IBF Middleweight boxing rankings- May 2014

IBF Middleweight rankings archive for May 2014. This page is the IBF-only list. View all IBF rankings, or compare the Middleweight boxing rankings across all organizations, or open the latest IBF Middleweight rankings.

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Note: IBF archival data from this period duplicates the champion as Rank #1. Rankings shown here reflect the original contender order.

Rank	IBFMay 2014
	Sam SolimanNEW World Champion
1	Vacant
2	Vacant
3	Martin Murray+3
4	Felix Sturm-4
5	David Lemieux+3
6	Curtis Stevens+3
7	Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam+3
8	Billy Joe Saunders-1
9	Matvey Korobov+4
10	Eamonn O'Kane+1
11	Caleb Truax+3
12	Andy Lee+3
13	Emanuele BlandamuraNEW
14	Adam EtchesNEW

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May 2014 archive

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Month-over-month changes since April 2014

There is a new Champion: Sam Soliman(previously Felix Sturm)

Became champion: 31 May 2014

Won the title by defeating Felix Sturm.

First shown in May 2014 rankingsView source

Entered the top 10

Matvey KorobovNow #9 (was #12)

Dropped out of the top 10

Daniel GealePreviously held #3
Daniel JacobsOut of the top 10 after being #4

Biggest risers

Matvey KorobovImproved from #12 to #9
+3
Martin MurrayClimbed from #5 to #3
+2
David LemieuxFrom #7 to #5
+2

Biggest fallers

Billy Joe SaundersSlipped from #6 to #8
-2

IBF Middleweight Title History

Champions who have held each belt, from oldest to most recent. Title history only goes back as far as our earliest IBF monthly rankings (May 1983).

IBF Middleweight - World Champion

Aaron McKenna

8 August 2026Current

3 months

Became champion: 8 August 2026

Won the vacant IBF title by defeating Etinosa Oliha by unanimous decision at the 3Arena in Dublin.

First shown in August 2026 rankingsView source

Zhanibek Alimkhanuly

14 October 202310 March 2026

2 years 6 months

Became champion: 14 October 2023

Won the title by defeating Vincenzo Gualtieri.

First shown in October 2023 rankingsView source

Vincenzo Gualtieri

1 July 202314 October 2023

4 months

Became champion: 1 July 2023

Won the title by defeating Esquiva Falcao.

First shown in July 2023 rankingsView source

Gennadiy Golovkin

5 October 20196 February 2023

3 years 5 months

Became champion: 5 October 2019

Won the title by defeating Sergiy Derevyanchenko.

First shown in October 2019 rankingsView source

Saul Alvarez

4 May 20191 August 2019

4 months

Became champion: 4 May 2019

Won the title by unanimous decision over Daniel Jacobs.

First shown in May 2019 rankingsView source

Daniel Jacobs

27 October 2018March 2019

6 months

Became champion: 27 October 2018

Won the title by defeating Sergiy Derevyanchenko.

First shown in October 2018 rankingsView source

Gennadiy Golovkin

17 October 20156 June 2018

2 years 9 months

Became champion: 17 October 2015

Won the title by defeating David Lemieux.

First shown in October 2015 rankingsView source

David Lemieux

20 June 201517 October 2015

5 months

Became champion: 20 June 2015

Won the title by defeating Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam.

First shown in June 2015 rankingsView source

Jermain Taylor

December 20145 February 2015

3 months

Sam Soliman

31 May 20148 October 2014

6 months

Became champion: 31 May 2014

Won the title by defeating Felix Sturm.

First shown in rankingsView source

Jermain Taylor

8 October 2014November 2014

2 months

Became champion: 8 October 2014

Won the title by defeating Sam Soliman.

First shown in October 2014 rankingsView source

Sam Soliman

31 May 2014August 2014

4 months

Became champion: 31 May 2014

Won the title by defeating Felix Sturm.

First shown in May 2014 rankingsView source

Felix Sturm

7 December 201331 May 2014

6 months

Became champion: 7 December 2013

Won the title by defeating Darren Barker.

First shown in December 2013 rankingsView source

Darren Barker

17 August 2013October 2013

3 months

Became champion: 17 August 2013

Won the title by defeating Daniel Geale.

First shown in August 2013 rankingsView source

Daniel Geale

7 May 201117 August 2013

2 years 4 months

Became champion: 7 May 2011

Won the title by defeating Sebastian Sylvester.

First shown in May 2011 rankingsView source

Sebastian Sylvester

19 September 20097 May 2011

1 year 9 months

Became champion: 19 September 2009

Won the title by defeating Giovanni Lorenzo.

First shown in September 2009 rankingsView source

Arthur Abraham

20 December 200511 July 2009

3 years 8 months

Became champion: 20 December 2005

Won the title by defeating Kingsley Ikeke.

First shown in December 2005 rankingsView source

Jermain Taylor

16 July 2005October 2005

4 months

Became champion: 16 July 2005

Won the title by defeating Bernard Hopkins.

First shown in rankingsView source

Bernard Hopkins

29 April 1995July 2005

10 years 4 months

Became champion: 29 April 1995

Won the vacant title by defeating Segundo Mercado.

First shown in rankingsView source

Roy Jones Jr

22 May 1993August 1994

1 year 4 months

Became champion: 22 May 1993

Won the vacant title by defeating Bernard Hopkins.

First shown in rankingsView source

James Toney

10 May 1991February 1993

1 year 10 months

Became champion: 10 May 1991

Won the title by defeating Michael Nunn.

First shown in rankingsView source

Michael Nunn

28 July 1988May 1991

2 years 11 months

Became champion: 28 July 1988

Won the title by defeating Frank Tate.

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Frank Tate

10 October 1987July 1988

10 months

Became champion: 10 October 1987

Won the vacant title by defeating Michael Olajide.

First shown in rankingsView source

Marvin Hagler

27 May 1983April 1987

4 years

Became champion: 27 May 1983

Won the title by defeating Wilford Scypion.

First shown in rankingsView source

IBF Middleweight Title History

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