First World Title Bouts Held in Different Countries of the World

By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com

ARGENTINA – Pascual Perez vs. Leo Espinosa, Buenos Aires, January 11, 1956

AUSTRALIA – Tommy Burns vs. Bill Squires, Sydney, August 24, 1908

BRAZIL – Eder Jofre vs. Piero Rollo, Rio De Janeiro, March 25, 1962

CANADA – Jim Ferns vs. Matty Mathews, Toronto, May 24, 1901

CUBA – Jess Willard vs. Jack Johnson, Havana, April 5, 1915

ENGLAND – George Dixon vs. Nune Wallace, London, June 27, 1890

FRANCE – Tommy Burns vs. Jewey Smith, Paris, April 18, 1908

FINLAND – Davey Moore vs. Ollie Maeki, Helsinki, August 17, 1962

GERMANY – Harold Johnson vs. Gustav Scholz, Berlin, June 23, 1962

GHANA – Sugar Ramos vs. Floyd Robertson, Accra, May 8, 1964

IRELAND – Tommy Burns vs. Jem Roche, Dublin, March 17, 1908

ITALY – Al Brown vs. Dom Bernasconi, Milan, March 17, 1933

JAMAICA – Eddie Perkins vs. Bunny Grant, Kingston, April 18, 1964

JAPAN – Yoshio Shirai vs. Dado Marino, Tokyo, May 19, 1952

MEXICO – Tommy Freeman vs. Alfredo Gaona, Mexico City, March 1, 1931

MONTE CARLO – Carlos Monzon vs. Nino Benvenuti, Fontvielle, May 8, 1971

NIGERIA – Dick Tiger vs. Gene Fullmer, Ibadan, August 10, 1963

PHILIPPINES – Cefrerino Garcia vs. Glenn Lee, Manila, December 23, 1939

PUERTO RICO – Sixto Escobar vs. Lou Salica, San Juan, February 21, 1937

SCOTLAND – Benny Lynch vs. Peter Kane, Glasgow, October 13, 1937

SPAIN – Freddie Miller vs. Jose Girones, Barcelona, February 17, 1935

SOUTH AFRICA – Petey Sarron vs. Freddie Miller, Johannesburg, September 4, 1937

THAILAND – Jimmy Carruthers vs. Chamrern, Bangkok, May 2, 1954

UNITED STATES – Jack McAuliffe vs. Bill Frazier, Revere, Massachusetts, October 29, 1886

URUGUAY – Pascual Perez vs. Oscar Suarez, Montivedo, June 30, 1956

VENEZUELA – Pascual Perez vs. Ramon Arias, Caracas, Aprol 19, 1958

WALES – Ike Williams vs. Ronnie James, Cardiff, September 4, 1946

YUGOSLAVIA – Nino Benvenuti vs. Tom Bethea, Umago, May 23, 1971

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