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WBA Regular middleweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 2001. Current champion: Erislandy Lara, since 1st May 2021.

WBA Regular is the WBA's secondary world title. See also the WBA middleweight world title for the main title.

World title bouts
41
Champions
10
Longest reign (Erislandy Lara, 2021–present)
5 years, 6 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Gennadiy Golovkin, 2010–2014)
10

Current champion

Erislandy LaraSince 1st May 2021 · 5 years, 6 months · 4 successful defences

Upcoming world title bouts

  1. Erislandy Lara v Tim Tszyu

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

Reigns and world title bouts

Feb 2022 – Feb 2027

WBA Regular
Erislandy Lara
AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027
20102020

World title boutScheduled

Reigns by length

  1. 1Erislandy LaraWBA Regular2021–present5 years, 6 months · 4 successful defences
  2. 2Gennadiy GolovkinWBA Regular2010–20143 years, 7 months · 10 successful defences
  3. 3Felix SturmWBA Regular2007–20103 years, 4 months · 6 successful defences
  4. 4Daniel JacobsWBA Regular2014–20172 years, 7 months · 4 successful defences
  5. 5William JoppyWBA Regular2001–20032 years · 1 successful defence
  6. 6Maselino MasoeWBA Regular2004–20061 year, 10 months · 0 successful defences
  7. 7Ryota MurataWBA Regular2019–20211 year, 5 months · 1 successful defence
  8. 8Ryota MurataWBA Regular2017–201811 months · 1 successful defence
  9. 9Javier CastillejoWBA Regular2006–20079 months · 0 successful defences
  10. 10Rob BrantWBA Regular2018–20198 months · 1 successful defence
  11. 11Hassan N'Dam N'JikamWBA Regular2017–20175 months · 0 successful defences
  12. 12Felix SturmWBA Regular2006–20064 months · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 2001

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

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  3. 2002

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

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  5. 2003

  6. William Joppy’s reign as the WBA Regular middleweight world champion ends

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  7. 2004

  8. Maselino Masoe beats Evans Ashira via knockout 2/12

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  9. 2006

  10. Felix Sturm beats Maselino Masoe via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  11. Javier Castillejo beats Felix Sturm via knockout 10/12

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  12. Javier Castillejo v Mariano Natalio Carrera ends in a no contest

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  13. 2007

  14. Felix Sturm beats Javier Castillejo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  15. Felix Sturm beats Noe Gonzalez Alcoba via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  16. Felix Sturm and Randy Griffin draw via split decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  17. 2008

  18. Felix Sturm beats Jamie Pittman via knockout 7/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  19. Felix Sturm beats Randy Griffin via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  20. Felix Sturm beats Sebastian Sylvester via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  21. 2009

  22. Felix Sturm beats Koji Sato via knockout 7/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  23. Felix Sturm beats Khoren Gevor via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  1. 2010

  2. Felix Sturm’s reign as the WBA Regular middleweight world champion ends

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  3. Gennadiy Golovkin becomes the WBA Regular middleweight world champion

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  4. Gennadiy Golovkin beats Nilson Julio Tapia via knockout 3/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  5. 2011

  6. Gennadiy Golovkin beats Kassim Ouma via knockout 10/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  7. Gennadiy Golovkin beats Lajuan Simon via knockout 1/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  8. 2012

  9. Gennadiy Golovkin beats Makoto Fuchigami via knockout 3/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  10. Gennadiy Golovkin beats Grzegorz Proksa via knockout 5/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  11. 2013

  12. Gennadiy Golovkin beats Gabriel Rosado via knockout 7/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  13. Gennadiy Golovkin beats Nobuhiro Ishida via knockout 3/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  14. Gennadiy Golovkin beats Matthew Macklin via knockout 3/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  15. Gennadiy Golovkin beats Curtis Stevens via corner retirement 8/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  16. 2014

  17. Gennadiy Golovkin beats Adama Osumanu via knockout 7/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  18. Gennadiy Golovkin’s reign as the WBA Regular middleweight world champion ends

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  19. Daniel Jacobs beats Jarrod Fletcher via knockout 5/12

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  20. 2015

  21. Daniel Jacobs beats Caleb Truax via knockout 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  22. Daniel Jacobs beats Sergio Mora via knockout 2/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  23. Daniel Jacobs beats Peter Quillin via knockout 1/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  24. 2016

  25. Daniel Jacobs beats Sergio Mora via technical knockout 7/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  26. 2017

  27. Daniel Jacobs’s reign as the WBA Regular middleweight world champion ends

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  28. Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam beats Ryota Murata via split decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  29. Ryota Murata beats Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam via corner retirement 7/12

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  30. 2018

  31. Ryota Murata beats Emanuele Blandamura via knockout 8/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  32. Rob Brant beats Ryota Murata via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  33. 2019

  34. Rob Brant beats Khasan Baysangurov via knockout 11/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  35. Ryota Murata beats Rob Brant via knockout 2/12

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  36. Ryota Murata beats Steven Butler via knockout 5/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  1. 2021

  2. Ryota Murata’s reign as the WBA Regular middleweight world champion ends

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  3. Erislandy Lara beats Thomas Lamanna via knockout 1/12

    Middleweight · WBA RegularNew champion

  4. 2022

  5. Erislandy Lara beats Gary O'Sullivan via technical knockout 8/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  6. 2024

  7. Erislandy Lara beats Michael Zerafa via technical knockout 2/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  8. Erislandy Lara beats Danny Garcia via corner retirement 9/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

  9. 2025

  10. Erislandy Lara beats Johan Gonzalez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Middleweight · WBA Regular

    Source: Lara Retains WBA Crown with Dominant Win over González(opens in a new tab), World Boxing Association, Rowerth Goncalves,

  11. 2026

  12. Erislandy Lara v Tim Tszyu

    Middleweight · WBA RegularScheduled

    Source: Lara vs Tszyu confirmed for December on the Gold Coast(opens in a new tab), FightMag, Parviz Iskenderov,