List of world middleweight boxing champions

Championship recognition

1884–1910

1910–1961

Championship awarding organizations

• The International Boxing Union, formed in Paris in 1910. Changed name to European Boxing Union in 1946. It organised world title fights from 1913 to 1963 after which it was incorporated into the World Boxing Council.
• The New York State Athletic Commission, formed in 1920. It organised world title bouts until the early 1970s when it became a member of World Boxing Council.
• The National Boxing Association formed in the United States in 1921.
• Other bodies including the National Sporting Club in Great Britain and the California State Athletic Commission also awarded world titles.

1961–present

Championship awarding organizations

• The World Boxing Association, founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association ; it changed its name in 1961 and allowed membership from outside the United States.
• The World Boxing Council, founded in 1963.
• The International Boxing Federation, founded in 1983.
• The World Boxing Organization, founded in 1988.

  Historical

WBC

WBA

IBF

WBO