Just found this out myself and it was pretty surprising. I'm 99% sure this was the guy who a won a world title (one of main 4) with the fewest pro fights. I had a few people who I thought it was but it was somone less well known. I'll reveal it at 12.30 if no one gets it right (and yes I'm aware I dont't have a life) So which profesional boxer won a major world title with the fewest fights under his belt?
Nope good effort thought mate, not what came to my head initially. What a novice he was though to put on such a performance (and what stamina he showed). Any other ideas anyone? No cheating by the way I want to see if anyone knows. Would be nice to know my hours on boxrec gave me some little-known knowladge
The Thai kickboxer, cant remember or even spell/pronounce his name. He had like three bouts when he won the title and was later stopped by Hearns.
Muangsurin certainly does raise questions about exactly what constitutes relevant experience or lack of, with the enormous number of kickboxing contests he reportedly had. Still, it's remarkable that a champion who wins a title with a 3-0 record goes on to defeat four other world title claimants a total of five times (although Mamby was clearly robbed), and generates nine successful defenses in two reigns.
Are we sure that Britt only had 12 bouts or is his early record unverified as so many fighters of that era?
J, I went to three sources.Each had the same 12 bouts that jimmy Britt had before he won his lightweight title in his 12th fight. 1902- Toby irwin,Tim Hegerty, George Kid Lavigne, Frankie Erne 1903-Jack O'keefe [2], willie fitzgerald,Charley Seiger,Martin Canole 1904-Young corbett 11, Joe Gans,Battling Nelson, won Lightweight title Twelth fight..b.b. P.S. the forgotten Jimmy Britt fought FIVE Champions in his first 12th bouts.Amazing...
Saensak Muangsurin was 2-0 when he beat Perico Fernandez for the WBC World Jr. Welterweight championship in 1975, and 5-1 when he won his second WBC World Jr. Welterweight Championship from Miguel Velasquez the next year. Veeraphol Sahaprom was 3-0 when he won the WBA World Bantamweight Championship from Daorung Chuvatana in 1995. He quickly lost the title, but won the WBC World Bantamweight Championship, and successfully defended it 14 times before losing it to Hozumi Hasegawa in April of this year. Muangchai Kittikasem was 6-0 when he won the IBF World Jr. Flyweight Championship. He lost the title to Michael Carbajal, but went up to 112 and knocked out Sot Chitlada for the WBC World Flyweight Championship and came off the canvas three times to shockingly stop Chang Jung-Koo in the final 30 seconds of their title bout. And you thought Corrales-Castillo was great! Leon Spinks was 6-0-1 when he beat Ali for the World Heavyweight Championship. Paul Weir was 5-0 when he won the WBO World Strawweight Championship, 6-0 when he won the WBO World Jr. Flyweight Championship and 8-1 when he became a three-time WBO titlist, regaining his WBO World Jr. Flyweight Championship in 1994 Samson Dutch Boy Gym was 3-0 when he won the lightly regarded WBF World Jr. Bantamweight Championship, and he retired undefeated in 2002, having made 38 successful defenses of that title and sporting a record of 43-0-0 (36 KOs). Over the years, he changed his name to Samson 3-K Battery, then to Samson Toyota-Thailand and finally to Samson Kratingdaeng-Gym.
