The Records of
NWA World Heavyweight Championship Matches
1952

01/03	Cedar Rapids, IA	Jim Dobie	W
01/04	Jefferson, IA	Aloa Lehleni
01/08	Louisville, KY	"Mr. XX" (Frank Taylor)	W
01/10	Toledo, OH	Sky Hi Lee
01/11	St. Louis, MO	Mighty Atlas	W
01/14	New York, NY	Bobby Managoff	W
01/16	Montreal, QC	Wladek Kowalski	W (DQ)
01/17	Toronto, ON	Hans Hermann	W (DQ)
01/18	Buffalo, NY	Willie Davis	W
01/21	Memphis, TN	Ivan Rasputin	W (2-0; DQ in 1st)
01/22	Kansas City, MO	Bob Orton	W
01/23	Des Moines, IA	Barney Bernard	W
01/24	Toledo, OH	Bobby Managoff
01/25	Chicago, IL	Verne Gagne	D
01/29	El Paso, TX	Enrique Torres	W
01/30	Los Angeles, CA	Lord Blears	W (2-1)
01/31	Long Beach, CA	Joe Pazandak	D (0-0)
02/02	San Bernardino, CA	Gino Garibaldi	W
02/04	Hollywood, CA	Hans Schnabel	W (2-0)
02/05	San Diego, CA	Mr. Moto	W
02/06	Los Angeles, CA	Joe Pazandak	W (2-0 DQ in 2nd)
02/08	Santa Monica, CA	Mr. Moto	W
02/11	Ft. Worth, TX	Duke Keomuka	W
02/12	Dallas, TX	Antonino Rocca	D (1-1)
02/15	Houston, TX	Antonino Rocca	D (1-1; DCOR in 3rd)
02/18	Ft. Worth, TX	Duke Keomuka	W
02/19	Indianapolis, IN	Earl McCready
02/21	Columbus, OH	Yukon Eric	W
02/22	St. Louis, MO	Bobby Managoff	W
02/23	Erie, PA	Frank Hewitt	W
02/26	Syracuse, NY	LaVerne Baxter	W (2-0)
02/28	Rochester, NY	Willie Davis	W
02/29	Buffalo, NY	Don Evans	W (DQ)
03/01	Milwaukee, WI	Wladek Kowalski	W
03/03	Memphis, TN	Ivan Rasputin	W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
03/04	Indianapolis, IN	Enrique Torres	W
03/05	Holyoke, MA	Manuel Cortez	W
03/07	N. Attleboro, MA	Manuel Cortez	W
03/08	Boston, MA	Primo Carnera	W
03/10	Tampa, FL	Mighty Atlas	W
03/15	Havana, CUB	Mighty Atlas	W
03/19	Montreal, QC	Bobby Managoff	D
03/20	Boston, MA	Yukon Eric	W
03/21	St. Louis, MO	Bobby Managoff	W
03/22	St. Joseph, MO	Tarzan Kowalski
03/24	Hannibal, MO	Chief Big Heart	W
03/26	Evansville, IN	Ray Eckert	W
03/27	Kansas City, KS	Enrique Torres	W (2-1)
03/28	St. Louis, MO	Verne Gagne	W
03/29	Louisville, KY	Enrique Torres	W
04/01	Cedar Rapids, IA	Johnny Balbo	W (22min UTC)
04/05	Milwaukee, WI	Verne Gagne	D
04/07	Regina, SK	Earl McCready	D (DKO)
04/08	Edmonton, AB	Al Mills	W (DQ)
04/09	Calgary, AB	Paul Baillargeon	W
04/10	Seattle, WA	Masked Marvel	W
04/11	Tacoma, WA	Hombre Montana	W
04/12	Milwaukee, WI	Verne Gagne	D
04/15	Minneapolis, MN	Bronko Nagurski	W (19:31)
04/16	Ft. William, ON?	Fred Von Schacht	W
04/19	Los Angeles, CA	Gino Garibaldi
04/21	Hollywood, CA	Lord Blears	W (23min UTC)
04/22	Dallas, TX	Ray Gunkel	W (2-1)
04/23	San Antonio, TX	Wladek Kowalski	W (DQ)
04/24	Galveston, TX	Great Scott	W
04/25	Houston, TX	Mr. Moto	W (2-1; DQ in 3rd)
04/29	Syracuse, NY	Mighty Atlas (Morris Shapiro)	W
04/30	Lubbock, TX	Billy Raburn	W
05/01	Rochester, NY	Nanjo Singh	W
05/02	Erie, PA	Fred von Schacht	W
05/05	Vallejo, CA	Ron Etchison	W
05/06	San Francisco, CA	Hombre Montana	W
05/07	Richmond, VA	Lee Henning	W
05/08	Stockton, CA	Ron Etchison	W
05/09	Santa Rosa, CA	Danny Plechas	W
05/10	Fresno, CA	Lee Henning	W
05/17	Visalia, CA	Frank Jares	W
05/21	Los Angeles, CA	Baron Leone	W (2-1)
Unifies the Los Angeles version of the world title.
05/26	Tulsa, OK	Bobby Managoff	W
05/27	Little Rock, AR	Bobby Managoff	W
05/28	Lubbock, TX	Ray Clements	W
05/29	Amarillo, TX	"Masked Marvel" (Bob Geigel?)	W
05/30	Oklahoma City, OK	Art Neilson	W
05/31	St. Joseph, MO	Sonny Myers	D (1-1 curfew)
06/07	Chicago, IL	Ray Eckert	W
06/09	Birmingham, AL	George Bollas	W
06/10	Nashville, TN	Al Galento	W
06/11	Chattanooga, TN	Johnny Kostas	W
06/12	New Orleans, LA	Gorgeous George	W
06/13	Atlanta, GA	Al Massey	W
06/16	Ft. Worth, TX	Duke Keomuka	W
06/17	Dallas, TX	Bill Longson	W (2-1)
06/18	San Antonio, TX	Mighty Atlas	W
06/19	Galveston, TX	Duke Keomuka	W
06/20	Houston, TX	Ray Gunkel	W
06/23	Cedar Rapids, IA	Fred Von Schacht	W
06/24	Minneapolis, MN	Bronko Nagurski	W (23:18)
06/27	Chicago, IL	Pat O'Connor	W (injured)
07/03	Tacoma, WA	Soldat Gorky	(canceled)
07/07	Peoria, IL	Ivan Rasputin	W
07/09	Springfield, IL	Ivan Rasputin	W
07/11	Sparta	Hans Schmidt	W
07/12	Decatur, AL	Hans Schmidt	W
07/14	Saginaw, MI	The Sheik	(rained out)
07/16	Knox, IN	Mighty Atlas
07/16?	Dallas, TX	Ray Gunkel
07/23	Los Angeles, CA	Gorgeous George	W (15:31 UTC)
07/24	Long Beach, CA	Karl Davis	W (2-0)
07/25	Santa Monica, CA	John Smith (Soldat Gorky)	W
07/26	Valley Gardens, CA	John Smith	W
07/28	Hollywood, CA	Sandor Szabo	W (1-0 time limit)
07/29	S. Gate, CA	Frank Jares	W
07/30	Los Angeles, CA	Hombre Montana	W (2-1)
08/01	Santa Monica, CA	Rito Romero	W
08/05	San Diego, CA	Lee Grable	W
08/06	Los Angeles, CA	Hombre Montana	W
08/08	Santa Monica, CA	Rito Romero	W
08/09	Valley Gardens, CA	Karl Davis	W
08/11	Hollywood, CA	"Jungle Boy" (Lou Bertucci)	W
08/12	San Diego, CA	Hombre Montana	W
08/24	Honolulu, HI	Bud Curtis	W
08/31	Honolulu, HI	Red Scorpion	W
09/02	San Francisco, CA	Zebra Kid	W
09/09	Wilmington, CA	Mr. Moto	W (2-1 DQ in 3rd)
09/10	Los Angeles, CA	Antonino Rocca	D
09/15	Ft. Worth, TX	Miguel Guzman	W
09/16	Dallas, TX	Ray Gunkel	W (2-0 UTC)
09/19	Houston, TX	Andre Drapp	W
09/22	Los Angeles, CA	Antonino Rocca	W
09/23	Baltimore, MD	Adrien Baillargeon	W
09/24	Washington, DC	Antonino Rocca	D
09/25	Brooklyn, NY	Ray Thunder (Stern)	W
09/26	Queens, NY	Ilio DiPaolo	W
09/27	Angola, IN	Reggie Lisowski	W
???	Minneapolis, MN?	Hans Schmidt?	DQ
???	Sioux City?	Mighty Atlas	W
10/01	Mobile, AL	Nick Carter	W
10/02	New Orleans, LA	Raul Lopez	W
10/03	St. Louis, MO	Mighty Atlas	W
10/08	Denver, CO	Danny Plechas	W
10/13	Omaha, NE	Great Togo	W
10/15	Springfield, IL	Hans Schmidt	W
10/20	Niagara Falls, ON	Ray Villmer
10/21	Hamilton, ON	Lou Plummer	W
10/23	Toronto, ON	Billy Watson	W (DQ)
10/24	Newark, NJ	Steve Stanlee	W
10/29	London, ON	Chief Big Heart	W (DQ)
10/30	Toronto, ON	Billy Watson	D
10/31	Buffalo, NY	Jim Wright	W
11/01	Chicago, IL	Hans Schmidt	W
11/05	Montreal, QC	Great Togo	W (DQ)
11/06	Ottawa, ON	Wladek Kowalski	W (DQ)
11/07	Chicago, IL	Hans Schmidt	W (DQ)
11/10	San Francisco, CA	Hombre Montana	W
11/12	Los Angeles, CA	Antonino Rocca	W (2-0 COR in 2nd)
11/16?	St. Louis, MO?	Bill Longson?
11/18	New York, NY	Gene Stanlee	W
11/20	Washington, DC	Danny Plechas	W (DQ)
11/21	St. Louis, MO	Hans Hermann	W
11/22	Milwaukee, WI	Hans Schmidt	W (DQ)
11/22	Los Angeles, CA	Antonino Rocca	W (2-1)
11/25	Louisville, KY	Bill Longson	W
11/26	Des Moines, IA	Barney Bernard	W
11/27	Kansas City, KS	Bobby Lane	W (2-1)
11/29	Chicago, IL	Sonny Myers	W
12/02	San Francisco, CA	Ray Eckert	D
12/07	Honolulu, HI	Mike Sharpe	W
12/09	Indianapolis, IN	Baron Leone	W
12/10	Evansville, IN	Masked Scorpion	W
12/12	Chicago, IL	Verne Gagne	D
12/15	Boise, ID	Leo Wallick	W
12/17	Vancouver, BC	Bud Curtis	W
12/18	Seattle, WA	Primo Carnera	W
12/19	Tacoma, WA	Bud Curtis	W
12/22	Omaha, NE	Sonny Myers	W
12/23	Minneapolis, MN	Paul Baillargeon	W (25:16)
12/26	St. Louis, MO	Pat O'Connor	W
12/30?	Indianapolis, IN?	Ray Gunkel?	W

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