Wbc´S Lightweight World Champions
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WORLD BOXING COUNCIL Jose Sulaimán WBC ETERNAL PRESIDENT (+) Mauricio Sulaimán WBC PRESIDENT WBC STATS WBC MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE T-MOBILE LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA SEPTEMBER 15, 2018 TV: HBO / CANAL SPACE / PANAMA RPC CHANNEL 4 / TELEVISA / TV AZTECA THIS WILL BE WBC’S 2019 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE FIGHT IN THE FIFTY- FIVE YEAR HISTORY OF THE WBC GGG PROMOTIONS & GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS, PRESENT: GENNADY GOLOVKIN SAUL ALVAREZ (KAZAKHSTAN) (MEXICO) WBC CHAMPION WBC Challenger/ no. 1 Nationality: Kazakhstan Nationality: Mexico Date of Birth: April 8, 1982 Date of Birth: July 18, 1990 Birthplace: Karaganda, Kazakhstan Birthplace: Tlajomulco de Zuñiga, Jalisco Residence: Los Angeles, California Residence: Guadalajara, Jalisco Alias: ‘GGG’ Alias: Canelo Record: 38-0-1, 34 KO’S Record: 49-1-2, 34 KO’S KO’S %: 87% KO’S %: 65% Age: 36 Age: 28 Guard: Orthodox Guard: Orthodox Total rounds: 184 Total rounds: 364 World title fights: 21 (20-0-1) World title fights: 12 (10-1-1) Manager: Tom Loeffler Manager: Eddy Reynoso Promoter: 360 Promotions Promoter: Golden Boy Promotions WBC´S MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONS NAME PERIODO CHAMPION 1. DICK TIGER (NIGERIA) 1963 2. JOEY GIARDELLO (US) 1963 - 1965 3. DICK TIGER (NIGERIA) * 1965 - 1966 4. EMILE GRIFFITH (VIRG. ISLAND) 1966 - 1967 5. NINO BENVENUTI (ITALY) 1967 6. EMILE GRIFFITH (VIRG. ISLANDS) * 1967 - 1968 7. NINO BENVENUTI (ITALY) * 1968 - 1970 8. CARLOS MONZON (ARGENTINA) 1970 - 1974 9. RODRIGO VALDEZ (COLOMBIA) 1974 - 1976 10. CARLOS MONZON (ARGENTINA) * 1976 - 1977 11. RODRIGO VALDEZ (COLOMBIA) * 1977 - 1978 12. HUGO CORRO (ARGENTINA) 1978 - 1979 13. VITO ANTUOFERMO (ITALY) 1979 - 1980 14. ALAN MINTER (GB) 1980 15. MARVIN HAGLER (US) 1980 - 1987 16. RAY LEONARD (US) 1987 17. THOMAS HEARNS (US) 1987 - 1988 18. IRAN BARKLEY (US) 1988 - 1989 19. ROBERTO DURAN (PANAMA) 1989 20. JULIAN JACKSON (VIRG. ISLAND) 1990 - 1993 21. GERALD MCCLELLAN (US) 1993 - 1995 22. JULIAN JACKSON (VIRG. ISLANDS) * 1995 23. QUINCY TAYLOR (US) 1995 - 1996 24. KEITH HOLMES (US) 1996 - 1998 25. HASSINE CHERIFI (FRANCE) 1998 - 1999 26. KEITH HOLMES (US) * 1999 - 2001 27. BERNARD HOPKINS (US) 2001 - 2005 28. JERMAIN TAYLOR (US) 2005 -2007 29. KELLY PAVLIK (US) 2007 - 2010 30. SEBASTIAN ZBIK (GERMANY) INTERIM 2009 - 2011 31. SERGIO GABRIEL MARTINEZ (ARGENTINA) 2010 32. JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ JR. (MEXICO) 2011 - 2012 33. SERGIO GABRIEL MARTINEZ (ARGENTINA) * 2012 – 2014 34. MARCO ANTONIO RUBIO (MEXICO) INTERIM 2014 35. GENNADY GOLOVKIN (KAZAKHSTAN) INTERIM 2014 - 2016 36. MIGUEL COTTO (P. RICO) 2014 – 2015 37. SAUL ALVAREZ (MEXICO) 2015 - 2016 38. GENNADY GOLOVKIN (KAZAKHSTAN) * 2016 - * RECONQUERED WBC´S MIDDLEWEIGHT TOP TEN CHAMPIONS 1. RAY LEONARD (US) 2. BERNARD HOPKINS (US) 3. CARLOS MONZON (ARGENTINA) 4. MARVIN HAGLER (US) 5. NINO BENVENUTI (ITALY) 6. GENNADY GOLOVKIN (KAZAKHSTAN) 7. EMILE GRIFFITH (VIRGIN ISLANDS) 8. GERALD MCCLELAN (US) 9. SERGIO MARTINEZ (ARGENTINA) 10. RODRIGO VALDEZ (COLOMBIA) GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION IN THE HISTORY OF THE WBC 29 WORLD CHAMPIONS RECOGNIZED BY THE WBC OF WHICH 7 HAVE REGAINED THEIR TITLE: DICK TIGER (NIGERIA) TWICE EMILE GRIFFITH (VIRG. IS.) TWICE NINO BENVENUTI (ITALY) TWICE CARLOS MONZON (ARGENTINA) TWICE RODRIGO VALDEZ (COLOMBIA) TWICE JULIAN JACKSON (VIRG. IS.) TWICE KEITH HOLMES (US) TWICE SERGIO GABRIEL MARTINEZ (ARG) TWICE 118 WORLD TITLE BOUTS HAVE BEEN HELD IN THE HISTORY OF THE WBC 76 TITLE FIGHTS OF WHICH HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN UNITED STATES IN THE WBC HISTORY WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUTS BY COUNTRY IN WBC HISTORY USA 76 ITALY 8 MONACO 7 FRANCE 6 GERMANY 4 ARGENTINA 4 ENGLAND 4 MEXICO 2 COLOMBIA 2 YUGOSLAVIA 1 SPAIN 1 PUERTO RICO 1 NIGERIA 1 DENMARK 1 TOTAL 118 WBC TITLE BOUTS HELD IN THE NEVADA STATE 316 BOUTS HAVE BEEN HELD IN THE NEVADA STATE IN THE ENTIRE WBC HISTORY 28 TITLE FIGHTS IN THE MIDDLEWEIGHT DIVISION HAVE BEEN HELD IN NEVADA STATE IN ALL WBC HISTORY. TWO WBC TITLE FIGHTS HAS BEEN BETWEEN KAZAKHSTAN – MEXICO: 18/10/2014 GENNADY GOLOVKIN - MARCO ANTONIO RUBIO KO 2 CARSON 16/09/2017 GENNADY GOLOVKIN – SAUL ALVAREZ DREW 12 LAS VEGAS 40 WBC TITLE BOUTS IN THE HEAVYWEIGHT DIVISION, THE HIGHEST OF ALL BREAKDOWN BY DIVISION: HEAVY 40 WELTER 38* SUPERFEATHER 33 SUPERWELTER 30* SUPERLIGHT 30 LIGHT 30 MIDDLE 28 SUPERBANTAM 17 FEATHER 15 LT. HEAVY 11* LT. FLY 10 CRUISER 8 STRAW 8 BANTAM 7 SUPERMIDDLE 6* FLY 3 SUPERFLY 2 TOTAL BOUTS 316 * IN THIS DIVISIONS IT WERE ON THE LINE 2 TITLES AT THE SAME BOUT .