- Professional Combat Sport Championship Histories -
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| William C. McClellan | 1878-04-06 | New York, NY |
| Defeats Mike Donovan, bare knuckle champion, under the Queensbury rules. | ||
| Mike Donovan | 1878-05-18 | New York, NY |
| Defeats McClellan in a "glove fight" (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 78-05-19) for the "middleweight championship of America" (Boston Daily Globe, 78-05-20). | ||
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| George Rooke | 1881-12-01 | Hunters Point, NY |
| Defeats William C. McClellan (The Sun, New York, NY, 81-12-02; Buffalo Evening News, 81-12-02). | ||
| John Banks | 1884-11< | |
| Listed as champion (The Critic, Washington, DC, 84-11-07); also billed as the world colored champion (The Times, Philadelphia, PA, 85-11-22); still champion as of 86-05-25 (Buffalo Courier, Buffalo, NY). | ||
| Mike Cleary | 1885-05-23< | |
| Listed as champion (The Los Angeles Times, 85-05-23). | ||
| Jack Dempsey (John Edward Kelly) | 1886-02-03 | New York, NY |
| Defeats Jack Fogarty; also defeats another title claimant George LaBlanche on 86-03-14 in Larchmont, NY for the American title (St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 86-03-15); LaBlanche defeats Dempsey on 89-08-27 in San Francisco, CA by using a foul pivot punch but is not generally recognized as champion; LaBlanche loses to Young Mitchell on 91-02-20 in San Francisco, CA. | ||
| George Gardner | 1901-07-04 | San Francisco, CA |
| Defeats Jack Moffat for the world title and is also recognized as American champion; still champion as of 01-12-10; listed as light heavyweight champion by of 02-12 (Chicago Tribune, 02-12-14; The Evening World, New York, NY, USA, 02-12-31). | ||
| Stanley Ketchel | 1908-11-26 | Colma, CA |
| Defeats Billy Papke for the world and American titles; Papke again claims both titles in late 09 when Kechel competes as a heavyweight but loses his world title claim to Johnny Thompson on 11-02-11 in Sudney, NSW, AUS. | ||
| Sam Langford | 1910-01-10< | |
| Recognized as the world champion by NSC and also claims American Title (The Times-Democrat, New Orleans, LA, USA, 10-01-10). | ||
| Sailor Burke | 1911< | |
| Listed as the champion in the 1911 issue of Boxing magazine. | ||
| Mike O'Dowd | 1917-12< | |
| Listed as one of the claimants of the (lineal) world and American titles (The Wichita Daily Eagle, Wichita, KS, 18-01-02). | ||
| Johnny Wilson | 1920-05-06 | Boston, MA, USA |
| Recognized as the world and American champion by NBA in 21-01 upon its inception (The Decatur Herald, Decatur, IL, 21-02-07, plus several other papers). | ||
| Mike Gibbons | 1917-12< | |
| Listed as one of the claimants of the world and American titles (The Wichita Daily Eagle, Wichita, KS, 18-01-02). | ||
| Harry Greb | 1917-12< | |
| Listed as one of the claimants of the world and American titles (The Wichita Daily Eagle, Wichita, KS, 18-01-02). | ||
| Jeff Smith | 1917-12< | |
| Listed as one of the claimants (The Wichita Daily Eagle, Wichita, KS, 18-01-02). | ||
| Bobo Olson (Carl Olson) | 1953-06-19 | New York, NY |
| Defeats Paddy Young; wins the world title on 53-10-21. | ||
| Don Fullmer | 1965-08-19 | Salt Lake City, UT |
| Defeats Emile Griffith; also recognized as North American champion. | ||
| José Gonzalez | 1966-03-18 | New York, NY |
| Still United States champion as of 66-07-09; loses North American Title on 68-08-21 (The Record, Hackensack, NJ, 68-08-22). | ||
| Tony Licata | 1974-02-05 | Boston, MA |
| Defeats Emile Griffith; also billed as North American champion, mainly in FL; no longer billed as champion after losing to British champion Alan Minter on 76-11-09. | ||
* See USBA Middleweight Title.
