Historically, When do you start counting the Wladimir Klitschko World title Defences?

he has 17 defenses in a row (without a loss), that is counted for the record.

 

I suppose since Vitali retired the first time. At that point there was nobody else with a reasonable claim to the championship (or to being the best out there) and Wlad could be considered the start of a new lineage.
So I don't consider him to have had 22 defences of THE title.

 

Vitali retired in 2004 and wlad won title in2006@

 

2006 it is then.

 

I think wlad was the undisputed king after chagaev fight. He has fought what 8 or 9 real defences..?

Pretty good imo.

 

Wlad only has a handful of title defenses. There is way in hell you could consider Wlad the lineal HW Champ until after Vitali's last retirement.

 

Just as Holmes' reign is generally counted 1978-1985, Wlad's reign should be counted 2006-2015. The only difference is that Ali was still a factor on Holmes' context. On the other hand, Wlad beat consensus #1 (Byrd).

However, some purists prefer to start counting Holmes from 1980 until 1985. In that case, Wlad's should be counted 2009-2015. This are the same kind of purists that claim Bernard Hopkins' reign at MW is 2001-2005.

 

That;s when Ring Magazine accorded him the status of heavyweight champion, yeah. That means Pulev was the 10th defence of his crown, which is indeed quite good.

 

Doesn't really make a difference does it.

He's been number 1 since 2006.
In terms of lineal criteria it could be argued either iggy, chag, haye or povetkin led to a new lineage being crowned. But considering by any criteria he is the lineal champ and considering no one has ranked above him since he beat Byrd, I count from that victory.

 

Wlad's reign: 2006-2015 (undisputed/lineal reign: 2009-2015)
Holmes' reign: 1978-1985 (lineal: 1980-1985)
Hopkins' reign: 1995-2005 (undisputed/lineal: 2001-2005)
Tyson's reign: 1986-1990 (undisputed/lineal: 1987-1990)

 

@Asterion May I ask where did you get your nickname from?

 

I watched a TV show approx. 10 years ago and one of the characters was called like that. Then also because one of my favorite writer's short stories is called "the house of asterion".