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	*[http://www.hickoksports.com/history/boxchltheavy.shtml The ~~Light Heavyweight Champions~~ list on Hickoksports.com] states [[Freddie Mills]] as a UK-recognized champion from 1942 until 1946.		*[http://www.hickoksports.com/history/boxchltheavy.shtml The light heavyweight world champions list on Hickoksports.com] states [[Freddie Mills]] as a UK-recognized champion from 1942 until 1946.
	*According to the entry on [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=58364 Joe Knight vs. Bob Godwin] held on March 1, 1933: "[Joe] Knight was defending as the NBA had previously awarded him the title." [[Joe Knight\|This article on him]] states: "In the fall of 1934, the National Boxing Association vacated Maxie Rosenbloom's light heavyweight title. The commissions for North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida named Joe Knight as World Champion."		*According to the entry on [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=58364 Joe Knight vs. Bob Godwin] held on March 1, 1933: "[Joe] Knight was defending as the NBA had previously awarded him the title." [[Joe Knight\|This article on him]] states: "In the fall of 1934, the National Boxing Association vacated Maxie Rosenbloom's light heavyweight title. The commissions for North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida named Joe Knight as World Champion."

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	~~Having consulted~~ [[wikipedia:List of light heavyweight boxing champions\|~~the~~ main wiki's list of light heavyweight world champions]], the [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/boxchltheavy.shtml ~~Light Heavyweight Champions~~ list on Hickoksports.com] and BoxRec (e.g. the [http://boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NYSAC&division=Light+Heavyweight&SUBMIT=Go NYSAC World light heavyweight title fights list], the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NBA&division=Light+Heavyweight&SUBMIT=Go ~~National Boxing Association~~ World light heavyweight title fights list], and the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=IBUOLD&division=Light+Heavyweight&SUBMIT=Go IBU light heavyweight title fights list]), possible light heavyweight world title fights are listed in the following:		[[wikipedia:List of light heavyweight boxing champions\|The main wiki's list of light heavyweight world champions]], the [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/boxchltheavy.shtml light heavyweight world champions list on Hickoksports.com] and BoxRec (e.g. the [http://boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NYSAC&division=Light+Heavyweight&SUBMIT=Go NYSAC World light heavyweight title fights list], the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NBA&division=Light+Heavyweight&SUBMIT=Go NBA World light heavyweight title fights list], and the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=IBUOLD&division=Light+Heavyweight&SUBMIT=Go IBU World light heavyweight title fights list]) having been consulted, possible light heavyweight world title fights are listed in the following:

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Having consulted [[wikipedia:List of light heavyweight boxing champions|the main wiki's list of light heavyweight world champions]], the [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/boxchltheavy.shtml Light Heavyweight Champions list on Hickoksports.com] and BoxRec (e.g. the [http://boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NYSAC&division=Light+Heavyweight&SUBMIT=Go NYSAC World light heavyweight title fights list], the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NBA&division=Light+Heavyweight&SUBMIT=Go National Boxing Association World light heavyweight title fights list], and the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=IBUOLD&division=Light+Heavyweight&SUBMIT=Go IBU light heavyweight title fights list]), possible light heavyweight world title fights are listed in the following:

{|border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" align="left" class="wikitable sortable"
|- bgcolor=#ffdead
!<center>No.</center>
!class="unsortable"| Date
!<center>Boxer</center>
!<center>Result</center>
!<center>Boxer</center>
!<center>Title in BoxRec</center>
!<center>Location</center>
|- align=center
|
|1899 Aug 29
|[[Joe Choynski]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[Jimmy Ryan]]
|1
|Dubuque, Iowa, USA
|- align=center
|
|1899 Sep 25
|[[Joe Choynski]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 7
|[[Jim Hall]]
|2
|Louisville, Kentucky, USA
|- align=center
|
|1903 Apr 22
|[[Jack Root]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 10
|[[Charles (Kid) McCoy]]
|World 3
|Detroit, Michigan, USA
|- align=center
|
|1903 Jul 4
|[[George Gardner]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 12
|[[Jack Root]]
|World
|Fort Erie, Ontario, CAN
|- align=center
|
|1903 Nov 25
|[[Bob Fitzsimmons]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[George Gardner]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1905 Dec 20
|[[Philadelphia Jack O'Brien]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 13
|[[Bob Fitzsimmons]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1913 Feb 17
|[[Bob Moha]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Cyclone Johnny Thompson]]
|NYSAC
|Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
|- align=center
|
|1914 Apr 14
|[[Jack Dillon]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 12
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|4
|Butte, Montana, USA
|- align=center
|
|1914 May 29
|[[Jack Dillon]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|4
|Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
|- align=center
|
|1914 Jun 15
|[[Jack Dillon]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 12
|[[Bob Moha]]
|5
|Butte, Montana, USA
|- align=center
|
|1914 Sep 28
|[[Jack Dillon]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 12
|[[Frank Mantell]]
|4
|Columbus, Ohio, USA
|- align=center
|
|1914 Nov 9
|[[Jack Dillon]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 2
|[[Charley Weinert]]
|4
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1916 Apr 25
|[[Jack Dillon]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|4
|Kansas City, Missouri, USA
|- align=center
|
|1916 Sep 12
|[[Jack Dillon]]
|style="background:lightblue"|[[Jack Dillon vs. Battling Levinsky (9th meeting)|NWS 8]]
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|4
|Memphis, Tennessee, USA
|- align=center
|
|1916 Oct 17
|[[Jack Dillon]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Tim O'Neil]]
|4
|Brooklyn, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1916 Oct 24
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Jack Dillon vs. Battling Levinsky (10th meeting)|PTS 12]]
|[[Jack Dillon]]
|6
|Boston, Massachusetts, USA
|- align=center
|
|1917 Mar 23
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|style="background:red"|NWS 10
|[[Tommy Gibbons]]
|7
|Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
|- align=center
|
|1917 May 9
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|style="background:red"|NWS 10
|[[Bob McAllister]]
|7
|Bronx, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1917 Jun 20
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 12
|[[Johnny Howard]]
|7
|Marieville, Rhode Island, USA
|- align=center
|
|1919 Feb 17
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|style="background:red"|NWS 10
|[[Harry Greb]]
|7
|Buffalo, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1919 Jul 3
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 12
|[[Billy Miske]]
|8
|Rossford, Ohio, USA
|- align=center
|
|1919 Jul 19
|[[Georges Carpentier]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 8
|[[Dick Smith]]
|IBU
|Paris, Paris, FRA
|- align=center
|
|1919 Sep 3
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|style="background:red"|NWS 10
|[[Harry Greb]]
|7
|Wheeling, West Virginia, USA
|- align=center
|
|1919 Nov 24
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Clay Turner]]
|7
|Detroit, Michigan, USA
|- align=center
|
|1920 Oct 12
|[[Georges Carpentier]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 4
|[[Battling Levinsky]]
|World
|Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
|- align=center
|
|1922 May 11
|[[Georges Carpentier]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Georges Carpentier vs. Ted (Kid) Lewis|KO 1]]
|[[Ted (Kid) Lewis]]
|World
|Kensington, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1922 Sep 24
|[[Battling Siki]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Georges Carpentier vs. Battling Siki|KO 6]]
|[[Georges Carpentier]]
|World
|Paris, Paris, FRA
|- align=center
|
|1923 Mar 17
|[[Mike McTigue]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[Battling Siki]]
|World
|Dublin, IRL
|- align=center
|
|1923 Jun 25
|[[Mike McTigue]]
|style="background:red"|NWS 8
|[[Tommy Loughran]]
|World
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1923 Aug 2
|[[Mike McTigue]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 12
|[[Tommy Loughran]]
|World
|West New York, New Jersey, USA
|- align=center
|
|1923 Oct 4
|[[Mike McTigue]]
|style="background:lightblue"|[[Mike McTigue vs. Young Stribling (1st meeting)|PTS 10]]
|[[Young Stribling]]
|World
|Columbus, Georgia, USA
|- align=center
|
|1925 Jan 7
|[[Mike McTigue]]
|style="background:red"|NWS 12
|[[Mickey Walker]]
|9
|Newark, New Jersey, USA
|- align=center
|
|1925 May 30
|[[Paul Berlenbach]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Mike McTigue]]
|World
|Bronx, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1925 Jul 13
|[[Paul Berlenbach]]
|style="background:lightgrey"|NC 9
|[[Tony (Young) Marullo]]
|World
|Newark, New Jersey, USA
|- align=center
|
|1925 Sep 11
|[[Paul Berlenbach]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Paul Berlenbach vs. Jimmy Slattery|TKO 11]]
|[[Jimmy Slattery]]
|World
|Bronx, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1925 Dec 11
|[[Paul Berlenbach]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Jack Delaney]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1926 Jun 10
|[[Paul Berlenbach]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Paul Berlenbach vs. Young Stribling (2nd meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Young Stribling]]
|World
|Bronx, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1926 Jul 16
|[[Jack Delaney]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Paul Berlenbach]]
|NYSAC
|Brooklyn, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1926 Dec 10
|[[Jack Delaney]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 3
|[[Jamaica Kid]]
|NYSAC
|Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
|- align=center
|
|1927 Aug 30
|[[Jimmy Slattery]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 10
|[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]
|Vacant NBA
|Hartford, Connecticut, USA
|- align=center
|
|1927 Oct 7
|[[Tommy Loughran]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Mike McTigue]]
|NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1927 Dec 12
|[[Tommy Loughran]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Jimmy Slattery]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1928 Jan 6
|[[Tommy Loughran]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Tommy Loughran vs. Leo Lomski|UD 15]]
|[[Leo Lomski]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1928 Jun 1
|[[Tommy Loughran]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Pete Latzo]]
|World
|Brooklyn, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1928 Jul 16
|[[Tommy Loughran]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 10
|[[Pete Latzo]]
|World
|Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1929 Mar 28
|[[Tommy Loughran]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Tommy Loughran vs. Mickey Walker|SD 10]]
|[[Mickey Walker]]
|World
|Chicago, Illinois, USA
|- align=center
|
|1929 Jul 18
|[[Tommy Loughran]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Tommy Loughran vs. Jim Braddock|UD 15]]
|[[Jim Braddock]]
|World/NYSAC
|Bronx, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1930 Feb 10
|[[Jimmy Slattery]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Jimmy Slattery vs. Lou Scozza|MD 15]]
|[[Lou Scozza]]
|NYSAC
|Buffalo, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1930 Jun 25
|[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|SD 15
|[[Jimmy Slattery]]
|NYSAC 10
|Buffalo, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1930 Oct 22
|[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 11
|[[Abie Bain]]
|World/NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1931 Aug 5
|[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Jimmy Slattery]]
|NYSAC
|Brooklyn, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1932 Mar 18
|[[George Nichols]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[George Nichols vs. Dave Maier (2nd meeting)|SD 10]]
|[[Dave Maier]]
|Vacant NBA
|Chicago, Illinois, USA
|- align=center
|
|1932 Jul 14
|[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|MD 15
|[[Lou Scozza]]
|NYSAC
|Buffalo, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1933 Mar 1
|[[Bob Godwin]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 10
|[[Joe Knight]]
|NBA
|West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
|- align=center
|
|1933 Mar 10
|[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Adolf Heuser]]
|NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1933 Mar 24
|[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 4
|[[Bob Godwin]]
|NBA/NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1933 Nov 3
|[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Maxie Rosenbloom vs. Mickey Walker (1st meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Mickey Walker]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1934 Feb 5
|[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]
|style="background:lightblue"|PTS 15
|[[Joe Knight]]
|World
|Miami, Florida, USA
|- align=center
|
|1934 Nov 16
|[[Bob Olin]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Maxie Rosenbloom]]
|World/NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1935 Sep 5
|[[Human:23200|Al McCoy]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Joe Knight]]
|World 11
|Montreal, Quebec, CAN
|- align=center
|
|1935 Oct 24
|[[Human:23200|Al McCoy]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 2
|[[Abie Bain]]
|World 11
|Montreal, Quebec, CAN

|- align=center
|
|1935 Oct 31
|[[John Henry Lewis]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Bob Olin]]
|World
|Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
|- align=center
|
|1936 Mar 13
|[[John Henry Lewis]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Jock McAvoy]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1936 Sep 1
|[[Gustave Roth]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Heinz Lazek]]
|Vacant IBU
|Vienna, AUT
|- align=center
|
|1936 Oct 29
|[[Gustave Roth]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Adolf Witt]]
|IBU
|Berlin, GER
|- align=center
|
|1936 Nov 9
|[[John Henry Lewis]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[John Henry Lewis vs. Len Harvey|PTS 15]]
|[[Len Harvey]]
|World
|Wembley, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1937 Jan 12
|[[Gustave Roth]]
|style="background:lightblue"|PTS 15
|[[Antonio Rodrigues]]
|IBU
|Río de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, BRA
|- align=center
|
|1937 Mar 24
|[[Gustave Roth]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Merlo Preciso]]
|IBU
|Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale, BEL
|- align=center
|
|1937 May 1
|[[Gustave Roth]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[John Andersson]]
|IBU
|Antwerpen, Antwerpen, BEL
|- align=center
|
|1937 Jun 3
|[[John Henry Lewis]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 8
|[[Bob Olin]]
|World
|Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
|- align=center
|
|1937 Dec 1
|[[Gustave Roth]]
|style="background:lightblue"|PTS 15
|[[Karel Sys]]
|IBU
|Brussels, Bruxelles-Capitale, BEL
|- align=center
|
|1938 Jan 21
|[[Gustave Roth]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Jupp Besselmann]]
|IBU
|Berlin, GER
|- align=center
|
|1938 Mar 25
|[[Adolf Heuser]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 7
|[[Gustave Roth]]
|IBU
|Berlin, GER
|- align=center
|
|1938 Apr 7
|[[Edouard Tenet]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 12
|[[Jupp Besselmann]]
|Vacant IBU
|Berlin, GER
|- align=center
|
|1938 Apr 25
|[[John Henry Lewis]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 4
|[[Emilio Martinez]]
|World
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
|- align=center
|
|1938 Oct 28
|[[John Henry Lewis]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Al Gainer]]
|World 12
|New Haven, Connecticut, USA
|- align=center
|
|1939 Feb 3
|[[Melio Bettina]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 9
|[[Tiger Jack Fox]]
|Vacant NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1939 Jul 10
|[[Len Harvey]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Jock McAvoy]]
|Vacant World (UK)
|White City, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1939 Jul 13
|[[Billy Conn]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Melio Bettina vs. Billy Conn (1st meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Melio Bettina]]
|Vacant NBA/NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1939 Sep 25
|[[Billy Conn]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Melio Bettina]]
|NBA/NYSAC
|Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1939 Nov 17
|[[Billy Conn]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Gus Lesnevich]]
|NBA/NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1940 Jun 5
|[[Billy Conn]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Gus Lesnevich]]
|NBA/NYSAC
|Detroit, Michigan, USA
|- align=center
|
|1941 Jan 13
|[[Anton Christoforidis]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Melio Bettina]]
|Vacant NBA
|Cleveland, Ohio, USA
|- align=center
|
|1941 May 22
|[[Gus Lesnevich]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Anton Christoforidis]]
|NBA 13
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1941 Aug 26
|[[Gus Lesnevich]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|SD 15
|[[Tami Mauriello]]
|NBA/Vacant NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1941 Nov 14
|[[Gus Lesnevich]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Gus Lesnevich vs. Tami Mauriello (2nd meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Tami Mauriello]]
|NBA/NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1946 May 14
|[[Gus Lesnevich]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 10
|[[Freddie Mills]]
|World
|Harringay, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1947 Feb 28
|[[Gus Lesnevich]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 10
|[[Billy Fox]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1948 Mar 5
|[[Gus Lesnevich]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 1
|[[Billy Fox]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1948 Jul 26
|[[Freddie Mills]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Gus Lesnevich]]
|World
|White City, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1950 Jan 24
|[[Joey Maxim]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Freddie Mills vs. Joey Maxim|KO 10]]
|[[Freddie Mills]]
|World
|Kensington, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1951 Aug 22
|[[Joey Maxim]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Bob Murphy]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1952 Jun 25
|[[Joey Maxim]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joey Maxim vs. Sugar Ray Robinson|TKO 14]]
|[[Sugar Ray Robinson]]
|World
|Bronx, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1952 Dec 17
|[[Archie Moore]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joey Maxim vs. Archie Moore (1st meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Joey Maxim]]
|World
|Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
|- align=center
|
|1953 Jun 24
|[[Archie Moore]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Joey Maxim]]
|World
|Ogden, Utah, USA
|- align=center
|
|1954 Jan 27
|[[Archie Moore]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Joey Maxim]]
|World
|Miami, Florida, USA
|- align=center
|
|1954 Aug 11
|[[Archie Moore]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Archie Moore vs. Harold Johnson (5th meeting)|TKO 14]]
|[[Harold Johnson]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1955 Jun 22
|[[Archie Moore]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Archie Moore vs. Carl (Bobo) Olson|KO 3]]
|[[Carl (Bobo) Olson]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1956 Jun 5
|[[Archie Moore]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Archie Moore vs. Yolande Pompey|TKO 10]]
|[[Yolande Pompey]]
|World
|Harringay, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1957 Sep 20
|[[Archie Moore]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 7
|[[Tony Anthony]]
|World
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1958 Dec 10
|[[Archie Moore]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Archie Moore vs. Yvon Durelle (1st meeting)|KO 11]]
|[[Yvon Durelle]]
|World
|Montreal, Quebec, CAN
|- align=center
|
|1959 Aug 12
|[[Archie Moore]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Archie Moore vs. Yvon Durelle (2nd meeting)|KO 3]]
|[[Yvon Durelle]]
|World/NBA/NYSAC
|Montreal, Quebec, CAN
|- align=center
|
|1961 Feb 7
|[[Harold Johnson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 9
|[[Jesse Bowdry]]
|Vacant NBA
|Miami Beach, Florida, USA
|- align=center
|
|1961 Apr 24
|[[Harold Johnson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 2
|[[Von Clay]]
|NBA
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1961 Jun 10
|[[Archie Moore]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Archie Moore vs. Giulio Rinaldi (2nd meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Giulio Rinaldi]]
|World (CA, MA)/NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1961 Aug 29
|[[Harold Johnson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|SD 15
|[[Eddie Cotton]]
|NBA
|Seattle, Washington, USA
|- align=center
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|1962 May 12
|[[Harold Johnson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Harold Johnson vs. Doug Jones|UD 15]]
|[[Doug Jones]]
|Vacant World
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
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|1962 Jun 23
|[[Harold Johnson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Gustav Scholz]]
|World
|Berlin, GER
|- align=center
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|1963 Oct 29
|[[Eddie Cotton]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Henry Hank]]
|World (MI)
|Flint, Michigan, USA
|}

1 [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=93582 Joe Choynski vs. Jimmy Ryan] on August 29, 1899: "Promoted by newspaperman Lou Houseman as for the Vacant World Light-Heavyweight title, inaugural bout"

2 [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=180938 Joe Choynski vs. Jim Hall] on September 25, 1899: "For Choynski's 'World Light-Heavyweight title"

3 [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=58075 Jack Root vs. Charles 'Kid' McCoy] on April 22, 1903: "Although billed merely for the American title, many recognize this bout as being the first World Light Heavyweight Title contest ..."

4 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=11273&cat=boxer&pageID=2 Jack Dillon vs. different opponents] on different dates from 1914 until 1916: "Dillon's World Light-Heavyweight title claim not universally recognized."

5 [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=57234 Jack Dillon vs. Bob Moha] on June 15, 1914: "Dillon's World Light-Heavyweight title claim"

6 [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=57250 Jack Dillon vs. Battling Levinsky] on October 24, 1916: "Dillon's World Light-Heavyweight title claim passes to Levinsky."

7 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=10598&cat=boxer&pageID=2 Battling Levinsky vs. different opponents] on different dates from 1917 until 1919: "Levinsky defends his World Light-Heavyweight title claim"

8 [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=44473 Battling Levinsky vs. Billy Miske] on July 3, 1919: "Billed by promoter Jimmy Shea as being for the World Light Heavyweight Title"

9 [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=15572 Mike McTigue vs. Mickey Walker] on January 7, 1925: "Light Heavyweight Title"

10 [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=23435 Jimmy Slattery vs. Maxie Rosenbloom] on June 25, 1930: "'''Undisputed World Light Heavyweight Title'''"

11 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=23200&cat=boxer Al McCoy vs. different opponents] on different dates in 1935: "'''Montreal Athletic Commission World Light Heavyweight Title'''"

12 [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=56163 John Henry Lewis vs. Al Gainer] on October 28, 1938: " Sanctioned by State of Connecticut and Governor presented Lewis with a belt afterward."

13 [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=32041 Anton Christoforidis vs. Gus Lesnevich] on May 22, 1941: "Not an NBA Title fight but Lesnevich awarded the title by the NBA on May 24, 1941"

Possible further claims:

*[http://www.hickoksports.com/history/boxchltheavy.shtml The Light Heavyweight Champions list on Hickoksports.com] states [[Freddie Mills]] as a UK-recognized champion from 1942 until 1946.
*According to the entry on [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=58364 Joe Knight vs. Bob Godwin] held on March 1, 1933: "[Joe] Knight was defending as the NBA had previously awarded him the title." [[Joe Knight|This article on him]] states: "In the fall of 1934, the National Boxing Association vacated Maxie Rosenbloom's light heavyweight title. The commissions for North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida named Joe Knight as World Champion."

Some boxers won possible world light heavyweight title fights (see above) but have not been included in the [[:Category:World Light Heavyweight Champions|world light heavyweight champions category]]:
*[[Joe Choynski]]
*[[Bob Moha]]
*[[Human:23200|Al McCoy]]
*[[Gustave Roth]]
*[[Adolf Heuser]]
*[[Edouard Tenet]]
*[[Len Harvey]]
*[[Eddie Cotton]]

--[[User:Emaster|Emaster]] 10:13, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

Talk:Lineal Light Heavyweight Title Fights - Revision history

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