WBC Super Middleweight Champion
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Super Middleweight champion as recognized by the World Boxing Council.
- Also known as Junior Light Heavyweight
- The maximum weight for this division is 168 pounds (76.2 kg or 12 stone).
RELATED LINK: WBC Super Middleweight Title Fights
| Reign Began | Reign Ended | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sugar Ray Leonard | 1988 Nov 7 | 1990 Aug 27 V | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Mauro Galvano | 1990 Dec 15 | 1992 Oct 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Nigel Benn | 1992 Oct 3 | 1996 Mar 2 | 9 | 9 |
| 4 | Thulani Malinga | 1996 Mar 2 | 1996 Jul 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Vincenzo Nardiello | 1996 Jul 6 | 1996 Oct 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Robin Reid | 1996 Oct 12 | 1997 Dec 19 | 3 | 3 |
| 7 | Thulani Malinga (2) | 1997 Dec 19 | 1998 Mar 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Richie Woodhall | 1998 Mar 27 | 1999 Oct 23 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Markus Beyer | 1999 Oct 23 | 2000 May 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Glenn Catley | 2000 May 6 | 2000 Sep 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Dingaan Thobela | 2000 Sep 1 | 2000 Dec 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Dave Hilton Jr. | 2000 Dec 15 | 2001 May S | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Eric Lucas | 2001 Jul 10 | 2003 Apr 5 | 3 | 3 |
| 14 | Markus Beyer (2) | 2003 Apr 5 | 2004 Jun 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 15 | Cristian Sanavia | 2004 Jun 5 | 2004 Oct 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Markus Beyer (3) | 2004 Oct 9 | 2006 Oct 14 | 5 | 5 |
| 17 | Mikkel Kessler | 2006 Oct 14 | 2007 Nov 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Joe Calzaghe | 2007 Nov 3 | 2008 Jun 28 V | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Carl Froch | 2008 Dec 6 | 2010 Apr 24 | 2 | 2 |
| 20 | Mikkel Kessler (2) | 2010 Apr 24 | 2010 Sep 6 V | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Carl Froch (2) | 2010 Nov 27 | 2011 Dec 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 22 | Andre Ward | 2011 Dec 17 | 2013 Apr 11 S | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Sakio Bika | 2013 Jun 22 | 2014 Aug 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Anthony Dirrell | 2014 Aug 16 | 2015 Apr 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Badou Jack | 2015 Apr 24 | 2017 Jan 18 V | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | David Benavidez | 2017 Sep 08 | 2018 Oct 05 CIR | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | Anthony Dirrell (2) | 2019 Feb 23 | 2019 Sep 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | David Benavidez (2) | 2019 Sep 28 | 2020 Aug 14 S | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Saul Alvarez | 2020 Dec 19 | 2025 Sep 13 | 9 | 9 |
| 30 | Terence Crawford | 2025 Sep 13 | 2025 Dec 3S | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Christian Mbilli | 2025 Dec 3 | Present | 0 | 0 |
R - Retired
S - Stripped
V - Vacated
CIR - Champion in Recess