Open Boxing

IBF super middleweight world title

Covers world title bouts since 1984. Current champion: Osleys Iglesias, since 9th Apr 2026.

World title bouts
100
Champions
23
Longest reign (Sven Ottke, 1998–2004)
5 years, 5 months
Most successful defences in one reign (Sven Ottke, 1998–2004)
21

Current champion

Osleys IglesiasSince 9th Apr 2026 · 7 months · 1 successful defence

Reigns and world title bouts

Jan 2022 – Jan 2027

IBF
Canelo AlvarezWilliam ScullAlvarezOsleys Iglesias
AprJulOct2023AprJulOct2024AprJulOct2025AprJulOct2026AprJulOct2027
1990200020102020

World title bout

Reigns by length

  1. 1Sven OttkeIBF1998–20045 years, 5 months · 21 successful defences
  2. 2Lucian ButeIBF2007–20124 years, 7 months · 9 successful defences
  3. 3Park Chong-palIBF1984–19873 years, 4 months · 7 successful defences
  4. 4Caleb PlantIBF2019–20212 years, 9 months · 3 successful defences
  5. 5Canelo AlvarezIBF2021–20242 years, 8 months · 4 successful defences
  6. 6Carl FrochIBF2012–20152 years, 8 months · 4 successful defences
  7. 7James DeGaleIBF2015–20172 years, 6 months · 2 successful defences
  8. 8Roy Jones JrIBF1994–19962 years · 5 successful defences
  9. 9James ToneyIBF1993–19941 year, 9 months · 3 successful defences
  10. 10Jeff LacyIBF2004–20061 year, 5 months · 4 successful defences
  11. 11Charles BrewerIBF1997–19981 year, 4 months · 3 successful defences
  12. 12Lindell HolmesIBF1990–19911 year, 3 months · 3 successful defences
  13. 13Iran BarkleyIBF1992–19931 year, 1 month · 0 successful defences
  14. 14Graciano RocchigianiIBF1988–198910 months · 3 successful defences
  15. 15Joe CalzagheIBF2006–20068 months · 1 successful defence
  16. 16Darrin Van HornIBF1991–19927 months · 1 successful defence
  17. 17Alejandro BerrioIBF2007–20077 months · 0 successful defences
  18. 18Osleys IglesiasIBF2026–present7 months · 1 successful defence
  19. 19William ScullIBF2024–20256 months · 0 successful defences
  20. 20Jose UzcateguiIBF2018–20196 months · 0 successful defences
  21. 21Canelo AlvarezIBF2025–20254 months · 0 successful defences
  22. 22Caleb TruaxIBF2017–20183 months · 0 successful defences
  23. 23Murray SutherlandIBF1984–19843 months · 0 successful defences
  24. 24Terence CrawfordIBF2025–20253 months · 0 successful defences
  25. 25James DeGaleIBF2018–20182 months · 0 successful defences

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1984

  2. Murray Sutherland beats Ernie Singletary via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  3. Park Chong-pal beats Murray Sutherland via knockout 11/15

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  4. 1985

  5. Park Chong-pal beats Roy Gumbs via knockout 2/15

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  6. Park Chong-pal beats Vinnie Curto via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  7. 1986

  8. Park Chong-pal beats Vinnie Curto via knockout 15/15

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  9. Park Chong-pal v Lindell Holmes ends in a no contest

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  10. Park Chong-pal beats Marvin Mack via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  11. 1987

  12. Park Chong-pal beats Doug Sam via knockout 15/15

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  13. Park Chong-pal beats Lindell Holmes via split decision 15/15

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  14. Park Chong-pal beats Emmanuel Otti via knockout 4/15

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  15. Park Chong-pal’s reign as the IBF super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  16. 1988

  17. Graciano Rocchigiani beats Vincent Boulware via knockout 8/15

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  18. Graciano Rocchigiani beats Nicky Walker via unanimous decision 15/15

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  19. Graciano Rocchigiani beats Chris Reid via knockout 11/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  20. 1989

  21. Graciano Rocchigiani beats Thulani Malinga via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  1. 1990

  2. Lindell Holmes beats Frank Tate via majority decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  3. Lindell Holmes beats Carl Sullivan via knockout 9/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  4. Lindell Holmes beats Thulani Malinga via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  5. 1991

  6. Lindell Holmes beats Antoine Byrd via split decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  7. Darrin Van Horn beats Lindell Holmes via knockout 11/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  8. Darrin Van Horn beats John Jarvis via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  9. 1992

  10. Iran Barkley beats Darrin Van Horn via knockout 2/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  11. 1993

  12. James Toney beats Iran Barkley via corner retirement 9/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  13. James Toney beats Tony Thornton via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  14. 1994

  15. James Toney beats Tim Littles via knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  16. James Toney beats Charles Williams via knockout 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  17. Roy Jones Jr beats James Toney via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  18. 1995

  19. Roy Jones Jr beats Antoine Byrd via knockout 1/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  20. Roy Jones Jr beats Vinny Pazienza via knockout 6/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  21. Roy Jones Jr beats Tony Thornton via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  22. 1996

  23. Roy Jones Jr beats Eric Lucas via corner retirement 11/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  24. Roy Jones Jr beats Bryant Brannon via knockout 2/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  25. Roy Jones Jr’s reign as the IBF super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  26. 1997

  27. Charles Brewer beats Gary Ballard via knockout 5/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  28. Charles Brewer beats Joey DeGrandis via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  29. 1998

  30. Charles Brewer beats Herol Graham via knockout 10/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  31. Charles Brewer beats Antoine Byrd via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  32. Sven Ottke beats Charles Brewer via split decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  33. 1999

  34. Sven Ottke beats Giovanni Nardiello via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  35. Sven Ottke beats Gabriel Hernandez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  36. Sven Ottke beats Thomas Tate via technical decision 11/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  37. Sven Ottke beats Glen Johnson via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  1. 2000

  2. Sven Ottke beats Lloyd Bryan via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  3. Sven Ottke beats Tocker Pudwill via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  4. Sven Ottke beats Charles Brewer via split decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  5. Sven Ottke beats Silvio Branco via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  6. 2001

  7. Sven Ottke beats James Crawford via knockout 8/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  8. Sven Ottke beats Ali Ennebati via knockout 11/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  9. Sven Ottke beats James Butler via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  10. Sven Ottke beats Anthony Mundine via knockout 10/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  11. 2002

  12. Sven Ottke beats Rick Thornberry via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  13. Sven Ottke beats Thomas Tate via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  14. Sven Ottke beats Joe Gatti via knockout 9/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  15. Sven Ottke beats Rudy Markussen via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  16. 2003

  17. Sven Ottke beats Byron Mitchell via split decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super and IBF

  18. Sven Ottke beats David Starie via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super and IBF

  19. Sven Ottke beats Mads Larsen via majority decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super and IBF

  20. Sven Ottke beats Robin Reid via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super and IBF

  21. 2004

  22. Sven Ottke beats Armand Krajnc via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super and IBF

  23. Jeff Lacy beats Syd Vanderpool via knockout 8/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  24. Jeff Lacy beats Omar Sheika via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  25. 2005

  26. Jeff Lacy beats Rubin Williams via knockout 7/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  27. Jeff Lacy beats Robin Reid via corner retirement 7/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  28. Jeff Lacy beats Scott Pemberton via knockout 2/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  29. 2006

  30. Joe Calzaghe beats Jeff Lacy via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF, WBO and The RingNew IBF champion

  31. Joe Calzaghe beats Sakio Bika via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF, WBO and The Ring

  32. Joe Calzaghe’s reign as the IBF super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  33. 2007

  34. Alejandro Berrio beats Robert Stieglitz via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  35. Lucian Bute beats Alejandro Berrio via knockout 11/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  36. 2008

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

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  38. Lucian Bute beats Librado Andrade via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  39. 2009

  40. Lucian Bute beats Fulgencio Zuniga via knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  41. Lucian Bute beats Librado Andrade via knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  1. 2010

  2. Lucian Bute beats Edison Miranda via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  3. Lucian Bute beats Jesse Brinkley via knockout 9/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  4. 2011

  5. Lucian Bute beats Brian Magee via knockout 10/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  6. Lucian Bute beats Jean Paul Mendy via knockout 4/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  7. Lucian Bute beats Glen Johnson via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  8. 2012

  9. Carl Froch beats Lucian Bute via knockout 5/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  10. Carl Froch beats Yusaf Mack via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  11. 2013

  12. Carl Froch beats Mikkel Kessler via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular and IBF

  13. Carl Froch beats George Groves via knockout 9/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular and IBF

  14. 2014

  15. Carl Froch beats George Groves via knockout 8/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Regular and IBF

  16. 2015

  17. Carl Froch’s reign as the IBF super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  18. James DeGale beats Andre Dirrell via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  19. James DeGale beats Lucian Bute via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  20. 2016

  21. James DeGale beats Rogelio Medina via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  22. 2017

  23. James DeGale and Badou Jack draw via majority decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBC and IBF

  24. Caleb Truax beats James DeGale via majority decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  25. 2018

  26. James DeGale beats Caleb Truax via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  27. James DeGale’s reign as the IBF super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · IBF

    Jose Uzcategui becomes the IBF super middleweight world champion

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  28. 2019

  29. Caleb Plant beats Jose Uzcategui via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  30. Caleb Plant beats Mike Lee via knockout 3/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  1. 2020

  2. Caleb Plant beats Vincent Feigenbutz via knockout 10/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  3. 2021

  4. Caleb Plant beats Caleb Truax via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  5. Canelo Alvarez beats Caleb Plant via technical knockout 11/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The RingNew IBF champion

  6. 2022

  7. Canelo Alvarez beats Gennadiy Golovkin via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring

  8. 2023

  9. Canelo Alvarez beats John Ryder via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring

  10. Canelo Alvarez beats Jermell Charlo via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring

  11. 2024

  12. Canelo Alvarez beats Jaime Munguia via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The Ring

  13. Canelo Alvarez’s reign as the IBF super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · IBF

  14. William Scull beats Vladimir Shishkin via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

  15. 2025

  16. Canelo Alvarez beats William Scull via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The RingNew IBF champion

  17. Terence Crawford beats Canelo Alvarez via unanimous decision 12/12

    Super Middleweight · WBA Super, WBC, IBF, WBO and The RingNew IBF champion

    Source: Terence 'Bud' Crawford makes history with victory over Canelo Alvarez(opens in a new tab), AP via WOWT,

  18. Terence Crawford’s reign as the IBF super middleweight world champion ends

    Super Middleweight · IBF

    Source: IBF Super Middleweight Title Status(opens in a new tab), IBF/USBA, Jeanette,

  19. 2026

  20. Osleys Iglesias beats Pavel Silyagin via corner retirement 8/12

    Super Middleweight · IBFNew champion

    Source: Iglesias claims vacant IBF super-middleweight title(opens in a new tab), BBC Sport, Mike Peter,

  21. Osleys Iglesias beats Oliver Zaren via technical knockout 7/12

    Super Middleweight · IBF

    Source: Osleys Iglesias vs. Oliver Zaren Live Updates, Highlights and Results(opens in a new tab), Bleacher Report, Lyle Fitzsimmons,