Super Middleweight title history

WBC

Saul Alvarez

31 October 2026Reigning for 1 month

Won the WBC super middleweight title by unanimous decision (115-112, 116-111, 117-110) in Riyadh.

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Won the WBC super middleweight title from Christian Mbilli.

Defeated Christian Mbilli by unanimous decision (115-112, 116-111, 117-110) in Riyadh

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Super Middleweight champions and recorded title changes
Date	Organisation	Champion	Title	Evidence
31 October 2026	WBC	Saul Alvarez	Champion	Defeated Christian Mbilli by unanimous decision (115-112, 116-111, 117-110) in Riyadh WBC source
23 May 2026	WBO	Hamzah Sheeraz	Champion	Won the vacant title by stopping Alem Begic in the second round WBO source
2 May 2026	WBA	Jaime Munguia	World Champion	Won the title by unanimous decision against Jose Armando Resendiz in Las Vegas WBA source
9 April 2026	IBF	Osleys Iglesias	Champion	Won the vacant title when Pavel Silyagin was stopped at the end of the eighth round at the Casino de Montreal IBF source
21 March 2026	WBC	Lester Martinez	Interim Champion	Won the vacant interim title by unanimous decision against Immanuwel Aleem in San Bernardino WBC source
27 January 2026	WBC	Christian Mbilli	Champion	Elevated from Interim Champion to World Champion, as announced at the WBC's weekly press conference on 27 January WBC source
1 January 2026	WBA	Armando Resendiz	World Champion	Was elevated from interim to full WBA champion after Terence Crawford retired WBA source
13 September 2025	WBAWBCIBFWBORING	Terence Crawford	Super Champion, Champion	Won the title by defeating Canelo Álvarez. Won the title by defeating Saul Alvarez. Won the title by unanimous decision over Canelo Álvarez at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. WBA source WBC source IBF source WBO source RING source
27 June 2025	WBC	Christian Mbilli	Interim Champion	Won the interim WBC title by stopping Maciej Sulecki in the first round in Quebec City WBC source
31 May 2025	WBA	Armando Resendiz	Interim Champion	Won the interim WBA title by defeating Caleb Plant by split decision in Las Vegas WBA source
3 May 2025	IBF	Saul Alvarez	Champion	Won the IBF title by defeating William Scull by unanimous decision in Riyadh IBF source
19 October 2024	IBF	William Scull	Champion	Won the title by defeating Vladimir Shishkin IBF source
14 September 2024	WBA	Caleb Plant	Interim Champion	Won the interim WBA title by stopping Trevor McCumby in the ninth round WBA source
26 November 2022	WBO	John Ryder	Interim Champion	Won the interim WBO title when Zach Parker retired with a hand injury after four rounds WBO source
21 May 2022	WBC	David Benavidez	Interim Champion	Won the vacant interim WBC title by stopping David Lemieux in the third round WBC source
6 November 2021	IBF	Saul Alvarez	Champion	Won the title by stopping Caleb Plant in the eleventh round IBF source
8 May 2021	WBO	Saul Alvarez	Super Champion	Won the title by stopping Billy Joe Saunders in the eighth round WBO source
19 January 2021	WBA	David Morrell	World Champion	The source lists this reign start but does not specify how the title was acquired WBA source
19 December 2020	WBAWBCRING	Saul Alvarez	Super Champion, Champion	Won the title by defeating Callum Smith. WBA source WBC source RING source
28 September 2019	WBC	David Benavidez	Champion	Won the title by defeating Anthony Dirrell WBC source
18 May 2019	WBO	Billy Joe Saunders	Champion	Won the title by defeating Shefat Isufi WBO source
23 February 2019	WBC	Anthony Dirrell	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Avni Yildirim WBC source
13 January 2019	IBF	Caleb Plant	Champion	Won the title by defeating José Uzcátegui IBF source
15 December 2018	WBA	Saul Alvarez	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Rocky Fielding WBA source
28 September 2018	WBARING	Callum Smith	Super Champion, Champion	Won the title by defeating George Groves. WBA source RING source
14 July 2018	WBA	Rocky Fielding	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Tyron Zeuge WBA source
July 2018	IBF	Jose Uzcategui	Champion	Was elevated from interim to full IBF champion in July 2018 after James DeGale relinquished on 4 July. The promotion was already reported by 8 July; its exact day remains unverified. The June ranking label is an archive period, not the promotion month. IBF source
7 April 2018	IBF	James DeGale	Champion	Won the title by defeating Caleb Truax IBF source
9 December 2017	IBF	Caleb Truax	Champion	Won the title by defeating James DeGale IBF source
8 September 2017	WBC	David Benavidez	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Ronald Gavril WBC source
27 May 2017	WBA	George Groves	Super Champion	Won the title by defeating Fedor Chudinov WBA source
5 November 2016	WBA	Tyron Zeuge	World Champion	Won the title by stopping Giovanni De Carolis in the twelfth round WBA source
9 April 2016	WBO	Gilberto Ramirez	Champion	Won the title by defeating Arthur Abraham WBO source
20 February 2016	WBA	Felix Sturm	Super Champion	Won the title by defeating Fedor Chudinov WBA source
9 January 2016	WBA	Giovanni De Carolis	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Vincent Feigenbutz WBA source
4 January 2016	WBA	Fedor Chudinov	Super Champion	Promoted to this title WBA source
23 May 2015	IBF	James DeGale	Champion	Won the title by defeating Andre Dirrell IBF source
9 May 2015	WBA	Fedor Chudinov	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Felix Sturm WBA source
24 April 2015	WBC	Badou Jack	Champion	Won the title by defeating Anthony Dirrell WBC source
16 August 2014	WBC	Anthony Dirrell	Champion	Won the title by defeating Sakio Bika WBC source
1 March 2014	WBO	Arthur Abraham	Champion	Won the title by defeating Robert Stieglitz WBO source
22 June 2013	WBC	Sakio Bika	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Marco Antonio Peribán WBC source
25 May 2013	WBA	Carl Froch	World Champion	Won the WBA title by defeating Mikkel Kessler by unanimous decision in London, initially holding unified status while also the IBF champion WBA source
23 March 2013	WBO	Robert Stieglitz	Champion	Won the title by defeating Arthur Abraham WBO source
8 December 2012	WBA	Mikkel Kessler	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Brian Magee WBA source
1 November 2012	WBA	Brian Magee	World Champion	Was elevated from interim to WBA world champion at the Jakarta convention before his mandatory defense against Mikkel Kessler WBA source
25 August 2012	WBO	Arthur Abraham	Champion	Won the title by defeating Robert Stieglitz WBO source
26 May 2012	IBF	Carl Froch	Champion	Won the title by defeating Lucian Bute IBF source
17 December 2011	WBCRING	Andre Ward	Champion	Won the title by defeating Carl Froch. WBC source RING source
26 August 2011	WBA	Karoly Balzsay	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Stanislav Kashtanov WBA source
30 July 2011	WBA	Brian Magee	Interim Champion	Won the interim WBA title by defeating Jaime Barboza by unanimous decision in San Jose, Costa Rica WBA source
27 November 2010	WBC	Carl Froch	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Arthur Abraham WBC source
24 April 2010	WBC	Mikkel Kessler	Champion	Won the title by defeating Carl Froch WBC source
21 November 2009	WBA	Dimitri Sartison	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Stjepan Bozic WBA source
21 November 2009	WBA	Andre Ward	Super Champion	Won the title by technical decision over Mikkel Kessler after the bout was stopped in the eleventh round in Oakland WBA source
22 August 2009	WBO	Robert Stieglitz	Champion	Won the title by defeating Károly Balzsay WBO source
August 2009	WBA	Mikkel Kessler	Super Champion	Was elevated to WBA Super Champion before the Ward fight. The August-September rankings were posted in October and the November announcement says he had already been elevated; neither establishes the decision day. WBA source
10 January 2009	WBO	Karoly Balzsay	Champion	Won the title by defeating Denis Inkin WBO source
6 December 2008	WBC	Carl Froch	Champion	Won the title by defeating Jean Pascal WBC source
27 September 2008	WBO	Denis Inkin	Champion	Won the title by defeating Fulgencio Zuniga WBO source
21 June 2008	WBA	Mikkel Kessler	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Dimitri Sartison WBA source
3 November 2007	WBAWBC	Joe Calzaghe	Super Champion, Champion	Won the title by defeating Mikkel Kessler. WBA source WBC source
19 October 2007	IBF	Lucian Bute	Champion	Won the title by defeating Alejandro Berrio IBF source
7 March 2007	WBA	Anthony Mundine	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Sam Soliman WBA source
3 March 2007	IBF	Alejandro Berrio	Champion	Won the title by defeating Robert Stieglitz IBF source
14 October 2006	WBAWBC	Mikkel Kessler	Super Champion, Champion	Won the title by defeating Markus Beyer. WBA source WBC source
4 March 2006	IBFRING	Joe Calzaghe	Champion	Won the title by defeating Jeff Lacy. IBF source RING source
12 November 2004	WBA	Mikkel Kessler	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Manuel Siaca WBA source
9 October 2004	WBC	Markus Beyer	Champion	Won the title by defeating Cristian Sanavia WBC source
2 October 2004	IBF	Jeff Lacy	Champion	Won the title by defeating Syd Vanderpool IBF source
5 June 2004	WBC	Cristian Sanavia	Champion	Won the title by defeating Markus Beyer WBC source
June 2004	WBO	Joe Calzaghe	Super Champion	Was designated WBO Super Champion while already holding its world title. The 11 October 1997 Eubank win established the world championship, not the later Super Champion designation; its exact day is unverified. WBO source
5 May 2004	WBA	Manuel Siaca	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Anthony Mundine WBA source
3 September 2003	WBA	Anthony Mundine	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Antwun Echols WBA source
5 April 2003	WBC	Markus Beyer	Champion	Won the title by defeating Éric Lucas WBC source
15 March 2003	WBA	Sven Ottke	Super Champion	Won the title by defeating Byron Mitchell WBA source
10 July 2001	WBC	Eric Lucas	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Glenn Catley WBC source
3 March 2001	WBA	Byron Mitchell	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Manny Siaca WBA source
15 December 2000	WBC	Dave Hilton Jr	Champion	Won the title by defeating Dingaan Thobela WBC source
1 September 2000	WBC	Dingaan Thobela	Champion	Won the title by defeating Glenn Catley WBC source
6 May 2000	WBC	Glenn Catley	Champion	Won the title by defeating Markus Beyer WBC source
8 April 2000	WBA	Bruno Girard	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Byron Mitchell WBA source
23 October 1999	WBC	Markus Beyer	Champion	Won the title by defeating Richie Woodhall WBC source
12 June 1999	WBA	Byron Mitchell	World Champion	Won the title by defeating Frankie Liles WBA source
24 October 1998	IBF	Sven Ottke	Champion	Won the title by defeating Charles Brewer IBF source
27 March 1998	WBC	Richie Woodhall	Champion	Won the title by defeating Thulani Malinga WBC source
19 December 1997	WBC	Thulani Malinga	Champion	Won the title by defeating Robin Reid WBC source
11 October 1997	WBO	Joe Calzaghe	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Chris Eubank WBO source
21 June 1997	IBF	Charles Brewer	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Gary Ballard IBF source
12 October 1996	WBC	Robin Reid	Champion	Won the title by defeating Vincenzo Nardiello WBC source
6 July 1996	WBC	Vincenzo Nardiello	Champion	Won the title by defeating Thulani Malinga WBC source
2 March 1996	WBC	Thulani Malinga	Champion	Won the title by defeating Nigel Benn WBC source
18 March 1995	WBO	Steve Collins	Champion	Won the title by defeating Chris Eubank WBO source
18 November 1994	IBF	Roy Jones Jr	Champion	Won the title by defeating James Toney IBF source
12 August 1994	WBA	Frankie Liles	Champion	Won the title by defeating Steve Little WBA source
26 February 1994	WBA	Steve Little	Champion	Won the title by defeating Michael Nunn WBA source
13 February 1993	IBF	James Toney	Champion	Won the title by defeating Iran Barkley IBF source
3 October 1992	WBC	Nigel Benn	Champion	Won the title by defeating Mauro Galvano WBC source
12 September 1992	WBA	Michael Nunn	Champion	Won the title by defeating Víctor Córdoba WBA source
10 January 1992	IBF	Iran Barkley	Champion	Won the title by defeating Darrin Van Horn IBF source
21 September 1991	WBO	Chris Eubank	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Michael Watson WBO source
18 May 1991	IBF	Darrin Van Horn	Champion	Won the title by defeating Lindell Holmes IBF source
5 April 1991	WBA	Victor Cordoba	Champion	Won the title by defeating Christophe Tiozzo WBA source
15 December 1990	WBC	Mauro Galvano	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Dario Matteoni WBC source
30 March 1990	WBA	Christophe Tiozzo	Champion	Won the title by defeating Baek In-chul WBA source
27 January 1990	IBF	Lindell Holmes	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Frank Tate IBF source
28 May 1989	WBA	Baek In Chul	Champion	Won the title by defeating Fulgencio Obelmejias WBA source
7 November 1988	WBC	Sugar Ray Leonard	Champion	Won the title by defeating Donny Lalonde WBC source
4 November 1988	WBO	Thomas Hearns	Champion	Won the title by defeating James Kinchen WBO source
23 May 1988	WBA	Fulgencio Obelmejias	Champion	Won the title by defeating Park Chong-pal WBA source
11 March 1988	IBF	Graciano Rocchigiani	Champion	Won the vacant title by defeating Vincent Boulware IBF source
6 December 1987	WBA	Park Chong Pal	Champion	Won the title by defeating Jesús Gallardo WBA source
22 July 1984	IBF	Park Chong Pal	Champion	Won the title by defeating Murray Sutherland IBF source
28 March 1984	IBF	Murray Sutherland	Champion	Won the title by defeating Ernie Singletary IBF source