World Title Fights Held in Canada

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• 1900-05-24: James (Rube) Ferns vs. Jack Bennett for the Welterweight Title, at Toronto, ON. (First title bout held in Canada.)
• 1901-05-24: James (Rube) Ferns vs. Matty Matthews for the Welterweight Title, at Toronto, ON. (This may have occurred March 24, and is often identified as the first title bout held in Canada.)
• 1901-09-23: James (Rube) Ferns vs. Frank Erne for the Welterweight Title, at Toronto, ON.
• 1901-12-18: Barbados Joe Walcott vs. James (Rube) Ferns for the Welterweight Title, at Fort Erie, ON.
• 1902-05-12: Joe Gans vs. Frank Erne for the Lightweight Title, at Fort Erie, ON.
• 1902-09-15: Tommy Ryan vs. Kid Carter for the Middleweight Title, at Fort Erie, ON.
• 1902-10-13: Joe Gans vs. William (Kid) McPartland for the Lightweight Title, at Fort Erie, ON.
• 1903-07-04: George Gardner vs. Jack Root for the Light Heavyweight Title, at Windsor, ON.
• 1913-05-24: Arthur Pelkey vs. Luther McCarty for the "White" Heavyweight Title, at Calgary, AB. (McCarty died in the ring.)
• 1927-12-19: Albert (Frenchy) Belanger vs. Ernie Jarvis for the National Boxing Association Flyweight Title, at Toronto, ON. (Their 28 Nov. 1927 Toronto bout often is erroneously recorded as being for the title. It actually was an eliminator bout.)
• 1928-02-06: Albert (Frenchy) Belanger vs. Frankie Genaro for the NBA Flyweight Title, at Toronto, ON.
• 1929-03-12: Corporal Izzy Schwartz vs. Albert (Frenchy) Belanger for the New York State Athletic Commission Flyweight Title, at Toronto, ON.
• 1931-05-20: Archie Bell vs. Pete Sanstol for the Montreal Athletic Commission & Canadian Boxing Federation Bantamweight Title, at Montreal, QC. (First world title bout held in Montreal.)
• 1931-06-17: Arthur Giroux vs. Pete Sanstol for the MAC & CBF Bantamweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1931-07-29: Eugene Huat vs. Pete Sanstol for the MAC & CBF Bantamweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1931-08-25: Panama Al Brown vs. Pete Sanstol for the NYSAC, NBA, MAC, & CBF Bantamweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1931-10-27: Eugene Huat vs. Panama Al Brown for the NBA, MAC, & CBF Bantamweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1934-06-26: Sixto Escobar vs. Rodolfo (Baby) Casanova for the MAC Bantamweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1935-08-07: Pete Sanstol vs. Sixto Escobar for the NBA, MAC, & CBF Bantamweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1940-03-04: Georgie Pace vs. Lou Salica for the NBA Bantamweight Title, at Toronto, ON.
• 1953-11-11: Jimmy Carter vs. Armand Savoie for the Lightweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1958-12-10: Yvon Durelle vs. Archie Moore for the Light Heavyweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1959-08-12: Yvon Durelle vs. Archie Moore for the Light Heavyweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1961-12-04: Tom McNeeley vs. Floyd Patterson for the Heavyweight Title, at Toronto, ON.
• 1965-11-01: George Chuvalo vs. Ernie Terrell for the World Boxing Association Heavyweight Title, at Toronto, ON.
• 1966-03-29: George Chuvalo vs. Muhammad Ali for the Heavyweight Title, at Toronto, ON.
• 1973-09-22: Clyde Gray vs. Jose Napoles for the World Boxing Council & WBA Welterweight Title, at Toronto, ON.
• 1980-06-20: Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard for the WBC Junior Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1983-11-25: Oscar Rivadeneyra vs. Michael Spinks for the WBA & WBC Light Heavyweight Title, at Vancouver, B.C.
• 1987-06-27: Matthew Hilton vs. Buster Drayton for the International Boxing Federation Light Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 1998-05-12: Otis Grant vs. Ernesto Rafael Sena for the World Boxing Organization Middleweight Title, at Kanata, ON.
• 2000-09-23: Carlos Rios vs. Acelino Freitas for the WBO Super Featherweight Title, at Rama, ON.
• 2000-09-23: Harry Simon vs. Rodney Jones for the WBO Light Middleweight Title, at Rama, ON.
• 2000-12-15: Dingaan Thobela vs. Dave Hilton Jr. for the WBC Super Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2001-07-10: Eric Lucas vs. Glenn Catley (2nd meeting) for the vacant WBC Super Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2001-11-30: Eric Lucas vs. Dingaan Thobela for the WBC Super Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2002-09-06: Eric Lucas vs. Omar Sheika for the WBC Super Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2003-12-20: Danny Green vs. Eric Lucas for the WBC Super Middleweight Title (Interim Title), at Montreal, QC.
• 2007-07-14: Steve Molitor vs. Takalani Ndlovu (1st meeting) for the IBF Super Bantamweight Title, at Rama, ON.
• 2007-10-19: Alejandro Berrio vs. Lucian Bute for the IBF Super Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2007-10-27: Steve Molitor vs. Fahsan 3K Battery for the IBF Super Bantamweight Title, at Rama, ON.
• 2007-12-07: Joachim Alcine vs. Alfonso Mosquera for the WBA Light Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2008-01-19: Steve Molitor vs. Ricardo Castillo for the IBF Super Bantamweight Title, at Rama, ON.
• 2008-02-29: Lucian Bute vs. William Joppy for the IBF Super Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2008-04-05: Steve Molitor vs. Fernando Beltran Jr. for the IBF Super Bantamweight Title, at Rama, ON.
• 2008-07-11: Joachim Alcine vs. Daniel Santos for the WBA Light Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2008-08-29: Steve Molitor vs. Ceferino Dario Labarda for the IBF Super Bantamweight Title, at Rama, ON.
• 2008-10-24: Lucian Bute vs. Librado Andrade (1st meeting) for the IBF Super Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2008-11-21: Steve Molitor vs. Celestino Caballero for the WBA and IBF Super Bantamweight Titles, at Rama, ON.
• 2009-01-30: Herman Ngoudjo vs. Juan Urango for the IBF Light Welterweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2009-03-13: Lucian Bute vs. Fulgencio Zuniga for the IBF Super Middleweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2009-04-04: Timothy Bradley vs. Kendall Holt for the WBC and WBO Light Welterweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2009-06-19: Adrian Diaconu vs. Jean Pascal (1st meeting) for the WBC Light Heavyweight Title, at Montreal, QC.
• 2009-11-28: Lucian Bute vs. Librado Andrade (2nd meeting) for the IBF Super Middleweight Title, at Quebec City, QC.

*Note: The 10 March 1909 Jack Johnson-Victor McLaglen six-rounder in Vancouver, BC, is sometimes reported as being a "no decision" title bout -- supposedly Johnson's first defense of his newly-acquired crown. Research by BoxRec.com Editors of United States Pacific Northwest newspapers confirms that this was purely an exhibition bout.