Boxing
Events
- 13 May — James J. Jeffries announces his retirement from boxing and relinquishes the World Heavyweight Championship title
- 3 July — Jeffries referees the Marvin Hart v. Jack Root fight at Reno and "awards" his title to Hart, who has won by a 12th round knockout. Besides winning this bout, Hart has earlier in the year defeated Jack Johnson over 20 rounds at San Francisco. Hart holds the title until 1906.
- 9 September — Battling Nelson defeats Jimmy Britt by an eighteenth-round knockout to win the World Lightweight Championship.
- 20 December — Bob Fitzsimmons loses his World Light Heavyweight Championship to Philadelphia Jack O'Brien on a 13th round technical knockout in San Francisco. O'Brien effectively relinquishes the title soon afterwards and it remains vacant until 1914.
Lineal world champions
- World Heavyweight Championship – James J. Jeffries → vacant → Marvin Hart
- World Light Heavyweight Championship – Bob Fitzsimmons → Philadelphia Jack O'Brien → vacant
- World Middleweight Championship – Tommy Ryan
- World Welterweight Championship – Barbados Joe Walcott
- World Lightweight Championship – Jimmy Britt → Battling Nelson
- World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell
- World Bantamweight Championship – Joe Bowker → vacant → Jimmy Walsh
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