[Rocco Del Sesto]

So in looking at some of the recent discussed heavyweights in 1946 and some were mentioned as contending for "Duration Titles". Now here is where I show my lack of historical knowledge in boxing back beyond my birthing year of 1959! But, it's why I've developed the interest in working on this current "project".

So I easily understand that with Joe Louis entering the military in was 1942, his heavyweight title was put on hold. So fighters were left to contend for these "unofficial" titles I guess? I was first thinking this was just in regards to Louis' title, but I found this website called Timecoast Timelines and on a historical timeline of sorts for boxing with the attached short article notes about all major titles being "frozen" in 1941 and staying that way till early 1946 after the end of WW2. So did this pertain mainly to the major "world titles" as "sanctioned" by the NBA of the time? Looking on BoxRec's listings of Titles fights during the war years, I don't see any such title fights but there's all kinds of European, South American, other country Title fights along with the slew of US State fights. Was this intended mainly as a place card for Louis' title in fact or did they put on hold much lower weight class "world Titles"?