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.
New York State Athletic Commission
World Flyweight Title [Pre-WBC]
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
Pancho Villa
1923-06-18
New York, NY
Wins the world title from Jimmy Wilde; suspended for eight months on 24-09-15 due to Villa's refusal to fight the scheduled title defense against Frankie Genaro on 24-09-23 (The Brooklyn Citizen, 24-09-16); vacant on 25-07-14 when Villa passes away.
Frankie Genaro #
1925-07-15
American champion, declared as the succssor to Villa by William Muldoon, New York State athletic commissioner (The Yonkers Herald, 25-07-15); introduced as the champion in the ring on 25-07-17 in Brooklyn, NY (The Brooklyn Daily Times, 25-07-18); "acclaimed as the new world's flyweight champion" (The Brooklyn Citizen, 25-07-20); NYSAC officially declares the title vacant on on 25-07-21 (The Brooklyn Standard Union, 25-07-22).
Fidel LaBarba
1925-08-22
Los Angeles, CA
Defeats Genaro; also defeats European champion Elkly Clark on 27-01-21 in New York, NY, USA (mainly reported as a title defnse by LaBarba although some reports have it as American champion defeating European champion to claim the world title); vacates on 27-08-25 upon (temporary) retirement.
Izzy Schwartz
1927-12-16
New York, NY
Defeats Newsboy Brown.
Willie LaMorte #
1929-08-22
Newark, NJ
NYSAC refuses to recognize LaMorte when it finds out that Phil Bernstein manages both LaMorte and Schwartz for the match and suspendes Bernstain on 29-09-03 (Associated Press, 29-09-04); NYSAC declares the title vacant and announces the elimination tournament.
Midget Wolgast
1930-03-21
New York, NY
Defeats Black Bill (Eladio Valdes) in tournament final.
Small Montana
1935-09-16
Oakland, CA
Benny Lynch
1937-01-19
London, ENG, GBR
Vacates on 38-06-29 when Lynch cannot maintain the weight limit.
