Boxing
Events
- 23 February — Marvin Hart loses his World Heavyweight Championship to Tommy Burns over 20 rounds in Los Angeles. Burns holds the title until December 1908 and successfully defends it 11 times until he is defeated by Jack Johnson.
Lineal world champions
- World Heavyweight Championship – Marvin Hart → Tommy Burns
- World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant
- World Middleweight Championship – Tommy Ryan → vacant
- World Welterweight Championship – Barbados Joe Walcott → Billy "Honey" Mellody
- World Lightweight Championship – Battling Nelson → Joe Gans
- World Featherweight Championship – Abe Attell
- World Bantamweight Championship – Jimmy Walsh
Read more about this topic: 1906 In Sports
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