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Boxing - Weight Class - Middleweight

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Most Title Defenses

This list features the boxers with the most title defences at Middleweight class.

RANK

BOXERS

TITLE

DEFENSES

YEARS

1

Bernard Hopkins

IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO

20

1988–2016

2

Gennady Golovkin

WBA (Super), IBF, WBC

18

2006–2023

3

Carlos Monzón

WBA, WBC

14

1963–1977

4

Marvelous Marvin Hagler

WBC, WBA, IBF

12

1973–1987

5

Felix Sturm

WBA

12

2001–2025

6

Arthur Abraham

IBF

10

2003–2016

7

Tommy Ryan

World

6

1887–1907

8

Demetrius Andrade

WBO

5

2008–2022

9

Tony Zale

NBA (current WBA)

4

1934–1949

10

Jermall Charlo

WBC

4

2012–2018


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References

Wikipedia (2025) Middleweight. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleweight#Longest_reigning_world_middleweight_champions (Accessed: 1 December 2025).
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