This is simply "The man who beat the man who beat the man" 29th August 1885 - John L. Sullivan W 6 Dominic McCaffrey, Cincinnati, OH (Vacant World title fought under the Marquees of Queensbury rules) 7th September 1892 - James J. Corbett KO 21 John L Sullivan, New Orleans, LA 17th March 1897 - Bob Fitzsimmons KO 14 James J Corbett, Carson City, NV [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOFdL5VkcQM&feature=related[/ame] 1899 - James J. Jeffries KO 11 Bob Fitzsimmons, Coney Island, NY 13th May 1905 - James Jeffries Announces His Retirement. (The Title Is Declared Vacant) 3rd July 1905 - Marvin Hart KO 12 Jack Root, Reno, Nevada. 23rd February 1906 - Tommy Burns W 20 Marvin Hart, Los Angeles, California. 26th December 1908 - Jack Johnson KO 14 Tommy Burns, Sydney, Australia [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHqelTqa0Iw[/ame]
5th April 1915 - Jess Willard KO 26 Jack Johnson, Havana, Cuba [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhumAxChVa4[/ame]
4th July 1919 - Jack Dempsey KO 4 Jess Willard, Toledo, Ohio [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3BTycNuY44&feature=related[/ame]
c-c-c-c-combo breaker... Keep posting the stuff up by the way Jeff...'Unforgivable Blackness' is a great book.
23rd September 1926 - Gene Tunney W Un PTS 10 Jack Dempsey, Philadelphia, PA [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OeeCfbahwQ[/ame]
3rd July 1928 - Gene Tunney Announces His Retirement. (The Title Is Declared Vacant) 1930 June 12 - Max Schmeling W Dq 4 Jack Sharkey, New York, NY [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4PS02UbBMo[/ame]
1932 June 21 - Jack Sharkey W Sp PTS 15 Max Schmeling, Long Island, NY [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcxYoN6-roA[/ame]
29th June 1933 - Primo Carnera KO 6 Jack Sharkey, Long Island, NY [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trEGY-q_IFA[/ame]
14th June 1934 - Max Baer KO 11 Primo Carnera, Long Island, NY [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gk-7ic9OCKY[/ame]
I find it easier to do it backwards Lewis Rahman Lewis Briggs Foreman Moorer Holyfield Bowe Holyfield Douglas Tyson Spinks Holmes Ali Foreman Frazier Ali I'm lost after that
Debatable :smoke In an era as weak as this one a champion realistically has to beat his #1 contender.
13th June 1935 - James J. Braddock W Un PTS 15 Max Baer, Long Island, NY [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RINFZ_8BhIw[/ame]
22nd June 1937 - Joe Louis KO 8 James J. Braddock KO-8 Chicago, IL [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvhscZl7He4[/ame]
27th September 1950 - Ezzard Charles W Un PTS 15 Joe Louis, New York, NY [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1p5XgB82iE&feature=related[/ame]