List of Australian middleweight boxing champions

The Australian middleweight boxing championship is a title administrated by the Australian National Boxing Federation. The current Australian middleweight champion is Issac Hardman.

Recognition In 1886 a boxing match between Jack Donohue and Alf Pickering at Foley's Gymnasium in Sydney was promoted as being for the middleweight champion of Australia, however the winner was not referred to as the middleweight champion after the fight and neither boxer was ever promoted as defending the title. Billy McCarthy was being referred to as middleweight champion of Australia as of 1886. However, his matches were not promoted as though it was an official title which was on the line.

In January 1889 a bout between Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Hall at Foley's Gymnasium in Sydney was promoted as being for the middleweight championship, however again no champion was announced after the fight which was won by Fitzsimmons. In October 1889 another match involving Jim Hall, this time against Jim Fogarty, was promoted as a match for the middleweight championship again, and it was also referred to as a championship match after the result, although because it was a draw there was still no champion named.

Despite not winning a 'championship match' Jim Hall had adopted the title of champion middleweight of New South Wales as of 1890 due to a string of strong performances and contenders declining to fight him. In January 1890 Peter Boland, who claimed to be champion middleweight of Victoria, challenged him to a fight and they fought that month with Hall winning, which resulted in him being acknowledged as middleweight champion of Australia by the press. Hall's next match was also referred to as a match for the middleweight championship of Australia, and promotion described Jim Hall as the countries best middleweight, reflecting that it was a title defence. Promotion for a boxing match between Dan Creedon and Mick Dunn in 1892 described it as being for the middle-weight championship for Australia, due to Creedon being the best middle-weight in Victoria and Dunn being the best middle-weight in New South Wales, and argued that the title had never been clearly defined prior.

In 1924 the company Stadiums Limited attempted to assume responsibility for the title, organizing a match for the championship after Alf Stewart refused to box for six months, however the decision was not universally acknowledged and the media still regarded Stewart as reigning champion when he returned to the ring.

Recognition of the champion became contentious in the early 1940s when champion Hockey Bennell lost a welterweight championship fight to Vic Patrick. Leichhardt Stadium management argued that the title reverted to previous title-holder Tommy Colteaux, and he was generally accepted as champion in Sydney, however Stadiums Limited grew frustrated with Colteaux refusing to accept matches and decided to reject his claim and hold a tournament to determine their own champion putting forward Alan Westbury in January 1945. By February Westbury was generally regarded as the legitimate champion by fans, and when Hockey Bennell beat the Leichhardt 'champion' in March 1945 he was aiming to earn a fight against Westbury to become the middleweight champion, reflecting that Stadiums Limited had assumed responsibility for the title.

The title has been formally administered by the Australian National Boxing Federation (previously the Australian Boxing Federation) since 1965.

List r – Champion relinquished title. s – Champion stripped of title. Italics date – Reign disputed.

List of champions No.ChampionNat.Reign BeganReign EndedTitle defensesNotesSource(s) 1 Jim Hall 18 January 189019 January 1891- 2 Billy McCarthydef. Jim Hall 19 January 1891May 1891r 3 Dan Creedondef. Edward Rollins 17 October 1891November 1892r 4 Tom Duggandef. Mick McInerney 7 April 1894November 1895r 5 Billy Edwardsdef. Bill Jennings 14 March 1896March 1898r 6 Bill Jenningsdef. Tim Murphy 4 September 189814 October 1899- 7 Tim Murphy def. Bill Jennings 14 October 1899March 1900r 8 Mick Dunndef. Jack Conlon March 19001 October 1900- 9 Otto Cribbdef. Mick Dunn 1 October 1900 22 July 1901-- 10 Mick Dunndef. Otto Cribb 22 July 1901December 1901r- 11 Frank Sturgeondef. Harry Dawson 13 January 1902-- 12 Jack Thompsondef. Frank Sturgeon 21 April 1903- 13 Arthur Crippsdef. Jack Thompson 21 April 19037 February 1905 14 Tim Murphydef. Arthur Cripps 7 February 1905March 1905r- 15 Arthur Crippsdef. Ted Nelson 6 February 1906July 1907r 16 Ted Nelsondef. Ed Williams 15 July 1907August 1907- 17 Ed Williamsdef. Arthur Cripps 8 October 19078 June 1908- 18 Jim Griffindef. Ed Williams 8 June 1908July 1908r- 19 Ed Williamsdef. Pat O'Keefe 10 October 1908August 1908s- 20 Arthur Crippsdef. Jim Griffin 23 December 190826 April 1909-- 21 Ed Williamsdef. Arthur Cripps 26 April 190911 March 1910- 22 Arthur Crippsdef. Ed Williams 11 March 191012 October 1910- 23 Dave Smithdef. Arthur Cripps 12 October 1910December 1910s 24 Ted Whitingdef. Paddy Lynch 22 April 191112 August 1911- 25 Arthur Crippsdef. Ted Whiting 12 August 191118 November 1911- 26 Jimmy Clabbydef. Arthur Cripps 18 November 1911November 1911r- 27 Ed Williamsdef. Roy Kenny 24 June 1912August 1912s- 28 Jerry Jeromedef. Charlie Godfrey 7 September 1912February 1913r 29 Ted Whitingdef. Gus Devitt 28 April 1913August 1913s- 30 Tim Landdef. Gus Devitt 11 October 19136 December 1913- 31 Jerry Jeromedef. Tim Land 6 December 1913January 1914r 32 Arthur Cripps 4 April 1914August 1914s- 33 Mick King 8 August 1914November 1914r- 34 Ed Williams 12 December 1914January 1915s- 35 Les Darcy 12 June 1915June 1915r- 36 Fritz Holland 22 January 1916April 1916r- 37 Fred Kay 24 June 19166 January 1917- 38 Tommy Uren 6 January 191728 April 1917- 39 Jimmy Clabby 28 April 191714 July 1917-- 40 Tommy Uren 14 July 1917May 1920s 41 Jim Baillie 18 June 192017 July 1920-- 42 Hubie Hinton 17 July 192024 July 1920-- 43 Billy Shade 24 July 1920November 1920r 44 Tom O'Malley 27 December 1920June 1921r- 45 Tommy Uren 10 June 19219 July 1921-- 46 Frank Burns 9 July 1921December 1921r 47 Tommy Uren 2 June 192219 August 1922- 48 Charlie Ring 19 August 19227 October 1922-- 49 Alf Stewart 7 October 192227 October 1924 50 Tommy Uren 23 August 19246 June 1925- 51 Ted Monson 27 October 192410 August 1925 52 Harry Collins 6 June 1925July 1925s- 53 Alf Stewart 10 August 1925September, 1925s- 54 Billy Edwards 18 September 19262 April 1927-- 55 Hughie Dwyer 2 April 1927November 1927r 56 Gordon Kiely 16 December 192713 January 1928-- 57 Ted Monson 13 January 192820 April 1928- 58 Lachie McDonald 20 April 19286 July 1928- 59 Ted Monson 6 July 192823 November 1929- 60 Jack Haines 23 November 192927 December 1930- 61 Ambrose Palmer 27 December 193025 July 1931-- 62 Bob Thornton 25 July 193119 September 1931-- 63 Ambrose Palmer 19 September 193121 March 1931- 64 Fred Henneberry 21 March 193220 March 1933- 65 Ron Richards 20 March 19335 June 1933-- 66 Fred Henneberry 5 June 193321 December 1936- 67 Ron Richards 21 December 1936February 1941r 68 Al Basten 25 June 19414 October 1941- 69 Ron Richards 4 October 1941May 1942s 70 Tommy Colteaux 28 May 19421 July 1943- 71 Hockey Bennell 1 July 1943 72 Tommy Colteaux 23 March 194421 December 1944 73 Cliff Bowen 21 December 1944February 1945s- 74 Alan Westbury 20 January 194516 February 1946- 75 Jack Kirkham 16 February 194611 May 1946- 76 Dave Sands 11 May 194611 August 1952r 77 Al Bourke 12 December 1952December 1953r 78 Pran Mikus 5 July 195414 February 1955-- 79 Carlo Marchini 14 February 195510 June 1955-- 80 Pran Mikus 10 June 19555 December 1955-- 81 Billy McDonnell 5 December 195519 October 1956-- 82 Luigi Coluzzi 19 October 195619 January 1957-- 83 Billy McDonnell 19 January 195728 February 1958-- 84 Clive Stewart 28 February 19584 November 1960- 85 Peter Read 4 November 1960July 1962rPeter Read at boxrec 86 Reg Hayes 22 April 1963September, 1965r-Reg Hayes at boxrec 87 Dimitri Michael 22 August 196610 July 1967--- 88 Tony Barber 10 July 1967September, 1967r-Tony Barber at boxrec 89 Dick Blair 16 October 196819 September 1969--- 90 Billy Choules 19 September 196923 April 1970--- 91 Tony Mundine 23 April 1970June 1975r-Tony Mundine at boxrec 92 Semi Bula 25 June 1975January 1977r-Semi Bula at boxrec 93 Al Korovou 14 September 197726 July 1978-- 94 Wally Carr 26 July 1978November 1980rWally Carr at boxrec 95 Steve Dennis 11 December 198115 June 1983-- 96 Ritchie Roberts 15 June 19839 July 1984-- 97 Emmanuel Otti 9 July 198421 September 1985-- 98 Lou Cafaro 21 September 1985March 1986rLou Cafaro at boxrec 99 Mark Janssen 4 August 1986December 1986rMark Janssen at boxrec 100 Lou Cafaro 16 July 198916 October 1989-- 101 Craig Trotter 16 October 198920 April 1990-- 102 Lou Cafaro 20 April 199020 November 1991-- 103 Vito Gaudiosi 20 November 1991March 1992-Vito Gaudiosi at boxrec 104 Ernie Artango 22 September 1993????- 105 Marc Bargero 21 March 1997????- 106 Sam Soliman 9 July 1999????-- 107 Marc Bargero 7 October 199911 February 2000- 108 Josh Clenshaw 11 February 200028 April 2000-- 109 Nader Hamdan 28 April 2000????-- 110 Ian McLeod 26 May 2000September, 2000r-Ian McLeod at BoxRec 111 Darren Obah 11 December 2000June 2001r-Darren Obah at BoxRec 112 John Wayne Parr 8 July 200124 October 2001-- 113 Ian McLeod 24 October 2001????- 114 Sakio Bika 11 April 2003????- 115 Daniel Dawson 12 December 2004????-- 116 Adam Vella 22 October 2005????- 117 Junior Talipeau 14 September 2007February 2010shttps://www.dailyexaminer.com.au/news/hartmann-set-to-take-on-hard-man/464597/ 118 Johannes Mwetupunga 26 March 201024 February 2012- 119 Jarrod Fletcher 24 February 2012????- 120 Nathan Carroll 16 March 201311 July 2013-- 121 Dennis Hogan 11 July 2013????- 122 Dwight Ritchie 21 November 2015????- 123 Wes Capper 26 August 2016????-- 124 David Toussaint 8 September 2017March 2018r- 125 Tej Pratap Singh 14 December 20184 December 2020- 126 Issac Hardman 4 December 2020Present--

List of Australian middleweight boxing champions

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