WBA middleweight title

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sports title world boxing championship

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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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
WBA middleweight title canonical	6
WBA (Super) middleweight title	1
WBA Interim world middleweight title	1
WBA Middleweight Title	1
WBA Regular world middleweight title	1
WBA Super world middleweight title	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5732878 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: WBA middleweight title
Context triple: [Marvin Hagler, heldTitle, WBA middleweight title]

A. WBO middleweight title
The WBO middleweight title is a world championship boxing title sanctioned by the World Boxing Organization for fighters competing in the middleweight division.
B. IBF middleweight title
The IBF middleweight title is a world championship boxing title sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation for competitors in the middleweight division.
C. WBA cruiserweight title
The WBA cruiserweight title is a major professional boxing world championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Association for fighters in the cruiserweight division.
D. WBA super bantamweight title
The WBA super bantamweight title is a world championship boxing belt awarded by the World Boxing Association in the 122-pound (55 kg) weight division.
E. The Ring middleweight title
The Ring middleweight title is a prestigious world boxing championship recognized by The Ring magazine as the lineal crown in the middleweight division.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

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

A. WBO middleweight title
The WBO middleweight title is a world championship boxing title sanctioned by the World Boxing Organization for fighters competing in the middleweight division.
B. IBF middleweight title
The IBF middleweight title is a world championship boxing title sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation for competitors in the middleweight division.
C. WBA cruiserweight title
The WBA cruiserweight title is a major professional boxing world championship sanctioned by the World Boxing Association for fighters in the cruiserweight division.
D. WBA super bantamweight title
The WBA super bantamweight title is a world championship boxing belt awarded by the World Boxing Association in the 122-pound (55 kg) weight division.
E. The Ring middleweight title
The Ring middleweight title is a prestigious world boxing championship recognized by The Ring magazine as the lineal crown in the middleweight division.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

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

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