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WBA Regular super middleweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 2003. Last held in 2024; no longer contested.

WBA Regular is the WBA's secondary world title. See also the WBA world title at super middleweight for the main title.

World title bouts
38
Champions
13
Longest reign (David Morrell, 2021–2024)
3 years, 7 months
Most successful defences in one reign (David Morrell, 2021–2024)
6

Last champion

David Morrell2021–2024

Reigns and world title bouts

Oct 2019 – Oct 2024

WBA Regular
Canelo AlvarezDavid Morrell
2020AprJulOct2021AprJulOct2022AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct
20102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1David MorrellWBA Regular2021–20243 years, 7 months · 6 successful defences
  2. 2Canelo AlvarezWBA Regular2018–20202 years · 0 successful defences
  3. 3Carl FrochWBA Regular2013–20151 year, 11 months · 2 successful defences
  4. 4Mikkel KesslerWBA Regular2004–20061 year, 11 months · 2 successful defences
  5. 5Tyron ZeugeWBA Regular2016–20181 year, 8 months · 3 successful defences
  6. 6Dimitri SartisonWBA Regular2009–20111 year, 7 months · 1 successful defence
  7. 7Mikkel KesslerWBA Regular2008–20091 year, 4 months · 2 successful defences
  8. 8Anthony MundineWBA Regular2007–20081 year, 2 months · 4 successful defences
  9. 9Karoly BalzsayWBA Regular2011–20121 year · 1 successful defence
  10. 10Giovanni De CarolisWBA Regular2016–20169 months · 0 successful defences
  11. 11Anthony MundineWBA Regular2003–20048 months · 1 successful defence
  12. 12Fedor ChudinovWBA Regular2015–20167 months · 1 successful defence
  13. 13Manny SiacaWBA Regular2004–20046 months · 0 successful defences
  14. 14Mikkel KesslerWBA Regular2012–20135 months · 0 successful defences
  15. 15Rocky FieldingWBA Regular2018–20185 months · 0 successful defences
  16. 16Brian MageeWBA Regular2012–20121 month · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 2003

  2. Anthony Mundine beats Antwun Echols via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  3. 2004

  4. Anthony Mundine beats Yoshinori Nishizawa via knockout 5/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  5. Manny Siaca beats Anthony Mundine via split decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  6. Mikkel Kessler beats Manny Siaca via corner retirement 7/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  7. 2005

  8. Mikkel Kessler beats Anthony Mundine via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  9. 2006

  10. Mikkel Kessler beats Eric Lucas via knockout 10/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  11. Mikkel Kessler’s reign as the WBA Regular super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  12. 2007

  13. Anthony Mundine beats Sam Soliman via knockout 9/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  14. Anthony Mundine beats Pablo Daniel Zamora Nievas via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  15. Anthony Mundine beats Jose Alberto Clavero via knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  16. 2008

  17. Anthony Mundine beats Nader Hamdan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  18. Anthony Mundine beats Sam Soliman via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  19. Mikkel Kessler beats Dimitri Sartison via knockout 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  20. Mikkel Kessler beats Danilo Haussler via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  21. 2009

  22. Mikkel Kessler beats Gusmyr Perdomo via knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  23. Mikkel Kessler’s reign as the WBA Regular super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  24. Dimitri Sartison beats Stjepan Bozic via corner retirement 5/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  1. 2010

  2. Dimitri Sartison beats Khoren Gevor via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  3. 2011

  4. Dimitri Sartison’s reign as the WBA Regular super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  5. Karoly Balzsay beats Stanislav Kashtanov via split decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  6. 2012

  7. Karoly Balzsay beats Dimitri Sartison via knockout 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  8. Karoly Balzsay’s reign as the WBA Regular super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  9. Brian Magee becomes the WBA Regular super middleweight world champion

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  10. Mikkel Kessler beats Brian Magee via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  11. 2013

  12. Carl Froch beats Mikkel Kessler via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular and IBFNew WBA Regular champion

  13. Carl Froch beats George Groves via knockout 9/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular and IBF

  14. 2014

  15. Carl Froch beats George Groves via knockout 8/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular and IBF

  16. 2015

  17. Carl Froch’s reign as the WBA Regular super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  18. Fedor Chudinov beats Felix Sturm via split decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  19. Fedor Chudinov beats Frank Buglioni via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  20. 2016

  21. Fedor Chudinov’s reign as the WBA Regular super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  22. Giovanni De Carolis beats Vincent Feigenbutz via knockout 11/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  23. Giovanni De Carolis and Tyron Zeuge draw via majority decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  24. Tyron Zeuge beats Giovanni De Carolis via knockout 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  25. 2017

  26. Tyron Zeuge beats Isaac Ekpo via technical decision 5/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  27. Tyron Zeuge beats Paul Smith via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  28. 2018

  29. Tyron Zeuge beats Isaac Ekpo via knockout 2/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  30. Rocky Fielding beats Tyron Zeuge via knockout 5/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  31. Canelo Alvarez beats Rocky Fielding via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  1. 2020

  2. Canelo Alvarez’s reign as the WBA Regular super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  3. 2021

  4. David Morrell becomes the WBA Regular super middleweight world champion

    Super Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  5. David Morrell beats Mario Abel Cazares via knockout 1/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  6. David Morrell beats Alantez Fox via technical knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  7. 2022

  8. David Morrell beats Kalvin Henderson via technical knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  9. David Morrell beats Aidos Yerbossynuly via knockout 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  10. 2023

  11. David Morrell beats Yamaguchi Falcao via knockout 1/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  12. David Morrell beats Sena Agbeko via technical knockout 2/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular

  13. 2024

  14. David Morrell’s reign as the WBA Regular super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular