List of European Boxing Union middleweight champions

European Boxing Union

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(EBU) is an organisation in the sport of boxing

Boxing

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. The boxers that have won the EBU title in the middleweight

Middleweight

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division are listed below.

List of champions

List of EBU middleweight champions.
Name	Date of title victory	Successful defences	Nationality
Georges Carpentier Georges Carpentier Georges Carpentier was a French boxer. He fought mainly as a light heavyweight and heavyweight in a career lasting from 1908-26. Nicknamed the "Orchid Man", he stood and his fighting weight ranged from...	29 February 1912	2	French
Ercole de Balzac	17 December 1920	1	French
Gus Platts	21 February 1921	0	British
Johnny Basham	31 May 1921	0	British
Ted "Kid" Lewis	14 October 1921	1	British
Roland Todd	15 February 1923	0	British
Bruno Frattini	30 November 1924	1	Italian
Tommy Milligan	8 June 1925	0	British
Rene DeVos	31 January 1926	2	Belgian
Tommy Milligan	12 July 1926	2	British
Alex Ireland	14 March 1928	0	British
Mario Bosisio	1 April 1928	0	Italian
Leone Jacovacci	24 June 1928	1	Italian
Marcel Thil Marcel Thil -Career:Born in Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne in the Champagne-Ardenne Region of France, Thil started boxing at a very young age and turned professional at the age of sixteen...	27 March 1929	2	French
Mario Bosisio	23 November 1930	1	Italian
Poldi Steinbach	19 June 1931	0	Austrian
Hein Domgoergen	30 August 1931	0	German
Ignacio Ara	9 May 1932	0	Spanish
Gustave Roth	21 June 1933	1	Belgian
Marcel Thil Marcel Thil -Career:Born in Saint-Dizier, Haute-Marne in the Champagne-Ardenne Region of France, Thil started boxing at a very young age and turned professional at the age of sixteen...	3 May 1934	3	French
Edouard Tenet	7 April 1938	0	French
Bep van Klaveren Bep van Klaveren Lambertus "Bep" van Klaveren was a Dutch boxer, who won the gold medal in the featherweight division at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. Born in Rotterdam as Lambertus Steenhorst, he adopted the name of his stepfather Pieter van Klaveren when he was eight...	17 July 1938	0	Dutch
Anton Christoforidis Anton Christoforidis Anton Christoforidis was a Greek light heavyweight boxer.Christoforidis was born in Messenia prefecture, Greece. His first bout was against Francisco Garcia Lluch in Paris, France which he won by decision. He made his United States debut on January 5, 1940 in Madison Square Garden defeating...	14 November 1938	0	Greek
Edouard Tenet	10 January 1939	0	French
Jupp Besselmann	23 May 1942	1	German
Marcel Cerdan Marcel Cerdan Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan was a French pied noir world boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa...	2 February 1947	2	French
Cyrille Delannoit	23 May 1948	0	Belgian
Marcel Cerdan Marcel Cerdan Marcellin "Marcel" Cerdan was a French pied noir world boxing champion who was considered by many boxing experts and fans to be France's greatest boxer, and beyond to be one of the best to have learned his craft in Africa...	10 July 1948	0	French
Cyrille Delannoit	6 November 1948	0	Belgian
Tiberio Mitri Tiberio Mitri Tiberio Mitri was an Italian boxer who fought from 1946 to 1957. During his career, Mitri was the Italian and European middleweight champion....	7 May 1949	1	Italian
Randy Turpin Randy Turpin Randolph Adolphus Turpin known as the Leamington Larruper, was an English boxer who was considered by some to be Europe's best middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...	27 February 1951	1	British
Tiberio Mitri Tiberio Mitri Tiberio Mitri was an Italian boxer who fought from 1946 to 1957. During his career, Mitri was the Italian and European middleweight champion....	2 May 1954	0	Italian
Charles Humez	13 November 1954	3	French
Gustav Scholz	4 October 1958	3	German
John McCormack	17 October 1961	1	British
Christian Christensen	8 February 1962	0	Danish
László Papp László Papp László Papp was a Hungarian boxer, born in Budapest. A southpaw, he won gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, and the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia...	16 May 1962	6	Hungarian
Nino Benvenuti	15 October 1965	2	Italian
Juan Carlo Duran	17 November 1967	4	Italian
Tom Bogs Tom Bogs Tom Bogs is a retired Danish middleweight boxer.Bogs competed for Denmark at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the light-middleweight division and reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Nojim Maiyegun of Nigeria. Bogs turned professional shortly after the games and was active during the 1960s and...	11 September 1969	3	Danish
Juan Carlo Duran	4 December 1970	0	Italian
Jean Claude Bouttier	9 June 1971	1	French
Tom Bogs Tom Bogs Tom Bogs is a retired Danish middleweight boxer.Bogs competed for Denmark at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the light-middleweight division and reached the quarter-finals, where he lost to Nojim Maiyegun of Nigeria. Bogs turned professional shortly after the games and was active during the 1960s and...	18 January 1973	0	Danish
Elio Calcabrini	7 November 1973	0	Italian
Jean Claude Bouttier	2 March 1974	0	French
Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan was an English boxer.In his early career when Kevin was still an amateur he was banned for 18 months for climbing into the ring to dispute a loss by his brother...	27 May 1974	0	British
Gratien Tonna	7 May 1975	0	French
Bunny Sterling Bunny Sterling Bunny Sterling became the first immigrant to win a British title. He was born in Jamaica.Managed by George Francis, he won the British and Commonwealth middleweight titles on September 8, 1970 at Wembley Stadium in London, knocking out Mark Rowe in the fourth round.Sterling fought for the first...	20 February 1976	0	British
Angelo Jacopucci	4 June 1976	0	Italian
Germano Valsecchi	1 October 1976	1	Italian
Alan Minter Alan Minter Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...	4 February 1977	0	British
Gratien Tonna	21 September 1977	0	French
Alan Minter Alan Minter Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...	19 July 1978	1	British
Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan Kevin Finnegan was an English boxer.In his early career when Kevin was still an amateur he was banned for 18 months for climbing into the ring to dispute a loss by his brother...	7 February 1980	2	British
Matteo Salvemini	10 September 1980	0	Italian
Tony Sibson Tony Sibson Tony Sibson is a former professional boxer.Tony Sibson was well known as Britain's best as he was Commonwealth and European champion and world title challenger...	8 December 1980	4	British
Louis Acaries	3 December 1982	2	French
Tony Sibson Tony Sibson Tony Sibson is a former professional boxer.Tony Sibson was well known as Britain's best as he was Commonwealth and European champion and world title challenger...	25 February 1985	1	British
Ayub Kalule	20 June 1985	1	Ugandan
Herol Graham Herol Graham Herol 'Bomber' Graham was born in Nottingham, England on 13 September 1959 and is generally acknowledged as one of the best British boxers of the post-war era never to have won a world title....	5 February 1986	1	British
Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu "Patrizio" Kalambay is a Zaire-Italian former professional boxer who held the WBA middleweight championship. He was born in Zaire, moving to Italy during his youth, which is where he still resides.-Professional career:...	26 May 1987	0	Italian
Pierre Joly	18 December 1987	0	French
Christophe Tiozzo Christophe Tiozzo Christophe Tiozzo was a French boxer, who won a Light Middleweight Bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics...	18 April 1988	2	French
Francesco Dell'Aquila	31 May 1989	1	Italian
Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu Kalambay Sumbu "Patrizio" Kalambay is a Zaire-Italian former professional boxer who held the WBA middleweight championship. He was born in Zaire, moving to Italy during his youth, which is where he still resides.-Professional career:...	24 January 1990	5	Italian
Agostino Cardamone Agostino Cardamone Agostino Cardamone is a former Italian pro boxer best known to win the European title at middleweight.-Career:Southpaw Cardamone started his career in 1989 and won the Italian title against Silvio Branco in 1992...	23 June 1993	4	Italian
Richie Woodhall Richie Woodhall Richie Woodhall is a former English World Champion super-middleweight boxer. He lost his last fight to his friend Joe Calzaghe in 2000, and subsequently retired in 2002....	22 February 1995	2	British
Alexander Zaitsev	29 June 1996	0	Russian
Hacine Cherifi Hacine Cherifi Hacine "Billy" Cherifi is a former French boxer of Algerian origin.Cherifi, known as "Billy", began his pro career in 1989 and challenged for the WBC Super Middleweight Title in 1997 against Robin Reid, losing a split decision...	19 October 1996	2	French
Agostino Cardamone Agostino Cardamone Agostino Cardamone is a former Italian pro boxer best known to win the European title at middleweight.-Career:Southpaw Cardamone started his career in 1989 and won the Italian title against Silvio Branco in 1992...	24 April 1998	0	Italian
Erland Betare	23 January 1999	2	French
Howard Eastman	10 April 2001	0	British
Cristian Sanavia Cristian Sanavia Cristian Sanavia , is a professional boxer in the Super Middleweight division.Sanavia turned pro in 1997 and captured the WBC Super Middleweight Title in 2004 with an upset win over Markus Beyer by split decision. He lost the title in his next fight, a rematch with Beyer. Beyer won via 6th round KO...	1 December 2001	0	Italian
Morrade Hakkar Morrade Hakkar Morrade Hakkar is a French middleweight boxer of Algerian descent who has held a number of regional championship belts during his 11-year professional career...	11 May 1995	0	French
Howard Eastman	28 January 2003	3	British
Morrade Hakkar Morrade Hakkar Morrade Hakkar is a French middleweight boxer of Algerian descent who has held a number of regional championship belts during his 11-year professional career...	26 March 2005	0	French
Sebastian Sylvester Sebastian Sylvester Sebastian Sylvester is a German boxer and former IBF middleweight champion. He is currently ranked as the fourth best middleweight by Ring Magazine....	16 July 2005	2	German
Amin Asikainen Amin Asikainen "Idi" Amin Asikainen is a Finnish former boxer. He was European Boxing Union Middleweight Champion between in 2006–2007.His nickname comes from the similarity with Idi Amin.-Early life:...	3 June 2006	2	Finnish
Sebastian Sylvester Sebastian Sylvester Sebastian Sylvester is a German boxer and former IBF middleweight champion. He is currently ranked as the fourth best middleweight by Ring Magazine....	23 June 2007	3	German
Khoren Gevor Khoren Gevor Khoren Gevor, born Khoren Gevorgyan is an Armenian-German middleweight boxer and former EBU Middleweight champion.-Biography:He was born on March 16, 1979, in Etchmiadzin, Armenia. Standing at 5'8 and fighting out of Hamburg, Germany. Khoren fought in 2007 against compatriot Athur Abraham and lost...	28 November 2008	0	Armenian
Matthew Macklin Matthew Macklin Matthew Macklin , known as "The Tipperary Tornado", is a British-Irish professional boxer who fights at middleweight or the divisions either side.He is the former Irish, British and European middleweight champion....	25 September 2009	0	British
Darren Barker Darren Barker Darren Barker is an English middleweight boxer. He is a former holder of the British and European middleweight titles and a former holder of the Commonwealth title...	9 April 2010	0	British
Matthew Macklin Matthew Macklin Matthew Macklin , known as "The Tipperary Tornado", is a British-Irish professional boxer who fights at middleweight or the divisions either side.He is the former Irish, British and European middleweight champion....	18 September 2010	1	British

List of champions

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