Gets kinda overlooked/underplayed these days when division hopping is so rampant and people are picking up titles left and right, dropping them, ect. But to me I have always liked the idea of ruling a weight class with an iron fist, and not always obviously but one way is to look at title defenses. And I just like seeing them anyways lol. Something prestigious to me about having a long reign. Ill start a list just going off of who enters my head first of current fighters, and Ill keep adding names you guys list... Im just curious to see what the list would look like. Hopkins - 20 Chris John - 18 Wlad Klitschko - 17 *Current Golovkin - 13 *Current Andre Ward - 5 *Current Write em down and Ill add them to the list where they fit in :good
Golovkin's title defences is 7 or 8 in truth. Sturm (the WBA super champion) was ducking him for a while and gave up the belt after unifying with Geale I think. Golovkin was only the "Regular" and "Interim" champion before.
although he didn't do it in 1 division, Mayweather has currently won 24 consecutive title fights, way more than anyone currently in boxing and only 2 removed from Joe Louis' all-time record...
yes, Geale iimediately after beating Sturm gave up his WBA super champion belt, after which GGG was elevated to Super Champ
Floyd's title defenses are far more impressive than Louis' considering Louis' opposition is the one of the worst eras of heavyweight boxing. A fighter like Johnny Davis couldn't even get into the ring with Floyd as a sparring partner.
Julio Cesar Chavez 27 Omar Narvaez 27 Joe Louis 25 Dariusz Michalczewski 23 Marco Antonio Barrera 21 Ricardo Lopez 21 Joe Calzaghe 21 Sven Ottke 21 Henry Armstrong 19 Eusebio Pedroza 19 Khaosai Galaxy 19 Pongsaklek Wongjongkam 19 Roy Jones Jr 18 Ivan Calderon 18 Chris John 18 Miguel Cotto 18 Myong Woo-Yuh 17 Wilfredo Gomez 17 Artur Grigorian 17 Floyd Mayweather 17 Orlando Canizales 17 Felix Trinidad 17 Oscar De La Hoya 17 Terry Norris 16 Alexis Arguello 16 Pernell Whitaker 16 Manny Pacquiao 16 Pascual Perez 16 Carlos Monzon 14 Bob Foster 14 Johnny Nelson 14 Miguel Canto 14 Erik Morales 13 Michael Spinks 13 Emile Griffith 12 Todd Morgan 12 Roberto Duran 12 Brian Mitchell 12 Marvin Hagler 12 Zsolt Erdei 11 Shane Mosley 11 Gianfranco Rosi 11 Carlos Ortiz 11 Park Chong-pal 10 Salvador Sanchez 9 Roman Gonzalez 9 Carlos Zarate 9 Takashi Uchiyama 9 James Toney 9 Aaron Pryor 9 Thomas Hearns 9 Nigel Benn 9 Juan Manuel Marquez 8 Vicente Saldivar 7 Eder Jofre 6 Ray Leonard 6 Rocky Marciano 6 Nino Benvenuti 4 Ruben Olivares 4 **** Tiger 4
Michalczewski won 14 on the spin via stoppage I think. Be cool if Golovkin could break B-Hop's record winning all of his fights via stoppage.