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Light Middleweight Title History 154 lbs
Title Holder |
Tenure |
Status |
Defences |
Birthplace |
| Saul Alvarez | 2011- | IBF | 2 | Mexico |
| Manny Pacquiao | 2010-2011 | WBC | 0 | Philippines |
| Cornelius Bundrage | 2010- | IBF | 1 | USA |
| Miguel Angel Cotto | 2010- | WBA | 2 | Puerto Rico |
| Miguel Cotto wins title in third weight category | ||||
| Sergio Gabriel Martnez | 2009-2010 | WBC | 1 | Argentina |
| Martinez captured the midddleweight title and concentrated on defending his middleweight title. | ||||
| Corry Spinks | 2009-2010 | IBF | 0 | USA |
| Yuri Foreman | 2009-2010 | WBA | 0 | Israel |
| Nobuhiro Ishida | 2009 | WBA | 0 | Japan |
| Vernon Forrest | 2008 | WBC | 1 | USA |
| Sergio Mora | 2008 | WBC | 0 | USA |
| Vernon Forrest | 2008 | WBC | 0 | USA |
| Forrest was fataly shot and died July 2009 | ||||
| Verno Phillips | 2008 | IBF | 0 | Belize |
| Paul Williams | 2008 | WBO | 0 | USA |
| Daniel Santos | 2007-2009 | WBA | 0 | Puerto Rico |
| Joachim Alcine | 2007-2008 | WBA | 1 | Haiti |
| Travis Simms | 2007 | WBA | 0 | USA |
| Floyd Mayweather Jr | 2007 | WBC | 0 | USA |
| Mayweather vacated the title. | ||||
| Corry Spinks | 2006-2008 | IBF | 1 | USA |
| Jose Antonio Rivera | 2006-2007 | WBA | 0 | USA |
| Oscar De La Hoya | 2006-2007 | WBC | 0 | USA |
| Serhiy Dzinziruk | 2005- | WBO | 6 | Ukraine |
| Alejandro Garcia | 2005-2006 | WBA | 1 | Mexico |
| Roman Karmazin | 2005-2006 | IBF | 0 | Russia |
| Ricardo Mayorga | 2005-2006 | WBC | 0 | Nicaragua |
| Ronald Wright | 2005 | WBC | 1 | USA |
| Travis Simms | 2005 | WBA | 1 | USA |
| Ronald Wright | 2004-2005 | WBA-WBC | 1 | USA |
| Kassim Ouma | 2004-2005 | IBF | 1 | Uganda |
| Ronald Wright | 2004 | IBF-WBA-WBC | 0 | USA |
| Wright unifies the titles. | ||||
| Verno Phillips | 2004 | IBF | 0 | USA |
| Shane Mosley | 2003-2004 | WBA-WBC | 0 | USA |
| Daniel Santos | 2002-2005 | WBO | 4 | Puerto Rico |
| Santiago Samaniego | 2002-2003 | WBA | 0 | Panama |
| Oscar De La Hoya | 2002-2003 | WBC | 1 | USA |
| De La Hoya unifies the WBA and WBC titles. | ||||
| Javier Castillejo | 2002 | WBC | 0 | Spain |
| Ronald Wright | 2001-2004 | IBF | 5 | USA |
| Oscar De La Hoya | 2001-2002 | WBC | 1 | USA |
| Fernando Vargas | 2001-2002 | WBA | 0 | USA |
| Felix Trinidad | 2000-2001 | IBF-WBA | 0 | Puerto Rico |
| Trinidad beats Vargas unifing the IBF and WBA titles. | ||||
| Felix trinidad | 2000 | WBA | 2 | Puerto Rico |
| Javier Castillejo | 1999-2001 | WBC | 5 | Spain |
| David Reid | 1999-2000 | WBA | 2 | USA |
| Harry Simon | 1998-2001 | WBO | 4 | Namibia |
| Fernando Vargas | 1998-2000 | IBF | 5 | USA |
| Keith Mullings | 1997-1999 | WBC | 1 | USA |
| Luis Ramon Campas | 1997-1998 | IBF | 3 | Mexico |
| Terry Norris | 1997 | WBC | 0 | USA |
| Norris relinquished IBF title. | ||||
| Raul Marquez | 1997 | IBF | 2 | USA |
| Laurent Boudouani | 1996-1999 | WBA | 4 | France |
| Ronald Wright | 1996-1998 | WBO | 3 | USA |
| Bronco McKart | 1996 | WBO | 0 | USA |
| Terry Norris | 1995-1997 | IBF-WBC | 0 | USA |
| Norris unified both IBF and WBC titles. | ||||
| Paul Jones | 1995-1996 | WBO | 0 | England |
| WBO stripped Jones for failing to face mandatory. | ||||
| Julio Cesar Vasquez | 1995-1996 | WBA | 9 | Argentina |
| Pernell Whitaker | 1995 | WBA | 0 | USA |
| Whitaker returned to Welterweight to defend his WBC title. | ||||
| Gianfranco Rosi | 1995 | WBO | 0 | Italy |
| Rosi failed a drugs test and was stripped of title by WBO. | ||||
| Carl Daniels | 1995 | WBA | 0 | USA |
| Verno Phillips | 1995 | WBO | 3 | USA |
| Paul Vaden | 1995 | IBF | 0 | USA |
| Terry Norris | 1995 | WBC | 2 | USA |
| Vince Pettway | 1994-1995 | IBF | 1 | USA |
| Luis Santana | 1994-1995 | WBC | 1 | Dominican Rep |
| Terry Norris | 1994 | WBC | 0 | USA |
| Verno Phillips | 1993-1995 | WBO | 3 | USA |
| Simon Brown | 1993-1994 | WBC | 1 | USA |
| Julio Cesar Vasquez | 1992-1995 | WBA | 9 | Argentina |
| Vinny Pazienza | 1991-1992 | WBA | 0 | USA |
| Gilbert Dele | 1991 | WBA | 1 | France |
| Terry Norris | 1990-1993 | WBC | 10 | USA |
| Gianfranco Rosi | 1989-1994 | IBF | 11 | Italy |
| John Mugabi | 1989-1990 | WBC | 0 | Uganda |
| Darrin Van Horn | 1989 | IBF | 0 | USA |
| Rene Jacqot | 1989 | WBC | 0 | France |
| John David Jackson | 1988-1993 | WBO | 6 | USA |
| Don Curry | 1988-1989 | WBC | 0 | USA |
| Robert Hines | 1988-1989 | IBF | 0 | USA |
| Julian Jackson | 1987-1990 | WBA | 3 | Virgin Islands |
| Matthew Hilton | 1987-1988 | IBF | 1 | Canada |
| Gianfranco Rosi | 1987-1988 | WBC | 1 | Italy |
| Lupe Aquino | 1987 | WBC | 0 | Mexico |
| Buster Drayton | 1986-1987 | IBF | 2 | USA |
| Duane Thomas | 1986-1987 | WBC | 0 | USA |
| Mike McCallum | 1984-1987 | WBA | 6 | Jamaica |
| Carlos Santos | 1984-1986 | IBF | 1 | Puerto Rico |
| IBF stripped Santos for failing to defend against mandatory. | ||||
| Mark Medal | 1984 | IBF | 0 | USA |
| Roberto Duran | 1983-1984 | WBA | 0 | Panama |
| Duran relinquished to challenge Hearns for the WBC version. | ||||
| Thomas Hearns | 1982-1986 | WBC | 4 | USA |
| Davey Moore | 1982-1983 | WBA | 3 | USA |
| Wilfred Benitez | 1981-1982 | WBC | 2 | USA |
| Tadashi Mihara | 1981-1982 | WBA | 0 | Japan |
| Sugar Ray Leonard | 1981 | WBA | 0 | USA |
| Maurice Hope | 1979-1981 | WBC | 3 | Antigua |
| Ayub Kalule | 1979-1981 | WBA | 4 | Uganda |
| Masashi Kudo | 1978-1979 | WBA | 3 | Japan |
| Rocky Mattioli | 1977-1979 | WBC | 2 | Italy |
| Eddie Gazo | 1977-1978 | WBA | 3 | Nicaragua |
| Eckhard Dagge | 1976-1977 | WBC | 2 | Germany |
| Miguel. Castellini | 1976-1977 | WBA | 0 | Argentina |
| Koichi Wajima | 1976 | WBA | 0 | Japan |
| Jose Duran | 1976 | WBA | 0 | Spain |
| Jae-Do Yuh | 1975-1976 | WBA | 1 | S Korea |
| Elisha Obed | 1975-1976 | WBC | 2 | Bahamas |
| Koichi Waiima | 1975 | WBA | 0 | Japan |
| WBC stripped Waiima. | ||||
| Miguel De Oliveira | 1975 | WBC | 0 | Brazil |
| Oscar Albarado | 1974-1975 | WBA | 1 | USA |
| Koichi Wajima | 1971-1974 | Undisputed | 6 | Japan |
| WBC withdrew recognition of Wajima. | ||||
| Carmelo Bossi | 1970-1971 | WBA | 1 | Italy |
| Freddie Little | 1969-1970 | WBA | 2 | USA |
| Sandro Mazzinghi | 1968-1969 | WBA | 0 | Italy |
| WBA stripped Mazzinghi for failing to defend. | ||||
| Ki-Soo Kim | 1966-1968 | WBA | 2 | S Korea |
| Nino Benvenuti | 1965-1966 | WBA | 1 | Italy |
| Sandro Mazzinghi | 1963-1965 | WBA | 2 | Italy |
| Ralph Dupas | 1963 | WBA | 1 | USA |
| Denny Moyer | 1962-1963 | WBA | 1 | USA |
| Bold ( Indicates Current Holder) - Bold (Indicates Undisputed) | ||||
Last Updated on Thursday, 21 July 2011 18:13
