Heavyweight contenders who fought the most amount of high quality opponents?

For the 90's, Ruddock or Alex Stewart have a good shot.
For the 80's Ribalta or Tillis.

 

Fireman Jim Flynn fought
Dempsey x2
Langford x6
O Brien
Burns
Root
McCarty x2
Gardnerx2
Kaufmanx2
Johnson x 2
Rodel
Morris x4
Everett
Smith
Dillon x6
Levinsky
Squires
Fulton

I don't think anyone else matches that!

 

Eddie Machen is up there - Liston, Frazier, Patterson, Johansson, Terrell, Johnson, Folley, Williams, Valdes, Quarry and a good number of other contenders.

 

If we're talking strictly heavyweight careers, what about Archie Moore?

And George Chuvalo is not too shabby either
- 2x Ali (60s / 70s), Frazier, Foreman, Patterson, Ellis, Quarry, Bonavena, Folley, Williams, Terrell, Baker, 3x Cleroux, Mathis, Jones, DeJohn....

 

Jesse Ferguson fought:

Mike Tyson
Carl Williams
Bonecrusher Smith
Buster Douglas
Orlin Norris
Oliver McCall
Anders Eklund
Ray Mercer x2
Tony Tubbs
Michael Dokes
Frank Bruno
Larry Holmes
Riddick Bowe
Alex Stewart
Dannel Nicholson (when he was 22-1, not sure if he was a bona fide contender)
Jeremy Williams
Samson Po’uha
Hasim Rahman
Andrew Golota

 

Hi Buddy.
Very good listings, as for the 70s you might want to throw in George " Scrap iron " Johnson, you ready...
Quarry, Lincoln, Spencer, Clark, Ramos, Bobick, LeDoux, Machen, Frazier, Liston, Foreman, Lyle, Bugner, Kirkman, he didn't win many, but what the heck.
stay safe buddy, chat soon.
Mike.

 

Johnny Risko fought

Gene Tunney
Max Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
Max Baer
Tommy Loughran
John Henry Lewis
Mike McTigue
Jimmy Slattery
Jack Delaney
Mickey Walker
Paul Berlanbach
Bob Olin
Ernie Schaaf
Paulino Uzcudun
Tony Galento
Young Stribling

 

Nice call

 

Wow!!! I knew he 'd fought a lot of contenders but that many titlists? Thanks for posting this it was a real eye opener that puts Jesse up towards the top

 

Not a contender, but Everett “Bigfoot” Martin fought these guys:

Bert Cooper
Johnny Du Plooy
Dwight Muhammad Qawi
George Foreman
Pierre Coetzer
Francesco Damiani
Bonecrusher Smith
Michael Moorer
Riddick Bowe
Tim Witherspoon
Tony Tucker
Larry Holmes
Herbie Hide
Tony Tubbs

IN A ROW

That’s his ledger from June 1988 through February 1994. He beat only Cooper and Witherspoon of the above but was only stopped by Smith, Bowe, Damiani and Du Plooy.

He also fought:

Lance Whitaker
Wlad Klitschko x2
Danell Nicholson
Lamon Brewster
Fres Oquendo
Obed Sullivan
Ruslan Chagaev

 

For non champions I think Risko, Jim Flynn or Gunboat Smith have the record.

 

Mercer fought a Witherspoon, Briggs, Wlad, Lewis, Holyfield, Damiani, Holmes, Morrison, Cooper.

 

Lee Savold fought a lot of contenders

 

Quarry fought Patterson,Ellis, Ali, Frazier, Norton