Which boxer fought the most past, present and current lineal champs in one divison?

Of the top of my head I think its Joe Louis. At heavyweight he beat Primo Carnero, Max Baer, James Braddock, Jack Sharkey, Max Schmeling, Ezzard Charles, Rocky Marciano and Jersey Joe Walcott. Also which boxer has beat the most lineal champs in multiple divisions?

 

had no idea he beat marciano!

 

joe louis never beat marciano,,, marciano knocked joe louis out i dont know wat ur talking about

 

I just meant fought, but even is not counting that fight he still beat 7 men who at one point had been a lineal champ (Joe Calzaghe only fought 9 past present or current ABC champs, never mind lineal). I was gonna say who beat the most lineal champs in multiple weight divisions but then I realised that some boxers beat opponents who were lineal in multiple divisons which confused it (eg Pacqiuao beating Oscar De La Hoya, Eric Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera).

 

benny "the ghetto whizzard" leonard :rasta

 

Too complicated to get my head around...would have2 do some real research

 

I believe Pac is the man with most lineal titles(4)

 

I think Hearns had the most...

 

:good

 

who mentioned calzaghe??


joe louis beat up a great amount of dock workers and welfare cases.

 

how great is pacquiao?

 

As I say in most of these kind of threads...its probably Greb.

Edit: Actually if its just one divvy, that might not be the case.

 

whoever fought most lineal title holders in one weight. they must lose title a lot. if fighter win all fights. not many lineal title holder to fight.
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ROLL BLUNTS

 

Exactly. It's a weird question because clearly it's likely to be a heavyweight (more likely to fight their whole career at one weight and to fight other fighters who fought their whole career at one weight) and someone who fought for a long time and at a time when there was no one dominant champion. Not sure what the relevance is.

 

Roy Jones?