New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship

Statistics
First champion	Jim Londos
Final champion	Jim Londos
Most reigns	Jim Londos (3 reigns)

New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship
New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship
Details
Promotion	New York State Athletic Commission
First champion
Statistics
First champion	Jim Londos
Final champion	Jim Londos
Most reigns	Jim Londos (3 reigns)

PromotionNew York State Athletic Commission

First championJim Londos

Final championJim Londos

The NYSAC World Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling world heavyweight championship owned and promoted by the New York State Athletic Commission.^[1]^[2] The title existed from 1929 through 1934.

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No.	Overall reign number
Reign	Reign number for the specific champion
Days	Number of days held

No.	Champion	Championship change			Reign statistics		Notes	Ref.
No.	Champion	Date	Event	Location	Reign	Days	Notes	Ref.
1	Dick Shikat	August 23, 1929	live event	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	287	Defeated Jim Londos in the tournament final, after that Athletic Commissions in New York and Pennsylvania and the National Boxing Association, they had stripped Gus Sonnenberg of the World Title, for failing to meet "real" contenders, in July 1929. Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion.	^[1]^[2]
2	Jim Londos	June 6, 1930	live event	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	847	Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion.	^[1]^[2]
—	Vacated	September 30, 1932	—	—	—	—	Stripped of the title for refusing to defend against the winner of Ed "Strangler" Lewis vs. Dick Shikat	^[1]^[2]
3	Ed Lewis	October 10, 1932	live event	New York City, New York	1	133	Defeated Jack Sherry to win the vacant title. Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion after Ed Don George.	^[1]^[2]
4	Jim Browning	February 20, 1933	live event	New York City, New York	1	490	Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion after Ed Don George.	^[1]^[2]
5	Jim Londos	June 25, 1934	live event	New York City, New York	2	367	Also won the National Wrestling Association's World Heavyweight Championship in June, 1930 and unified both titles. Retroactively recognized by the NWA as the real World champion.	^[1]^[2]
6	Danno O'Mahoney	June 27, 1935	live event	Boston, Massachusetts	1	249	Unified title with the Boston version of the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion.	^[1]^[2]
7	Dick Shikat	March 2, 1936	live event	New York City, New York	2	53	Does not win the AWA World Heavyweight Championship. Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion.	^[1]^[2]
8	Ali Baba	April 24, 1936	live event	Detroit, Michigan	1	49	Retroactively recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance as the real World champion.	^[1]^[2]
9	Dave Levin	June 12, 1936	live event	Newark, New Jersey	1	108	Won by disqualification; recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". Ali Baba continues to claim the title but loses to Everett Marshall on June 26, 1936 in Columbus, Ohio, retroactive Alliance recognition switched to MWA World Heavyweight Championship. Levin also wins Los Angeles version, defeating Vincent Lopez on August 19, 1936 in Los Angeles.	^[1]^[2]
10	Dean Detton	September 28, 1936	live event	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1	274	Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion". Detton also defeated Ed "Strangler" Lewis in a title tournament final earlier in the year in Philadelphia	^[1]^[2]
11	Bronko Nagurski	June 29, 1937	live event	Minneapolis, Minnesota	1	507	Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion".	^[1]^[2]
12	Jim Londos	November 18, 1938	live event	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	3	2,601	Recognized by The Ring magazine as the "true world champion" until Londos retired in 1946.	^[1]^[2]

New York State Athletic Commission World Heavyweight Championship

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