Middleweight - Middleweight Boxing

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Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.


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Boxing

In Boxing, the middleweight division is above 154 lbs (69.9 kg) and up to 160 lbs (72.5 kg).

Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897. Chandler won, becoming known as the American middleweight champion.

The first middleweight fight with gloves may have been between George Fulljames and Jack (Nonpareil) Dempsey (no relation to the more famous heavyweight Jack Dempsey)

Bernard Hopkins holds the record for most consecutive title defenses at this division, with 20 defenses of the IBF title.

Professional champions

Current male champions

Interim champions

Current male champions

Longest reigning middleweight champions

Below is a list of longest reigning middleweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. Career total time as champion (for multiple time champions) does not apply.

Olympic champions

  • 1904:  Charles Mayer (USA)
  • 1908:  John Douglas (GBR)
  • 1920:  Harry Mallin (GBR)
  • 1924:  Harry Mallin (GBR)
  • 1928:  Piero Toscani (ITA)
  • 1932:  Carmen Barth (USA)
  • 1936:  Jean Despeaux (FRA)
  • 1948:  László Papp (HUN)
  • 1952:  Floyd Patterson (USA)
  • 1956:  Gennadiy Shatkov (URS)
  • 1960:  Eddie Crook, Jr. (USA)
  • 1964:  Valeriy Popenchenko (URS)
  • 1968:  Chris Finnegan (GBR)
  • 1972:  Vyacheslav Lemeshev (URS)
  • 1976:  Michael Spinks (USA)
  • 1980:  José Gómez (CUB)
  • 1984:  Shin Joon-Sup (KOR)
  • 1988:  Henry Maske (GDR)
  • 1992:  Ariel Hernández (CUB)
  • 1996:  Ariel Hernández (CUB)
  • 2000:  Jorge Gutiérrez (CUB)
  • 2004:  Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov (RUS)
  • 2008:  James DeGale (GBR)
  • 2012:  Ryota Murata (JPN)
  • 2016:  Arlen López (CUB)

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Kickboxing

  • International Kickboxing Federation (IKF) Middleweight (Pro & Amateur) 159.1-165 lb. or 72.4-75 kg
  • In Glory promotion, a middleweight division is up to 85 kg (187 lb).

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Mixed Martial Arts

In Ultimate Fighting Championship, the middleweight division is from 171 lbs (77.5 kg) to 185 lbs (84 kg).


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Taekwondo

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