List of New Zealand middleweight boxing champions


This list of New Zealand middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional middleweight championship.
The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand National Boxing Federation, New Zealand Professional Boxing Association and New Zealand Boxing Council since 1884.
The New Zealand middleweight title is the oldest New Zealand boxing title out of all the boxing weight divisions.
A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as the world. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear.
NameReignDuration of reignTitleDefencesNote
Jim Pettengell117 November 1884 – 21 December 1887New Zealand Title6First to hold a New Zealand title in any Weight Division.
Jack Jones121 December 1887New Zealand Title0Jones was stripped of his title when he returned to Australia.
Sid Barnes16 April 1891 – 1 June 1891New Zealand Title1
Tommy Williams11 June 1891New Zealand Title0
Harry Haley120 April 1907New Zealand Boxing Association0
Jim Griffin18 July 1909New Zealand Boxing Association0
George Gus Devitt127 January 1910New Zealand Boxing Association0Gus Devitt subsequently stripped of title when he moves to Australia
Archie Leckie17 August 1911New Zealand Boxing Association0Title vacated by Archie Leckie
Dennis Denny Murphy130 July 1913 – 11 February 1914New Zealand Boxing Association1
Barney Ireland111 February 1914 – 5 May 1915New Zealand Boxing Association1
Dennis Denny Murphy25 May 1915New Zealand Boxing Association0
Sid Mitchell13 June 1915New Zealand Boxing Association1Sid Mitchell is stripped of title. Mitchell one and only defence was declared a non contest.
Dennis Denny Murphy327 October 1917 – 29 December 1917New Zealand Boxing Association1
Frank Griffin129 December 1917New Zealand Boxing Association0Griffin is stripped of title.
Jack Heeney19 October 1920 – 15 February 1924New Zealand Boxing Association3
Eddie Parker115 February 1924 – 16 October 1924New Zealand Boxing Association2
Lachie McDonald116 October 1924 – 20 June 1927New Zealand Boxing Association3
Harry Casey120 June 1927New Zealand Boxing Association4Casey relinquished the title. Casey last defence was on 4 June 1928
Artie Hay130 September 1929 – 27 September 1930New Zealand Boxing Association1vacated by Artie Hay's retirement
Fred Parker128 September 1931New Zealand Boxing Association1Parker relinquished the title. His one and only defence was on 31 October 1931
George McEwan17 September 1932 – 12 June 1933New Zealand Boxing Association1
Bert Lowe112 June 1933 – 21 October 1933New Zealand Boxing Association0Title vacant after Lowe died.
Harry Lister12 December 1933New Zealand Boxing Association0Lister relinquished the title without defending it
Maurice O'Brien115 July 1937New Zealand Boxing Association1O'Brien retired shortly after winning the title.
George Allen130 June 1938 – 29 September 1938New Zealand Boxing Association1
Cliff Hanham129 September 1938 – 1 November 1938New Zealand Boxing Association1
Stan Jenkin11 November 1938 – 4 March 1940New Zealand Boxing Association0Title vacant after Jenkin died.
Cliff Hanham224 August 1940New Zealand Boxing Association2Hanham retired and relinquished the title. Hanham last defence was on 27 September 1945
Roy Stevens127 May 1946New Zealand Boxing Association0Stevens relinquished the title without defending it.
Jimmy Beal112 May 1952New Zealand Boxing Association0Beal retires shortly after winning the title.
Ross Sadler121 March 1952 – 24 January 1955New Zealand Boxing Association2Sadler retired and relinquished title.
Charley Beaton115 October 1955 – 1 June 1957New Zealand Boxing Association2
Barry Brown11 June 1957New Zealand Boxing Association0Title vacated by Brown.
Tuna Scanlan17 December 1957New Zealand Boxing Association3Scanlan stripped of title on medical grounds. Scanlan last defence was on 17 October 1960.
Earl Nikora13 February 1964New Zealand Boxing Association0Nikora relinquished the title without defending it.
Filo Manuoa128 March 1966 – 25 May 1966New Zealand Boxing Association1
Johnny Henderson125 May 1966 – 17 April 1967New Zealand Boxing Association0Henderson relinquished the title on April 17, 1967 without defending it.
Fred Taupola119 August 1968 – 25 October 1971New Zealand Boxing Association2
Kahu Mahanga125 October 1971 – 2 April 1973New Zealand Boxing Association1
Battling La'avasia12 April 1973New Zealand Boxing Association1La'avasia relinquishes the title. La'avasia one and only defence was on 14 March 1974.
Jeff Rackley13 September 1976New Zealand Boxing Association0
Craig Parsons111 July 1984 – 30 September 1985New Zealand Boxing Association2
Fred Taufua130 September 1985 – 1 August 1986New Zealand Boxing Association0Taufua retires without defending the title.
Piilua Taito128 September 1987New Zealand Boxing Association0Taito relinquished the title without defending it.
Thomas Mika130 June 1992 – 2 February 1993New Zealand Boxing Association1
Marty Sullivan12 February 1993 – 21 July 1995New Zealand Boxing Association4Sullivan retired and relinquished title.
Alan Gibson126 February 1999 – 21 October 2001New Zealand Boxing Association1
Alan Gibson222 April 2000New Zealand Professional Boxing Association0Gibson Held both titles.
Alberto MaChong123 May 2000New Zealand National Boxing Federation0
Sean Sullivan121 October 2001New Zealand Boxing Association0
Gerrard Zohs12 September 2001New Zealand Professional Boxing Association1Last defence was on 27 of October 2001.
Norm Graham17 September 2002New Zealand Professional Boxing Association0
Gregory Apuwai110 September 2005New Zealand National Boxing Federation4
Gunnar Jackson128 June 2013 – 1 July 2016New Zealand Professional Boxing Association1
Ivana Siau125 September 2015 – 29 April 2016New Zealand National Boxing Federation1
Mose Auimatagi Jnr129 April 2016New Zealand National Boxing Federation0
Mose Auimatagi Jnr21 July 2016 – 18 January 2018New Zealand Professional Boxing Association0Auimatagi vacated the title.
Beau O'Brien16 October 2018 – 29 January 2019New Zealand Professional Boxing Association0O'Brien second New Zealand Title. First New Zealand title was in Super Welterweight division. O'Brien vacated his title to focus on Super Welterweight division.
Andrei Mikhailovich13 August 2019 – PresentPro Box NZ0