 Dec 13 | Bernard Hopkins | UD 12 | William Joppy | 3 | Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA |
87 | 2004 Jun 5 | Bernard Hopkins | UD 12 | Robert Allen | 4 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
88 | 2004 Sep 18 | Bernard Hopkins | KO 9 | Oscar De La Hoya | 5 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
89 | 2005 Feb 19 | Bernard Hopkins | UD 12 | Howard Eastman | 6 | Los Angeles, California, USA |
90 | 2005 Jul 16 | Jermain Taylor | SD 12 | Bernard Hopkins | - | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
91 | 2005 Dec 3 | Jermain Taylor | UD 12 | Bernard Hopkins | 1 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |
92 | 2006 Dec 2 | Javier Castillejo | NC 11 | Mariano Natalio Carrera | 1 | Neukoelln, Berlin, GER |
93 | 2007 Apr 28 | Felix Sturm | UD 12 | Javier Castillejo | - | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
94 | 2007 Jun 30 | Felix Sturm | UD 12 | Noe Tulio Gonzalez Alcoba | 1 | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
95 | 2007 Oct 20 | Felix Sturm | PTS 12 | Randy Griffin | 2 | Halle, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
96 | 2008 Apr 5 | Felix Sturm | TKO 7 | Jamie Pittman | 3 | Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
97 | 2008 Jul 5 | Felix Sturm | UD 12 | Randy Griffin | 4 | Halle, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
98 | 2008 Nov 1 | Felix Sturm | UD 12 | Sebastian Sylvester | 5 | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
99 | 2009 Apr 25 | Felix Sturm | TKO 7 | Koji Sato | 6 | Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
100 | 2009 Jul 11 | Felix Sturm | UD 12 | Khoren Gevor | 7 | Nuerburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, GER |
101 | 2010 Sep 4 | Felix Sturm | UD 12 | Giovanni Lorenzo | 8 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
102 | 2011 Feb 19 | Felix Sturm | TKO 7 | Ronald Hearns | 9 | Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
103 | 2011 Jun 25 | Felix Sturm | SD 12 | Matthew Macklin | 10 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
104 | 2011 Dec 2 | Felix Sturm | SD 12 | Martin Murray | 11 | Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, GER |
105 | 2012 Apr 13 | Felix Sturm | RTD 9 | Sebastian Zbik | 12 | Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
106 | 2012 Sep 01 | Daniel Geale | SD 12 | Felix Sturm | - | Oberhausen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, GER |
107 | 2013 Jan 19 | Gennady Golovkin | TKO 7 | Gabriel Rosado | 1 | New York, New York, USA |
108 | 2013 Mar 30 | Gennady Golovkin | KO 3 | Nobuhiro Ishida | 2 | Monte Carlo, MON |
109 | 2013 Jun 29 | Gennady Golovkin | KO 3 | Matthew Macklin | 3 | Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA |
110 | 2013 Nov 2 | Gennady Golovkin | RTD 8 | Curtis Stevens | 4 | New York, New York, USA |
111 | 2014 Feb 1 | Gennady Golovkin | TKO 7 | Osumanu Adama | 5 | Monte Carlo, MON |
112 | 2014 Jul 26 | Gennady Golovkin | TKO 3 | Daniel Geale | 6 | New York, New York, USA |
113 | 2014 Oct 18 | Gennady Golovkin | KO 2 | Marco Antonio Rubio | 7 | Carson, California, USA |
114 | 2015 Feb 21 | Gennady Golovkin | TKO 11 | Martin Murray | 8 | Monte Carlo, MON |
115 | 2015 May 16 | Gennady Golovkin | TKO 6 | Willie Monroe Jr. | 9 | Inglewood, California, USA |
116 | 2015 Oct 17 | Gennady Golovkin | TKO 8 | David Lemieux | 10 | New York, New York, USA |
117 | 2016 Apr 23 | Gennady Golovkin | KO 2 | Dominic Wade | 11 | Inglewood, California, USA |
118 | 2017 Mar 18 | Gennady Golovkin | UD 12 | Daniel Jacobs | 12 | New York, New York, USA |
119 | 2017 Sep 16 | Gennady Golovkin | PTS 12 | Saul Alvarez | 13 | Las Vegas, Nevada, USA |