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Just before Baer defended his title against James J Braddock in June:

In an article I picked out 2 paragraphs

BALLSTON SPA DAILY JOURNAL, BALLSTON SPA, NEW YORK, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1935 PAGE 6

SPORTS SLANTS

By Henry McLemore
United Press Correspondent

NEW YORK, May 10 (UP) - The International Boxing Union, that fine old-world society for the preservation of honor among thieves, has, from it's headquarters in Paris, ruled that Max Baer no longer is the heavyweight champion of the world.

Further into article states:

Having removed Baer as champion, the I.B.U. announced a tournament to locate a new titleholder. It also announced - and with a bit of pride - that six sterling heavyweights - Charles, Obie Walker, Don McCorkindale, Jack Pertersen, Walter Neusel and Walter Hower had entered the tourney.

http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/hi ... Page=false

Did the so called tourney die an instant death?

The IBU title from 1946 onwards became the EBU title... So the lineage would have to be followed through them...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of ... _champions

According to Wikipedia from '35-39 there was five IBU/EBU champions including Max Schmeling... Carnera won the distinction from Uzcudon, Baer won it from Carnera, and apparently Pierre Charles was the tournament winner.