Australian Middleweight Championship

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Australian Middleweight Championship
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First champion(s) Jim Deakin
Final champion(s) Lenny Holt
Most reigns Dick Cameron (2)

The Australian Middleweight Championship was a national Australian professional wrestling championship and was the first Middleweight Championship in Australia. [1] [2] [3]

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Title history

Wrestler:Times:Date won:Location:Notes:
Albert Hertel1Melbourne
Hughie Whitman1MelbourneAlso billed as Australasian champion.
Anton Koolman1Melbourne
Hughie Whitman2Melbourne
Jim Deakin19 May 1931SydneyDefeats Jack Haymon
VACANT1SydneyDeakin retired
Dick Cameron 18 June 1935Sydney
Sammy Rogers130 May 1936Sydney
Dick Cameron 227 May 1939Sydney
INACTIVE1Sydney
Ray Greenfield128 February 1953SydneyDefeats Len Holt
John Morrow117 August 1955Sydney
Lenny Holt12 April 1957SydneyTitle retired in 1960

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References

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  2. "Wrestlingdata.com – The World's Largest Wrestling Database". wrestlingdata.com.
  3. "Reference at www.cagematch.net".