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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
North American Boxing Federation
Middleweight Title (as of 2024-09-19)
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
Denny Moyer
1970-02-25
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Eddie Pace.
Mike Williams
1970-04-29
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Art Hernandez
1970-07-17
Omaha, NE, USA
Denny Moyer [2]
1971-02-10
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Art Hernandez [2]
1972-09-06
Des Moines, IA, USA
Bennie Briscoe
1973-03-26
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Rodrigo Valdez
1973-09-01
Noumea, NCL
Vacates on 74-02-01; Tony Licata wins the United States Title on 74-02-05 and is also billed as North American champion mainly in FL, USA until 76-11.
George Cooper
1975-04-11
San Jose, CA, USA
Defeats David Lowe.
Sugar Ray Seales
1976-03-09
Seattle, WA, USA
Vacant in 78 (sometime after 78-01-18); many sources have Ralph Palladin defeating Gene Wells for the title on 77-06-21, but the match is for the "junior middleweight" title (The Sun, Baltimore, MD, 77-06-22, plus many other newspapers).
Ronnie Harris
1978-04-24<
Listed as the NABF champion (Arizona Republic, Phoenix, AZ, 78-04-24); possibly by defeating Gratien Tonna on 78-02-24 in Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Defeats Derrick James; Stephane Ouellet defeats Wayne Powell on 96-12-06 in Chicoutimi, QC, CAN for the interim title while Grant negotiates for a match for WBO World Title; Ouellet is stripped of the interim title sometime around 97-07 for refusing to fight Grant; Grant vacates the title on 97-12-13 upon winning WBO World Title.
Antwun Echols
1998-02-10
Baton Rouge, LA, USA
Defeats Brian Barbosa; vacates (or stripped?) on 99-12-12 in order to challenge for IBF World Title.
Antwun Echols [2]
2000-05-05
Cherokee, NC, USA
Defeats Lionel Ortiz; vacates (or stripped?) on 00-12-01 in order to challenge for IBF World Title.
Tito Mendoza
2000-12-10
Elgin, IL, USA
Defeats Maselino Masoe; stripped of the title on 01-09-04.
Robert Allen
2001-10-26
Temecula, CA, USA
Defeats Marlon Hayes; stripped of the title on 02-07-25; Carl Daniels defeats Nicolas Cervera on 02-07-27 in Norfolk, VA, USA but the title continues to be vacant when Daniels exceeds the weight limit.
Kingsley Ikeke
2003-08-29
Tacoma, WA, USA
Defeats Kenny Ellis; stripped of the title on 05-04-15 upon participating in IBF World Title eliminator.
Kelly Pavlik
2005-10-07
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Defeats Fulgencio Zuniga; vacates on 07-05-19 upon participating in WBC World Title eliminator.
Bronco McKart
2007-08-10
Philadelphia, PA, USA
Defeats Enrique Ornelas.
Enrique Ornelas
2007-12-07
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Vacates on 08-10-18 upon participating in WBC World Title eliminator.
Roman Karmazin
2008-12-20
Inglewood, CA, USA
Defeats Bronco McKart; stripped of the title on 09-12-18 upon participating in IBF World Title eliminator.
Peter Manfredo Jr.
2010-01-29
Uncasville, CT, USA
Defeats Matt Vanda; stripped of the title on 10-05-08.
Daniel Jacobs
2010-05-15
New York, NY, USA
Defeats Juan Astorga; vacates on 10-07-15.
Fernando Guerrero
2010-07-16
Southaven, MS, USA
Defeats Ishe Smith; vacates on 11-04-01.
Andy Lee
2011-05-18
Rosemont, IL, USA
Defeats Alex Bunema; vacates on 11-09-02.
José Miguel Torres
2011-11-05
Uncasville, CT, USA
Defeats Patrick Majewski; stripped of the title on 12-03-03.
Patrick Majewski
2012-07-07
Atlantic City, NJ, USA
Defeats Chris Fitzpatrick; stripped of the title on 12-12-03.
Curtis Stevens
2013-01-19
Uncasville, CT, USA
Defeats Elvin Ayala; stripped of the title on 13-05-01.
Curtis Stevens [2]
2013-08-03
Uncasville, CT, USA
Defeats Saul Roman; loses his bids for WBA and IBO world titles on 13-11-02 (may have vacated NABF title before that).
David Lemieux
2014-05-24
Montreal, QC, CAN
Defeats Fernando Guerrero; wins IBF World Title on 15-06-20 (may have vacated NABF title before that).
Ievgen Khytrov
2015-10-31
Kryvyi Rih, UKR
Defeats Josh Luteran; loses his bid for the vacant WBC Silver title on 17-01-14.
Jason Quigley
2017-03-23
Indio, CA, USA
Defeats Glen Tapia.
Tureano Johnson
2019-07-18
Indio, CA, USA
Vacates on 19-10-31.
José de Jesus Macias
2021-01-29
Cuernavaca, MR, MEX
Defeats Steven Butler and also wins the vacant NABA and WBC Francophone titles; vacant in 22.
Steven Butler
2022-06-23
Montreal, QC, CAN
Defeats Brandon Brewer; vacates in 23-03 to focus on challenging for the world title.