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Although 1922 action just got underway, I would be remiss for not acknowledging the current titleholders at each weight class (year and month of winning such belt and number of successful defenses in parens):

HW
WBA: Harry Wills (Mar. 1921) (2)
NABF: Billy Miske (Dec. 1921) (0)
USBA: George Godfrey (Nov. 1921) (0)
CBU: Joe Beckett (Jan. 1921) (1)
GBU: Joe Beckett (May 1920) (1)
EBU: Bartley Madden (Jan. 1921) (3)

LH
WBA: Battling Levinsky (Mar. 1921) (1)
NABF: Tommy Gibbons (Dec. 1921) (0)
USBA: Gene Tunney (May 1921) (1)
CBU: Harry Reeves (Oct. 1917) (1)
GBU: Jack Bloomfield (Sep. 1921) (0)
EBU: Battling Siki (Dec. 1921) (0)

MW
WBA: Mike O'Dowd (Jul. 1919) (5)
NABF: Panama Joe Gans (Mar. 1920) (5)
USBA: Gordon McKay (Aug. 1921) (0)
CBU: Jake Ahearn (Nov. 1917) (3)
GBU: Frank Moody (May 1921) (0)
EBU: Chic Nelson (Sep. 1919) (3)

WW
WBA: Ted Kid Lewis (Nov. 1921) (0)
NABF: Jack Britton (Aug. 1921) (0)
USBA: Eddie Shevlin (Sep. 1921) (1)
CBU: Bermondsey Billy Wells (Mar. 1920) (1)
GBU: Bermondsey Billy Wells (Jan. 1919) (2)
EBU: Albert Badoud (Oct. 1921) (0)

LW
WBA: Llew Edwards (Jun. 1921) (0)
NABF: Benny Leonard (Sep. 1921) (1)
USBA: Jimmy Dundee (Apr. 1921) (1)
CBU: Herb McCoy (Jun. 1921) (1)
GBU: Phil Bloom (Nov. 1921) (0)
EBU: Vacant

JLW
WBA: Johnny Dundee (Dec. 1921) (0)

FW
WBA: Johnny Kilbane (Mar. 1921) (3)
NABF: Bud Ridley (Nov. 1921) (0)
USBA: Patsy Brannigan (Dec. 1921) (0)
CBU: Jimmy Hill (Mar. 1916) (7)
GBU: Vacant
EBU: Eugene Criqui (Oct. 1918) (3)

BW
WBA: Pete Herman (Mar. 1919) (12)
NABF: Abe Goldstein (Oct. 1921) (1)
USBA: Jack Kid Wolfe (Oct. 1920) (2)
CBU: Carl Tremaine (Dec. 1920) (0)
GBU: Jimmy Wilde (Nov. 1921) (0)
EBU: Robert Dastillon (Jan. 1920) (1)

FLY
WBA: Joe Symonds (Dec. 1921) (0)
NABF: Johnny Buff (Nov. 1921) (0)
USBA: Johnny Buff (Jul. 1921) (0)
CBU: Vacant
GBU: Tancy Lee (Nov. 1915) (2)
EBU: Tancy Lee (Sep. 1918) (0)

Comments: As reflected in the PFP rankings a few posts back, Herman, Wills and O'Dowd who have held the WBA belts for the longest time frame are also among the top PFP performers. With Harry Reeves dropped the GBU LH belt to Bloomfield, FLY Tancy Lee (reigning GBU FLY Champ) becomes the longest-serving title belt holder. Pete Herman has the longest current streak of successful defenses (12) while FW Jimmy Hill of Australia has made the most successful defenses (7) of any title holder of lesser belts.
As mentioned in last year's review of titleholders, it's surprising to see fighters the caliber of Dempsey, Greb, and (until Sept. 1921) Benny Leonard on the outside looking in as far as the list of titleholders is concerned. Expect to see each of these guys look to launch a WBA title challenge sometime in 1922.