The Ring middleweight title

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The Ring title boxing world championship

The Ring middleweight title is a prestigious world boxing championship recognized by The Ring magazine as the lineal crown in the middleweight division.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
The Ring middleweight title canonical	7
The Ring middleweight world champion	1
lineal middleweight title	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2742227 — 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: The Ring middleweight title
Context triple: [Bernard Hopkins, heldTitle, The Ring middleweight title]

A. World Welterweight Title
The World Welterweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the welterweight division and historically held by some of the sport’s greatest champions.
B. World Lightweight Title
The World Lightweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the lightweight 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. IBF light welterweight title
The IBF light welterweight title is a world championship boxing title at 140 pounds sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation.
E. World Featherweight Title
The World Featherweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the featherweight division and has been held by legendary boxers such as Henry Armstrong.
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: The Ring middleweight title
Target entity description: The Ring middleweight title is a prestigious world boxing championship recognized by The Ring magazine as the lineal crown in the middleweight division.

A. World Welterweight Title
The World Welterweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the welterweight division and historically held by some of the sport’s greatest champions.
B. World Lightweight Title
The World Lightweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the lightweight 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. IBF light welterweight title
The IBF light welterweight title is a world championship boxing title at 140 pounds sanctioned by the International Boxing Federation.
E. World Featherweight Title
The World Featherweight Title is a prestigious professional boxing championship contested by fighters in the featherweight division and has been held by legendary boxers such as Henry Armstrong.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	The Ring title ⓘ boxing world championship ⓘ
associatedWithConcept	champion of the division ⓘ lineal champion ⓘ
awardedBy	editorial policy of The Ring magazine ⓘ
awardedFor	being top middleweight according to The Ring ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
division	middleweight division ⓘ
divisionLimit	160 pounds ⓘ 72.57 kilograms ⓘ
governingBodyType	magazine-recognized championship ⓘ
hasAbbreviation	The Ring MW title ⓘ
hasFormat	single world champion per division ⓘ
hasHistoricalReputation	traditional lineal crown in middleweight division ⓘ
hasLanguageOfCoverage	English ⓘ
hasRankingBasis	The Ring middleweight rankings ⓘ linked to: The Ring magazine
inception	1920s ⓘ
isConsidered	prestigious boxing championship ⓘ
isIndependentOf	governmental sports authorities ⓘ major sanctioning bodies ⓘ
isLinealTitle	true ⓘ
isPartOf	The Ring championship system ⓘ
isWorldTitle	true ⓘ
mediaTypeOfGoverningBody	sports magazine ⓘ
notSanctionedBy	IBF ⓘ WBA ⓘ linked to: World Boxing Association WBC ⓘ WBO ⓘ linked to: World Boxing Organization
organizer	The Ring magazine ⓘ
recognitionScope	worldwide ⓘ
relatedTo	The Ring championship policy ⓘ lineal championship concept ⓘ
represents	lineal middleweight championship ⓘ linked to: World Middleweight Championship
selectionBasis	lineal succession of champions ⓘ results in the ring ⓘ
sport	boxing ⓘ
titleType	world middleweight championship ⓘ linked to: World Middleweight Championship
weightClass	middleweight ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bernard Hopkins → heldTitle → The Ring middleweight title ⓘ

Jermain Taylor → titleHeld → The Ring middleweight title ⓘ

Bernard Hopkins → titleHeld → The Ring middleweight title ⓘ

subject linked to: The Executioner

Bernard Hopkins → titleHeld → lineal middleweight title ⓘ

subject linked to: The Executioner

linked to: The Ring middleweight title

Bernard Hopkins → heldTitle → The Ring middleweight title ⓘ

subject linked to: B-Hop

Kelly Pavlik → titleHeld → The Ring middleweight title ⓘ

Marvin Hagler → championship → The Ring middleweight title ⓘ

subject linked to: Hagler

WBA middleweight title → unificationPossibleWith → The Ring middleweight title ⓘ

Sergio Martínez → notableAchievement → The Ring middleweight world champion ⓘ