fighter to win a world title with the most losses on record

this got me thinking, which fighter has won a recognised world title (wbc,wba,wbo,ibf) with the most losses on their record.

Salido springs to mind. It's also more impressive if they won their first world title after 8 or 10 losses.

 

Freddie Pendleton ?

 

Some fighters have had long, hard careers before finally getting a title shot. Archie Moore had 19 losses on his record.

 

Fritzie Zivic probably.
The record says he had 24 losses when he won the title, and ended his career with 65 losses in total.

 

steve littles had a few losses when he defeated nunn

 

Braddock?

 

Steve Robinson I think had nine.

 

Yeah, probably him...Braddock had 50 wins, 26 losses and 7 draws when he fought Baer.

 

Billy Backus, Freddie Pendleton?

 

I was going to say Jorge Vaca but some of these records dwarf his

 

His only losses before capturing the welterweight worlds title were six.


1. Loss Rodolfo Valero KO 3 16/06/1978

Monterrey, Nuevo Leon

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2.Loss 3-0

Rodolfo Valero KO 5 16/11/1979


Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Jalisco

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3. Loss 18-16-3


Juan Elizondo KO 2 10/10/1980


Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Jalisco

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4. Loss 19-17-3


Juan Elizondo KO 7 27/02/1981


Arena Coliseo, Guadalajara, Jalisco

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5. Loss 10-0


Tomas Perez KO 8 09/06/1983


Los Angeles Sports Arena, Los Angeles, California

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6. Loss Loss 28-3-4


Herman Montes KO 2 11/09/1984


Tijuana, Baja California

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Then he won the world WBC title:



7. Win 31-0


Lloyd Honeyghan TD 8 28/10/1987


Grand Hall, Wembley, London WBC and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge_Vaca

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His total record rewsds as follows:

65 Wins (50 knockouts, 15 decisions), 26 Losses (21 knockouts, 5 decisions), 2 Draws

Knocked out 26 times? Maybe that’s the record he really holds?

 

joe brown

 

Mike Weaver.....9 losses was 6-6 in his first 12 fights !

 

Braddock. he had such a bad run due to fighting with injuries in poverty before getting richer, fit and getting back in contention.

in fact, probably a lot of fighters in the Depression era.

 

Freddie Pendleton had 17 losses when he won the IBF lightweight title. So, I guess Zivic and Braddock top him. I wonder if anyone had more than Pendleton during the last 50 yrs.