Super Middleweight • International Boxing Federation

Current champion: Canelo Alvarez (2 title defenses)

Scheduled bout: Canelo Alvarez v Jermell Charlo

Timeline

  1. 28 Mar 1984

    Murray Sutherland beats Ernie Singletary via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

    Murray Sutherland becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  2. 22 Jul 1984

    Park Chong-pal becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  3. 2 Jan 1985

  4. 30 Jun 1985

    Park Chong-pal beats Vinnie Curto via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  5. 11 Apr 1986

    Park Chong-pal beats Vinnie Curto via knockout 15/15

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  6. 6 Jul 1986

  7. 14 Sep 1986

    Park Chong-pal beats Marvin Mack via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  8. 25 Jan 1987

  9. 3 May 1987

  10. 26 Jul 1987

    Park Chong-pal beats Emmanuel Otti via knockout 4/15

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  11. 6 Dec 1987

    Park Chong-pal's IBF Super Middleweight world title reign ends

  12. 11 Mar 1988

    Graciano Rocchigiani beats Vincent Boulware via knockout 8/15

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

    Graciano Rocchigiani becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  13. 3 Jun 1988

    Graciano Rocchigiani beats Nicky Walker via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  14. 7 Oct 1988

  15. 27 Jan 1989

  16. 27 Jan 1990

    Lindell Holmes becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  17. 19 Jul 1990

    Lindell Holmes beats Carl Sullivan via knockout 9/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  18. 15 Dec 1990

  19. 7 Mar 1991

    Lindell Holmes beats Antoine Byrd via split decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  20. 18 May 1991

    Darrin Van Horn becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  21. 17 Aug 1991

    Darrin Van Horn beats John Jarvis via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  22. 10 Jan 1992

    Iran Barkley becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  23. 13 Feb 1993

    James Toney becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  24. 29 Oct 1993

    James Toney beats Tony Thornton via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  25. 5 Mar 1994

    James Toney beats Tim Littles via knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  26. 29 Jul 1994

  27. 18 Nov 1994

    Roy Jones Jr becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  28. 18 Mar 1995

    Roy Jones Jr beats Antoine Byrd via knockout 1/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  29. 24 Jun 1995

  30. 30 Sep 1995

    Roy Jones Jr beats Tony Thornton via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  31. 15 Jun 1996

  32. 4 Oct 1996

    Roy Jones Jr beats Bryant Brannon via knockout 2/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  33. 22 Nov 1996

    Roy Jones Jr's IBF Super Middleweight world title reign ends

  34. 21 Jun 1997

    Charles Brewer beats Gary Ballard via knockout 5/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

    Charles Brewer becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  35. 2 Dec 1997

    Charles Brewer beats Joey DeGrandis via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  36. 28 Mar 1998

    Charles Brewer beats Herol Graham via knockout 10/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  37. 22 Aug 1998

    Charles Brewer beats Antoine Byrd via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  38. 24 Oct 1998

    Sven Ottke becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  39. 27 Feb 1999

    Sven Ottke beats Giovanni Nardiello via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  40. 8 May 1999

    Sven Ottke beats Gabriel Hernandez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  41. 4 Sep 1999

    Sven Ottke beats Thomas Tate via technical decision 11/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  42. 27 Nov 1999

  43. 11 Mar 2000

    Sven Ottke beats Lloyd Bryan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  44. 3 Jun 2000

    Sven Ottke beats Tocker Pudwill via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  45. 2 Sep 2000

  46. 16 Dec 2000

  47. 24 Mar 2001

    Sven Ottke beats James Crawford via knockout 8/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  48. 9 Jun 2001

    Sven Ottke beats Ali Ennebati via knockout 11/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  49. 1 Sep 2001

    Sven Ottke beats James Butler via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  50. 1 Dec 2001

  51. 16 Mar 2002

    Sven Ottke beats Rick Thornberry via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  52. 1 Jun 2002

    Sven Ottke beats Thomas Tate via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  53. 24 Aug 2002

    Sven Ottke beats Joe Gatti via knockout 9/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  54. 16 Nov 2002

    Sven Ottke beats Rudy Markussen via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  55. 15 Mar 2003

  56. 14 Jun 2003

    Sven Ottke beats David Starie via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  57. 6 Sep 2003

    Sven Ottke beats Mads Larsen via majority decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  58. 13 Dec 2003

  59. 27 Mar 2004

  60. 2 Oct 2004

    Jeff Lacy beats Syd Vanderpool via knockout 8/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

    Jeff Lacy becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  61. 4 Dec 2004

    Jeff Lacy beats Omar Sheika via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  62. 5 Mar 2005

    Jeff Lacy beats Rubin Williams via knockout 7/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  63. 6 Aug 2005

  64. 5 Nov 2005

    Jeff Lacy beats Scott Pemberton via knockout 2/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  65. 4 Mar 2006

    Joe Calzaghe becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  66. 14 Oct 2006

  67. 27 Nov 2006

    Joe Calzaghe's IBF Super Middleweight world title reign ends

  68. 3 Mar 2007

    Alejandro Berrio becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  69. 19 Oct 2007

    Lucian Bute becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  70. 29 Feb 2008

  71. 24 Oct 2008

    Lucian Bute beats Librado Andrade via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  72. 13 Mar 2009

    Lucian Bute beats Fulgencio Zuniga via knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  73. 28 Nov 2009

    Lucian Bute beats Librado Andrade via knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  74. 17 Apr 2010

    Lucian Bute beats Edison Miranda via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  75. 15 Oct 2010

    Lucian Bute beats Jesse Brinkley via knockout 9/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  76. 19 Mar 2011

  77. 9 Jul 2011

    Lucian Bute beats Jean Paul Mendy via knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  78. 5 Nov 2011

  79. 26 May 2012

    Carl Froch becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  80. 17 Nov 2012

    Carl Froch beats Yusaf Mack via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  81. 25 May 2013

  82. 23 Nov 2013

  83. 31 May 2014

  84. 3 Feb 2015

    Carl Froch's IBF Super Middleweight world title reign ends

  85. 23 May 2015

    James DeGale beats Andre Dirrell via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

    James DeGale becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  86. 28 Nov 2015

  87. 30 Apr 2016

    James DeGale beats Rogelio Medina via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  88. 14 Jan 2017

  89. 9 Dec 2017

    Caleb Truax becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  90. 7 Apr 2018

    James DeGale becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  91. 4 Jul 2018

    Jose Uzcategui becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  92. 13 Jan 2019

    Caleb Plant becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  93. 20 Jul 2019

  94. 15 Feb 2020

    Caleb Plant beats Vincent Feigenbutz via knockout 10/12

    Super Middleweight (168 lb)

  95. 30 Jan 2021

  96. 6 Nov 2021

    Canelo Alvarez becomes the IBF Super Middleweight world champion

  97. 17 Sep 2022

  98. 6 May 2023

  99. 30 Sep 2023