WBA middleweight title

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The WBA middleweight title is a major world championship in professional boxing’s middleweight division, historically held by many prominent fighters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf sports title
world boxing championship
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
discipline men’s professional boxing
divisionLimit 160 pounds
72.57 kilograms
formerName NBA middleweight title
governingBody World Boxing Association NERFINISHED
hasControversies Super and Regular champion distinction
multiple champions in same division
hasMultipleVersions WBA Interim world middleweight title NERFINISHED
WBA Regular world middleweight title NERFINISHED
WBA Super world middleweight title NERFINISHED
isContestedIn 12-round championship bouts
isOneOf four major middleweight world titles
isPartOf WBA world titles NERFINISHED
judgingSystem 10-point must system
notableFormerChampion Bernard Hopkins NERFINISHED
Canelo Álvarez NERFINISHED
Carlos Monzón NERFINISHED
Gennady Golovkin NERFINISHED
James Toney NERFINISHED
Marvin Hagler NERFINISHED
Roberto Durán NERFINISHED
Ryota Murata NERFINISHED
Sugar Ray Robinson NERFINISHED
Thomas Hearns NERFINISHED
organizationFounded 1962
originOrganization National Boxing Association NERFINISHED
parallelTitles IBF middleweight title
WBC middleweight title NERFINISHED
WBO middleweight title NERFINISHED
rankingSystem WBA world rankings NERFINISHED
recognizedBy World Boxing Association NERFINISHED
requires WBA ranking for eligibility
requiresSanctioningFeeFrom champion
promoter
sanctioningBodyType major boxing organization
sanctions world championship bouts
sport professional boxing
status active
titleType lineal-eligible world title
unificationPossibleWith IBF middleweight title
The Ring middleweight title NERFINISHED
WBC middleweight title NERFINISHED
WBO middleweight title
weightClass middleweight
weightClassAbove super middleweight
weightClassBelow light middleweight
weightClassRange over 154 lb up to 160 lb

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Marvin Hagler heldTitle WBA middleweight title
Jermain Taylor titleHeld WBA middleweight title
this entity surface form: WBA (Super) middleweight title
Emile Griffith wonTitle WBA middleweight title
this entity surface form: WBA Middleweight Title
Felix Trinidad worldTitle WBA middleweight title
subject surface form: Félix Trinidad