WORLD LIGHTWEIGHT TITLE

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Fred Duncan	1898/11/05	New York, NY
Reigning American Lightweight champion, defeats Ohio champion Al Williams to claim the world title.
George Bothner	1903/04/02	New York, NY
Reigning American Lightweight champion, defeats English champion Tom Riley to become the World Lightweight champion; has been presented Police Gazette title belt in 1899; loses to Eugene Tremblay on 08/11/27 in Brooklyn, NY but continues to defend the title until 1914 upon retirement.
Eugene Tremblay	08/11/27	Brooklyn, NY
Again defeats Bothner on 09/04/03 in Chicago, IL.
Jean Paradis	13/02/28	Montreal, QC
Eugene Tremblay [2]	13/09<
Walter Miller	14/01/25	Ft. William, ON
Eugene Tremblay [3]	14/03/28<
Jean Paradis defeats Tremblay on 14/04/01 in Montreal, QC, but the decision is later over-turned when Paradis is proven three pounds overweight; loses to another claimant Milton Harnden on 17/11/15 in Bellingham, WA but continues to defend the title (see below).
Peter Plourde	20/09/22	Lowell, MA
Max Wiley	04/09/19<
Young Miller	09/01/25	St. Paul. MN
Defeats Fred Bartle and claims the title.
Johnny Billiter	09/01/26<
Loses to Al Wasem on 11/12/03 in St. Louis, MO and Milton Harnden on 14/06/12 in Bellingham, WA but continues to defend the title; still/again recognized as champion as of 19/03/20.
Bert Kincaid	12/11/15<
Recognized in Nevada; still champion as of 13/08/26.
Al Wasem	11/12/03	St. Louis, MO
Defeats Johnny Billiter, who continues to defend the title; still/again champion as of 13/07/05.
Owen Daily	14/12<
Recognized in Nebraska.
Johnny Makie	14/12
Owen Daily [2]	15/01/27	Lincoln, NE
Loses to another claimant Milton Harnden on 17/02/13 in Bellingham, WA but continues to defend the title in Nebraska (see below); defeats another claimant Jack Fisher on 17/04/19 in Minden, NE when Fisher leaves the town before the match; Daily no longer billed as champion in Lincoln as of 24/08.
Milton Harnden	14/01<
Recognized in northwestern states such as Washington and Utah; defeats the following claimants in Bellingham, WA: Johnny Billiter on 14/06/12 Owen Daily on 17/02/13 Eugene Tremblay on 17/11/15 Still/again champioin as of 20/12.
Jack Fisher	16/12/27<
Also defeats Johnny Billiter and Al Wasem sometime before 17/04; loses to another claimant Owen Daily on 17/04/19 in Minden, NE when Fisher leaves the town before the match but continues to claim the title in other states; still/again champion as of 26/01/06.
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Jack Fisher [2]	27
Retires as champion sometime before 31/09.
Walter Keegan	18<
Johnny Meyers	19/01/22<
Recognized in Wisconsin.
Steve Graf	24/04
Claims the title in Detroit, MI.
Vernon Breedlove	22/11/14<
Recognized in Missouri and Iowa; still/again champion as of 33/05/26.
Charlie Fischer	32/03/02<
Recognized in Missouri, Michigan, etc.; still/again champion as of 35/04/04.
Frank Janvier	32/10<
Recognized in New York and Massachussetts.
Charlie Heard *	33<
George Karavas	37/01/14<
Sammy Stein	38/11/24	Mexico City, MEX
Defeats Lobo Negro for the title.
Earl Conrad	38/12/15<
Still champion as of 39/12/13.