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Champions were recognized by public acclamation. A champion in that era was a fighter who had a notable win over another fighter and kept winning afterward. Retirements or disputed results could lead to a championship being split among several men for periods of time.
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,
Middleweight. Source: [9] No. Name Duration of reign Defences 1 Glenwood Brown: Aug 25, 1995 – 1997 r: 0 2 Freeman Barr: Sep 20, 1997 – 1998 r: 1 3 Mpush Makambi
Nunn won titles at middleweight and super middleweight and compiled a 58-4 record with 38 KOs from 1984-2002. “As a small-town guy from Iowa to reach the highest achievement in boxing makes me ...
Ezzard Mack Charles (July 7, 1921 – May 28, 1975), was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1959. Known as the Cincinnati Cobra, Charles was respected for his slick defense and precision, and is often regarded as the greatest light heavyweight of all time, and one of the greatest fighters pound for pound, [1] having defeating numerous Hall of Fame fighters in three ...
Toney vacated the title infavor of his IBF super middleweight title. [32] 5 Roy Jones Jr. (def. Bernard Hopkins) 22 May 1993 – 25 Aug 1994 1 Jones vacated the title to challenge James Toney for the IBF super middleweight title. [33] 6 Bernard Hopkins (def. Segundo Mercado) 29 Apr 1995 – 16 Jul 2005 19 7 Jermain Taylor: 16 Jul – 11 Oct 2005 0
But to give an idea of the kinds of fighters Alvarez is being compared with in this category, Yahoo Sports ranks the all-time pound-for-pound top 10 like this: 1. Sugar Ray Robinson 2. Henry ...
Eubank was expected to move up to super middleweight, [19] the title was then reportedly vacated 1 day after. [20] 4 Gerald McClellan (def. John Mugabi) 20 Nov 1991 – 2 Apr 1993 0 McClellan vacated the title to move up to super middleweight. [21] 5 Chris Pyatt (def. Sumbu Kalambay) 19 May 1993 – 11 May 1994 2 6 Steve Collins: 11 May 1994 ...