List of WBC world champions
Name Reign period No . of successful defenses Days
Dick Tiger 10 August 1963 - 7 December 1963 0 119
Joey Giardello 7 December 1963 - 21 October 1965 1 182
Dick Tiger 21 October 1965 - 25 April 1966 0 186
Emile Griffith 25 April 1966 - 17 April 1967 2 357
Nino Benvenuti 4 March 1968 - 7 November 1970 4 978
Carlos Monzón 7 November 1970 - 9 February 1974 ( stripped ) 9 1190
Rodrigo Valdéz def . Bennie Briscoe 25 May 1974 - 26 June 1976 4 763
Carlos Monzón 26 June 1976 - August 1977 ( retired ) 1 376
Rodrigo Valdéz def . Bennie Briscoe 5 November 1977 - 22 April 1978 0 168
Hugo Corro 22 April 1978 - 30 June 1979 2 434
Vito Antuofermo 30 June 1979 - 16 March 1980 1 260
Alan Minter 16 March 1980 - 27 September 1980 1 195
Marvelous Marvin Hagler 27 September 1980 - 6 April 1987 12 2474
Sugar Ray Leonard 6 April 1987 - 27 May 1987 ( retired ) 0 51
Thomas Hearns def . Juan Roldán 29 October 1987 - 6 June 1988 0 253
Iran Barkley 6 June 1988 - 24 February 1989 0 263
Roberto Durán 24 February 1989 - December 1989 ( vacated ) 0 310
Julian Jackson def . Herol Graham 24 November 1990 - 8 May 1993 4 896
Gerald McClellan 8 May 1993 - 7 May 1994 ( vacated ) 3 364
Julian Jackson def . Agostino Cardamone 17 March 1995 - 19 August 1995 0 155
Middleweight
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and certifies world champions in 10 different weight classes. In 1963, the year of its foundation, the WBC inaugurated titles in all divisions with the exception of light flyweight, super flyweight, super bantamweight, super middleweight and cruiserweight, which were inaugurated in the subsequent decades. The most recent title inaugurated by the WBC is in the minimumweight (also called strawweight) division in 1987.