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Boxing in the 1930s

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wins his second world title, knocking out Al Singer (who in the process became the first world boxing champion in history to both win and lose the title by first-round knockout) in the first round and breaking Singer's record for the fastest finish in a world Lightweight title fight, in New
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cemented their place in boxing history by achieving this feat. Armstrong was the first and only world champion to reign in three divisions at the same time; modern boxing rules ban boxers from holding the title in more than one division at a time.
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by a four-round disqualification, after being hit with a damaging low blow. Schmeling became the first boxer to win the title by disqualification, and he remains as of 2017, the only one to win it that way, in New
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wins his second simultaneous title, the world Featherweight title (to go along with the world Lightweight championship as recognized by California and Mexico), knocking out defending world champion
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September 10 – Tony Canzoneri retains both his Jr. Welterweight and Lightweight world belts, with a fifteen-round unanimous decision over former world champion Jack Berg, at their New York rematch.
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makes history by becoming the first man in the history of boxing to hold world titles in three divisions at the same time, defeating world Welterweight champion
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drops defending world Heavyweight champion Primo Carnera eleven times en route to an eleventh-round knockout, winning the world Heavyweight title, at New York.
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November 15 – In their rematch, Sixto Escobar recovers the N.B.A.'s world Bantamweight title with a fifteen-round decision over Lou Salica, at New York.
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September 12 – Barney Ross retains his world Lightweight and Jr. Weltwerweight titles with a fifteen-round decision over Tony Canzoneri, at New York.
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in the first round, in New York City. It would be Lewis; last career fight, as it was later discovered that he had been fighting while suffering
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with a fifteen-round unanimous decision in the third and final installment of their rivalry, at New York. Former world Heavyweight champion
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beats Tony Canzoneri to claim both the world Lightweight and Jr. Welterweight titles held by Canzoneri, by a ten-round decision, in Chicago.
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July 18 – Johnny Jadick retains his world Jr. Welterweight title with a second ten-round decision win over Tony Canzoneri, at Philadelphia.
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December 10 – Barney Ross retains his world Jr. Welterweight title in a rematch against Bobby Pacho, by a twelve-round decision, in
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began his legendary run as Heavyweight champion in 1937. He retired in 1949, still holding the title of world Heavyweight champion.
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September 17 – Jimmy McLarnin recovers the world Welterweight title, with a fifteen-round decision over Barney Ross, in New York.
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November 20 – Tony Canzoneri retains his world Lightweight title by a fifteen-round decision over world Jr. Lightweight champion
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initiates one of boxing's most controversial reigns in the history of the Heavyweight division, knocking out world champion
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Three world champions won world titles in three different divisions, a feat no single fighter had accomplished since 1903;
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28 May – Barney Ross becomes the third man in boxing history to win world titles in three different divisions, defeating
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begins what would be a run of 20 successful title defenses of his world Welterweight title in the same year, defeating
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defeats Henry Armstrong to regain the world Lightweight title, with a fifteen-round unanimous decision, at New York.
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June 28 – Joe Louis recovers from a third round knockdown and retains his world Heavyweight title, knocking out
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November 17 – Billy Conn retains the world Light-Heavyweight championship with a fifteen-round decision over
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December 11 – Henry Armstrong defends his world Welterweight title for the eleventh time in 1939, defeating
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in round eight, at Chicago. The new champion then says he won't consider himself a champion until he beats
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November 9 – John Henry Lewis retains the world Light-Heavyweight title with a fifteen-round decision over
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beats Sixto Escobar by decision in fifteen rounds to win the world Bantamweight title; Lou Ambers defeats
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in six rounds at New York City. It has been widely rumored since that many of Carnera's fights were fixed.
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and Midget Wolgast try to unify the world Flyweight title, but their fight results in a draw, in New York.
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retains his world Light-Heavyweight championship with an eighth-round knockout of former world champion
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retains the world Heavyweight title with a fifteen-round decision over world Light-Heavyweight champion
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The Heavyweights, from 1930 to 1937 in particular, could be compared to the Heavyweight division of the
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September 22 – Peter Kane conquers the vacant world Flyweight title with a fifteen-round decision over
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by a ten-round decision in Los Angeles, to take the Californian and Mexican world Lightweight titles.
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wins the world Light-Heavyweight title with a fifteen-round decision over Jimmy Slattery, in Buffalo.
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November 4 – Tony Canzoneri retains his world Lightweight title with a fifteen-round decision over
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retains his world Light-Heavyweight title with a fifteen-round decision over former world champion
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October 13 – Sixto Escobar retains the world Bantamweight title, with a first-round knockout over
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by in twelve rounds to win the vacant California and Mexico-recognized world Lightweight titles,
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March 27 – Barney Ross retains the world Jr. Welterweight title with a ten-round decision over
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was affected by one of the biggest economic struggles in the history of the United States: the
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retains his world Lightweight title with a ten-round draw over world Jr. Lightweight champion
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June 19 – In the start of their legendary boxing rivalry, former world Heavyweight champion
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retains the world Featherweight title with a ten-round decision over future world champion
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retains the world Heavyweight title with a first-round knockout of former world champion
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retains his world Lightweight title with a fifteen-round decision over former champion
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becomes the second man to win world titles in three divisions, and the first one since
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by decision in fifteen rounds to win the vacant world Light-Heavyweight title, in
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world Middleweight title with a ten-round decision win over former world champion
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Stanfield, Peter; Krutnik, Frank; Neve, Brian; Neale, Steve (December 27, 2007).
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world Heavyweight champion, losing a fifteen-round decision to Primo Carnera, in
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retains his world Bantamweight title with a fifteen-round decision victory over
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unifies the world Bantamweight title, with a thirteenth-round knockout win over
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retains the world Middleweight title by a fourth round disqualification against
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wins the world Middleweight title with an eleventh round disqualification over
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becomes the first world champion from Mexico in boxing history by outpointing
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for the world Welterweight title by a fifteen-round decision in New York City.
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retains the world Light-Heavyweight title with a fifteen-round decision over
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to take the world title, by a fifteen-round unanimous decision, in New York.
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wins the N.B.A.'s world Flyweight title with a second-round knockout over
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recovers his world Jr. Welterweight title, with a ten-round decision over
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by decision in ten rounds to win the world Welterweight title, at Chicago.
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retains his world Featherweight title with a fifteen-round decision over
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retains the world Featherweight title with a fifteen-round decision over
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retains the world Heavyweight title, with a fifteenth-round knockout of
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retains the world Bantamweight title with a fifteen-round decision over
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by a fifteen-round decision to retain the world Bantamweight title, in
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title with a first-round knockout of world Light-Heavyweight champion
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recovers the world Lightweight title, winning the belt left vacant by
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wins the world Jr. welterweight title with a ten-round decision over
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in round three to win the world's Jr. Welterweight title, in Chicago.
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retains the world Flyweight title with a twelve-round knockout over
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by a fifteen-round decision, at their rematch held in New York City.
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by decision in ten to retain the world Jr. Welterweight title and
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wins the world Jr. Lightweight title, knocking out world champion
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wins the world Lightweight title with a first-round knockout over
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conquered the first world title for Mexico in 1934. For his part,
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by decision in fifteen to retain the world's Lightweight title;
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September 23 – A world title fight marathon in New York City:
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wins the vacant New York Flyweight title with a decision over
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world Bantamweight title with a fifteen-round decision over
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becomes Heavyweight champion of the world, knocking out
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wins the undisputed world Heavyweight title, defeating
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February 10 – In the decade's first world title fight,
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becomes world Jr. Welterweight champion, knocking out
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by a fifteen-round split decision, at New York City.
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