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Boxing - Weight Class - Middleweight
Longest Title Reigns
This list features the boxers with the longest title reigns at Middleweight class.
RANK | BOXERS | REIGN | TITLE | DEFENSES | YEARS |
1 | Bernard Hopkins | 10 years, 2 months, 18 days | IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO | 20 | 1988–2016 |
2 | Tommy Ryan | 8 years, 7 months, 4 days | World | 6 | 1887–1907 |
3 | Gennady Golovkin | 8 years, 1 month, 1 day | WBA (Super), IBF, WBC | 18 | 2006–2023 |
4 | Tony Zale | 6 years, 11 months, 24 days | NBA (current WBA) | 4 | 1934–1949 |
5 | Carlos Monzón | 6 years, 9 months, 9 days | WBA, WBC | 14 | 1963–1977 |
6 | Marvelous Marvin Hagler | 6 years, 7 months, 10 days | WBC, WBA, IBF | 12 | 1973–1987 |
7 | Nonpareil Jack Dempsey | 6 years, 6 months, 15 days | World | 2 | 1884–1891 |
8 | Felix Sturm | 5 years, 4 months, 4 days | WBA | 12 | 2001–2025 |
9 | Jermall Charlo | 6 years, 3 months, 1 week, 1 day | WBC | 4 | 2012–2018 |
10 | Demetrius Andrade | 3 years, 10 months, 12 days | WBO | 5 | 2008–2022 |
11 | Bob Fitzsimmons | 3 years, 8 months, 12 days | World | 1 | 1900–1905 |
12 | Arthur Abraham | 3 years, 7 months, 2 days | IBF | 10 | 2003–2016 |
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