THE CYBER BOXING ZONE presents  The Lineal Middleweight Boxing Champs This list gives credit to The Man Who Beat The Man. Ludicrous decisions of sanctioning bodies are ignored. The middleweight division originally had a weight limit of 154 pounds; Bob Fitzsimmons raised that to 158, and the limit is now 160. Write us with any comments. The Editors. Ciao!

• "Nonpareil" Jack Dempsey (1884-1891)
• Bob Fitzsimmons [1891, Fitz vacated the title 1895]
• Tommy Ryan (1898-1906, vacates title)
• Stanley Ketchel (1907-1908)
• Billy Papke (1908)
• Stanley Ketchel [1908, Ketchel shot and killed, Oct. 15, 1910]

  After Ketchel was murdered, the title was "re-claimed" by Billy Papke. Papke lost to Cyclone Johnny Thompson, but the title was also claimed by Hugo Kelly, Frank Klaus, and Eddie McGoorty. Klaus beat Georges Carpentier andPapke to re-establish the lineage.

• Frank Klaus(1913)
• George Chip (1913-1914)
• Al McCoy (1914-1917)
• Mike O'Dowd (1917-1920)
• Johnny Wilson (1920-1923)
• Harry Greb (1923-1926)
• Tiger Flowers (1926)
• Mickey Walker [1926-1931, vacated title to campaign as heavyweight)

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  1931-1941: Title claimants during this era included Gorilla Jones, Marcel Thil,Ben Jeby, Lou Brouillard, Vince Dundee, Teddy Yarosz, Babe Risko, FreddieSteele, Fred Apostoli, Al Hostak, Solly Krieger, Ceferino Garcia, Ken Overlin,Tony Zale and Billy Soose! Whew!

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• Tony Zale (1941-1947)
• Rocky Graziano1947-1948)
• Tony Zale (1948)
• Marcel Cerdan (1948-1949)
• Jake LaMotta (1949-1951)
• "Sugar" Ray Robinson (1951)
• Randy Turpin (1951)
• "Sugar" Ray Robinson (1951-1952)
• Carl "Bobo" Olson (1952-1955)
• "Sugar" Ray Robinson (1955-1957)
• Gene Fullmer (1957)
• "Sugar" Ray Robinson (1957)
• Carmen Basilio (1957-1958)
• "Sugar" Ray Robinson (1958-1960)
• Paul Pender (1960-1961)
• Terry Downes (1961-1962)
• Paul Pender (1962-1963, retires)
• Dick Tiger (1963)
• Joey Giardello (1963-1965)
• Dick Tiger (1965-1966)
• Emile Griffith(1966-1967)
• Nino Benvenuti (1967)
• Emile Griffith (1967)
• Nino Benvenuti (1968-1970)
• Carlos Monzon [1970-1977, retires]
• Rodrigo Valdez (1977-1978]
• Hugo Corro (1978-1979)
• Vito Antuofermo (1979-1980)
• Alan Minter (1980)
• Marvin Hagler (1980-1987)
• "Sugar" Ray Leonard [1987, vacates title]
• Michael Nunn [1989-1991]
• James Toney [1991-1993, vacates title]
• Bernard Hopkins (2001- 2005)
• Jermain Taylor (2005-2007)
• Kelly Pavlik (2007 to present)