Middleweight • World Boxing Organization

Current champion: Zhanibek Alimkhanuly (2 title defenses)

No scheduled WBO Middleweight bout

Timeline

  1. 18 Apr 1989

    Doug DeWitt beats Robbie Sims via split decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Doug DeWitt becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  2. 15 Jan 1990

    Doug DeWitt beats Matthew Hilton via corner retirement 11/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  3. 29 Apr 1990

    Nigel Benn beats Doug DeWitt via knockout 8/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Nigel Benn becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  4. 18 Aug 1990

    Nigel Benn beats Iran Barkley via knockout 1/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  5. 18 Nov 1990

    Chris Eubank beats Nigel Benn via knockout 9/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Chris Eubank becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  6. 23 Feb 1991

    Chris Eubank beats Dan Sherry via technical decision 10/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  7. 18 Apr 1991

    Chris Eubank beats Gary Stretch via knockout 6/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  8. 22 Jun 1991

    Chris Eubank beats Michael Watson via majority decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  9. 21 Sep 1991

    Chris Eubank's WBO Middleweight world title reign ends

  10. 20 Nov 1991

    Gerald McClellan beats John Mugabi via knockout 1/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Gerald McClellan becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  11. 24 Feb 1992

    Gerald McClellan's WBO Middleweight world title reign ends

  12. 19 May 1993

    Chris Pyatt beats Sumbu Kalambay via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Chris Pyatt becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  13. 18 Sep 1993

    Chris Pyatt beats Hugo Antonio Corti via knockout 6/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  14. 9 Feb 1994

    Chris Pyatt beats Mark Cameron via knockout 1/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  15. 11 May 1994

    Steve Collins beats Chris Pyatt via knockout 5/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Steve Collins becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  16. 18 Mar 1995

    Steve Collins's WBO Middleweight world title reign ends

  17. 19 May 1995

    Lonnie Bradley beats David Mendez via knockout 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Lonnie Bradley becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  18. 15 Jul 1995

    Lonnie Bradley beats Dario Victor Galindez via knockout 1/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  19. 6 Feb 1996

    Lonnie Bradley beats Randy Smith via knockout 2/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  20. 7 May 1996

    Lonnie Bradley beats Lonny Beasley via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  21. 30 Aug 1996

    Lonnie Bradley beats Simon Brown via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  22. 1 Jan 1997

    Lonnie Bradley's WBO Middleweight world title reign ends

  23. 4 Mar 1997

    Lonnie Bradley and Otis Grant share a draw 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  24. 28 Jun 1997

    Lonnie Bradley beats John Williams via knockout 8/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  25. 13 Dec 1997

    Otis Grant beats Ryan Rhodes via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Otis Grant becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  26. 12 May 1998

    Otis Grant beats Ernesto Rafael Sena via technical decision 9/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  27. 14 Nov 1998

    Otis Grant's WBO Middleweight world title reign ends

  28. 30 Jan 1999

    Bert Schenk beats Freeman Barr via knockout 4/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Bert Schenk becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  29. 22 May 1999

    Bert Schenk beats Juan Ramon Medina via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  30. 1 Jun 1999

    Bert Schenk's WBO Middleweight world title reign ends

  31. 1 Nov 1999

    Jason Matthews becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  32. 27 Nov 1999

    Armand Krajnc beats Jason Matthews via knockout 8/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Armand Krajnc becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  33. 11 Mar 2000

    Armand Krajnc beats Jonathan Corn via knockout 2/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  34. 7 Oct 2000

    Armand Krajnc beats Bert Schenk via knockout 6/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  35. 3 Nov 2001

    Armand Krajnc beats Paolo Roberto via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  36. 6 Apr 2002

    Harry Simon beats Armand Krajnc via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Harry Simon becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  37. 1 Nov 2002

    Harry Simon's WBO Middleweight world title reign ends

  38. 29 Jun 2003

    Hector Javier Velazco becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  39. 13 Sep 2003

    Felix Sturm beats Hector Javier Velazco via split decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Felix Sturm becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  40. 20 Dec 2003

    Felix Sturm beats Ruben Varon via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  41. 5 Jun 2004

    Oscar De La Hoya beats Felix Sturm via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Oscar De La Hoya becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  42. 18 Sep 2004

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

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Bernard Hopkins becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  43. 19 Feb 2005

    Bernard Hopkins beats Howard Eastman via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  44. 16 Jul 2005

    Jermain Taylor beats Bernard Hopkins via split decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Jermain Taylor becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  45. 3 Dec 2005

    Jermain Taylor beats Bernard Hopkins via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  46. 17 Jun 2006

    Jermain Taylor and Winky Wright share a draw 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  47. 9 Dec 2006

    Jermain Taylor beats Kassim Ouma via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  48. 19 May 2007

    Jermain Taylor beats Cory Spinks via split decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  49. 29 Sep 2007

    Kelly Pavlik beats Jermain Taylor via knockout 7/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Kelly Pavlik becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  50. 7 Jun 2008

    Kelly Pavlik beats Gary Lockett via knockout 3/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  51. 21 Feb 2009

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

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  52. 19 Dec 2009

    Kelly Pavlik beats Miguel Angel Espino via knockout 5/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  53. 17 Apr 2010

    Sergio Martinez beats Kelly Pavlik via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Sergio Martinez becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  54. 29 May 2010

    Sergio Martinez's WBO Middleweight world title reign ends

  55. 31 Jul 2010

    Dmitry Pirog beats Daniel Jacobs via knockout 5/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Dmitry Pirog becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  56. 26 Mar 2011

    Dmitry Pirog beats Javier Francisco Maciel via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  57. 25 Sep 2011

    Dmitry Pirog beats Gennady Martirosyan via corner retirement 10/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  58. 1 May 2012

    Dmitry Pirog beats Nobuhiro Ishida via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  59. 25 Aug 2012

    Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  60. 20 Oct 2012

    Peter Quillin beats Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Peter Quillin becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  61. 27 Apr 2013

    Peter Quillin beats Fernando Guerrero via knockout 7/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  62. 26 Oct 2013

    Peter Quillin beats Gabriel Rosado via knockout 10/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  63. 19 Apr 2014

    Peter Quillin beats Lukas Konecny via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  64. 4 Sep 2014

    Peter Quillin's WBO Middleweight world title reign ends

  65. 13 Dec 2014

    Andy Lee beats Matvey Korobov via knockout 6/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Andy Lee becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  66. 19 Dec 2015

    Billy Joe Saunders beats Andy Lee via majority decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Billy Joe Saunders becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  67. 3 Dec 2016

    Billy Joe Saunders beats Artur Akavov via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  68. 16 Sep 2017

    Billy Joe Saunders beats Willie Monroe Jr via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  69. 16 Dec 2017

    Billy Joe Saunders beats David Lemieux via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  70. 11 Oct 2018

    Billy Joe Saunders's WBO Middleweight world title reign ends

  71. 20 Oct 2018

    Demetrius Andrade beats Walter Kautondokwa via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

    Demetrius Andrade becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  72. 18 Jan 2019

    Demetrius Andrade beats Artur Akavov via knockout 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  73. 29 Jun 2019

    Demetrius Andrade beats Maciej Sulecki via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  74. 30 Jan 2020

    Demetrius Andrade beats Luke Keeler via knockout 9/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  75. 17 Apr 2021

    Demetrius Andrade beats Liam Williams via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  76. 19 Nov 2021

    Demetrius Andrade beats Jason Quigley via technical knockout 2/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  77. 26 Aug 2022

    Zhanibek Alimkhanuly becomes the WBO Middleweight world champion

  78. 12 Nov 2022

    Zhanibek Alimkhanuly beats Denzel Bentley via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

  79. 13 May 2023

    Zhanibek Alimkhanuly beats Steven Butler via knockout 2/12

    Middleweight (160 lb)

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