Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Defeats Harvey Parker for the world title; defends the title in Hartford, CT on 05-09-25; still/again champion in Waterbury, CT as of 06-04-05 and 08-06-11.
Billed as champion in Thompson, CT and Barre, VT for winning a tournament "in Stockholm, Sweden, three or four years ago" (The Barre Daily Times, 09-04-24); still champion in Burlington, VT as of 10-01-14; still/again champion as of 14-01-21 in Laconia, NH and 12-06-24 in Boston, MA.
Claims the title in Boston, MA; billed as world middleweight, welterweight, and lightweight champion as of 15-11-30; still/again champion as of 17-01-11.
Louis Nelson
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Has claimed the title in New York as early as 18-02-18; recognized as champion in N. Adams, MA as of 19-03-13; still champion as of 19-06-06; Bridson Greene, New England champion, also claims the title in N. Adams, MA as of 20-06-08 (The North Adams Transcript).
