List of New Zealand super middleweight boxing champions


This list of New Zealand super middleweight boxing champions is a table showing the boxers who have won the New Zealand professional super middleweight championship.
The title has been administered by the New Zealand Boxing Association, New Zealand National Boxing Federation, New Zealand Professional Boxing Association and New Zealand Boxing Council since 1990.
A champion will often voluntarily relinquish the title in order to fight for a higher-ranked championship, such as the world. Where the date on which a champion relinquished the title is unclear.
NameReignDuration of reignTitleDefencesNote
James Jimmy Higgins122 August 1990 – 01 July 1991New Zealand Boxing Association1
Rudi Filipovic101 July 1991 – 26 November 1993New Zealand Boxing Association2Filipovic retired after defending the title on 26 November 1993.
Gerrard Zohs129 September 1994New Zealand Boxing Association1Zohs relinquished title without defending it.
Jason Rarere123 March 1995New Zealand Boxing Council1
Mike Makata112 October 1995 – 07 November 1998New Zealand Boxing Association3
Sam Leuii107 November 1998New Zealand Boxing Association0Leuii also won the vacant IBF Pan Pacific super middleweight title.
Norm Graham124 August 2001New Zealand Professional Boxing Association0
Sean Sullivan129 November 2001New Zealand Boxing Association1Sean Sullivan successfully defended the title on 12 April 2002
Lee Oti129 April 2004New Zealand Boxing Association0
Sosaia Vaka129 March 2007New Zealand National Boxing Federation0
Maselino Masoe128 June 2008New Zealand National Boxing Federation0
Gunnar Jackson131 March 2012 – 05 April 2013New Zealand Professional Boxing Association2
Isaac Peach101 June 2012New Zealand National Boxing Federation0
Adrian Taihia105 April 2013New Zealand Professional Boxing Association1Taihia last defence was on 22 March 2014
Jordan Tai125 February 2016 – PresentNew Zealand National Boxing Federation1
Jonathan Taylor112 November 2016 – PresentNew Zealand Professional Boxing Association1Defeated NZNBF Champion, Jordan Tai.