Super Middleweight
Name: | Date: | Location: | Defenses: |
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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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