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.
World Lightweight Title [unlineal / disputed versions]
* Bolded letters in the competitor's name, if any, indicate the surname/family name.
Charles Norton
1880-05-24
Baltimore, MD, USA
Defeats Alfred Heath in the "Crowning Event" (The Baltimore Sun, 80-05-24).
Eddie Connolly
1896-11-24
Birmingham, W. Midlands, ENG, GBR
Defeats Tom Causer for the 132lb title (Reynolds's Newspaper, London, plus several other newspapers on 96-11-25).
Jem Carney
1887-06-17
Cortlandt, NY?, USA
Defeats Jimmy Mitchell for the world 136lb title; "thirty miles up" (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 87-06-18) from "the foot of 125th street, North River" (The Sun, New York, NY, 87-06-17) with "a crowd of Bostinians" also in attendance (The Sun).
