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
Defends the world title against Bobby Bylunds in El Paso, TX on 10-10-24 (The Weekly Pantagraph, Bloomington, IL, 13-10-31); also defeats title claimant Johnny Meyers on 15-01-01 in El Paso, TX.
Abe the Newsboy (Abe Hollandersky)
1915-03-23<
Claims to have defeated Young Roeber in 07-12 in New York; billed as champion in Ft. Worth, TX as of 15-05-23.
Peter Buzukos
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Recognized in Texas, Arizona, California, etc.; said to have won the title in St. Louis, MO in 10.
Wins by forfeit when Reynolds is injured during the second fall; Reynolds disputes the claim; Reynolds defeats Matsuda on 20-12-15 in El Paso, TX but the title does not change hands when Reynolds exceeds the weight limit; Matsuda defeats Reynolds on 25-06-16 in El Paso, TX; also defends the title in Dallas, TX on 21-03-13 and 25-09-16; still champion as of 27-09-21; vacates in 28-06 when Matsuda is ill and also unable to maintain the weight limit; loses to Jack Reynolds on 28-08-13 in Dallas, TX in what is billed as a match to end the dispute (passes away in 29-08).
Has been billed as champion in Dallas, TX as of 28-04-17; again claims the title in El Paso, TX as of 28-06 after Matsuda relinquishes his claim; defeats Matsuda on 28-08-13 in Dallas, TX in what is billed as a match to end the dispute; recognized by the National Boxing Association after defeating Charlie Grip on 30-02-21 in Cincinnati, OH.
