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