List of Middleweight Boxing Champions - WBA

Title inaugurated 1962-10-23 1963-12-07 Dick Tiger WBA 1963-12-07 1965-10-21 Joey Giardello WBA 1965-10-21 1966-04-25 Dick Tiger WBA 1966-04-25 1967-04-17 Emile Griffith WBA 1967-04-17 1967-09-29 Nino Benvenuti WBA 1967-04-17 1968-03-04 Emile Griffith WBA 1968-03-04 1970-11-04 Nino Benvenuti WBA 1970-11-07 1977-08-29-Retired Carlos Monzon WBA 1977-11-05 1978-04-22 Rodrigo Valdez WBA 1978-04-22 1979-06-30 Hugo Pastor Corro WBA 1979-06-30 1980-03-16 Vito Antuofermo WBA 1980-03-16 1980-09-27 Alan Minter WBA 1980-09-27 1987-Stripped Marvin Hagler WBA 1987-10-23 1989-Stripped Sumbu Kalambay WBA 1989-05-10 1991-04-01-Vacated Mike McCallum WBA 1992-04-22 1993-10-01 Reggie Johnson WBA 1993-10-01 1994-08-Vacated John David Jackson WBA 1994-08-12 1995-12-19 Jorge Fernando Castro WBA 1995-12-19 1996-06-24 Shinji Takehara WBA 1996-06-24 1997-08-23 William Joppy WBA 1997-08-23 1998-01-31 Julio César Green WBA 1998-01-31 2001-05-12 William Joppy WBA 2001-05-12 2001-09-29 Félix Trinidad WBA 2001-09-29 2005-07-16 Bernard Hopkins WBA Super Champion 2001-11-17 2003-12-13-Lost to Super Champion William Joppy WBA Regular Champion 2004-05-01 2006-03-11 Maselino Masoe WBA Regular Champion 2005-07-16 2006-12-14-Stripped Jermain Taylor WBA Super Champion 2006-03-11 2006-07-15 Felix Sturm WBA Regular Champion 2006-07-15 2007-04-28 Javier Castillejo WBA Regular Champion 2007-04-28 2012-09-01 Felix Sturm WBA Super Champion 2010-10-14 Current Gennady Golovkin WBA Regular Champion 2012-09-01 2012-11-02-Stripped Daniel Geale WBA Super Champion