Worst lineal heavyweight champion of all time

I doubt it.
I'd be surprised if the whole world accepted and recognized Hart as champion in that year.

 

That's not true.
I've seen him in rankings lists from dates within that time frame.
I'd be very surprised if he wasn't ranked at the month he fought Carnera.
He'd beaten Dan Mccorkindale the South African shortly before, and Dan McCorkindale had been on one of the best runs of his career.

I suspect you're just going by the "year end" ring magazine ratings, that represent only 1/12 of the ring magazine ratings which were already monthly by 1933 or earlier.
And ignoring the National Boxing Association quarterly ratings too.
Uzcudun was ranked at various times in those years.

 

If you produce them ,I'll accept them. Beating McCorkindale doesn't impress me,he had won 3 of his last 5.

 

Paulino drew with the guy who knocked out Joe Louis. That’s a good fighter.

 

He drew [MD], with him in Spain and the Chairman of the Spanish Boxing Federation was the referee, he lost the rematch, in fact he didn't win any of those last 4 fights.That's a fighter heading towards the exit.

 

But it shows the calibre of Uzcudun. Getting a draw, even lasting the distance with Schmeling and losing is still better than taking the severe walloping Max gave Joe Louis just months later.

It shows paulino was still cutting the mustered when Carnera beat him.

If somebody drew with Douglas recently before he beat the crap out of Tyson It would make the guy who drew with Douglas a pretty tough hombre.

 

Uzcudun was tough, he wasn't a boxer and he wasn't a puncher. I don't think much of him and I would have to see the majority draw with Schmeling before I bought into it,I suspect it was "home cooking."

 

What have you got against poor old Paulino? He seemed a nice guy. On film he had an effective Archie Moore type style. Rough and strong. Could give anyone a fight.

I sometimes wonder if you were raised to have an aversion toward European heavyweight contenders? Most Euro challengers stand up as well as any other non champion. I’d put Uzcudun or Tommy Farr as 50-50 with Quarry, Bonavena or Chuvalo.

Schmeling certainly thought very highly of paulino and Carnera.

 

I've nothing against Paulino,I just don't think he was very good. Quarry would beat him clearly imo.
In my experience most Euro heavyweight challengers didn't stand up very long at all !
Moir
Hague
Wells
Carpentier
Scott
Wells
Barlund
Hansen
Sys
Ten Hoff
Richardson
Dunn
Coopman
Urtain
Blin
Lubbers
Tangstad
Bodell
London
To name a few who could have rented advertising on the soles of their shoes.

 

He should have had energy in the 15th because he did nothing for the first 14

 

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That photo looks like a psychology test...."which of the four men doesn't belong?"

FFS it's a disgrace to see Fury along with Sullivan, Ali and Lewis.

 

You left out Jean-Pierre Coopman, "The Lion of Flanders". Won the vacant EBU (European) Heavyweight title when he defeated Jose Manual Urtain.

 

For every European There’s a ton of horizontal American challengers flat on their back looking at the lamps in title fights too

Pete radmacher
Johnny paycheck
Dave Zyglewicz
Jack Roper
Orlin Norris
Bruce seldon
Bob foster
Jack Munro
Tami mauriello
Tommy Jackson
Tom mcneely
Roy Harris
Cleveland Williams
Tony Thompson
Carl Williams
Tommy Morrison
Michael Grant
Ray Austin
Kirk Johnson
Marvis Frazier
Nathan Mann
Harry Thomas
Gus dorazio
Charles Martin

And thats without mentioning even the actual american champions who could not hold a shot to the choppers like Moorer, Dokes, Norton and weaver who were up and down like a yo-yo getting got bounced around.

 

These 10 guys never challenged for titles anyway.