Super middleweight

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Super Middleweight is a boxing weight division that has a weight limit of 168 pounds. There was interest in a division between middleweight (160 pounds) and light heavyweight (175 pounds) in the 1970's, and a few states briefly recognized a "Junior Light Heavyweight" division at 167 pounds. During this period Don Fullmer, Billy Douglas, and Danny Brewer won the "world junior light heavyweight championship," although the media and most commissions outside these fighters' home states did not recognize such a division.[1]

The current super middleweight division traces its beginning to 1984, when Murray Sutherland defeated Ernie Singletary for the International Boxing Federation version of the title. The World Boxing Association created its version of the super middleweight title when Chong Pal Park defeated Jesus Gallardo in 1987 (Park had been IBF champion before relinquishing the title to fight for the WBA version). The World Boxing Council crowned its first champion in 1988 when Sugar Ray Leonard defeated Donny Lalonde in a fight that was also for its version of the light heavyweight title.

Some of the more popular fighters to reign as champion this division have been Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank, James Toney, and Roy Jones. The current champion of the division is Joe Calzaghe.

Mikkel Kessler

  1. ^ Mullan, Harry (1996). Boxing: The Definitive Illustrated Guide to World Boxing. London, England: Carlton Books, 150. ISBN 0785806415. 


Weight divisions in boxing
Professional boxing
Strawweight | Light Flyweight | Flyweight | Super Flyweight | Bantamweight | Super Bantamweight | Featherweight | Super Featherweight | Lightweight | Light Welterweight | Welterweight | Light Middleweight | Middleweight | Super Middleweight | Light Heavyweight | Cruiserweight | Heavyweight
Olympic boxing
Light Flyweight | Flyweight | Bantamweight | Featherweight | Lightweight | Light Welterweight | Welterweight | Middleweight | Light Heavyweight | Heavyweight | Super Heavyweight
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