[JCWeb]

ROLL OF CHAMPIONS

HW

WBA: Joe Louis (Feb. 1939) (24)
NABF: Roscoe Toles (Dec. 1944) (0)
USBA: Jack Trammell (Jan. 1941) (0)
CBU: Tommy Farr (Jul. 1944) (0)
GBU: Tommy Farr (Feb. 1942) (2)
EBU: Walter Neusel (Jun. 1944) (1)
OPBF: Vacant
LABF: Arturo Godoy (Sep. 1944) (0)

LH

WBA: Billy Conn (May 1943) (2)
NABF: Lloyd Marshall (Apr. 1943) (3)
USBA: Archie Moore (Jun. 1943) (4)
CBU: Jack A. Johnson (Jul. 1941) (3)
GBU: Bert Gilroy (May 1944) (2)
EBU: Heinz Lazek (Aug. 1944) (2)
OPBF: Inactive
LABF: Inactive

MW

WBA: Al Hostak (Nov. 1944) (0)
NABF: Holman Williams (Nov. 1943) (2)
USBA: George Abrams (Jan. 1944) (0)
CBU: Dave Sands (Nov. 1944) (0)
GBU: Jock McAvoy (Oct. 1930) (13)
EBU: Marcel Cerdan (May 1944) (0)
OPBF: Vacant
LABF: Antonio Fernandez (Jul. 1944) (0)

WW

WBA: Henry Armstrong (Dec. 1939) (11)
NABF: Ray Robinson (Oct. 1944) (1)
USBA: Eddie Dolan (Apr. 1943) (2)
CBU: Ernie Roderick (Sep. 1941) (2)
GBU: Ernie Roderick (May 1935) (2)
EBU: Bep Van Klaveren (Sep. 1944) (0)
OPBF: Alan Westbury (Apr. 1944) (1)
LABF: Cocoa Kid (Aug. 1944) (0)

LW

WBA: Baby Arizmendi (Oct. 1944) (0)
NABF: Bob Montgomery (Jun. 1943) (3)
USBA: Willie Joyce (Dec. 1943) (1)
CBU: Lefty Satan Flynn (Feb. 1944) (1)
GBU: Eric Boon (Oct. 1944) (0)
EBU: Aldo Spoldi (Oct. 1941) (1)
OPBF: Vic Patrick (Jun. 1944) (0)
LABF: Humberto Sierra (Nov. 1944) (0)

FW

WBA: Harold Hoshino (Feb. 1943) (4)
NABF: Everett Rightmire (Jun. 1943) (4)
USBA: Willie Pep (Nov. 1944) (0)
CBU: Dave Crowley (Oct. 1941) (0)
GBU: Dave Crowley (Jun. 1941) (3)
EBU: Dave Crowley (Apr. 1943) (0)
OPBF: Tsuneo Horiguchi (May 1943) (0)
LABF: Diego Sosa (Aug. 1943) (0)

BW

WBA: Johnny King (Aug. 1943) (4)
NABF: Tommy Forte (Mar. 1944) (2)
USBA: David Kui Kong Young (May 1944) (2)
CBU: Norman Lewis (May 1944) (1)
GBU: Ritchie Tanner (Sep. 1943) (0)
EBU: Norman Lewis (Oct. 1944) (0)
OPBF: Mickey Miller (Dec. 1944) (0)
LABF: Panama Al Brown (Aug. 1944) (0)

FLY

WBA: Rinty Monaghan (Jun. 1944) (1)
NABF: Dado Marino (Feb. 1944) (1)
USBA: Dado Marino (Jun. 1943) (0)
CBU: Peter Kane (Jul. 1943) (1)
GBU: Jimmy Gill (Jan. 1944) (0)
EBU: Peter Kane (Dec. 1940) (4)
OPBF: Small Montana (May 1943) (0)
LABF: Inactive

Comments: New Champs in slightly more than half (30 of 59) the active titles. One new title activated during the year (the OPBF LW, won by Aussie Vic Patrick). Still the longest title run is the GBU MW title, which has remained in the hands of one Jock McAvoy since 1930, now close to a decade and a half. Joe Louis and Henry Armstrong are the longest serving WBA titleholders. Hostak (at MW) and Monaghan (at Fly) are the only new, first-time WBA titleholders, as Arizmendi had previously held titles at both FW and LW.