<page_title> List of WBC world champions </page_title> <section_title> Middleweight </section_title> <table> <cell> Mexico Canelo Álvarez (def. Miguel Cotto) <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> November 21, 2015 – May 18, 2016 (vacated) <col_header> Reign period </col_header> </cell> <cell> Kazakhstan Gennady Golovkin (Elevated from interim status) <col_header> Name </col_header> </cell> <cell> May 18, 2016 – September 15, 2018 <col_header> Reign period </col_header> </cell> </table>
On May 18, 2016, Álvarez vacated the WBC middleweight title, which resulted in Golovkin being awarded the WBC middleweight title.