List of IBF World Champions - Middleweight

Middleweight

Name: Date: Location: Defenses:
Marvin Hagler
def. Wilford Scypion
May 27, 1983 Providence, Rhode Island 5
Title vacated April 6, 1987 Hagler's last successful defense was against John Mugabi on March 10, 1986 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Frank Tate
def. Michael Olajide
October 10, 1987 Las Vegas, Nevada 1
Michael Nunn July 28, 1988 Las Vegas, Nevada 5
James Toney May 10, 1991 Davenport, Iowa 6
Title vacated February 13, 1993 Toney vacated the title upon defeating Iran Barkley for the IBF Super Middleweight title in Las Vegas, Nevada. His last successful defense was against Mike McCallum on August 29, 1992 in Reno, Nevada.
Roy Jones Jr.
def. Bernard Hopkins
May 22, 1993 Washington, D.C. 1
Title vacated November 18, 1994 Jones vacated the title upon defeating James Toney for the IBF Super Middleweight title in Las Vegas, Nevada. His only successful defense of the Middleweight title was against Thomas Tate on May 27, 1994 in Reno, Nevada.
Bernard Hopkins
def. Segundo Mercado
December 17, 1994 Landover, Maryland 8
Robert Allen – Interim
def. Abdullah Ramadan
September 19, 1998 Atlanta, Georgia 0
Bernard Hopkins
def. Robert Allen for Undisputed title
February 6, 1999 Washington, D.C. 11
Jermain Taylor July 16, 2005 Las Vegas, Nevada 0
Title vacated October 11, 2005 Taylor stripped of title for agreeing to rematch with Bernard Hopkins.
Arthur Abraham
def. Kingsley Ikeke
December 10, 2005 Leipzig, Germany 10
Title vacated July 12, 2009 Abraham vacated title by agreeing to participate in Super Six World Boxing Classic.
Sebastian Sylvester
def. Giovanni Lorenzo
September 19, 2009 Neubrandenburg, Germany 0
Daniel Geale
def. Sebastian Sylvester
May 7, 2011 Neubrandenburg, Germany 2

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