Originally posted by soul_survivor
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Doing some Brec digging:
The other guy who had proper claim to the title was Al Hostak, the NBA champ. But looking at the lineages, NYSAC was the better claim.
Freddie Steele was unified (NBA/NYSAC) champ, he was beaten by Apostoli by KO in a non title 12 rounder, then was stripped by the NYSAC for not defending against Apostoli over the championship distance. Then after winning the vacant title to Young Corbett, Apostoli lost his NYSAC title by KO to Ceferino Garcia.
The titles werent unified again till '41, when Tony Zale beat Georgie Abrams.
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