History
The super middleweight (or junior light heavyweight, as it's sometimes called) division was created by the Ohio Boxing Commission in 1974, though there was only fight in the class under that commission's supervision.
The World Athletic Association also staged a championship fight in the division in 1982, but that was also a one-fight proposition. However, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) added the super middleweight class in 1984. The World Boxing Association (WBA) followed suit in 1987, the World Boxing Council (WBC) in 1988.
The lists below include champions of those three organizations.
Only those bouts are included in which the championship changed hands or the championships of two or more governing bodies was unified.
Champions
Murray Sutherland (IBF) 1984Chong-Pal Park (IBF) 1984-87
Chong-Pal Park (WBA) 1987-88
Graziano Rocchigiani (IBF) 1988-89
Fugencio Obelmejias (WBA) 1988-89
Ray Leonard (WBC) 1988-90
In-Chut Baek (WBA) 1989-90
Lindell Holmes (IBF) 1990-91
Christophe Tiozzo (WBA) 1990-91
Mauro Galvano (WBC) 1990-92
Victor Cordova (WBA) 1991
Darrin Van Horn (IBF) 1991-92
Iran Barkley (WBA) 1992
Nigel Benn (WBC) 1992-96
James Toney (IBF) 1992-94
Michael Nunn (WBA) 1992-94
Steve Little (WBA) 1994
Frank Liles (WBA) 1994-99
Roy Jones (IBF) 1994-96
Thulane Malinga (WBC) 1996
Vincenzo Nardiello (WBC) 1996
Robin Reid (WBC) 1996-97
Charles Brewer (IBF) 1997-98
Sven Ottke (IBF) 1998- (WBA) 2003-
Thulane Malinga (WBC) 1997-98
Richie Woodhall (WBC) 1998-99
Byron Mitchell (WBA) 1999-2000
Markus Beyer (WBC) 1999-2000
Glenn Gatley (WBC) 2000
Dingaan Thobela (WBC) 2000
Bruno Girard (WBA) 2000-01
Dave Hilton (WBC) 2000
Byron Mitchell (WBA) 2001-03
Eric Lucas (WBC) 2001-03
Marcus Beyer (WBC) 2003