- Professional Combat Sport Championship Histories -
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| Johnny Coulon | 1911-02-26 | New Orleans, LA |
| Defeats Frankie Conley; NYSAC has its first meeting on 11-08-18. | ||
| Kid Williams | 1914-06-09 | Vernon, CA |
| Johnny Ertle # | 1915-09-10 | St. Paul, MN |
| Defeats Williams by disqualification; NYSAC declines to recognize Ertle officially although the chairman Fred Wenck gives him "the right to consider himself as the champion" by (The New York Times, 15-11-02); both continue to claim the title. | ||
| Pete Herman | 1917-01-09 | New Orleans, LA |
| Defeats Kid Williams to be recognized as the champion; boxing becomes illegal in New York State on 17-11-14 when the Frawley law dies (The Buffalo Enquirer, 17-11-15); legalized again in New York on 20-03-25 when the Walker Law is passed and NYSAC is reestablished (New York Tribune, 20-03-25). | ||
| Joe Lynch | 1920-12-22 | New York, NY |
| Pete Herman [2] | 1921-07-25 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Johnny Buff | 1921-09-23 | New York, NY |
| Joe Lynch [2] | 1922-07-10 | New York, NY |
| Jack Wolfe defeats Lynch for the newly created world junior featherweight title on 22-09-21 (Daily News, New York, NY, 22-09-22); Lynch continues to be recognized as the bantamweight champion. | ||
| Joe Burman | 1923-10-19 | |
| Awarded when Lynch refuses to fight Burman (Daily News, New York, NY, 23-10-20). | ||
| Abe Goldstein | 1923-10-19 | New York, NY |
| Substitutes for Joe Lynch and defeats Burman (Daily News, New York, NY, 23-10-20); also defeats Lynch on 24-03-21 in New York, NY. | ||
| Eddie Martin | 1924-12-19 | New York, NY |
| Charley Phil Rosenberg | 1925-03-20 | New York, NY |
| Stripped by NYSAC on 27-02-04 when Rosenberg does not make the weight limit for the title match. | ||
| Bushy Graham | 1928-05-23 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Defeats Izzy Schwartz; vacates in 29-01. | ||
| Panamá Al Brown | 1929-06-18 | Long Island City, NY |
| Defeats Gregorio Vidal; may be temporarily vacant when Brown is suspended by Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission on 29-07-25 due for failure to fight Matty White on 29-07-24 (International News Service, 29-07-25); defends the title in New York, NY on 30-02-28; stripped of the title after Brown is suspended on 34-03-27 for failure to fight Baby Casanova in Mexico City, DF, MEX (The Indiana Gazette, Indiana, PA, 34-03-28). | ||
| Lou Salica | 1935-08-26 | New York, NY |
| Defeats Sixto Escobar. | ||
| Sixto Escobar | 1935-11-15 | New York, NY |
| Harry Jeffra | 1937-09-23 | New York, NY |
| Sixto Escobar [2] | 1938-02-20 | San Juan, PR |
| Vacates on 39-10-27. | ||
| Lou Salica [2] | 1939-11-17 | Hollywood, CA |
| Defeats Tony Olivera; stripped of the title on 42-12-15 for failure to defend the title within 6 months. | ||
| Manuel Ortiz | 1943-03-10 | Oakland, CA |
| Defeats Lou Salica. | ||
| Harold Dade | 1947-01-06 | San Francisco, CA |
| Manuel Ortiz [2] | 1947-03-11 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Vic Toweel | 1950-05-31 | Johannesburg, RSA |
| Jimmy Carruthers | 1952-11-15 | Johannesburg, RSA |
| Vacant on 54-05-03 upon retirement. | ||
| Robert Cohen | 1954-09-19 | Bangkok, THA |
| Defeats Chamroen Songkitrat. | ||
| Mario D'Agata | 1956-06-29 | Rome, ITA |
| Alphonse Halimi | 1957-04-01 | Paris, FRA |
| Recognized by the "World Committee of Professional Boxing", of which NYSAC and NBA are members, on 57-06-15 (The Los Angeles Times, 57-06-16). | ||
| José Becerra | 1959-07-08 | Los Angeles, CA |
| Vacant on 60-08-30 upon retirement due to an eye injury. | ||
| Eder Jofre | 1962-01-18 | São Paulo, BRA |
| NBA/WBA champion, defeats Johnny Caldwell, a world title claimant in Europe; also defeats Aoki Katsutoshi on 63-04-04 to win WBC title. | ||
* See WBC World Bantamweight Title.
