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Last updated on 2025-05-27


Michigan Middleweight Title

Robert Reakes # 1887-11-25<  
Billed as champion in Erie, PA; still champion as of 87-12-14.

Frank Lewis # 1890-06-25<  
Billed as champion in St. Paul, MN.

George Baptiste1891-03-20Detroit, MI
Defeats "all comers".
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Tom McMahon1895-04-16Grand Rapids, MI
Defeats Mike Dwyer.
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George Baptiste [2] 1899-01-23<
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Floyd Cutcher1904-04-21<
Ed Shelp1905-02-16<
Floyd Cutcher [2]1906-04<
Ed Shelp [2]1906-04-13Hastings, MI
Floyd Cutcher [3] 1909-03-30<
Loses to Ed Shelp in Toledo, OH on 09-09-10 but may continue to be recognized as the champion in Michigan.
George Potter1909-12-20<
Defeats Cutcher sometime after 09-03-30 ("last winter" according to Detroit Free Press on 09-12-20).
Frank Burns1910-01-15Saranac, MI
Still champion as of 10-03-13.
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Wilfred Barrett1915-03-15<
Defeats Charley Kaiser and claims the title.
Ben Stefanski1917-04-20Wyandotte, MI
Still/again champion as of 19-08-31 and 24-12-05; no longer champion as of 29-01-09.
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Ben Stefanski [3] 1929
"Champion for three years" (Detroit Free Press, 31-10-11); still champion as of 32-01-26.

Farmer Rice # 1911-05-12<  
Billed as champion in Taylor, TX.

Frank Burns [2] 1919-07-20<  
Claims the title in Battle Creek, MI.

Max Glover 1927-03-22<  
Claims the title in Battle Creek, MI.
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Farmer Nick 1927-07-08<  
Claims the title in Battle Creek, MI.
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Farmer Nick [2?]1932-09-13Niles, MI
Defeats Jimmie Mellon (or defends against him on this day).
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Leo Donoghue1933-11-27<
Still/again champion as of 36-07-26; also holds Michigan Welterweight Title as of 36-12-14; no longer champion as of 38-03-28.

Herb Teitenberg # 1932-02-04<  
"Holds three state middleweight champions - Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida" (Austin Daily Herald, Austin, MN, 32-02-04).