Which Heavyweight Champ Had The Shortest Prime?

Bowe? Braddock?

 

Leon Spinks

 

Leon Spinks.

 

Buster one night. but that night he was Brilliant.

 

no that was about Tyson obviously.

the shortest primes would be one of the guys from turn of the century 19th/20th when they had terrible lifestyles and disease cut them down young, or in the 80s when drugs were really hitting the world hard (especially America).

 

Frazier was pretty short after FOTC he went downhill quickly but he was an ATG

 

He cleaned out the division while Ali was gone though, he looked like a machine then too. Tokyo Douglas had the shortest prime, after that he went back to being Buster Douglas.

 

Joe Frazier

Buster Douglas

Mike Tyson

 

I did

 

Not the shortest , but close -Sonny Liston

 

Frazier was number one rated heavyweight for the previous 3 years and held onto the crown another couple/few years. That's a long stay at the top for a smaller swarmer styled heavy.

 

Greetings Seamus! Of course we've all seen 'The Cinderella Man'. I've asked this question a few times but no answer; I've googled and no answer. Why did Jimmy, after the Baer fight, not defend his title for what, almost two years? And gave a game showing against Joe, decking him early. Any idea?

 

Tyson!!!????? not even close! he won 10 HW world title fights in a row

 

Good question. Make a topic. I'd love to know the answer.