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Last updated on 2023-10-14


International Boxing Federation
World Middleweight Title
(as of 2025-08-31)

* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.

Marvin Hagler1983-05-27Providence, RI, USA
Defeats Wilford Scypion; stripped of the title on 87-04-06 when IBF refuses to sanction Hagler's defense against Sugar Ray Leonard.
Frank Tate1987-10-10Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Michael Olajide.
Michael Nunn1988-07-28Las Vegas, NV, USA
James Toney1991-05-10Davenport, IA, USA
Vacates on 93-02-13 to move up to the super middleweight class.
Roy Jones Jr.1993-05-22Washington, DC, USA
Defeats Bernard Hopkins; vacates on 94-11-18 to move up to the super middleweight class.
Bernard Hopkins1994-12-17Landover, MD, USA
Defeats Segundo Mercado.
Jermain Taylor2005-07-16Las Vegas, NV, USA
Vacates on 05-10-11 after refusing to participate in an immediate mandatory defense.
Arthur Abraham2005-12-20Leipzig, GER
Defeats Kingsley Ikeke; vacates on 09-07-11 to move up to the super middleweight class.
Sebastian Sylvester2009-09-19Neubrandenburg, GER
Defeats Giovanni Lorenzo.
Daniel Geale2011-05-07Neubrandenburg, GER
Darren Barker2013-08-17Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Felix Sturm2013-12-07Stuttgart, GER
Sam Soliman2014-05-31Krefeld, GER
Jermain Taylor [2]2014-10-08Krefeld, GER
Stripped of the title on 15-02-05 due to his inability to defend it during his ongoing legal and mental health issues.
David Lemieux2015-06-20Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam.
Gennady Golovkin2015-10-17New York, NY, USA
Stripped of the title on 18-06-06 for refusing to fight the mandatory challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
Daniel Jacobs 2018-10-27 New York, NY, USA
Defeats Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
Canelo Álvarez (Saúl Álvarez) 2019-05-04 Las Vegas, NV, USA
Stripped of the title on 19-08-01 for refusing to fight the mandatory challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko.
Gennady Golovkin [2] 2019-10-05 New York, NY, USA
Defeats Sergiy Derevyanchenko and also wins the vacant IBO World Title; also wins WBA World Title on 22-04-09; vacates IBF title on 23-02-08.
Vincenzo Gualtieri 2023-07-01 Wuppertal, NW, GER
Defeats Esquiva Falcao.
Zhanibek Alimkhanuly 2023-10-14Rosenberg, TX, USA
Also holds WBO World Title.


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