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William Joppy

William Joppy held the WBA and WBA Regular middleweight world titles between 1996 and 2003.

World title bouts
16
Record in world title bouts (won–lost)
11–5
World titles held
2
Longest world title reign (WBA middleweight, 1998–2001)
3 years, 3 months

World title reigns and bouts

Jan 1996 – Jan 2012

Light HeavyweightWBA Regular
Super MiddleweightIBF
MiddleweightWBA
1996age 251997age 261998age 271999age 282000age 292001age 302002age 312003age 322004age 332005age 342006age 352007age 362008age 372009age 382010age 392011age 402012age 41
200020052010

WonLostDrawn or no contest

Timeline of world title events

  1. 2011

  2. Beibut Shumenov beats William Joppy via knockout 6/12

    Light Heavyweight · WBA Regular

  3. 2008

  4. Lucian Bute beats William Joppy via knockout 10/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  5. 2004

  6. The Ring magazine rates William Joppy No. 10 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  7. 2003

  8. The Ring magazine rates William Joppy No. 4 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  9. Bernard Hopkins beats William Joppy via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF and The Ring

  10. 2002

  11. The Ring magazine rates William Joppy No. 2 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  12. William Joppy beats Naotaka Hozumi via knockout 10/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  13. 2001

  14. The Ring magazine rates William Joppy No. 2 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  15. William Joppy beats Howard Eastman via majority decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  16. Felix Trinidad beats William Joppy via knockout 5/12

    Middleweight · WBA

  17. 2000

  18. The Ring magazine rates William Joppy No. 2 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  19. William Joppy beats Jonathan Reid via knockout 4/12

    Middleweight · WBA

  20. William Joppy beats Hacine Cherifi via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA

  21. William Joppy beats Rito Ruvalcaba via knockout 1/12

    Middleweight · WBA

  22. 1999

  23. The Ring magazine rates William Joppy No. 2 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  24. William Joppy beats Julio Cesar Green via knockout 7/12

    Middleweight · WBA

  25. 1998

  26. The Ring magazine rates William Joppy No. 2 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  27. William Joppy beats Roberto Duran via knockout 3/12

    Middleweight · WBA

  28. William Joppy beats Julio Cesar Green via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA

  29. 1997

  30. The Ring magazine rates William Joppy No. 4 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  31. Julio Cesar Green beats William Joppy via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA

  32. William Joppy beats Peter Venancio via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA

  33. 1996

  34. The Ring magazine rates William Joppy No. 3 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  35. William Joppy beats Ray McElroy via knockout 7/12

    Middleweight · WBA

  36. William Joppy beats Shinji Takehara via knockout 9/12

    Middleweight · WBA