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{{Short description|None}}{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}}{{DISPLAYTITLE:List of
The Ring world champions}}Boxing magazine
The Ring has awarded world championships in
professional boxing within each
weight class from its foundation in 1922. The first
Ring world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion
Jack Dempsey, and the second was awarded to flyweight champion
Pancho Villa. The magazine stopped giving belts to world champions in the 1990s, but reintroduced their titles in 2001.Boxers who won the title but were immediately stripped and the title bout being overturned to a
no contest will not be listed.While there was no official
featherweight champion between 1989 and 2002 (as
The Ring awarded no titles in any division during that period),
Naseem Hamed was retroactively awarded the
Ring title in 2019 (the only former world champion in any division thus far to receive this honor) due to his dominance of the division and the multiple champions he beat.Gray, Tom (June 17, 2019).
“Prince Naseem Hamed Awarded Ring Magazine Featherweight Belt, History in the Making”.
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“>Heavyweight{| class“wikitable sortable” style@width:80%;”
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!No.!Name!Reign!Defenses
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align=center!1| Jack Dempsey({{small|awarded inaugural title}})|1922 – 23 Sep 1926|2 |
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align=center!2| Gene Tunney|23 Sep 1926 – 31 Jul 1928|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Tunney retired.NEWS, 2 August 1928, The Wetumpka Herald, Gene Tunney Retires From Ring| location=Wetumpka, Alabama | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!3| Max Schmeling({{small|def. Jack Sharkey}})|12 Jun 1930 – 21 Jun 1932|1 |
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align=center!4| Jack Sharkey|21 Jun 1932 – 29 Jun 1933 |0 |
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align=center!5| Primo Carnera|29 Jun 1933 – 14 Jun 1934 |2 |
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align=center!6| Max Baer|14 Jun 1934 – 13 Jun 1935 |0 |
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align=center!7| James J. Braddock|13 Jun 1935 – 22 Jun 1937 |0 |
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align=center!8| Joe Louis|22 Jun 1937 – 1 Mar 1949 | 26 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Louis retired.NEWS, 1 March 1949, The Central New Jersey Home News, Louis Retires; Will Promote Title Fight,www.newspapers.com/newspage/321473900/, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 22 October 2021, Newspapers.com, subscription, }}
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align=center!9| Ezzard Charles({{small|def. Joe Louis}})|27 Sep 1950 – 18 Jul 1951|4 |
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align=center!10| Jersey Joe Walcott|18 Jul 1951 – 23 Sep 1952 |1 |
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align=center!11| Rocky Marciano|23 Sept 1952 – 27 Apr 1956|6 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Marciano retired.NEWS, 27 April 1956, The Central New Jersey Home News, Marciano Retires From Ring As Unbeaten World Champion | location=New Brunswick, New Jersey | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!12| Floyd Patterson({{small|def. Archie Moore}})|30 Nov 1956 – 26 Jun 1959|4 |
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align=center!13| Ingemar Johansson|26 Jun 1959 – 29 Jun 1960 |0 |
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align=center!14| Floyd Patterson (2)|29 Jun 1960 – 25 Sep 1962 |2 |
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align=center!15| Sonny Liston|25 Sep 1962 – 25 Feb 1964 |1 |
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align=center!16| Muhammad Ali|25 Feb 1964 – 13 Mar 1970|9 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Ali was stripped of the title due to his refusal to be drafted to army service. Frazier was awarded the title in May.BOOK, Johnson, Rafer, Great Athletes,books.google.com/books?id=TnIAPwAACAAJ, revised, 1, February 1, 2002, Salem Press, 978-1-58765-008-6, 38–41, NEWS, 13 March 1970, Miami, Florida, Ring Magazine lifts Clay’s title rating| work=Miami Herald | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!17| Joe Frazier({{small|awarded title}})|May 1970 – 22 Jan 1973|4 |
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align=center!18| George Foreman|22 Jan 1973 – 30 Oct 1974 |2 |
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align=center!19| Muhammad Ali (2)|30 Oct 1974 – 15 Feb 1978 |10 |
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align=center!20| Leon Spinks|15 Feb – 15 Sep 1978 |0 |
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align=center!21| Muhammad Ali (3)|15 Sep 1978 – 4 Jul 1979|0 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Ali retired.NEWS, 4 July 1979, Miami Herald, Ali’s Plans Confirmed By WBA| location=Miami, Florida | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!22| Larry Holmes({{small | The Ring (magazine)>The Ring lineal title upon Mike Weaver (boxer) | ’s def. of John Tate (boxer)>John Tate, as Holmes had previously successfully defended title against Weaver}})|31 Mar 1980 – 21 Sep 1985 |12 |
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align=center!23| Michael Spinks|21 Sep 1985 – 27 Jun 1988 |3 |
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align=center!24| Mike Tyson|27 Jun 1988 – 31 Dec 1989|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|New ownership discontinued the championship policy during Tyson’s reign.}}
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align=center!25| Lennox Lewis({{small|awarded title}})|Jun 2002 – 6 Feb 2004|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Lewis retired as champion and chose not to accept a rematch with Vitali Klitschko before a WBC-mandated 1 March deadline to accept the bout.NEWS, 6 February 2004, Lewis bows out as champion | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121063640news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/3460737.stm | access-date=7 July 2021, }} |
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align=center!26| Vitali Klitschko({{small|def. Corrie Sanders}})|24 Apr 2004 – 9 Nov 2005|1 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Vitali Klitschko retired after withdrawing from a bout against Hasim Rahman due to injuries.NEWS, Hirsley, Michael, 10 November 2005, Hurt Klitschko calls it a career| url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708052046www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-11-10-0511100217-story.html | access-date=7 July 2021, }} |
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align=center!27| Wladimir Klitschko({{small|def. Ruslan Chagaev}})|20 Jun 2009 – 28 Nov 2015 |11 |
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align=center!28| Tyson Fury|28 Nov 2015 – 1 Feb 2018|0 |
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align=center! colspan=“4” |{{small|Fury was stripped of the title for failing to declare an opponent by 31 January 2018, the deadline set by The Ring.NEWS, The Ring, 1 February 2018, Tyson Fury stripped Ring heavyweight championship, drops from ratings| www.ringtv.com/527524-tyson-fury-stripped-ring-heavyweight-championship-drops-ratings/ >url-status=live | archive-url=web.archive.org/web/20201109034530/https://www.ringtv.com/527524-tyson-fury-stripped-ring-heavyweight-championship-drops-ratings/ | access-date=13 July 2021, }} |
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align=center!29| Tyson Fury (2)({{small|def. Deontay Wilder}})|22 Feb 2020 – 13 Aug 2022|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Fury vacates title.NEWS, The Ring, 13 August 2022, Tyson Fury vacates Ring heavyweight championship| url-status=live | archive-url=web.archive.org/web/20220813124714/https://www.ringtv.com/642844-tyson-fury-vacates-ring-heavyweight-championship/ | access-date=13 August 2022, }} |
“>Cruiserweight{| class“wikitable sortable” style@width:80%;”
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!No.!Name!Reign!Defenses
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align=center!1| Carlos de León({{small|awarded inaugural title}})|3 Feb 1984 – 6 Jun 1985 |2 |
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align=center!2| Alfonzo Ratliff|6 Jun – 21 Sep 1985 |0 |
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align=center!3| Bernard Benton|21 Sep 1985 – 22 Mar 1986|0 |
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align=center!4| Carlos de León (2)|22 Mar 1986 – 30 Mar 1987|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Title is vacated because The Ring stopped recognizing the division.}}
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align=center!5| Jean-Marc Mormeck({{small|def. Wayne Braithwaite}})|2 Apr 2005 – 7 Jan 2006|0 |
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align=center!6| O’Neil Bell|7 Jan 2006 – 17 Mar 2007 |0 |
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align=center!7| Jean-Marc Mormeck (2)|17 Mar – 10 Nov 2007|0 |
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align=center!8| David Haye|10 Nov 2007 – 30 Jun 2008|1 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Haye expressed that he’ll move up to heavyweight. The title is vacated on 30 June ratings.NEWS, The Ring, 30 June 2008, Ratings For Period Ended June 30, 2008,thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html, dead, The Ring,thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20080705091000thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html,">web.archive.org/web/20080705091000thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html, 5 July 2008, 26 September 2021, }}
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align=center!9| Tomasz Adamek({{small|def. Steve Cunningham}})|11 Dec 2008 – 10 Feb 2010|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Adamek vacated the title to stay at heavyweight.NEWS, The Ring, 10 February 2010, Ring ratings update: Adamek vacates, Pacquiao holds on to Ring title,www.ringtv.com/122927-ring-ratings-update-adamek-vacates-pacquiao-holds-on-to-ring-title/, live, The Ring,web.archive.org/web/20210713122824/https://www.ringtv.com/122927-ring-ratings-update-adamek-vacates-pacquiao-holds-on-to-ring-title/, 13 July 2021, 13 July 2021, }}
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align=center!10| Yoan Pablo Hernández({{small|def. Steve Cunningham}})|4 Feb 2012 – 23 Nov 2015 | 3 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Hernández is stripped of the title due to inactivity.NEWS, Fischer, Doug, 23 November 2015, Ring ratings update: A new champion at middleweight,www.ringtv.com/404981-ring-ratings-update-a-new-champion-at-middleweight/, live, The Ring,web.archive.org/web/20160920033559/https://www.ringtv.com/404981-ring-ratings-update-a-new-champion-at-middleweight/, 20 September 2016, 13 July 2021, }}
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align=center!11| Oleksandr Usyk({{small|def. Murat Gassiev}})|21 Jul 2018 – 16 Oct 2019|1 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Usyk vacated the title to move up to heavyweight.NEWS, Fischer, Doug, 16 October 2019, Ring ratings update: Has Usyk earned a heavyweight ranking?,www.ringtv.com/580929-ring-ratings-update-has-usyk-earned-a-heavyweight-ranking/, live, The Ring,web.archive.org/web/20191208160213/https://www.ringtv.com/580929-ring-ratings-update-has-usyk-earned-a-heavyweight-ranking/, 8 December 2019, 13 July 2021, }}
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align=center!12| Mairis Briedis({{small|def. Yuniel Dorticos}})|26 Sep 2020 – 2 Jul 2022|1 |
“>Light heavyweight{| class“wikitable sortable” style@width:80%;”
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!No.!Name!Reign!Defenses
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align=center!1| Mike McTigue({{small|awarded inaugural title}})|1924 – 23 May 1925|0 |
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align=center!2| Paul Berlenbach|23 May 1925 – 16 Jul 1926|3 |
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align=center!3| Jack Delaney|16 Jul 1926 – Jun 1927|1 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Delaney vacates the title to move up to heavyweight.}}
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align=center!4| Tommy Loughran({{small|def. Mike McTigue}})|7 Oct 1927 – 18 Jul 1929|5 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Loughran vacates the title to move up to heavyweight.}}
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align=center!5| Maxie Rosenbloom({{small|def. Jimmy Slattery}})|25 Jun 1930 – 16 Nov 1934|7 |
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align=center!6| Bob Olin|16 Nov 1934 – 31 Oct 1935|0 |
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align=center!7| John Henry Lewis|31 Oct 1935 – Jun 1939|5 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Lewis retires.}}
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align=center!8| Billy Conn({{small|def. Melio Bettina}})|13 Jul 1939 – Jun 1941|3 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Conn vacates the title to move up to heavyweight.}}
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align=center!9| Gus Lesnevich({{small|def. Tami Mauriello}})|26 Aug 1941 – 26 Jul 1948 |4 |
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align=center!10| Freddie Mills|26 Jul 1948 – 24 Jan 1950 |0 |
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align=center!11| Joey Maxim|24 Jan 1950 – 17 Dec 1952|2 |
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align=center!12| Archie Moore|17 Dec 1952 – 12 May 1962|9 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Moore vacates the title to move up to heavyweight.}}
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align=center!13| Harold Johnson (boxer) | ({{small>def. Doug Jones}})|12 May 1962 – 1 Jun 1963|1 |
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align=center!14| Willie Pastrano|1 Jun 1963 – 30 Mar 1965|2 |
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align=center!15| José Torres|30 Mar 1965 – 16 Dec 1966 |3 |
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align=center!16| Dick Tiger|16 Dec 1966 – 24 May 1968 |2 |
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align=center!17| Bob Foster|24 May 1968 – 16 Sep 1974 | 14 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Foster retires.NEWS, 17 September 1974, Daily News, Bob Foster quits ring| location=New York, New York | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!18| Matthew Saad Muhammad({{small|awarded title}})|30 Nov 1979 – 19 Dec 1981|7 |
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align=center!19| Dwight Muhammad Qawi|19 Dec 1981 – 18 Mar 1983 |3 |
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align=center!20| Michael Spinks |18 Mar 1983 – 5 Nov 1985|4 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Spinks vacates all of his titles to stay at heavyweight.NEWS, 6 November 1985, Daily News, Spinks aims to wheel, deal| location=New York, New York | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!21| Roy Jones Jr.({{small|awarded title}})|2001 – 15 May 2004|3 |
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align=center!22| Antonio Tarver|15 May – 18 Dec 2004 |0 |
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align=center!23| Glen Johnson|18 Dec 2004 – 18 Jun 2005 |0 |
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align=center!24| Antonio Tarver (2)|18 Jun 2005 – 10 Jun 2006|1 |
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align=center!25| Bernard Hopkins|10 Jun 2006 – 19 Apr 2008|1 |
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align=center!26| Joe Calzaghe |19 Apr 2008 – 5 Feb 2009|1 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Calzaghe retires.NEWS, Rafael, Dan, 5 February 2009, Calzaghe retires with 46-0 record| www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3886721>url-status=live | archive-url=web.archive.org/web/20210115074334/https://www.espn.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3886721 | access-date=14 July 2021, }} |
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align=center!27| Jean Pascal({{small|def. Chad Dawson}})|14 Aug 2010 – 21 May 2011|1 |
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align=center!28| Bernard Hopkins (2)|21 May 2011 – 28 Apr 2012|0 |
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align=center!29| Chad Dawson|28 Apr 2012 – 8 Jun 2013 |0 |
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align=center!30| Adonis Stevenson|8 Jun 2013 – 23 Nov 2015|6 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Stevenson is stripped of the title for failing to fight a top 5 contender within 2 years of his last fight against another top 5 contender.}}
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align=center!31| Andre Ward({{small | Sergey Kovalev (boxer)>Sergey Kovalev}})|17 Jun – 21 Sep 2017|0 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Ward retires.NEWS, 21 September 2017, With desire to fight gone, Andre Ward retires from boxing| www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/20775014/pound-pound-king-world-titleholder-andre-ward-says-leaving-boxing/ >url-status=live | archive-url=web.archive.org/web/20201112030448/https://www.espn.com/boxing/story/_/id/20775014/pound-pound-king-world-titleholder-andre-ward-says-leaving-boxing | access-date=14 July 2021, }} |
“>Super middleweight{| class“wikitable sortable” style@width:80%;”
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!No.!Name!Reign!Defenses
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align=center!1| Joe Calzaghe({{small|def. Jeff Lacy}})|4 Mar 2006 – 26 Sep 2008| 3 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Calzaghe vacates the title to stay at light heavyweight.NEWS, 26 September 2008, Calzaghe ends division domination,news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7638453.stm, live, BBC,news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7638453.stm," title="web.archive.org/web/20080927095625news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7638453.stm,">web.archive.org/web/20080927095625news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/boxing/7638453.stm, 27 September 2008, 26 September 2021, }}
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align=center!2| Andre Ward({{small|def. Carl Froch}})|17 Dec 2011 – 19 Feb 2015|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Ward is stripped of the title for failing to schedule a fight with a top 5 contender from any weight class for two years per The Ring policy.NEWS, Fischer, Doug,www.ringtv.com/381519-ring-ratings-update-andre-ward-stripped-of-title-dropped-from-ratings/, Ring Ratings update Andre Ward stripped of title, dropped from ratings, 19 February 2015, The Ring,web.archive.org/web/20210716113531/https://www.ringtv.com/381519-ring-ratings-update-andre-ward-stripped-of-title-dropped-from-ratings/, live, 16 July 2021, 8 September 2021, }}
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align=center!3| Callum Smith({{small | George Groves (boxer)>George Groves}})|28 Sep 2018 – 19 Dec 2020|2 |
“>Middleweight{| class“wikitable sortable” style@width:80%;”
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!No.!Name!Reign!Defenses
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align=center!1| Harry Greb({{small|awarded inaugural title}})|1924 – 26 Feb 1926|3 |
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align=center!2| Tiger Flowers|26 Feb – 3 Dec 1926|1 |
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align=center!3| Mickey Walker|3 Dec 1926 – 19 Jun 1931|3 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Walker vacated to move up to heavyweight.NEWS, 19 June 1931, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Mickey to quit as Middleweight King today; To sign Sharkey bout| work=The Evening News | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!4| Marcel Thil({{small|def. Gorilla Jones}})|11 Jun 1932 – 23 Sep 1937|10 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Thil retires.}}
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align=center!5| Freddie Steele({{small|awarded title}})|23 Sep 1937 – 1938|1 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Steele stripped of the title.}}
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align=center!6| Tony Zale({{small|def. Georgie Abrams}})|28 Nov 1941 – 16 Jul 1947 |1 |
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align=center!7| Rocky Graziano|16 July 1947 – 10 Jun 1948|0 |
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align=center!8| Tony Zale (2)|10 Jun – 21 Sep 1948|0 |
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align=center!9| Marcel Cerdan|21 Sep 1948 – 17 Jun 1949 |0 |
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align=center!10| Jake LaMotta|17 Jun 1949 – 14 Feb 1951|2 |
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align=center!11| Sugar Ray Robinson |14 Feb – 10 Jul 1951 |0 |
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align=center!12| Randy Turpin |10 Jul – 12 Sep 1951|0 |
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align=center!13| Sugar Ray Robinson (2)|12 Sep 1951 – 18 Dec 1952|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Robinson vacated the title and retired.NEWS, Ham, Jack, 19 December 1952, Hanzleton, Pennsylvania, Sugar Ray Robinson Positively Retires From Boxing Through NBA vacates Middleweight title in favor of other pursuits| work=Standard-Speaker | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!14| Bobo Olson | ({{small>def. Randy Turpin}})|21 Oct 1953 – 9 Dec 1955|3 |
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align=center!15| Sugar Ray Robinson (3)|9 Dec 1955 – 2 Jan 1957 |1 |
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align=center!16| Gene Fullmer |2 Jan – 1 May 1957|0 |
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align=center!17| Sugar Ray Robinson (4)|1 May – 23 Sep 1957|0 |
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align=center!18| Carmen Basilio |23 Sep 1957 – 25 Mar 1958 |0 |
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align=center!19| Sugar Ray Robinson (5)|25 Mar 1958 – 22 Jan 1960|0 |
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align=center!20| Paul Pender |22 Jan 1960 – 11 Jul 1961 |3 |
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align=center!21| Terry Downes |11 Jul 1961 – 7 Apr 1962|0 |
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align=center!22| Paul Pender (2)|7 Apr 1962 – 7 May 1963|0 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Pender retires.NEWS, 8 May 1963, Barre, Vermont, Paul Pender Retires Raps Boxing Commissioners | work=The Times Argus | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!23| Dick Tiger({{small|awarded title}})|7 May – 7 Dec 1963|1 |
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align=center!24| Joey Giardello |7 Dec 1963 – 21 Oct 1965|1 |
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align=center!25| Dick Tiger (2)|21 Oct 1965 – 25 Apr 1966|0 |
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align=center!26| Emile Griffith |25 Apr 1966 – 17 Apr 1967 |2 |
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align=center!27| Nino Benvenuti |17 Apr – 20 Sep 1967 |0 |
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align=center!28| Emile Griffith (2)|29 Sep 1967 – 4 Mar 1968|0 |
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align=center!29| Nino Benvenuti (2)|4 Mar 1968 – 7 Nov 1970|4 |
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align=center!30| Carlos Monzón |7 Nov 1970 – 29 Aug 1977 | 14 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Monzón retires.NEWS, 30 August 1977, Indianapolis, Indiana, Carlos Monzon Formally Quits| work=The Indianapolis Star | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!31| Rodrigo Valdez({{small|def. Bennie Briscoe}})|5 Nov 1977 – 22 Apr 1978 |0 |
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align=center!32| Hugo Corro |22 Apr 1978 – 30 Jun 1979 |2 |
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align=center!33| Vito Antuofermo |30 Jun 1979 – 16 Mar 1980|1 |
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align=center!34| Alan Minter|16 Mar – 27 Sep 1980 |1 |
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align=center!35| Marvin Hagler|27 Sep 1980 – 6 Apr 1987 |12 |
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align=center!36| Sugar Ray Leonard|6 April – 27 May 1987|0 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Leonard retires.NEWS, 28 May 1987, Los Angeles, California, Leonard retires again| work=Los Angeles Times | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!37| Sumbu Kalambay({{small|awarded title}})|6 Jul 1988 – 31 Dec 1989|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|New ownership discontinued under the championship policy during Kalambay’s reign.}}
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align=center!38| Bernard Hopkins({{small|def. Félix Trinidad}})|29 Sep 2001 – 16 Jul 2005 |6 |
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align=center!39| Jermain Taylor|16 Jul 2005 – 29 Sep 2007 |4 |
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align=center!40| Kelly Pavlik|29 Sep 2007 – 17 Apr 2010 |3 |
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align=center!41| Sergio MartÃnez|17 Apr 2010 – 7 Jun 2014 |6 |
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align=center!42| Miguel Cotto|7 Jun 2014 – 21 Nov 2015 |1 |
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align=center!43| Canelo Ãlvarez|21 Nov 2015 – 12 Jun 2018|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Ãlvarez is stripped of the title after testing positive of Clenbuterol.NEWS, Ambrose, Dan, 12 June 2018, Canelo Alvarez stripped of Ring Magazine middleweight title,www.boxingnews24.com/2018/06/canelo-alvarez-stripped-of-ring-magazine-middleweight-title/, live, Boxingnews24,web.archive.org/web/20210116100104/https://www.boxingnews24.com/2018/06/canelo-alvarez-stripped-of-ring-magazine-middleweight-title/, 16 January 2021, 16 July 2021, }}
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align=center!44| Canelo Ãlvarez (2)({{small|def. Gennady Golovkin}})|15 Sep 2018 – 2 Jan 2021|1 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|The title is vacated one day afterNEWS, 2 January 2021, Ring ratings January 2, 2021| ringtv.craveonline.com/ratings/lightweight >url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119203549www.ringtv.com/ratings/?weightclass=98 | access-date=19 October 2021, Ãlvarez vacates his last alphabet title to stay at super middleweight.STUMBERG>FIRST=PATRICK | TITLE= CANELO ALVAREZ FINALLY VACATES WBA MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE | URL-STATUS=LIVE | ARCHIVE-URL= HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20210126150403/HTTPS://WWW.BADLEFTHOOK.COM/2021/1/1/22209600/CANELO-ALVAREZ-VACATES-WBA-MIDDLEWEIGHT-TITLE-NEXT-FIGHT-BOXING-NEWS-2021 | ACCESS-DATE=16 JULY 2021, }} |
“>Junior middleweight{| class“wikitable sortable” style@width:80%;”
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!No.!Name!Reign!Defenses
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align=center!1| Oscar Albarado({{small|def. Koichi Wajima}})|4 Jun 1974 – 21 Jan 1975 |1 |
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align=center!2| Koichi Wajima|21 Jan – 7 Jun 1975 |0 |
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align=center!3| Yuh Jae-Doo|7 June 1975 – 17 Feb 1976|1 |
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align=center!4| Koichi Wajima (2)|17 Feb – 18 May 1976|0 |
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align=center!5| José Durán|18 May – 8 Oct 1976|0 |
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align=center!6| Miguel Angel Castellini|8 Oct 1976 – 5 Mar 1977|0 |
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align=center!7| Eddie Gazo|5 Mar 1977 – 9 Aug 1978|3 |
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align=center!8| Masashi Kudo|9 Aug 1978 – 24 Oct 1979|3 |
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align=center!9| Ayub Kalule|24 Oct 1979 – 25 Jun 1981 | 4 |
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align=center!10| Sugar Ray Leonard|25 Jun 1981 – 1982|0 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Leonard vacates the title to move back down to welterweight.}}
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align=center!11| Thomas Hearns({{small|def. Wilfred BenÃtez}})|3 Dec 1982 – 24 Oct 1986 | 4 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Hearns vacates his alphabet title to officially move up in weight class.NEWS, 24 October 1968, Tampa, Florida, After Hearns moves up Mugabi should move in for title| work=The Tampa Tribune | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!12| Oscar De La Hoya({{small|def. Fernando Vargas}})|14 Sep 2002 – 13 Sep 2003|1 |
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align=center!13| Shane Mosley|13 Sep 2003 – 13 Mar 2004|0 |
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align=center!14| Winky Wright|13 Mar 2004 – 2 Nov 2005|1 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Wright stays at middleweight. The title is vacated on 2 November ratings.NEWS, The Ring, 8 November 2005, Ratings For Period Ended November 2, 2005,thering-online.com/ringpages/ratings2.html, dead, The Ring,www.thering-online.com/pages/ratings2.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20051108092159www.thering-online.com/pages/ratings2.html,">web.archive.org/web/20051108092159www.thering-online.com/pages/ratings2.html, 8 November 2005, 26 September 2021, }}
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align=center!15| Canelo Ãlvarez({{small|def. Austin Trout}})|20 Apr – 14 Sep 2013|0 |
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align=center!16| Floyd Mayweather Jr.|14 Sep 2013 – 10 Aug 2015|0 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Mayweather Jr. is stripped of the title due to inactivity in the weight class.NEWS, Fischer, Doug, 10 August 2015, Ring ratings update: Mayweather stripped of Ring 154 pound title| www.ringtv.com/396635-ring-ratings-update-mayweather-stripped-of-ring-154-pound-title/>url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713125955www.ringtv.com/396635-ring-ratings-update-mayweather-stripped-of-ring-154-pound-title/ | access-date=13 July 2021, }} |
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align=center!17| Jermell Charlo({{small|def. Jeison Rosario}}) | 26 Sep 2020 – present|2 |
“>Welterweight{| class“wikitable sortable” style@width:80%;”
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!No.!Name!Reign!Defenses
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align=center!1| Mickey Walker (boxer) | ({{small>awarded inaugural title}})|1924 – 20 May 1926|2 |
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align=center!2| Pete Latzo|20 May 1926 – 3 Jun 1927|2 |
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align=center!3| Joe Dundee|3 Jun 1927 – 25 Jul 1929|0 |
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align=center!4| Jackie Fields|25 Jul 1929 – 9 May 1930|0 |
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align=center!5| Jack Thompson|9 May – 5 Sep 1930|0 |
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align=center!6| Tommy Freeman|5 Sep 1930 – 14 Apr 1931|0 |
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align=center!7| Jack Thompson (2)|14 Apr – 23 Oct 1931|0 |
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align=center!8| Lou Brouillard|23 Oct 1931 – 28 Jan 1932|0 |
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align=center!9| Jackie Fields (2)|28 Jan 1932 – 22 Feb 1933|0 |
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align=center!10| Young Corbett III|22 February – 29 May 1933|0 |
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align=center!11| Jimmy McLarnin|29 May 1933 – 28 May 1934|0 |
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align=center!12| Barney Ross|28 May – 17 Sep 1934|0 |
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align=center!13| Jimmy McLarnin (2)|17 Sep 1934 – 28 May 1935 |0 |
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align=center!14| Barney Ross (2)|28 May 1935 – 31 May 1938|2 |
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align=center!15| Henry Armstrong|31 May 1938 – 4 Oct 1940 | 19 |
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align=center!16| Fritzie Zivic|4 Oct 1940 – 29 Jul 1941 |1 |
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align=center!17| Freddie Cochrane|29 Jul 1941 – 1 Feb 1946|0 |
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align=center!18| Marty Servo|1 Feb – 25 Sep 1946|0 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Servo retires.NEWS, 23 March 1929, The Windsor Star, Marty Servo retires from boxing, Nose injury reason for quitting| location=Windsor, Ontario | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!19| Sugar Ray Robinson({{small | Tommy Bell (boxer)>Tommy Bell}})|20 Dec 1946 – 15 Feb 1951|5 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Robinson’s title is automatically vacated after winning the middleweight title.NEWS, 15 February 1951, Argus-Leader, Sugar Ray trades Welter for Middleweight title in savage go| location=Sioux Falls, South Dakota | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!20| Kid Gavilán({{small | Billy Graham (American boxer)>Billy Graham}})|29 Aug 1951 – 20 Oct 1954|7 |
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align=center!21| Johnny Saxton|20 Oct 1954 – 1 Apr 1955|0 |
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align=center!22| Tony DeMarco|1 Apr – 10 Jun 1955 |0 |
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align=center!23| Carmen Basilio|10 Jun 1955 – 14 Mar 1956 |1 |
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align=center!24| Johnny Saxton (2)|14 Mar – 12 Sep 1956|0 |
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align=center!25| Carmen Basilio (2)|12 Sep 1956 – 23 Sep 1957|1 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Basilio vacated after winning the middleweight title.NEWS, 24 September 1957, Democrat and Chronicle, Basilio now vacates Welterweight crown under new ruling| location=Rochester, New York | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!26| Virgil Akins({{small|def. Vince Martinez}})|6 June – 5 Dec 1958|0 |
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align=center!27| Don Jordan|5 Dec 1958 – 27 May 1960|2 |
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align=center!28| Benny Paret|27 May 1960 – 1 Apr 1961|1 |
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align=center!29| Emile Griffith|1 Apr – 30 Sep 1961|1 |
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align=center!30| Benny Paret (2)|30 Sep 1961 – 24 Mar 1962|0 |
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align=center!31| Emile Griffith (2)|24 Mar 1962 – 21 Mar 1963|2 |
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align=center!32| Luis Manuel RodrÃguez|21 Mar – 8 Jun 1963 |0 |
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align=center!33| Emile Griffith (3)|8 Jun 1963 – 1966|5 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Griffith vacates the title to stay at middleweight.}}
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align=center!34| Curtis Cokes({{small|def. Jean Josselin}})|28 Nov 1966 – 18 Apr 1969|4 |
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align=center!35| José Nápoles|18 Apr 1969 – 3 Dec 1970 |3 |
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align=center!36| Billy Backus|3 Dec 1970 – 4 Jun 1971 |0 |
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align=center!37| José Nápoles (2)|4 Jun 1971 – 6 Dec 1975|10 |
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align=center!38| John Stracey|6 Dec 1975 – 22 Jun 1976|1 |
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align=center!39| Carlos Palomino|22 Jun 1976 – 14 Jan 1979|7 |
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align=center!40| Wilfred BenÃtez|14 Jan – 30 Nov 1979|1 |
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align=center!41| Sugar Ray Leonard|30 Nov 1979 – 20 Jun 1980|1 |
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align=center!42| Roberto Durán|20 Jun – 25 Nov 1980|0 |
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align=center!43| Sugar Ray Leonard (2)|25 Nov 1980 – 9 Nov 1982|2 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|Leonard retires for the first time due to an eye injury.NEWS, 10 November 1982, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, “Feeling Is Gone” So Leonard Retires| work=Lancaster New Era | via=Newspapers.com, subscription, }} |
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align=center!44| Donald Curry({{small|def. Milton McCrory}})|6 Dec 1985 – 27 Sep 1986 |1 |
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align=center!45| Lloyd Honeyghan|27 Sep 1986 – 27 Oct 1987 |3 |
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align=center!46| Jorge Vaca|27 Oct 1987 – 29 Mar 1988 |0 |
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align=center!47| Lloyd Honeyghan (2)|29 Mar 1988 – 4 Feb 1989 |1 |
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align=center!48| Marlon Starling|4 Feb – 31 Dec 1989|1 |
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align=center!colspan=4|{{small|New ownership discontinued under the championship policy during Starling’s reign.}}
