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Title Fight Schedule
Here is the new list of title fights scheduled by the WBC.
November 1895
[BW] (WBC) Billy Plimmer 20-2-1 (6) v/s Pedlar Palmer 16-1-1 (7)
*quite possibly the most anticipated of all the title fights. The last fight was a draw, the first for both.
December 1895
[HW] (WBC) Peter Jackson 21-2-0 (15) v/s James Corbett 20-4-1 (3)
[LW] (WBC) Joe Gans 21-1-0 (6) v/s Austin Gibbons 22-2-0 (18)
[MW] (WBC) Peter Newton 20-1-3 (13) v/s Harris Martin 21-0-0 (14)
January 1896
[FLY] (WBC) Jimmy Anthony 16-4-1 (7) v/s Jimmy Gorman 17-0-0 (12)
[LHW] (WBC) Joe Choynski 24-0-0 (19) v/s Bob Fitzsimmons 22-2-0 (22)
*Gorman is the first fighter to get a shot at the title without fighting one main division opponent.
February 1896
[WW] (WBC) Tommy Ryan 19-0-0 (12) v/s Joe Walcott 21-1-0 (4)
[FW] (WBC) Young Griffo 19-0-1 (5) v/s Jerry Barnett 17-2-2 (3)
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