Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the competitor 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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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a competitor held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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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 competitor shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized.
May not be for the title, but Caballero defeats Cardenas on this day.
Antolin Fierro
1922-09-02
Havana
Defeats Caballero for the title; Mike Conroy, a non-Cuban, defeats Fierro on 24-12-13 in Havana in what may be a non-title or for the "South and Central American Heavyweight title" (CITY News, Rochester, NY, 2004-10-20).
Santiago Esparraguera
1925-10-03
Havana
Defeats Fierro for the title.
Roleaux Saguero
1925-12-19
Havana
Goyito Rico
1927-03-19
Havana
Declared vacant after the match Roleaux Saguero on 29-05-18 ends with a poor performance by both.
Goyito Rico [2]
1930-01-02
Sancti Spiritus
Defeats Federico Malibran.
John Herrera
1933-06-17
Havana
Title later declared vacant probably because Herrera mainly competes in Jamaica.
Federico Malibran
1937-04-10
Havana
Defeats Kid Carbajal; vacant when Malibran is inactive between late 37 and 41.
Goyito Rico [3]
1938-02-10
Havana
Defeats Kid Carbajal; retires after being supended due to his bad behavior during the match against Isidoro Gastanaga on 38-07-16.