Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
World Boxing Association
World Middleweight Title ["Regular Title"]
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
WBC & IBF champion Bernard Hopkins defeats Félix Trinidad, who has vacated the WBA world title for the match, on 2001-09-29 to become the "Super" champion.
William Joppy
2001-11-17
Paradise, NV, USA
Defeats Howard Eastman for the "Regular" world title; vacant on 03-12-13 when Joppy fights for Super title against Bernard Hopkins.
Maselino Masoe
2004-05-01
Miami, FL, USA
Defeats Evans Ashira.
Felix Sturm
2006-03-11
Hamburg, GER
Javier Castillejo
2006-07-15
Hamburg, GER
Mariano Carrera #
2006-12-02
Berlin, GER
Later delcared no contest after Carrera fails a drug test
Javier Castillejo #
2006-07-15
Reinstated as champion.
Felix Sturm [2]
2007-04-28
Oberhausen, NW, GER
Vacant on 10-03-23 when Sturm is promoted to Super champion.
Gennady Golovkin
2010-10-14
Interim champion since defeating Milton Núñez on 10-08-14 in Panama City, PAN; status promoted on 10-10-14; vacant on 14-06-03 when Golovkin is promoted to Super champion.
Daniel Jacobs
2014-08-09
Brooklyn, NY, USA
Defeats Jarrod Fletcher; vacant on 17-03-18 when Jacobs fights Gennady Golovkin for the Super title.
Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam
2017-05-20
Tōkyō, JPN
Defeats Murata Ryōta.
Murata Ryōta
2017-10-22
Tōkyō, JPN
Rob Brant
2018-10-20
Paradise, NV, USA
Murata Ryōta [2]
2019-07-12
Ōsaka, JPN
Vacant on 21-01-05 when Murata is promoted to Super champion.
Erislandy Lara
2021-05-01
Carson, CA, USA
Defeats Thomas Lamanna; becomes the undisputed WBA champion on 23-03-09 when Gennady Golovkin vacates the Super Title.
