Does Poland Hold The Record For Pitting The Most Heavyweight World Title Challengers W/O A Win?

To be fair, in most decent eras, only Golota would have deserved a legitimate title shot.

 

Hmm, exactly how many countries have had a piece of the heavyweight championship? 1700-1900 it was basically just a British domestic title. 1900-1990 it was all Americans with the exception of the German heavyweight Max Schmeling and the Swede Ingmar Johansson. Prior to Lennox Lewis, it was the British who had the reputation for most defeated contenders I thought.

No wait. Tommy Burns was Canadian and Primo Carnera was Italian. Gerrie Coetzee was South African. Trevor Berbick was Jamaican. I didn't know Francesco Damiani from Italy had a piece of the crown. Who the **** is Michael Bentt? Herbie Hide I remember. I didn't know Frank Bruno held the WBC. Henry Akinwande held the WBO for the UK too. Then it's Klitschko's for the Ukraine, Corrie Sandes for South Africa again, Valuev, Povetkin, Ibragimov, and Maskaev for Russia, Liakhovich for Belarus, Chagaev for Uzbekistan, Haye for the UK, Stiverne for Canada, Lucas Brown put Australia on the board, Joseph Parker for New Zealand, and Manuel Charr for Syria. How many countries is that total? 15 out 195?

Makes me wonder how many Spanish and French contenders have failed to win the title.

France had Takam, Duhaupas...

 

hello bud

 

I think its a record. I'd need to double check it but i am pretty sure.

As far as i know, Paulino Uzcudun was the only Spainard to fight for the title. So it can't be Spain. It can't be Italy either. So i am guessing its a record.

 

Probably

 

Carlos Takam (fought Joshua) and Lucien Rodriguez (fought Holmes) were French citizens but weren't born there. But, if people are counting Joe Bugner as British (he was born in Hungary), I guess you could include Takam and Rodriguez as French.

If so, France had Takam (Joshua), Rodriguez (Holmes), Georges Carpentier (fought Dempsey), Jean Marc Mormeck (fought Wlad), Johann Duhaupas (fought Wilder) ... and if Tony Yoka loses in a title bid, he will help France tie the Poles.

 

This sounds correct to me. There have been some great fighters of Polish descent though. Tough people