List of world super-middleweight boxing champions

This is a chronological List of World Super Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations:

• The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA),
• The World Boxing Council (WBC), founded in 1963,
• The International Boxing Federation (IBF), founded in 1983,
• The World Boxing Organization (WBO), founded in 1988,

Reign Began	Reign Ended	Champion	Recognition
IBF
Title inaugurated
1984-03-28	1984-07-22	Murray Sutherland	IBF
1984-07-22	1988-03-11 - Vacated	Park Chong-pal	IBF
1988-03-11	1990-01-27 - Vacated	Graciano Rocchigiani	IBF
1990-01-27	1991-05-18	Lindell Holmes	IBF
1991-05-18	1992-01-10	Darrin Van Horn	IBF
1992-01-10	1993-02-13	Iran Barkley	IBF
1993-02-13	1994-11-18	James Toney	IBF
1994-11-18	1996-11-22 - Vacated	Roy Jones Jr.	IBF
1997-06-21	1998-10-24	Charles Brewer	IBF
1998-10-24	2004-03-27 - Retired	Sven Ottke	IBF
2004-10-02	2006-03-04	Jeff Lacy	IBF
2006-03-04	2006-11-27 - Vacated	Joe Calzaghe	IBF
2007-03-03	2007-10-19	Alejandro Berrio	IBF
2007-10-19	2012-05-26	Lucian Bute	IBF
2012-05-26	2015-02-03 - Vacated	Carl Froch	IBF
2015-05-23	2017-12-09	James DeGale	IBF
2017-12-09	2018-04-07	Caleb Truax	IBF
2018-04-07	2018-07-04 - Vacated	James DeGale	IBF
2019-01-13	2021-11-06	Caleb Plant	IBF
2021-11-06	2024-07-26	Saúl Álvarez	IBF
2024-10-19	Present	William Scull	IBF
WBC
Title inaugurated
1988-11-07	1990-12-15 - Retired	Sugar Ray Leonard	WBC
1990-12-15	1992-10-03	Mauro Galvano	WBC
1992-10-03	1996-03-02	Nigel Benn	WBC
1996-03-02	1996-07-06	Thulani Malinga	WBC
1996-07-06	1996-10-12	Vincenzo Nardiello	WBC
1996-10-12	1997-12-19	Robin Reid	WBC
1997-12-19	1998-03-27	Thulani Malinga	WBC
1998-03-27	1999-10-23	Richie Woodhall	WBC
1999-10-23	2000-05-06	Markus Beyer	WBC
2000-05-06	2000-09-01	Glenn Catley	WBC
2000-09-01	2000-12-15	Dingaan Thobela	WBC
2000-12-15	2001-05-03 - Stripped	Dave Hilton Jr.	WBC
2001-07-10	2003-04-05	Éric Lucas	WBC
2003-04-05	2004-06-05	Markus Beyer	WBC
2004-06-05	2004-10-09	Cristian Sanavia	WBC
2004-10-09	2006-10-14	Markus Beyer	WBC
2006-10-14	2007-11-04	Mikkel Kessler	WBC
2007-11-04	2008-06-27 - Vacated	Joe Calzaghe	WBC
2008-12-06	2010-04-24	Carl Froch	WBC
2010-04-24	2010-09-06 - Stripped	Mikkel Kessler	WBC
2010-11-27	2011-12-17	Carl Froch	WBC
2011-12-17	2013-04-11 - Stripped	Andre Ward	WBC
2013-06-22	2014-08-16	Sakio Bika	WBC
2014-08-16	2015-04-24	Anthony Dirrell	WBC
2015-04-24	2017-01-18 - Vacated	Badou Jack	WBC
2017-09-08	2018-10-03 - Stripped	David Benavidez	WBC
2019-02-23	2019-09-28	Anthony Dirrell	WBC
2019-09-28	2020-08-20 - Stripped	David Benavidez	WBC
2020-12-19	Present	Saúl Álvarez	WBC
WBA
Title inaugurated
1987-12-06	1988-05-23	Park Chong-pal	WBA
1988-05-23	1989-05-28	Fulgencio Obelmejias	WBA
1989-05-28	1990-03-30	Baek In-chul	WBA
1990-03-30	1991-04-05	Christophe Tiozzo	WBA
1991-04-05	1992-09-12	Víctor Córdoba	WBA
1992-09-12	1994-02-26	Michael Nunn	WBA
1994-02-26	1994-08-12	Steve Little	WBA
1994-08-12	1999-06-12	Frankie Liles	WBA
1999-06-12	2000-04-08	Byron Mitchell	WBA
2000-04-08	2000-09-16 - Vacated	Bruno Girard	WBA
2001-03-03	2003-03-15	Byron Mitchell	WBA
2003-03-15	2004-03-27 - Retired	Sven Ottke	WBA Super Champion
2003-09-03	2004-05-05	Anthony Mundine	WBA Regular Champion
2004-05-05	2004-11-12	Manny Siaca	WBA
2004-11-12	2007-11-04	Mikkel Kessler	WBA Super Champion
2007-03-07	2008-05-28 - Vacated	Anthony Mundine	WBA Regular Champion
2007-11-04	2008-10-03 - Vacated	Joe Calzaghe	WBA Super Champion
2008-06-21	2009-11-21	Mikkel Kessler	WBA Super Champion
2009-11-21	2015-11-12	Andre Ward	WBA Super Champion
2009-11-21	2011-07-15 - Vacated	Dimitri Sartison	WBA Regular Champion
2011-08-26	2012-09-07 - Stripped	Károly Balzsay	WBA Regular Champion
2012-11-03	2012-12-08	Brian Magee	WBA Regular Champion
2012-12-08	2013-05-25	Mikkel Kessler	WBA Regular Champion
2013-05-25	2015-05-08 - Stripped	Carl Froch	WBA Regular Champion
2015-05-09	2016-02-20	Fedor Chudinov	WBA Super Champion
2016-02-20	2016-10-05 - Vacated	Felix Sturm	WBA Super Champion
2016-01-09	2016-11-05	Giovanni De Carolis	WBA Regular Champion
2016-11-05	2018-07-14	Tyron Zeuge	WBA Regular Champion
2017-05-27	2018-09-28	George Groves	WBA Super Champion
2018-07-14	2018-12-15	Rocky Fielding	WBA Regular Champion
2018-09-28	2020-12-19	Callum Smith	WBA Super Champion
2018-12-15	2019-11-29 - Vacated	Saúl Álvarez	WBA Regular Champion
2020-12-19	Present	Saúl Álvarez	WBA Super Champion
2021-06-27	2024-08-30	David Morrell	WBA Regular Champion
WBO
Title inaugurated
1988-11-04	1990-04-28 - Vacated	Thomas Hearns	WBO
1991-09-21	1995-03-18	Chris Eubank	WBO
1995-03-18	1997-07-05 - Retired	Steve Collins	WBO
1997-10-11	2008-09-26 - Vacated	Joe Calzaghe	WBO
2008-09-26	2009-01-10	Denis Inkin	WBO
2009-01-10	2009-08-22	Károly Balzsay	WBO
2009-08-22	2012-08-25	Robert Stieglitz	WBO
2012-08-25	2013-03-23	Arthur Abraham	WBO
2013-03-23	2014-03-01	Robert Stieglitz	WBO
2014-03-01	2016-04-09	Arthur Abraham	WBO
2016-04-09	2019-05-19 - Vacated	Gilberto Ramírez	WBO
2019-05-19	2021-05-08	Billy Joe Saunders	WBO
2021-05-08	Present	Saúl Álvarez	WBO

See also

• List of British world boxing champions

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