Boxing
Events
- World Middleweight Champion Mickey Walker vacates his title to campaign as a heavyweight. The middleweight championship remains vacant until 1941.
Lineal world champions
- World Heavyweight Championship – Max Schmeling
- World Light Heavyweight Championship – Maxie Rosenbloom
- World Middleweight Championship – Mickey Walker → vacant
- World Welterweight Championship – Tommy Freeman → "Young" Jack Thompson → Lou Brouillard
- World Lightweight Championship – Tony Canzoneri
- World Featherweight Championship – Bat Battalino
- World Bantamweight Championship – Panama Al Brown
- World Flyweight Championship – vacant
Read more about this topic: 1931 In Sports
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