Following the name of the champion(s): Indicates the number of times the wrestler has held that title at that point.
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Indicates a gap in the listing where title changes are not known.
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If used next to the names of the wrestlers, they may, in fact, not have held the title in the period indicated. If used next to the dates or places, either they are possibly wrong or the title changes are fictitious.
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Title was held or changed hands no later than this. In these cases, it is known that a wrestler held the title at a certain time but not when he/she won it.
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Broadcast date; the actual recording date is unknown.
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Order uncertain. Different titleholders may be known for the same year, for example, but it is not known who held the title before whom.
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Unofficial or disputable claims. These are usually matches that certainly took place, but where there is doubt that the wrestler shown should be recognized as a true title holder. These listings are also italicized in HTML files
Defeats Fred Beell for the title; recognized as "undisputed" champion as of 09-06-29 in Montana, Oregon, and Washington; still champion in the northwest as of 09-08-14.
Defeats William Demetral to be recognized as United States champion and starts claiming the World Title; also billed as American champion and Pacific Coast champion in Pacific Northwest.
Defeats Beell and assumes "all the titles formerly held by Beell" (The Ogden Standard, Ogden, UT 14-06-23); former champion as of 15-03-03 (Evening Capital News, Boise, ID).
Still/again champion in Portland, OR as of 22-04-21; recognized in Washington at least until 27-03; loses to Clarence Eklund in a tournament on 28-11-20 in Melbourne, AUS (see below).
Defeats title claimant Ad Santel on 28-09-29 in Melbourne, AUS for the contendership to face the locally recognized champion Ted Thye; defeats Thye on 28-10-06 in Melbourne, AUS to become the undisputed champion; vacates in 30 when Eklund declines invitation to participate in tournament sponsored
by the National Boxing Association and retires as champion.
Claims the title in Spokane, WA (The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, WA, 30-01-14); still champion as of 32-04-07 in Plentywood, MT and 32-12-22 in Victoria, WA.
A.P. Millikin
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Claims the title in Tacoma, WA (The Tacoma Daily Ledger, 32-01-09).
