# What is the best super middleweight boxing match in history?

> Stadium unifications, a single-punch finish at Wembley and a night that ended in tragedy all sit in this pool of 168-pound classics.

*By YPB Team · Published October 28, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/what-is-the-best-super-middleweight-boxing-match-in-history*

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1. **Froch vs. Groves II** — score 1000/1000
   Carl Froch's one-punch knockout of George Groves before 80,000 at Wembley in 2014.
2. **Calzaghe vs. Kessler** — score 733/1000
   The 2007 unification in front of 50,000 in Cardiff where Joe Calzaghe outpointed unbeaten Mikkel Kessler.
3. **Froch vs. Kessler II** — score 639/1000
   The 2013 rematch at London's O2 Arena where Carl Froch avenged his loss to Mikkel Kessler.
4. **Canelo vs. Crawford** — score 639/1000
   Terence Crawford jumped two divisions to dethrone undisputed champion Canelo Alvarez in Las Vegas in September 2025.
5. **Eubank vs. Benn II** — score 639/1000
   The 1993 WBC-WBO unification rematch before 42,000 at Old Trafford, scored a split draw.
6. **Jones vs. Toney** — score 523/1000
   Roy Jones Jr.'s dazzling 1994 decision over unbeaten IBF champion James Toney in Las Vegas.
7. **Ward vs. Kessler** — score 523/1000
   Andre Ward's 2009 Super Six upset of Mikkel Kessler in Oakland that announced a future great.
8. **Groves vs. Eubank Jr.** — score 523/1000
   George Groves beat Chris Eubank Jr. through a dislocated shoulder in a 2018 World Boxing Super Series semifinal.
9. **Leonard vs. Lalonde** — score 523/1000
   Sugar Ray Leonard got off the floor to stop Donny Lalonde in 1988, winning WBC super middleweight and light heavyweight belts in one night.
10. **Froch vs. Bute** — score 523/1000
   Carl Froch's 2012 demolition of unbeaten IBF champion Lucian Bute in five rounds in Nottingham.
11. **Eubank vs. Watson II** — score 0/1000
   Chris Eubank's dramatic 1991 comeback stoppage of Michael Watson at White Hart Lane for the vacant WBO title.
12. **Calzaghe vs. Eubank** — score 0/1000
   A 25-year-old Joe Calzaghe outpointed Chris Eubank in Sheffield in 1997 to win the vacant WBO title.
13. **Toney vs. Barkley** — score 0/1000
   James Toney battered Iran Barkley in 1993 to win the IBF super middleweight title.
14. **Leonard vs. Hearns II** — score 0/1000
   The 1989 rematch for the WBC and WBO belts in which Thomas Hearns dropped Sugar Ray Leonard twice and settled for a draw.
15. **Froch vs. Kessler I** — score 0/1000
   A 2010 Super Six war in Herning, Denmark, won by Mikkel Kessler on points over Carl Froch.
16. **Ward vs. Froch** — score 0/1000
   The 2011 Super Six final in Atlantic City where Andre Ward outboxed Carl Froch to unify the WBA and WBC titles.
17. **Collins vs. Eubank** — score 0/1000
   Steve Collins ended Chris Eubank's unbeaten record in 1995 in Millstreet, Ireland, taking his WBO belt.
18. **Canelo vs. Plant** — score 0/1000
   Canelo Alvarez stopped Caleb Plant in 2021 to become the first undisputed super middleweight champion of the four-belt era.
19. **Canelo vs. Golovkin III** — score 0/1000
   The 2022 trilogy finale of a famous rivalry, the first of their fights contested at 168 pounds.
20. **Benavidez vs. Plant** — score 0/1000
   David Benavidez outpointed bitter rival Caleb Plant in a heated 2023 grudge match in Las Vegas.

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