List of IBF World Champions - Super Middleweight

Super Middleweight

Name: Date: Location: Defenses:
Murray Sutherland
def. Ernie Singletary
March 28, 1984 Atlantic City, New Jersey 0
Chong-Pal Park July 22, 1984 Seoul, South Korea 8
Title vacated December 6, 1987 Park vacates the title in Busan, South Korea prior to fighting Jesús Gallardo for the vacant WBA Super Middleweight Championship, a fight which he won. His last defense of the IBF title was against Emmanuel Otti on July 26, 1987 in Gwangju, South Korea.
Graciano Rocchigiani
def. Vincent Boulware
March 11, 1988 Düsseldorf, Germany 3
Title vacated 1989 Rocchigiani vacates the title in order to move up to Light Heavyweight. His last defense was against Thulani Malinga on January 27, 1989 in Berlin, Germany.
Lindell Holmes
def. Frank Tate
January 27, 1990 New Orleans, Louisiana 3
Darrin Van Horn May 18, 1991 Verbania, Italy 1
Iran Barkley January 10, 1992 New York City, New York 0
James Toney February 13, 1993 Las Vegas, Nevada 3
Roy Jones Jr. November 18, 1994 Las Vegas, Nevada 5
Title vacated 1996–1997
Charles Brewer June 21, 1997 Tampa, Florida 3
Sven Ottke October 24, 1998 Düsseldorf, Germany 21
Title vacated March 27, 2004 Ottke announced his retirement immediately after his last defense, against Armand Krajnc in Magdeburg, Germany.
Jeff Lacy
def. Syd Vanderpool
October 2, 2004 Las Vegas, Nevada 4
Joe Calzaghe March 4, 2006 Manchester, England 1
Title stripped November 27, 2006 Calzaghe declined a mandatory defence (v. mandatory challenger Robert Stieglitz), preferring to fight "Contender" runner-up Peter Manfredo Jr. instead.
Alejandro Berrio
def. Robert Stieglitz
March 3, 2007 Rostock, Germany 0
Lucian Bute October 19, 2007 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 10
Carl Froch May 26, 2012 Nottingham, England 0

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