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 Super Middleweight Title [lineal] (as of 2022-02-15)
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
Murray Sutherland #
1984-03-28
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Defeats Ernie Singletary to become the first IBF world champion; generally not recognized as the lineal champion.
Park Chong-pal
1984-07-22
Seoul, KOR
Defeats Sutherland to win the IBF title; also becomes the first WBA champion on 87-12-06.
Fulgencio Obelmejias
1988-05-23
Suanbo, KOR
Wins WBA title.
Baek In-chul
1989-05-28
Yeosu, KOR
Wins WBA title.
Chris Tiozzo
1990-03-30
Lyon, FRA
Wins WBA title.
Victor Cordoba
1991-04-05
Marseille, FRA
Wins WBA title.
Michael Nunn
1992-09-12
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Wins WBA title.
Steve Little
1994-02-26
London, ENG, GBR
Wins WBA title.
Frank Liles
1994-08-12
San Miguel, ARG
Wins WBA title.
Byron Mitchell
1999-06-12
Wilmington, MA, USA
Wins WBA title.
Bruno Girard
2000-04-08
Bercy, FRA
Stripped in 01 for refusing to fight Manny Siaca.
Joe Calzaghe
2006-03-04
Manchester, ENG, GBR
Has won WBO title on 97-10-11; defeats Jeff Lacy on 06-03-04 to win IBF title; also wins WBA and WBC titles on 07-11-03; vacates in 08-09 when Calzaghe moves up to the light heavyweight class.
Andre Ward
2011-12-17
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Has won WBA title on 09-11-21; defeats Carl Froch on 11-12-17 to win WBC title; vacates in 16-03 when Ward moves up to the light heavyweight class.
Canelo Álvarez (Saúl Álvarez)
2021-11-06
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Holder of WBC, WBA Super, and WBO world titles, defeats Caleb Plant to win IBF World Title on 21-11-06; stripped of IBF title on 24-07-25.
