Boxing
Events
- 5 April — Jess Willard, the latest "Great White Hope", defeats Jack Johnson with a 26th round knockout in sweltering heat at Havana, Cuba. Willard becomes very popular among white Americans for "bringing back the championship to the white race".
- While six world titles remain unchanged in 1915, the World Welterweight Championship changes hands three times in less than three months between June and August. Finally, it comes to Ted "Kid" Lewis, who defeats Jack Britton twice to win and then retain the title, which will interchange between these two over the next four years.
Lineal world champions
- World Heavyweight Championship – Jack Johnson → Jess Willard
- World Light Heavyweight Championship – Jack Dillon
- World Middleweight Championship – Al McCoy
- World Welterweight Championship – Matt Wells → Mike Glover → Jack Britton → Ted "Kid" Lewis
- World Lightweight Championship – Freddie Welsh
- World Featherweight Championship – Johnny Kilbane
- World Bantamweight Championship – Kid Williams
- World Flyweight Championship – Jimmy Wilde
Read more about this topic: 1915 In Sports
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