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Middleweight

Limit: 160 lb / 72.6 kg

The original 'middle' class (1884). Middleweight is the only division apart from heavyweight to have had three different fighters reign for 7+ years (Carlos Monzón 1970-77, Bernard Hopkins 2001-05, Gennady Golovkin 2014-18). In 2018 Canelo Álvarez became the first Mexican to win the lineal middleweight title since Marco Antonio Rubio in 2012.

Current world champions

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Erislandy Lara
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Carlos Adames
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Janibek Alimkhanuly
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Janibek Alimkhanuly

Alternate division names

wbc
Middleweight
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Middleweight
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Middleweight
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Middleweight

Legends of the division

Sugar Ray RobinsonMarvin HaglerCarlos MonzónBernard HopkinsGennady GolovkinCanelo ÁlvarezRoy Jones Jr. (briefly)

All-time top 7

  1. 1.Sugar Ray Robinson
  2. 2.Marvin Hagler
  3. 3.Carlos Monzón
  4. 4.Bernard Hopkins
  5. 5.Canelo Álvarez
  6. 6.Jermall Charlo
  7. 7.Mike McCallum

Trivia

  • ▸Bernard Hopkins's 20 consecutive successful defences (1995-2005) is the all-time middleweight record.
  • ▸Gennady Golovkin had a 23-bout KO streak from 2008-2015, the longest in middleweight history.
  • ▸The 1985 'War' between Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns lasted 8 minutes and is widely cited as the most exciting middleweight title fight ever.