Has there EVER been a lineal heavywegith champ who NEVER fougth the #1 contender?

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  1. larryx2012

    larryx2012 I AM BETTER THEN YOU Full Member

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    If so please let me know.what lineal champion has reeled off several title defenses yet NEVER fought the #1 contender?
     
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    Jack Dempsey.
     
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    Joe.Boxer Chinchecker Full Member

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    Foreman obviously.
     
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    Dempsey due to the racial politics of the day.

    The fight against Wills was signed but didn't happen & while it was shitty from a fan's perspective probably saved lives if Wills had won. Riots broke out all across the US after Jack Johnson beat Jeffries & several people were killed and Johnson broke many taboo's and thumbed his nose at White America which made it much more unlikely that Black challengers would get a shot at the HW title for quiet a while.
     
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  5. larryx2012

    larryx2012 I AM BETTER THEN YOU Full Member

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    i dont recall him having several defenses
     
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    Joe.Boxer Chinchecker Full Member

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    4 is enough to be called several.
     
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    riddick bowe! avoided lennox lewis. dropped the wbc belt (literally!)
     
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  8. larryx2012

    larryx2012 I AM BETTER THEN YOU Full Member

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    so Bowe,Foreman,Dempsey.who else we got
     
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    :lol: Acting like you didn't get owned already. We all know why you created this thread :hey
     
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  10. Slacker

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    Jack Johnson

    John L. Sullivan

    Tommy Morrison..maybe? Not sure how many defenses he had.

    Buster Douglas...maybe? Again, not sure how many defenses he had..

    Wladimir Klitschko...if you consider him the Lineal Champion (I do, some don't)...has obviously never fought Vitali.
     
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    larryx2012 I AM BETTER THEN YOU Full Member

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    he had 0 defenses
     
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    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    He had 1 actually. A failed attempt though.
     
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