Most Title rounds fought by a non-World Champion

Interesting. You're not talking about 15 rounders, which would include a lot of British and European title fights, you're talking about world title fight rounds. If that's the case, I know of one fighter who fought 57 championship rounds.

 

Just thought of another one who fought 63 rounds.

 

I call your 63… and raise with a 68.

 

Danny Needham fought 75 rounds with Tommy Ryan for the vacant Welterweight title.

 

Billy Myer fought Jack McAuliffe 64 rounds, then fought him 15 rounds in a rematch, both for the Lightweight title, so 79 rounds.

 

Frank Murphy fought 80 rounds with Ike Weir for a world championship.

He also had fights billed for World titles against Topedo Billy Murphy lasting 27 rounds, and Tommy Warren lasting 68 rounds. If you count those that puts it at 175 rounds!

 

Mine were
57 - Armando Muniz
63 - Yaqui Lopez

 

I have:
68 - Leonel Hernandez
60 - Pierre Fourie
60 - Rocky Juarez
57 - Victor Polo
57 - Santos Cardona

 

Forgot about Hernandez. During the '70s and early '80s it seemed he was getting a title shot every couple of months.

 

5 World Title shots for Hernandez..from Venezuela.

 

Unsurprisingly, 4 of the 5 were for the WBA title. He actually only fought three fights outside Venezuela in his whole career...and lost them all.

 

Fighters from Venezuela, South Korea, Japan, Argentina, South Africa and Panama owed a lot to the WBA.