Lets see if we can agree which champions simply sucked. I think this will be just as hard as who the atg fighters are. This if for fun..,
Buster Douglas, He is the boxing version of "Queen for one Day" .... errhh "Champion for a Night" Don't get me wrong. I liked Douglas and I was joyful when he defeated Tyson, but it was like his only good fight ever. It sucked that he lost his crown in his first defense and was unable to regain it, or at least to stay as a contender. So, for me Buster is the example of a champion that sucked
Buster Douglas on his best day was not the worst champion ever..he wouldnt even be the worst HW champ ever. He was actually not bad. He just threw away his title after he beat Tyson by not training and generally just not having the mental strength to deal with being champion.
A fair Journeyman and test for anyone wanting to be a early/mid 70s Welterweight Contender, but Billy Backus as Welterweight Champion of the World?
H2H it would probably be guys like Sullivan, Corbett or Burns. I saw footage of Corbett sparring with someone, and his technique was so primitive it looked just awful.
Billy was a good fighter gave Napoles some trouble before winning on cuts then gave Napoles abit of trouble before losing on cuts. Like you say a gatekeeper really. Was the nephew of Basilio and tried to fight like him but southpaw
True true...I got nothing against Carlos, he was one tough cookie and I really love fighters who take their talent as far as they possibly can...But man he was average.
Rodolpho Blanco. Beat Dave 'Boy' Mcauley and then barely won another fight for the rest of his career.
I understand your point, and certainly a case can be made that Douglas was not a bad boxer. But I still feel that he sucked because it seems that the Tyson fight was the only time he fully used his tools. As you said, after the Tyson fight he just gave up, physically and mentally.... and that sucked :nono
'Buster' Douglas was far from the worst champion of all-time. Not even the worst heavyweight champion. I honestly feel he has one of the most under-rated HW jabs of all-time, he had the tools and when he put them together and mentally he was in the right place, he could produce performances ala Tyson 1990. Their technique for the time was fine. In fact, Corbett at the time was probably one of the most advanced technical fighters around for his era. How you can names guys like him and Sullivan as the 'worst' champions ever is laughable.