This is a combined list of different versions of the
World Welterweight Titles, each of which was probably the most significant
version at the time. Each version may or may not be connected to another.
However, I did NOT make up any title change. All title changes are either
actual or "official" unless indicated with symbol(s).
For the complete/detailed listings, I recommend Wrestling
Title Histories by Royal Duncan & Gary
Will.
National Boxing Association/National Wrestling Association
(
30
-
40s?
)
Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre
(
40s?
-
)
National Wrestling Alliance/EMLL
(
50s?
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)
[ ]
Barney McFadenn
1894/01/29
St. Louis, MO
Defeats Max Luttbeg (may be for the American title).
[...]
Herbert Hale
1895/08/31<
[...]
Harvey Parker
1901/06<
Alexander Swanson
03/12/03
New York, NY
Still champion as of 05/06/27.
[...]
Harvey Parker [2]
06/08/11<
Joe Turner
07
Loses to Walter Miller on 16/01/24 in Billings, MT (see below).
Tom Rolowitz
05
Walter Evans
12/02/12
Charles Conkle
09<
Otto Suter
09/05/14
Cleveland, OH
Chris Jordan
12/02/02
Battle Creek, MI
[...]
Otto Suter [2]
12/11<
Walter Miller
12/11/19
Duluth, MN
Also defeats Joe Turner on 16/01/24 in Billings, MT.
Claims the title until 27/01; moves up to the junior middleweight division.
Jack Reynolds
17/05/08<
Tommy Record
25/03/05
Indianapolis, IN
Jack Reynolds [2]
25/03/18
Columbus, OH
Matty Matsuda
25/06<
Bobby Roscoe
25/06/24
Columbus, OH
Jack Reynolds [3]
25/08/13
Columbus, OH
Bert Willard
27/08/17
Columbus, OH
Jack Reynolds [4]
27/09/07
Columbus, OH
Bobby Chick
28/03
Louisville, KY
Jack Reynolds [5]
28/05/23
Columbus, OH
Defeats Robin Reed, who has been claiming the title since 26/03, on 29/01/01 in Columbus, OH; recognized by National Boxing Association in 30 after defeating Charlie Grip; vacates on 30/03/22.
Jack Reynolds [6]
30/04/12
Reinstated by NBA president Stanley Isaacs on 30/04/12; Earl McCann defeats Reynolds on 33/02/17 in Cincinnati, OH, but the decisions is reversed after the match; Reynolds defeats McCann on 33/07/06 in Cincinnati, OH.
Lord Lansdowne
35/01/31
San Francisco, CA
Probably a local version as Reynolds is recognized as champion at the NBA & NWA joint annual convention on 35/09/17.
Jack Reynolds [7]
35/11/18
Hollywood, CA
Regains from Lansdowne; may trade the title with Emil Barbla and Jack Domar in 37; vacates upon retirement in 37; still listed as champion by NWA on 38/09/15.
Scotty Williams
38/04/23<
Wins vacant title; still recognized as of 40/07/23.
Robin Reed
32/01/14<
Wins tournament.
Henry Jones
32/07/20
Salem, OR
Recognized in California; also claims to have defeated Jack Reynolds in Ohio in 37; recognized in Utah as Intermountain champion after 34.
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