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Last updated on 2025-11-21
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World Junior Heavyweight Title (
1939-12
~
1951-04
)
Junior Heavyweight Title (
1951-04
~
1958
)
Bill Weidner 1939-12-19 Dayton, OH
Gil Knutsen 1940-02-08 Dayton, OH Jules Larance 1940-05-31 Columbus, OH Bill Weidner [2]1941-01-16 Columbus, OH Frankie Talaber 1941-02-13 Columbus, OH Bob Kenaston 1941-07-02 Columbus, OH Jules Larance [2] 1941-09-03 Dayton, OH Bob Kenaston [2]1941-09-18 Columbus, OH Dave Reynolds 1941-10-16 Columbus, OH Jules Larance [3] 1941-10-31 Columbus, OH Billy Thom 1942-02-12 Columbus, OH Ali Pasha 1942-02-26 Columbus, OH Jules Larance [4] 1942-03-05 Columbus, OH The Great Mephisto 1942-08-11 Dayton, OH Jules Larance [5] 1942-08-25 Dayton, OH Martino Angelo 1942-10-13 Dayton, OH Jules Larance [6] 1942-11-03 Dayton, OH Martino Angelo [2] 1942-11-10 Dayton, OH
Billy Thom [2]1943-01-01 Columbus, OH Jules Larance [7] 1943-03-04 Columbus, OH Billy Thom [3]1943-06-30 Columbus, OH Martino Angelo [3] 1943-09-09 Columbus, OH Frankie Talaber [2]1943-10-21 Columbus, OH Jules Larance [8] 1944-02-17 Columbus, OH
The Great Mephisto [2]1944-03-30 Columbus, OH
Frankie Talaber [3]1944-05-11 Columbus, OH Bill Weidner [3]
1944-07-13 Columbus, OH
The Great Mephisto [3]1944-11-16 Columbus, OH
Frankie Talaber [4]1945-01-04 Columbus, OH
Pierre Labelle 1945-03-06 Dayton, OH
Frankie Talaber [5]1945-03-29 Columbus, OH
Johnny Demchuk 1945-10-11 Columbus, OH Bob Cummings 1946-04-25 Columbus, OH
Johnny Demchuk [2]1946-05-22 Columbus, OH
Bob Cummings [2] 1947-01-22 Columbus, OH
Johnny Demchuk [3]1947-06-04 Columbus, OH
Bill Weidner [4] 1948-01-29 Columbus, OH Johnny Demchuk [4]1948-05-05 Columbus, OH Lou Klein 1948-10-23 Columbus, OH Johnny Demchuk [5]1948-11-06 Columbus, OH Tommy Martindale
1948-12-23 Hamilton, OH
Johnny Demchuk [6]1949-01-01 Columbus, OH
Martino Angelo [4] 1949-04-07 Toledo, OH Billy Fox 1949-05-04 Columbus, OH Martino Angelo [5] 1949-05-11 Columbus, OH
Frankie Talaber [6]1949-09-14 Columbus, OH
Cyclone Anaya 1949-09-27
Cleveland, OH
Frankie Talaber [7]1950-01-05 Columbus, OH
Jackie Nichols 1951-01-04 Columbus, OH Roy Shire 1951-03-15 Columbus, OH
Frankie Talaber [8]1951-06-14 Columbus, OH
Marvin Mercer 1951-08-02 Columbus, OH Roy Shire [2]1952-03-18 Dayton, OH
Joe Scarpello 1952-06-03 Dayton, OH Ed Francis 1952-11-24 Huntington, WV Lou Klein [2] 1953-03-19 Columbus, OH Ed Francis [2] 1953-03-27 Columbus, OH
Frankie Talaber [9]1953-05-15 Columbus, OH
Oyama Kato 1954-01-27 Mansfield, OH
Frankie Talaber [10]1954-02-23 Dayton, OH Eddie Gossett (Eddie Graham ) 1954-07-15 Columbus, OH Billy Varga 1954-11-11 Columbus, OH Joe Scarpello [2] 1955-09-02 Columbus, OH The Mystery Man 1956-04-26 Columbus, OH Joe Scarpello [3] 1956-05-03 Columbus, OH Ray Stevens 1956-06-14 Columbus, OH Jim Hady 1956-08-02 Dayton, OH
Paul DeGalles 1957-05-27
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
Dick Torio 1957-09-05 Columbus, OH
Jim Hady [2]
1958-02-27
Columbus, OH
Leon Graham
1958-07-22?
Columbus, OH?
[...]
Jim Hady [3]
1959-07-09<
[...]
Paul DeGalles [2]1959-08-03<
[...]
Marvin Mercer [2]
1959-11-01<
[...]
Chris Belkas
1962-06-07<
[...]
Billy Fox [2]
1962-10-16<
[...]
Leon Graham [2]
1965-11-13
Chillicothe, OH
* Thanks to Scott George for the 1943 version belt picture.
