1914 in Sports - Boxing

Boxing

Events

  • Jack Johnson spends the year moving from one country to another but stages exhibition fights as far afield as Gothenburg and Buenos Aires. In June, he defends his world heavyweight title against Frank Moran in Paris and wins over 20 rounds.
  • January 1 to 24 – Danish boxer Waldemar Holberg defeats Ray Bronson over 20 rounds in Melbourne and claims the vacant World Welterweight Championship. Just 23 days later, Holberg loses the title to Tom McCormick after a sixth round foul, also at Melbourne.
  • March 21 – McCormick loses the welterweight title to Matt Wells over 20 rounds at Sydney.
  • March 30 – a World Flyweight Championship (108lb to 112lb) is proposed for the first time after Jimmy Wilde defeats Eugene Husson in London. Wilde, subsequently ranked by most experts as the greatest-ever flyweight, holds the title until 1923.
  • April 7 – Al McCoy defeats George Chip with a surprise first round knockout in Brooklyn, New York, to take the World Middleweight Championship. McCoy holds the title until 1917.
  • With a series of wins from April to November, Jack Dillon resolves the long-standing issue of the vacant World Light Heavyweight Championship in his favour. He defeats Battling Levinsky, Bob Moha, Frank Mantell and Charley Weinert to claim the title, which he holds until 1916.
  • June 3 – Kid Williams defeats Johnny Coulon by a third round knockout at Vernon, California, to win the World Bantamweight Championship. Williams holds the title until 1917.
  • July 7 – Freddie Welsh defeats Willie Ritchie over 20 rounds in London to win the World Lightweight Championship. Welsh holds the title until 1917.

Lineal world champions

  • World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson
  • World Light Heavyweight Championship – vacant → Jack Dillon
  • World Middleweight Championship – George Chip → Al McCoy
  • World Welterweight Championship – vacant → Waldemar Holberg → Tom McCormick → Matt Wells
  • World Lightweight Championship – Willie Ritchie → Freddie Welsh
  • World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
  • World Bantamweight Championship – Johnny Coulon → Kid Williams
  • World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde

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