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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,
Spinks, who had won the IBF heavyweight title the previous month against Larry Holmes, was stripped of the WBC light heavyweight title due to the WBC's policy against fighters holding world titles in multiple divisions at the same time. [21] 13 J. B. Williamson (def. Prince Mama Mohammed) 10 Dec 1985 – 30 Apr 1986 0 14 Dennis Andries
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Under the new policy, The Ring title can be awarded when the No. 1 and No. 2 fighters face one another or when the Nos. 1 and 2 contenders choose not to fight one another and either of them fights No. 3, No. 4 or No. 5, the winner may be awarded The Ring belt. In addition, there are now six ways for a fighter to lose his title: lose a fight in ...
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