List of undisputed boxing champions This is a list of current and past undisputed champions of boxing. Middleweight Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition August 10, 1963 December 12, 1963 Nigeria Dick Tiger WBA & WBC December 12, 1963 October 21, 1965 United States Joey Giardello WBA & WBC October 21, 1965 April 25, 1966 Nigeria Dick Tiger WBA & WBC April 17, 1967 September 29, 1967 Italy Nino Benvenuti WBA & WBC September 29, 1967 March 4, 1968 United States Virgin Islands Emile Griffith WBA & WBC March 4, 1968 November 7, 1970 Italy Nino Benvenuti WBA & WBC November 7, 1970 February 9, 1974 Argentina Carlos Monzón WBA & WBC Monzon was stripped of the WBC championship for not facing his mandatory challenger, Rodrigo Valdez. June 26, 1976 July 30, 1977 Argentina Carlos Monzón WBA & WBC November 5,1977 May 22, 1978 Colombia Rodrigo Valdez WBA & WBC May 22, 1978 June 30, 1979 Argentina Hugo Corro WBA & WBC June 30, 1979 March 16, 1980 Italy Vito Antuofermo WBA & WBC March 16, 1980 September 27, 1980 United Kingdom Alan Minter WBA & WBC September 27, 1980 June 6, 1987 United States Marvin Hagler WBA, WBC & IBF Hagler was recognized as the inaugural IBF champion, adding the belt to his undisputed status. He lost the IBF and WBA belt recognitions after deciding to fight Sugar Ray Leonard. He lost the WBC belt after losing to Leonard. September 29, 2001 July 16, 2005 United States Bernard Hopkins WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO Bernard Hopkins became the undisputed champion after defeating Félix Trinidad in a Middleweight tournament to successfully unify the WBC WBA and IBF belts. He later added the WBO to his undisputed status after defeating Oscar De La Hoya, becoming the first man to ever hold all four titles simultaneously. July 16, 2005 December 14, 2006 United States Jermain Taylor WBA, WBC, IBF & WBO Taylor lost his IBF belt for taking a rematch against Hopkins instead of fighting the IBF #1 challenger Arthur Abraham. He officially lost his undisputed status after being stripped of his WBA belt on December 14, 2006 Junior Middleweight Reign Began Reign Ended Champion Recognition 1962-10-20 1963-04-29 United States Denny Moyer WBA & WBC 1963-04-29 1963-09-07 United States Ralph Dupas WBA & WBC 1963-09-07 1965-06-18 Italy Sandro Mazzinghi WBA & WBC 1965-06-18 1966-06-25 Italy Nino Benvenuti WBA & WBC 1966-06-25 1968-05-26 South Korea Ki Soo Kim WBA & WBC 1968-05-26 1968-10-25-Stripped Italy Sandro Mazzinghi WBA & WBC 1969-03-17 1970-07-09 United States Freddie Little WBA & WBC 1970-07-09 1971-10-31 Italy Carmelo Bossi WBA & WBC 1971-10-31 1974-06-04 Japan Koichi Wajima WBA,& WBC 1974-06-04 1975-01-21 United States Oscar Albarado WBA,& WBC 1975-01-21 1975-03-22 Japan Koichi Wajima WBA & WBC March 13, 2004 November 20, 2004 United States Winky Wright WBA, WBC & IBF Winky Wright became the first undisputed champion of the light middleweight division after unifying his IBF belt with Sugar Shane Mosleys WBA and WBC belts. Wright lost the IBF belt for taking a rematch against Mosley.
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