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.
Australasian Featherweight Title (as of 2023-04-22)
* Many of the pre-1960s reigns are also for the Australian national title. The competitor may have held both titles at the time or was actually the national champion but listed as Australasian champion in the newspaper articles (although there are too many such cases to consider them as simple mistakes).
Puddy King
1908-12<
Australian champion, also listed as Australasian champion (Perth Daily News, Perth, WA, AUS, 08-12-23).
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Tommy Jones and "Joe Russey" (Joe Russell) fight for the vacant(?) title to a draw on 1910-12-17 in Melbourne, VIC, AUS (Evening Bulletin, Honolulu, HI, USA, 11-01-05).
Billy Wenand
1912-03-09
Perth, WA, AUS
Defeats Tommy Jones.
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Joe Russell
1913-01<
Listed as champion on 13-01-08 (Sydney Sportsman).
Charlie Purdy
1924-07<
Listed as champion but has "increased his weight" to compete in the lightweight class (Sydney Evening News, 24-07-26).
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Billy Grime
1926-02-20<
Australian champion, also billed as the lightweight and featherweight champion of Australia as late as 26-05-08 (The Age, Melbourne, VIC, AUS); most likely vacant in 27 when Grime leaves for USA where he mainly competes until 28.
Johnnie Leckie
1928-08-11
Dunedin, NZL
Defeats Tommy Barber.
Tommy Barber
1928-09-05
Invercargill, NZL
Vacant in 29.
Tommy Crowle
1929-12-26
Palmerston N., NZL
Defeats Johnnie Leckie; moves up to upper weight class in 30.
Len Schluter
1937-10<
Hobart, TAS, AUS
Listed as having won the title "at Hobart" (Cairns Post, Cairns, QLD, AUS).
Toro George
1969-03-27
Wellington, NZL
Defeats Con Russell; still champion as of 70-06-25 (Canberra Times).
Paul Ferreri
1984-11-22
Wellington, NZL
Defeats Jeff Smith.
Tony Miller
1989-02-09
Perth, WA, AUS
Defeats Naushad Ali to be recognized by ANBF; loses his bid for WBC international title on 89-05-13.
Tony Wehbee
2001-06-08
Christchurch, NZL
Defeats Peter Warren; vacant in 02.
Jai Alexander
2019-09-14
Albert Park, VIC, AUS
Defeats Masing Warawara; wins IBO Asia Pacific Title on 20-03-07.
Sam Goodman
2021-06-16
Sydney, NSW, AUS
Defeats Nort Beauchamp; vacant in 21-12 upon moving down to the super bantamweight class.
Vegas Larfield
2022-03-19
Broadbeach, QLD, AUS
Defeats Luke Martin and also wins the vacant Australian Title; vacant in 22.
Pom Thanawut Phetkum
2022-10-29
Melbourne, VIC, AUS
Defeats Connor Read; loses in a non-title match on 23-04-22.
