List of Middleweight Boxing Champions - WBC

Title inaugurated 1963-08-10 1963-12-07 Dick Tiger WBC 1963-12-07 1965-10-21 Joey Giardello WBC 1965-10-21 1966-04-25 Dick Tiger WBC 1966-04-25 1967-04-17 Emile Griffith WBC 1967-04-17 1967-09-29 Nino Benvenuti WBC 1967-09-29 1968-03-04 Emile Griffith WBC 1968-03-04 1970-11-07 Nino Benvenuti WBC 1970-11-07 1974-02-09-Stripped Carlos Monzon WBC 1974-05-25 1976-06-26 Rodrigo Valdez WBC 1976-06-26 1977-08-29-Retired Carlos Monzón WBC 1977-11-05 1978-04-22 Rodrigo Valdez WBC 1978-04-22 1979-06-30 Hugo Pastor Corro WBC 1979-06-30 1980-03-16 Vito Antuofermo WBC 1980-03-16 1980-09-27 Alan Minter WBC 1980-09-27 1987-04-06 Marvin Hagler WBC 1987-04-06 1987-05-27-Vacated Sugar Ray Leonard WBC 1987-10-29 1988-06-06 Thomas Hearns WBC 1988-06-06 1989-02-24 Iran Barkley WBC 1989-02-24 1989-12-07-Vacated Roberto Durán WBC 1990-11-24 1993-05-08 Julian Jackson WBC 1993-05-08 1994-05-07-Vacated Gerald McClellan WBC 1995-03-17 1995-08-19 Julian Jackson WBC 1995-08-19 1996-03-16 Quincy Taylor WBC 1996-03-16 1998-05-02 Keith Holmes WBC 1998-05-02 1999-04-24 Hacine Cherifi WBC 1999-04-24 2001-04-14 Keith Holmes WBC 2001-04-14 2005-07-16 Bernard Hopkins WBC 2005-07-16 2007-09-29 Jermain Taylor WBC 2007-09-29 2010-04-17 Kelly Pavlik WBC 2010-04-17 2011-01-17-Stripped Sergio Martínez WBC 2011-01-17 2011-06-04 Sebastian Zbik WBC 2011-06-04 2012-09-15 Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr. WBC 2012-09-15 Current Sergio Martínez WBC