Middleweight • The Ring

Current champion: Vacant (since 1 January 2021)

No scheduled The Ring Middleweight bout

Timeline

  1. 18 Jan 1924

    Harry Greb beats Johnny Wilson via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Harry Greb becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  2. 26 Jun 1924

    Harry Greb beats Ted Moore via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  3. 2 Jul 1925

    Harry Greb beats Mickey Walker via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  4. 26 Feb 1926

    Tiger Flowers beats Harry Greb via split decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Tiger Flowers becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  5. 19 Aug 1926

    Tiger Flowers beats Harry Greb via split decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  6. 3 Dec 1926

    Mickey Walker beats Tiger Flowers via points decision 10/10

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Mickey Walker becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  7. 30 Jun 1927

    Mickey Walker beats Tommy Milligan via knockout 10/20

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  8. 5 Jun 1928

    Mickey Walker beats Jock Malone via newspaper decision 10/10

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  9. 21 Jun 1928

    Mickey Walker beats Ace Hudkins via split decision 10/10

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  10. 29 Oct 1929

    Mickey Walker beats Ace Hudkins via points decision 10/10

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  11. 19 Jun 1931

    Mickey Walker's RING Middleweight world title reign ends

  12. 11 Jun 1932

    Marcel Thil beats Gorilla Jones via disqualification 11/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Marcel Thil becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  13. 4 Jul 1932

    Marcel Thil beats Len Harvey via points decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  14. 2 Oct 1933

    Marcel Thil beats Kid Tunero via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  15. 26 Feb 1934

    Marcel Thil beats Ignacio Ara via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  16. 3 May 1934

    Marcel Thil beats Gustave Roth via majority decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  17. 15 Oct 1934

    Marcel Thil and Carmelo Candel share a draw 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  18. 4 May 1935

    Marcel Thil beats Vilda Jaks via knockout 14/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  19. 1 Jun 1935

    Marcel Thil beats Ignacio Ara via points decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  20. 28 Jun 1935

    Marcel Thil beats Carmelo Candel via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  21. 13 Jul 1935

    Marcel Thil beats Kid Tunero via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  22. 20 Jan 1936

    Marcel Thil beats Lou Brouillard via disqualification 4/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  23. 23 Sep 1937

    Freddie Steele becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  24. 19 Feb 1938

    Freddie Steele beats Carmen Barth via knockout 7/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  25. 1 Jun 1938

    Freddie Steele's RING Middleweight world title reign ends

  26. 28 Nov 1941

    Tony Zale beats Georgie Abrams via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Tony Zale becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  27. 27 Sep 1946

    Tony Zale beats Rocky Graziano via knockout 6/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  28. 16 Jul 1947

    Rocky Graziano beats Tony Zale via knockout 6/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Rocky Graziano becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  29. 10 Jun 1948

    Tony Zale beats Rocky Graziano via knockout 3/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Tony Zale becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  30. 21 Sep 1948

    Marcel Cerdan beats Tony Zale via corner retirement 11/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Marcel Cerdan becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  31. 16 Jun 1949

    Jake LaMotta beats Marcel Cerdan via corner retirement 9/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Jake LaMotta becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  32. 12 Jul 1950

    Jake LaMotta beats Tiberio Mitri via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  33. 13 Sep 1950

    Jake LaMotta beats Laurent Dauthuille via knockout 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  34. 14 Feb 1951

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Jake LaMotta via knockout 13/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Sugar Ray Robinson becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  35. 10 Jul 1951

    Randolph Turpin beats Sugar Ray Robinson via points decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Randolph Turpin becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  36. 12 Sep 1951

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Randolph Turpin via technical knockout 10/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Sugar Ray Robinson becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  37. 13 Mar 1952

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Bobo Olson via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  38. 16 Apr 1952

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Rocky Graziano via knockout 3/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  39. 18 Dec 1952

    Sugar Ray Robinson's RING Middleweight world title reign ends

  40. 21 Oct 1953

    Bobo Olson beats Randolph Turpin via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Bobo Olson becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  41. 2 Apr 1954

    Bobo Olson beats Kid Gavilan via majority decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  42. 20 Aug 1954

    Bobo Olson beats Rocky Castellani via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  43. 15 Dec 1954

    Bobo Olson beats Pierre Langlois via knockout 11/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  44. 9 Dec 1955

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Bobo Olson via knockout 2/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Sugar Ray Robinson becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  45. 18 May 1956

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Bobo Olson via knockout 4/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  46. 2 Jan 1957

    Gene Fullmer beats Sugar Ray Robinson via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Gene Fullmer becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  47. 1 May 1957

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Gene Fullmer via knockout 5/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Sugar Ray Robinson becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  48. 23 Sep 1957

    Carmen Basilio beats Sugar Ray Robinson via split decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Carmen Basilio becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  49. 25 Mar 1958

    Sugar Ray Robinson beats Carmen Basilio via split decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  50. 28 Mar 1958

    Sugar Ray Robinson becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  51. 22 Jan 1960

    Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson via split decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Paul Pender becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  52. 10 Jun 1960

    Paul Pender beats Sugar Ray Robinson via split decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  53. 14 Jan 1961

    Paul Pender beats Terry Downes via knockout 7/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  54. 22 Apr 1961

    Paul Pender beats Carmen Basilio via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  55. 11 Jul 1961

    Terry Downes beats Paul Pender via corner retirement 9/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Terry Downes becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  56. 7 Apr 1962

    Paul Pender beats Terry Downes via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Paul Pender becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  57. 7 May 1963

    Dick Tiger becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  58. 10 Aug 1963

    Dick Tiger beats Gene Fullmer via corner retirement 7/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  59. 7 Dec 1963

    Joey Giardello beats Dick Tiger via points decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Joey Giardello becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  60. 14 Dec 1964

    Joey Giardello beats Rubin Carter via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  61. 21 Oct 1965

    Dick Tiger beats Joey Giardello via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Dick Tiger becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  62. 25 Apr 1966

    Emile Griffith beats Dick Tiger via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Emile Griffith becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  63. 13 Jul 1966

    Emile Griffith beats Joey Archer via majority decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  64. 23 Jan 1967

    Emile Griffith beats Joey Archer via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  65. 17 Apr 1967

    Nino Benvenuti beats Emile Griffith via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Nino Benvenuti becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  66. 29 Sep 1967

    Emile Griffith beats Nino Benvenuti via majority decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Emile Griffith becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  67. 4 Mar 1968

    Nino Benvenuti beats Emile Griffith via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Nino Benvenuti becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  68. 14 Dec 1968

    Nino Benvenuti beats Don Fullmer via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  69. 4 Oct 1969

    Nino Benvenuti beats Fraser Scott via disqualification 7/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  70. 22 Nov 1969

    Nino Benvenuti beats Luis Rodriguez via knockout 11/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  71. 23 May 1970

    Nino Benvenuti beats Tom Bethea via knockout 8/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  72. 7 Nov 1970

    Carlos Monzon beats Nino Benvenuti via knockout 12/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Carlos Monzon becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  73. 8 May 1971

    Carlos Monzon beats Nino Benvenuti via knockout 3/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  74. 25 Sep 1971

    Carlos Monzon beats Emile Griffith via knockout 14/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  75. 4 Mar 1972

    Carlos Monzon beats Denny Moyer via knockout 5/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  76. 17 Jun 1972

    Carlos Monzon beats Jean Claude Bouttier via corner retirement 12/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  77. 19 Aug 1972

    Carlos Monzon beats Tom Bogs via knockout 5/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  78. 11 Nov 1972

    Carlos Monzon beats Bennie Briscoe via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  79. 2 Jun 1973

    Carlos Monzon beats Emile Griffith via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  80. 29 Sep 1973

    Carlos Monzon beats Jean Claude Bouttier via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  81. 9 Feb 1974

    Carlos Monzon beats Jose Napoles via corner retirement 6/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  82. 5 Oct 1974

    Carlos Monzon beats Tony Mundine via knockout 7/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  83. 30 Jun 1975

    Carlos Monzon beats Tony Licata via knockout 10/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  84. 13 Dec 1975

    Carlos Monzon beats Gratien Tonna via knockout 5/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  85. 26 Jun 1976

    Carlos Monzon beats Rodrigo Valdes via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  86. 30 Jul 1977

    Carlos Monzon beats Rodrigo Valdes via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  87. 29 Aug 1977

    Carlos Monzon's RING Middleweight world title reign ends

  88. 5 Nov 1977

    Rodrigo Valdes beats Bennie Briscoe via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Rodrigo Valdes becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  89. 22 Apr 1978

    Hugo Corro beats Rodrigo Valdes via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Hugo Corro becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  90. 5 Aug 1978

    Hugo Corro beats Ronnie Harris via split decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  91. 11 Nov 1978

    Hugo Corro beats Rodrigo Valdes via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  92. 30 Jun 1979

    Vito Antuofermo beats Hugo Corro via split decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Vito Antuofermo becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  93. 30 Nov 1979

    Marvin Hagler and Vito Antuofermo share a draw 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  94. 16 Mar 1980

    Alan Minter beats Vito Antuofermo via split decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Alan Minter becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  95. 28 Jun 1980

    Alan Minter beats Vito Antuofermo via corner retirement 8/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  96. 27 Sep 1980

    Marvin Hagler beats Alan Minter via knockout 3/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Marvin Hagler becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  97. 17 Jan 1981

    Marvin Hagler beats Fulgencio Obelmejias via knockout 8/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  98. 13 Jun 1981

    Marvin Hagler beats Vito Antuofermo via corner retirement 4/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  99. 3 Oct 1981

    Marvin Hagler beats Mustafa Hamsho via knockout 11/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  100. 7 Mar 1982

    Marvin Hagler beats Caveman Lee via knockout 1/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  101. 30 Oct 1982

    Marvin Hagler beats Fulgencio Obelmejias via knockout 5/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  102. 11 Feb 1983

    Marvin Hagler beats Tony Sibson via knockout 6/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  103. 27 May 1983

    Marvin Hagler beats Wilford Scypion via knockout 4/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  104. 10 Nov 1983

    Marvin Hagler beats Roberto Duran via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  105. 30 Mar 1984

    Marvin Hagler beats Juan Domingo Roldan via technical knockout 10/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  106. 19 Oct 1984

    Marvin Hagler beats Mustafa Hamsho via knockout 3/15

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  107. 15 Apr 1985

    Marvin Hagler beats Thomas Hearns via knockout 3/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  108. 10 Mar 1986

    Marvin Hagler beats John Mugabi via knockout 11/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  109. 6 Apr 1987

    Sugar Ray Leonard beats Marvin Hagler via split decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Sugar Ray Leonard becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  110. 1 Apr 1988

    Sugar Ray Leonard's RING Middleweight world title reign ends

  111. 12 Jun 1988

    Sumbu Kalambay beats Robbie Sims via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  112. 6 Jul 1988

    Sumbu Kalambay becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  113. 8 Nov 1988

    Sumbu Kalambay beats Doug DeWitt via knockout 7/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  114. 1 Apr 1990

    Sumbu Kalambay's RING Middleweight world title reign ends

  115. 29 Sep 2001

    Bernard Hopkins beats Felix Trinidad via knockout 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Bernard Hopkins becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  116. 2 Feb 2002

    Bernard Hopkins beats Carl Daniels via corner retirement 10/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  117. 29 Mar 2003

    Bernard Hopkins beats Morrade Hakkar via corner retirement 8/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  118. 13 Dec 2003

    Bernard Hopkins beats William Joppy via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  119. 5 Jun 2004

    Bernard Hopkins beats Robert Allen via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  120. 18 Sep 2004

    Bernard Hopkins beats Oscar De La Hoya via knockout 9/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  121. 19 Feb 2005

    Bernard Hopkins beats Howard Eastman via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  122. 16 Jul 2005

    Jermain Taylor beats Bernard Hopkins via split decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Jermain Taylor becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  123. 3 Dec 2005

    Jermain Taylor beats Bernard Hopkins via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  124. 17 Jun 2006

    Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright share a draw 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  125. 9 Dec 2006

    Jermain Taylor beats Kassim Ouma via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  126. 19 May 2007

    Jermain Taylor beats Cory Spinks via split decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  127. 29 Sep 2007

    Kelly Pavlik beats Jermain Taylor via knockout 7/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Kelly Pavlik becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  128. 7 Jun 2008

    Kelly Pavlik beats Gary Lockett via knockout 3/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  129. 21 Feb 2009

    Kelly Pavlik beats Marco Antonio Rubio via corner retirement 9/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  130. 19 Dec 2009

    Kelly Pavlik beats Miguel Angel Espino via knockout 5/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  131. 17 Apr 2010

    Sergio Martinez beats Kelly Pavlik via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Sergio Martinez becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  132. 20 Nov 2010

    Sergio Martinez beats Paul Williams via knockout 2/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  133. 12 Mar 2011

    Sergio Martinez beats Serhiy Dzinziruk via knockout 8/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  134. 1 Oct 2011

    Sergio Martinez beats Darren Barker via knockout 11/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  135. 17 Mar 2012

    Sergio Martinez beats Matthew Macklin via corner retirement 11/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  136. 15 Sep 2012

    Sergio Martinez beats Julio Cesar Chavez Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  137. 27 Apr 2013

    Sergio Martinez beats Martin Murray via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  138. 7 Jun 2014

    Miguel Cotto beats Sergio Martinez via corner retirement 10/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Miguel Cotto becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  139. 6 Jun 2015

    Miguel Cotto beats Daniel Geale via knockout 4/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  140. 21 Nov 2015

    Canelo Alvarez beats Miguel Cotto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Canelo Alvarez becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  141. 7 May 2016

    Canelo Alvarez beats Amir Khan via knockout 6/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  142. 16 Sep 2017

    Gennadiy Golovkin and Canelo Alvarez share a draw 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  143. 1 Jun 2018

    Canelo Alvarez's RING Middleweight world title reign ends

  144. 15 Sep 2018

    Canelo Alvarez beats Gennadiy Golovkin via majority decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Canelo Alvarez becomes the RING Middleweight world champion

  145. 4 May 2019

    Canelo Alvarez beats Daniel Jacobs via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  146. 1 Jan 2021

    Canelo Alvarez's RING Middleweight world title reign ends

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