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.
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
Red Herring (James Herring) #
1925-03-27
Detroit, MI
Defeats the world champion Pinky Mitchell, exceeding the weight limit entering the match, by disqualification for "hitting in breakaway"(The Detroit Free Press, 25-03-28); the commission rules that Mitchell is still the world champion due to the agreed conditions being unobserved during the match (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 25-04-12); Herring is billed as the United States champion (Associated Press, 25-04-01) but continues to claim the world title until 29.
Defeats Monroe Brooks to be recognized by the the NABF (Las Vegas Review-Journal, 75-08-30; The Sacramento Bee, 76-02-20) but is also billed as American champion; moves up to the welterweight class in 76-02.
