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	~~Having consulted~~ [[wikipedia:List of lightweight boxing champions\|~~the~~ main wiki's list of lightweight world champions]], the [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/boxchlight.shtml ~~Lightweight Champions~~ list on Hickoksports.com] and BoxRec (e.g. the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NYSAC&division=Lightweight&SUBMIT=Go NYSAC World lightweight title fights list] and the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NBA&division=Lightweight&SUBMIT=Go ~~National Boxing Association~~ World lightweight title fights list]), possible lightweight world title fights are listed in the following: (~~World title fights~~ held at weights for which BoxRec does not specify a weight division are not included.)		[[wikipedia:List of lightweight boxing champions\|The main wiki's list of lightweight world champions]], the [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/boxchlight.shtml lightweight world champions list on Hickoksports.com] and BoxRec (e.g. the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NYSAC&division=Lightweight&SUBMIT=Go NYSAC World lightweight title fights list] and the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NBA&division=Lightweight&SUBMIT=Go NBA World lightweight title fights list]) having been consulted, possible lightweight world title fights are listed in the following: (Fights held at weights for which BoxRec does not specify a weight division are not included.)

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	\|1912 Jul 4		\|1912 Jul 4
	\|[[Ad Wolgast]]		\|[[Ad Wolgast]]
	\|style="background:lightgreen"\|[[Ad Wolgast vs. Mexican Joe Rivers\|KO 13]]		\|style="background:lightgreen"\|[[Ad Wolgast vs. Mexican Joe Rivers (1st meeting)\|KO 13]]
	\|[[Mexican Joe Rivers]]		\|[[Mexican Joe Rivers]]
	\|World		\|World
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	\|1920 Nov 26		\|1920 Nov 26
	\|[[Benny Leonard]]		\|[[Benny Leonard]]
	\|style="background:lightgreen"\|[[Benny Leonard vs. Joe Welling\|TKO 14]]		\|style="background:lightgreen"\|[[Benny Leonard vs. Joe Welling (1st meeting)\|TKO 14]]
	\|[[Joe Welling]]		\|[[Joe Welling]]
	\|World		\|World
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	\|1927 Jul 16		\|1927 Jul 16
	\|[[Sammy Mandell]]		\|[[Sammy Mandell]]
	\|style="background:lightgreen"\|[[Sammy Mandell vs. Phil McGraw\|PTS 10]]		\|style="background:lightgreen"\|[[Sammy Mandell vs. Phil McGraw (2nd meeting)\|PTS 10]]
	\|[[Phil McGraw]]		\|[[Phil McGraw]]
	\|World		\|World
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	\|1957 Jun 19		\|1957 Jun 19
	\|[[Joe Brown]]		\|[[Joe Brown]]
	\|style="background:lightgreen"\|[[Joe Brown vs. Orlando Zulueta\|TKO 15]]		\|style="background:lightgreen"\|[[Joe Brown vs. Orlando Zulueta (2nd meeting)\|TKO 15]]
	\|[[Orlando Zulueta]]		\|[[Orlando Zulueta]]
	\|World		\|World

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	<sup><font color="red">3</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=409843 Jem Carney vs. Dick Burge] on May 25, 1891: "Carney lost his claim as World Lightweight Champion."		<sup><font color="red">3</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=409843 Jem Carney vs. Dick Burge] on May 25, 1891: "Carney lost his claim as World Lightweight Champion."

	<sup><font color="red">4</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=40071&cat=boxer Dick Burge vs. different opponents] on different dates: "Burge defended his claim as World Lightweight champion (British version)"		<sup><font color="red">4</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=40071&cat=boxer Dick Burge vs. different opponents] on different dates from 1892 until 1895: "Burge defended his claim as World Lightweight champion (British version)"

	<sup><font color="red">5</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=99439 Kid Lavigne vs. Tom Tracey] on November 25, 1898: "Recorded in the Ring Record Book as a title fight but with Tracey weighing 142 lbs he could not fight for the title."		<sup><font color="red">5</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=99439 Kid Lavigne vs. Tom Tracey] on November 25, 1898: "Recorded in the Ring Record Book as a title fight but with Tracey weighing 142 lbs he could not fight for the title."

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Emaster: listed another possible lightweight world title fight whose winner has not been included in world champions categories

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Emaster: listed possible lightweight world title fights, a possible further claim and winners of possible world title fights who have not been included in world champions categories

2009-12-04T06:42:08Z

listed possible lightweight world title fights, a possible further claim and winners of possible world title fights who have not been included in world champions categories

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Having consulted [[wikipedia:List of lightweight boxing champions|the main wiki's list of lightweight world champions]], the [http://www.hickoksports.com/history/boxchlight.shtml Lightweight Champions list on Hickoksports.com] and BoxRec (e.g. the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NYSAC&division=Lightweight&SUBMIT=Go NYSAC World lightweight title fights list] and the [http://www.boxrec.com/title_search.php?title=NBA&division=Lightweight&SUBMIT=Go National Boxing Association World lightweight title fights list]), possible lightweight 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
|
|1886 Oct 29
|[[Jack McAuliffe]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Jack McAuliffe vs. Billy Frazier (1st meeting)|KO 21]]
|[[Billy Frazier]]
|World 1
|Boston, Massachusetts, USA
|- align=center
|
|1887 Jan 14
|[[Jack McAuliffe]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Jack McAuliffe vs. Harry Gilmore|KO 28]]
|[[Harry Gilmore]]
|World
|(near) Lawrence, Massachusetts, USA
|- align=center
|
|1887 Nov 16
|[[Jack McAuliffe]]
|style="background:lightblue"|[[Jack McAuliffe vs. Jem Carney|PTS ?]]
|[[Jem Carney]]
|Vacant World
|Revere, Massachusetts, USA
|- align=center
|
|1888 Oct 10
|[[Jack McAuliffe]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 11
|[[Billy Dacey]]
|World
|Dover, New Jersey, USA
|- align=center
|
|1889 Feb 13
|[[Jack McAuliffe]]
|style="background:lightblue"|PTS ?
|[[Billy Myer]]
|World
|North Judson, Illinois, USA
|- align=center
|
|1889 Dec 5
|[[Jack McAuliffe]]
|style="background:lightblue"|[[Jack McAuliffe vs. Mike Daly (2nd meeting)|PTS 15]]
|[[Mike Daly]]
|World
|Boston, Massachusetts, USA
|- align=center
|
|1890 Mar 21
|[[Jack McAuliffe]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Jack McAuliffe vs. Jimmy Carroll (1st meeting)|KO 47]]
|[[Jimmy Carroll]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1891 May 25
|[[Dick Burge]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|DQ 11
|[[Jem Carney]]
|2
|London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1891 Sep 11
|[[Jack McAuliffe]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 6
|[[Austin Gibbons]]
|World
|Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
|- align=center
|
|1892 Jun 27
|[[Dick Burge]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 2
|[[Lachie Jack Thompson]]
|3
|Kennington, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1892 Sep 5
|[[Jack McAuliffe]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Jack McAuliffe vs. Billy Myer (2nd meeting)|KO 15]]
|[[Billy Myer]]
|World
|New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
|- align=center
|
|1894 May 4
|[[Dick Burge]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 28
|[[Harry Nickless]]
|3
|London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1895 Jan 21
|[[Dick Burge]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 4
|[[Tommy Williams]]
|3
|Covent Garden, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1896 Jun 1
|[[Kid Lavigne]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 17
|[[Dick Burge]]
|World
|Covent Garden, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1896 Oct 27
|[[Kid Lavigne]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 24
|[[Jack Everhardt]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1897 Feb 8
|[[Kid Lavigne]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 25
|[[William (Kid) McPartland]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1897 Apr 30
|[[Kid Lavigne]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 11
|[[Eddie Connolly]]
|World
|Brooklyn, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1897 Oct 29
|[[Kid Lavigne]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 12
|[[Joe Walcott]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1898 Mar 17
|[[Kid Lavigne]]
|style="background:lightblue"|PTS 20
|[[Wilmington Jack Daly]]
|World
|Cleveland, Ohio, USA
|- align=center
|
|1898 Sep 28
|[[Kid Lavigne]]
|style="background:lightblue"|PTS 20
|[[Frank Erne]]
|World
|Brooklyn, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1898 Nov 25
|[[Kid Lavigne]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[Tom Tracey]]
|4
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1899 Jul 3
|[[Frank Erne]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[Kid Lavigne]]
|World
|Buffalo, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1899 Dec 4
|[[Frank Erne]]
|style="background:lightblue"|PTS 25
|[[New York Jack O'Brien]]
|World
|Brooklyn, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1900 Mar 23
|[[Frank Erne]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 12
|[[Joe Gans]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1902 Mar 17
|[[Frank Erne]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 6
|[[Curley Supples]]
|World
|Fort Erie, Ontario, CAN
|- align=center
|
|1902 May 12
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 1
|[[Frank Erne]]
|World
|Fort Erie, Ontario, CAN
|- align=center
|
|1902 Jun 17
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 3
|[[George (Elbows) McFadden]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1902 Jul 24
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 15
|[[Rufe Turner]]
|World
|Oakland, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1902 Sep 17
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Gans vs. Gus Gardner (1st meeting)|KO 5]]
|[[Gus Gardner]]
|World
|Baltimore, Maryland, USA
|- align=center
|
|1902 Oct 13
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 5
|[[Kid McPartland]]
|World
|Fort Erie, Ontario, CAN
|- align=center
|
|1902 Nov 14
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 15
|[[Charley Sieger]]
|World
|Baltimore, Maryland, USA
|- align=center
|
|1903 Jan 1
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Gans vs. Gus Gardner (2nd meeting)|DQ 11]]
|[[Gus Gardner]]
|World
|New Britain, Connecticut, USA
|- align=center
|
|1903 Mar 11
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 11
|[[Steve Crosby]]
|World
|Hot Springs, Arkansas, USA
|- align=center
|
|1903 May 29
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 10
|[[Willie Fitzgerald]]
|5
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1903 Jul 4
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 5
|[[Frank Buddy King]]
|World
|Butte, Montana, USA
|- align=center
|
|1904 Jan 12
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Gans vs. Willie Fitzgerald (2nd meeting)|PTS 10]]
|[[Willie Fitzgerald]]
|6
|Detroit, Michigan, USA
|- align=center
|
|1904 Mar 28
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 10
|[[Gus Gardner]]
|7
|Saginaw, Michigan, USA
|- align=center
|
|1904 Oct 31
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|DQ 5
|[[Jimmy Britt]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1904 Dec 20
|[[Jimmy Britt]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|Vacant World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1905 May 5
|[[Jimmy Britt]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 20
|[[Jabez White]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1905 Jul 21
|[[Jimmy Britt]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[Kid Sullivan]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1905 Sep 9
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 18
|[[Jimmy Britt]]
|World
|Colma, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1906 Mar 14
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 6
|[[Terry McGovern]]
|World
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1906 Jul 23
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[Dave Holly]]
|8
|Seattle, Washington, USA
|- align=center
|
|1906 Sep 3
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Battling Nelson vs. Joe Gans (1st meeting)|DQ 42]]
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|World
|Goldfield, Nevada, USA
|- align=center
|
|1907 Jan 1
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Gans vs. Kid Herman|KO 8]]
|[[Kid Herman]]
|World
|Tonopah, Nevada, USA
|- align=center
|
|1907 Sep 9
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 6
|[[Jimmy Britt]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1907 Sep 27
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[George Memsic]]
|World
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1908 May 14
|[[Joe Gans]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 11
|[[Rudy Unholz]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1908 Jul 4
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 17
|[[Joe Gans]]
|World
|Colma, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1908 Sep 9
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 21
|[[Joe Gans]]
|World
|Colma, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1909 May 29
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 23
|[[Fighting Dick Hyland]]
|World
|Colma, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1909 Jun 22
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 5
|[[Human:116507|Jack Clifford]]
|World 9
|Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
|- align=center
|
|1910 Jan 21
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 8
|[[Eddie Lang]]
|World
|Memphis, Tennessee, USA
|- align=center
|
|1910 Feb 22
|[[Ad Wolgast]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Battling Nelson vs. Ad Wolgast (2nd meeting)|TKO 40]]
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|World
|Point Richmond, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1911 Mar 17
|[[Ad Wolgast]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 9
|[[George Memsic]]
|World
|Vernon, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1911 Mar 31
|[[Ad Wolgast]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 5
|[[Anton LaGrave]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1911 May 27
|[[Ad Wolgast]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 17
|[[Oakland Frankie Burns]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1911 Jul 4
|[[Ad Wolgast]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 13
|[[Owen Moran]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1912 Jul 4
|[[Ad Wolgast]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Ad Wolgast vs. Mexican Joe Rivers|KO 13]]
|[[Mexican Joe Rivers]]
|World
|Vernon, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1912 Nov 4
|[[Ad Wolgast]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Joe Mandot]]
|World
|New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
|- align=center
|
|1912 Nov 28
|[[Willie Ritchie]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|DQ 16
|[[Ad Wolgast]]
|World
|Colma, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1913 Jul 4
|[[Willie Ritchie]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 11
|[[Mexican Joe Rivers]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1914 Mar 12
|[[Willie Ritchie]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Ad Wolgast]]
|World
|Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
|- align=center
|
|1914 Apr 17
|[[Willie Ritchie]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[Harlem Tommy Murphy]]
|World
|Daly City, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1914 May 26
|[[Willie Ritchie]]
|style="background:red"|NWS 10
|[[Charley White (Lightweight)|Charley White]]
|World
|Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
|- align=center
|
|1914 Jul 7
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Willie Ritchie vs. Freddie Welsh (2nd meeting)|PTS 20]]
|[[Willie Ritchie]]
|World
|London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1914 Oct 27
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 12
|[[Matty Baldwin]]
|World
|Boston, Massachusetts, USA
|- align=center
|
|1914 Nov 26
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Young (Abe) Brown]]
|World
|Syracuse, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1915 Feb 15
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 6
|[[Human:55946|Jimmy Anderson]]
|World
|Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
|- align=center
|
|1915 Feb 25
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Charley White]]
|World
|Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
|- align=center
|
|1915 Apr 9
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Billy Wagner]]
|World
|Toledo, Ohio, USA
|- align=center
|
|1915 May 24
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Frankie Fleming]]
|World
|Montreal, Quebec, CAN
|- align=center
|
|1915 Nov 15
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 12
|[[Johnny O'Leary]]
|World
|Winnipeg, Manitoba, CAN
|- align=center
|
|1916 Jul 4
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|DQ 11
|[[Ad Wolgast]]
|World
|Denver, Colorado, USA
|- align=center
|
|1916 Sep 4
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 20
|[[Charley White]]
|World
|Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
|- align=center
|
|1916 Sep 22
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 4
|[[Harry Anderson]]
|World
|Seattle, Washington, USA
|- align=center
|
|1917 Apr 17
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 12
|[[Battling Nelson]]
|World
|Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
|- align=center
|
|1917 May 28
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 9
|[[Freddie Welsh]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1917 Sep 21
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 1
|[[Leo Johnson]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1917 Dec 12
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 6
|[[Irish Patsy Cline]]
|10
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1919 May 21
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 6
|[[George Erne]]
|World
|Trenton, New Jersey, USA
|- align=center
|
|1919 Nov 17
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 2
|[[Lockport Jimmy Duffy]]
|World 11
|Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
|- align=center
|
|1920 Jul 5
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 9
|[[Charley White]]
|World 12
|Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
|- align=center
|
|1920 Nov 26
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Benny Leonard vs. Joe Welling|TKO 14]]
|[[Joe Welling]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1921 Jan 14
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Benny Leonard vs. Richie Mitchell (2nd meeting)|TKO 6]]
|[[Richie Mitchell]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1922 Feb 10
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Rocky Kansas]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1922 Jul 4
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 8
|[[Rocky Kansas]]
|World
|Michigan City, Indiana, USA
|- align=center
|
|1922 Jul 27
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Benny Leonard vs. Lew Tendler (1st meeting)|NWS 12]]
|[[Lew Tendler]]
|World
|Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
|- align=center
|
|1923 Jul 24
|[[Benny Leonard]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Benny Leonard vs. Lew Tendler (2nd meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Lew Tendler]]
|World
|Bronx, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1925 Jul 13
|[[Jimmy Goodrich]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 2
|[[Stanislaus Loayza]]
|Vacant World/Vacant NYSAC
|Long Island City, Queens, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1925 Dec 7
|[[Rocky Kansas]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Jimmy Goodrich]]
|World/NYSAC
|Buffalo, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1926 Jul 3
|[[Sammy Mandell]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 10
|[[Rocky Kansas]]
|World
|Chicago, Illinois, USA
|- align=center
|
|1926 Oct 8
|[[Sammy Mandell]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|NWS 10
|[[Joe Jawson]]
|World
|Rockford, Illinois, USA
|- align=center
|
|1927 Jul 16
|[[Sammy Mandell]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Sammy Mandell vs. Phil McGraw|PTS 10]]
|[[Phil McGraw]]
|World
|Detroit, Michigan, USA
|- align=center
|
|1928 May 21
|[[Sammy Mandell]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Jimmy McLarnin]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1929 Aug 2
|[[Sammy Mandell]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|SD 10
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|World
|Chicago, Illinois, USA
|- align=center
|
|1930 Jul 17
|[[Al Singer]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Sammy Mandell vs. Al Singer|KO 1]]
|[[Sammy Mandell]]
|World
|Bronx, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1930 Nov 14
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 1
|[[Al Singer]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1931 Apr 24
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Tony Canzoneri vs. Jackie (Kid) Berg (2nd meeting)|KO 3]]
|[[Jackie (Kid) Berg]]
|World
|Chicago, Illinois, USA
|- align=center
|
|1931 Sep 10
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Jackie (Kid) Berg]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1931 Nov 20
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|SD 15
|[[Kid Chocolate]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1932 Nov 4
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Billy Petrolle]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1933 Jun 23
|[[Barney Ross]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|MD 10
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|World
|Chicago, Illinois, USA
|- align=center
|
|1933 Sep 12
|[[Barney Ross]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|SD 15
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1935 May 10
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Tony Canzoneri vs. Lou Ambers (1st meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Lou Ambers]]
|Vacant World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1935 Oct 4
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Al Roth]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1936 Sep 3
|[[Lou Ambers]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1937 May 7
|[[Lou Ambers]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Lou Ambers vs. Tony Canzoneri (3rd meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Tony Canzoneri]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1937 Sep 23
|[[Lou Ambers]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Lou Ambers vs. Pedro Montanez (2nd meeting)|MD 15]]
|[[Pedro Montanez]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1938 Aug 17
|[[Henry Armstrong]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Lou Ambers vs. Henry Armstrong (1st meeting)|SD 15]]
|[[Lou Ambers]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1939 Mar 16
|[[Henry Armstrong]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Henry Armstrong vs. Lew Feldman (2nd meeting)|KO 1]]
|[[Lew Feldman]]
|World 13
|Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
|- align=center
|
|1939 Aug 22
|[[Lou Ambers]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Henry Armstrong vs. Lou Ambers (2nd meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Henry Armstrong]]
|World
|Bronx, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1940 May 3
|[[Sammy Angott]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|PTS 15
|[[Davey Day]]
|NBA
|Louisville, Kentucky, USA
|- align=center
|
|1940 May 10
|[[Lew Jenkins]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 3
|[[Lou Ambers]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1940 Nov 22
|[[Lew Jenkins]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 2
|[[Pete Lello]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1941 Dec 19
|[[Sammy Angott]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Lew Jenkins]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1942 May 15
|[[Sammy Angott]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|SD 15
|[[Allie Stolz]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1942 Dec 18
|[[Beau Jack]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 3
|[[Tippy Larkin]]
|Vacant NYSAC/World (NJ)
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1943 Jan 4
|[[Luther (Slugger) White]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Willie Joyce]]
|Vacant World (MD)
|Baltimore, Maryland, USA
|- align=center
|
|1943 Apr 20
|[[ Luther (Slugger) White]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Slugger White vs. John Thomas|PTS 10]]
|[[John Thomas]]
|World (MD)
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1943 May 21
|[[Bob Montgomery]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Beau Jack]]
|NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1943 Oct 27
|[[Sammy Angott]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Sammy Angott vs. Slugger White|UD 15]]
|[[Luther (Slugger) White]]
|NBA
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1943 Nov 19
|[[Beau Jack]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Bob Montgomery]]
|NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1944 Mar 3
|[[Bob Montgomery]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|SD 15
|[[Beau Jack]]
|NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1944 Mar 8
|[[Juan Zurita]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Sammy Angott]]
|NBA
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1945 Apr 18
|[[Ike Williams]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 2
|[[Juan Zurita]]
|NBA
|Mexico City, Distrito Federal, MEX
|- align=center
|
|1946 Apr 30
|[[Ike Williams]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 8
|[[Enrique Bolanos]]
|NBA
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1946 Jun 28
|[[Bob Montgomery]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 13
|[[Allie Stolz]]
|NYSAC
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1946 Sep 4
|[[Ike Williams]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 9
|[[Ronnie James]]
|NBA
|Cardiff, Wales, UK
|- align=center
|
|1946 Nov 26
|[[Bob Montgomery]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 8
|[[Wesley Mouzon]]
|NYSAC
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1947 Aug 4
|[[Ike Williams]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 6
|[[Bob Montgomery]]
|World
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1948 May 25
|[[Ike Williams]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Ike Williams vs. Enrique Bolanos (2nd meeting)|SD 15]]
|[[Enrique Bolanos]]
|World
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1948 Jul 12
|[[Ike Williams]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 6
|[[Beau Jack]]
|World
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1948 Sep 23
|[[Ike Williams]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 10
|[[Jesse Flores]]
|World
|Bronx, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1949 Jul 21
|[[Ike Williams]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Ike Williams vs. Enrique Bolanos (3rd meeting)|TKO 4]]
|[[Enrique Bolanos]]
|World
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1949 Dec 5
|[[Ike Williams]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Freddie Dawson]]
|World
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
|- align=center
|
|1951 May 25
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 14
|[[Ike Williams]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1951 Nov 14
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Jimmy Carter vs. Art Aragon (2nd meeting)|UD 15]]
|[[Art Aragon]]
|World
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1952 Apr 1
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Lauro Salas]]
|World
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1952 May 14
|[[Lauro Salas]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|SD 15
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|World
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1952 Oct 15
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Lauro Salas]]
|World
|Chicago, Illinois, USA
|- align=center
|
|1953 Apr 24
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 4
|[[Tommy Collins]]
|World
|Boston, Massachusetts, USA
|- align=center
|
|1953 Jun 12
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 13
|[[George Araujo]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1953 Nov 11
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|KO 5
|[[Armand Savoie]]
|World
|Montreal, Quebec, CAN
|- align=center
|
|1954 Mar 5
|[[Paddy DeMarco]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|World
|New York, New York, USA
|- align=center
|
|1954 Nov 17
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 15
|[[Paddy DeMarco]]
|World
|San Francisco, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1955 Jun 29
|[[Wallace (Bud) Smith]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|SD 15
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|World
|Boston, Massachusetts, USA
|- align=center
|
|1955 Oct 19
|[[Wallace (Bud) Smith]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Jimmy Carter]]
|World
|Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
|- align=center
|
|1956 Aug 24
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Wallace (Bud) Smith vs. Joe Brown (2nd meeting)|SD 15]]
|[[Wallace (Bud) Smith]]
|World
|New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
|- align=center
|
|1957 Feb 13
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Brown vs. Wallace (Bud) Smith (3rd meeting)|TKO 11]]
|[[Wallace (Bud) Smith]]
|World
|Miami Beach, Florida, USA
|- align=center
|
|1957 Jun 19
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Brown vs. Orlando Zulueta|TKO 15]]
|[[Orlando Zulueta]]
|World
|Denver, Colorado, USA
|- align=center
|
|1957 Dec 4
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Brown vs. Joey Lopes (2nd meeting)|TKO 11]]
|[[Joey Lopes]]
|World
|Chicago, Illinois, USA
|- align=center
|
|1958 May 7
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Brown vs. Ralph Dupas|TKO 8]]
|[[Ralph Dupas]]
|World
|Houston, Texas, USA
|- align=center
|
|1958 Jul 23
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Brown vs. Kenny Lane|UD 15]]
|[[Kenny Lane]]
|World
|Houston, Texas, USA
|- align=center
|
|1959 Feb 11
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Johnny Busso]]
|World
|Houston, Texas, USA
|- align=center
|
|1959 Jun 3
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Brown vs. Paolo Rosi|TKO 9]]
|[[Paolo Rosi]]
|World
|Washington, District of Columbia, USA
|- align=center
|
|1959 Dec 2
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|TKO 6
|[[Dave Charnley]]
|World
|Houston, Texas, USA
|- align=center
|
|1960 Oct 28
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Cisco Andrade]]
|World
|Los Angeles, California, USA
|- align=center
|
|1961 Apr 18
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|[[Joe Brown vs. Dave Charnley (2nd meeting)|PTS 15]]
|[[Dave Charnley]]
|World
|Kensington, London, UK
|- align=center
|
|1961 Oct 28
|[[Joe Brown]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Bert Somodio]]
|World
|Quezon City, Metro Manila, PHI
|- align=center
|
|1963 Aug 19
|[[Kenny Lane]]
|style="background:lightgreen"|UD 15
|[[Paul Armstead]]
|World (MI)
|Saginaw, Michigan, USA
|}

1 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=31483&cat=boxer Jack McAuliffe vs. Billy Frazier] on October 29, 1886: "Boston Daily Globe wrote it was a sparring exhibition for "the Holske light-weight champion medal.""

2 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=31484&cat=boxer Jem Carney vs. Dick Burge] on May 25, 1891: "Carney lost his claim as World Lightweight Champion."

3 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=40071&cat=boxer Dick Burge vs. different opponents] on different dates: "Burge defended his claim as World Lightweight champion (British version)"

4 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=45192&cat=boxer Kid Lavigne vs. Tom Tracey] on November 25, 1898: "Recorded in the Ring Record Book as a title fight but with Tracey weighing 142 lbs he could not fight for the title."

5 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=9026&cat=boxer Joe Gans vs. Willie Fitzgerald] on May 29, 1903: "Billed for the lightweight title, but Gans weighed above the agreed limit of 135lb."

6 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=9026&cat=boxer Joe Gans vs. Willie Fitzgerald] on January 12, 1904: "Billed for the lightweight title, but both men weighed in above the lightweight limit of the time (133 lbs), at 135 pounds."

7 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=9026&cat=boxer Joe Gans vs. Gus Gardner] on March 28, 1904: "Billed for the lightweight championship of the world"

8 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=9026&cat=boxer Joe Gans vs. Dave Holly] on July 23, 1906: "Billed for the world lightweight title at 135 pounds."

9 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=8998&cat=boxer Battling Nelson vs. Jack Clifford] on June 22, 1909: "Doubts persist if this really was for the title as no weights were announced and local newspapers make no mention of the title being at stake (Chicago Tribune; San Francisco Chronicle; Los Angeles Times)."

10 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=009001&cat=boxer&pageID=2 Benny Leonard vs. Patsy Cline] on December 12, 1917: "Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Leonard's lightweight title was at risk."

11 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=009001&cat=boxer Benny Leonard vs. Lockport Jimmy Duffy] on November 17, 1919: "Promoted as for World Lightweight Title"

12 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=009001&cat=boxer Benny Leonard vs. Charley White] on July 5, 1920: "This fight was billed for the lightweight title."

13 [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=9018&cat=boxer Henry Armstrong vs. Lew Feldman] on March 16, 1939: "World Lightweight Title Reported in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Jack Kincaid)."

Possible further claim:

*According to the entry on [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=31483&cat=boxer Jack McAuliffe vs. Jem Carney] held on November 16, 1887: "[[Jem Carney|[Jem] Carney]] claimed the title in Britain and Europe."

Some boxers won possible world flyweight title fights (see above) but have not been included in world champions categories:
*[[Dick Burge]]
*[[Luther (Slugger) White]]
*[[Kenny Lane]]

--[[User:Emaster|Emaster]] 06:42, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

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	<sup><font color="red">1</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~31981&cat=boxer~~ Harry Gilmore vs. George Fulljames] on September 16, 1885: "Gilmore also claimed World Lightweight Title following this bout"		<sup><font color="red">1</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=353654 Harry Gilmore vs. George Fulljames] on September 16, 1885: "Gilmore also claimed World Lightweight Title following this bout"

	<sup><font color="red">2</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~31483&cat=boxer~~ Jack McAuliffe vs. Billy Frazier] on October 29, 1886: "Boston Daily Globe wrote it was a sparring exhibition for "the Holske light-weight champion medal.""		<sup><font color="red">2</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=146818 Jack McAuliffe vs. Billy Frazier] on October 29, 1886: "Boston Daily Globe wrote it was a sparring exhibition for "the Holske light-weight champion medal.""

	<sup><font color="red">3</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~31484&cat=boxer~~ Jem Carney vs. Dick Burge] on May 25, 1891: "Carney lost his claim as World Lightweight Champion."		<sup><font color="red">3</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=409843 Jem Carney vs. Dick Burge] on May 25, 1891: "Carney lost his claim as World Lightweight Champion."

	<sup><font color="red">4</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=40071&cat=boxer Dick Burge vs. different opponents] on different dates: "Burge defended his claim as World Lightweight champion (British version)"		<sup><font color="red">4</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=40071&cat=boxer Dick Burge vs. different opponents] on different dates: "Burge defended his claim as World Lightweight champion (British version)"

	<sup><font color="red">5</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~45192&cat=boxer~~ Kid Lavigne vs. Tom Tracey] on November 25, 1898: "Recorded in the Ring Record Book as a title fight but with Tracey weighing 142 lbs he could not fight for the title."		<sup><font color="red">5</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=99439 Kid Lavigne vs. Tom Tracey] on November 25, 1898: "Recorded in the Ring Record Book as a title fight but with Tracey weighing 142 lbs he could not fight for the title."

	<sup><font color="red">6</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~9026&cat=boxer~~ Joe Gans vs. Willie Fitzgerald] on May 29, 1903: "Billed for the lightweight title, but Gans weighed above the agreed limit of 135lb."		<sup><font color="red">6</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=12159 Joe Gans vs. Willie Fitzgerald] on May 29, 1903: "Billed for the lightweight title, but Gans weighed above the agreed limit of 135lb."

	<sup><font color="red">7</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~9026&cat=boxer~~ Joe Gans vs. Willie Fitzgerald] on January 12, 1904: "Billed for the lightweight title, but both men weighed in above the lightweight limit of the time (133 lbs), at 135 pounds."		<sup><font color="red">7</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=12167 Joe Gans vs. Willie Fitzgerald] on January 12, 1904: "Billed for the lightweight title, but both men weighed in above the lightweight limit of the time (133 lbs), at 135 pounds."

	<sup><font color="red">8</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~9026&cat=boxer~~ Joe Gans vs. Gus Gardner] on March 28, 1904: "Billed for the lightweight championship of the world"		<sup><font color="red">8</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=12172 Joe Gans vs. Gus Gardner] on March 28, 1904: "Billed for the lightweight championship of the world"

	<sup><font color="red">9</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~9026&cat=boxer~~ Joe Gans vs. Dave Holly] on July 23, 1906: "Billed for the world lightweight title at 135 pounds."		<sup><font color="red">9</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=12186 Joe Gans vs. Dave Holly] on July 23, 1906: "Billed for the world lightweight title at 135 pounds."

	<sup><font color="red">10</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~8998&cat=boxer~~ Battling Nelson vs. Jack Clifford] on June 22, 1909: "Doubts persist if this really was for the title as no weights were announced and local newspapers make no mention of the title being at stake (Chicago Tribune; San Francisco Chronicle; Los Angeles Times)."		<sup><font color="red">10</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=16609 Battling Nelson vs. Jack Clifford] on June 22, 1909: "Doubts persist if this really was for the title as no weights were announced and local newspapers make no mention of the title being at stake (Chicago Tribune; San Francisco Chronicle; Los Angeles Times)."

	<sup><font color="red">11</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~009001&cat=boxer&pageID=2~~ Benny Leonard vs. Patsy Cline] on December 12, 1917: "Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Leonard's lightweight title was at risk."		<sup><font color="red">11</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=413413 Benny Leonard vs. Patsy Cline] on December 12, 1917: "Newspaper decision from the Philadelphia Public Ledger. Leonard's lightweight title was at risk."

	<sup><font color="red">12</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~009001&cat=boxer~~ Benny Leonard vs. Lockport Jimmy Duffy] on November 17, 1919: "Promoted as for World Lightweight Title"		<sup><font color="red">12</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=13354 Benny Leonard vs. Lockport Jimmy Duffy] on November 17, 1919: "Promoted as for World Lightweight Title"

	<sup><font color="red">13</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~009001&cat=boxer~~ Benny Leonard vs. Charley White] on July 5, 1920: "This fight was billed for the lightweight title."		<sup><font color="red">13</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=13360 Benny Leonard vs. Charley White] on July 5, 1920: "This fight was billed for the lightweight title."

	<sup><font color="red">14</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~9018&cat=boxer~~ Henry Armstrong vs. Lew Feldman] on March 16, 1939: "World Lightweight Title Reported in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Jack Kincaid)."		<sup><font color="red">14</font></sup> [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=10523 Henry Armstrong vs. Lew Feldman] on March 16, 1939: "World Lightweight Title Reported in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Jack Kincaid)."

	Possible further claim:		Possible further claim:

	*According to the entry on [http://boxrec.com/~~list_bouts~~.php?~~human_id~~=~~31483&cat=boxer~~ Jack McAuliffe vs. Jem Carney] held on November 16, 1887: "[[Jem Carney\|[Jem] Carney]] claimed the title in Britain and Europe."		*According to the entry on [http://boxrec.com/show_display.php?show_id=42649 Jack McAuliffe vs. Jem Carney] held on November 16, 1887: "[[Jem Carney\|[Jem] Carney]] claimed the title in Britain and Europe."

	Some boxers won possible world lightweight title fights (see above) but have not been included in world champions ~~categories~~:		Some boxers won possible world lightweight title fights (see above) but have not been included in the [[:Category:World Lightweight Champions\|world lightweight champions category]]:
	*[[Harry Gilmore]]		*[[Harry Gilmore]]
	*[[Dick Burge]]		*[[Dick Burge]]