Middleweight

Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.

Sanctioning Body	Reign Began	Champion	Record	Defenses
WBA	March 9, 2023	Erislandy Lara	31–3–3 (19 KO)	2
WBC	May 7, 2024	Carlos Adames	24–1–1 (18 KO)	2
IBF	October 14, 2023	Janibek Alimkhanuly	17–0 (12 KO)	2
WBO	August 26, 2022	Janibek Alimkhanuly^[1]	17–0 (12 KO)	4

Rank	Name	Record	Title(s)
C	vacant
1	Janibek Alimkhanuly	17–0 (12 KO)	WBO, IBF
2	Carlos Adames	24–1–1 (18 KO)	WBC
3	Hamzah Sheeraz	21–0–1 (17 KO)
4	Erislandy Lara	31–3–3 (19 KO)	WBA
5	Chris Eubank Jr	35–3 (25 KO)
6	Etinosa Oliha	21–0 (9 KO)
7	Kyrone Davis	19–3–1 (6 KO)
8	Troy Isley	14–0 (5 KO)
9	Shane Mosley Jr.	22–4 (12 KO)
10	Aaron McKenna	20-0 (10 KO)

Rank	Name	Record	Points	Title(s)
1	Gennady Golovkin	42–2–1 (37 KO)	687.5
2	Jermall Charlo	34–0 (23 KO)	109.1
3	Erislandy Lara	31–3–3 (19 KO)	95.18	WBA
4	Chris Eubank Jr.	32–2 (23 KO)	95.07
5	Jaime Munguía	38–0 (30 KO)	91.67
6	Michael Zerafa	30–4 (19 KO)	54.77
7	Carlos Adames	24–1 (18 KO)	44.18
8	Sergiy Derevyanchenko	13–4 (10 KO)	43.24
9	Janibek Alimkhanuly	17–0 (12 KO)	30.81	WBO IBF
10	Ryōta Murata	16–3 (13 KO)	28.35

Rank	Name	Title Reign	Title Recognition	Successful Defenses	Beaten opponents	Fights
1.	Bernard Hopkins	10 years, 2 months, 18 days	IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO	20	17	^[4]
2.	Tommy Ryan	8 years, 7 months, 4 days	World	6	6	^[5]^[6]
3.	Gennady Golovkin	8 years, 1 months, 1 day	WBA (Super), IBF, WBC	18	14	^[7]
4.	Tony Zale	6 years, 11 months, 24 days	NBA (current WBA)	4	4	^[8]
5.	Carlos Monzón	6 years, 9 months, 9 days	WBA, WBC	14	11	^[9]^[10]
6.	Marvelous Marvin Hagler	6 years, 7 months, 10 days	WBC, WBA, IBF	12	10	^[11]
7.	Nonpareil Jack Dempsey	6 years, 6 months, 15 days	World	2	2	^[12]
8.	Felix Sturm	5 years, 4 months, 4 days	WBA	12	10
9.	Jermall Charlo	6 years, 1 month and 3 days	WBC	4	4	^[13]
10.	Demetrius Andrade	3 years, 10 month, 12 days	WBO	5	5	^[14]
11.	Bob Fitzsimmons	3 years, 8 months, 12 days	World	1	1	^[15]^[16]
12.	Arthur Abraham	3 years, 7 months, 2 days	IBF	10	10	^[17]

Category	Men's	Women's	Competitions	Note
Middleweight	78–84 kg	67–72 kg	World Championships, Continental Championships, Asian Games	since 1999
Middleweight	76–83 kg	65–70 kg	World Championships, Continental Championships, Asian Games	until 1998
Middleweight	68–80 kg	57–67 kg	Olympic Games, Pan Am Games, All-Africa Games

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