Worst non heavyweight legitmate World Champion

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  1. Warkaman

    Warkaman New Member Full Member

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    Who would you say is the worst world champion who held a legit top level world title?

    I took out heavyweight because to be honest I felt they would dominate the list. For Heavyweights I would love to hear I would say "The Ambling Alp" Primo Canera for me at heavyweight. Any lower I honestly have no idea.
     
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  2. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Two names come up...Jorge Vaca, winner by that "technical decision" over LLoyd Honeyghan and as far as I'm concerned, his doppelganger, Luis Santana, winner of not one, but TWO dq's over Terry Norris....two of the luckiest guys in the history of boxing without a doubt.
     
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  3. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Primo Carnera gets insulted a lot but he had some legit wins over top fighters. Tommy Loughran, the great light heavy, is a Hall of Famer. And Carnera legitimately outpointed him in a title defense over 15 rounds.

    Granted, the size difference was the key factor, but Carnera did it. And Primo beat him soundly.

    I'd say Billy Backus was the worst. Luis Santana was also awful. But I don't know if Terry Norris was the lineal champ at the time.
     
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  4. Warkaman

    Warkaman New Member Full Member

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    Primo gets a lot of flak I think its because of all the mob connections and the era still being riddled with fight fixing casting a negative light on his victories. It's best to judge what he did after he won the World title I always fought when he fell out of favour with the mob. You think Ingemar Johansson was worse?

    I always thought I knew boxing pretty well but I have not even heard of these other guys haha.
     
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  5. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yasutsune Uehara was mediocre. He kod Sammy Serrano.
     
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  6. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Nowhere near it in terms of his peak, but last year's Martinez was pedestrian.
     
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  7. N_ N___

    N_ N___ Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Baldomir left something to be desired.
     
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  8. janitor

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    I could name half a dozen lineal heavyweight champions who were worse.
     
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  9. Zakman

    Zakman ESB's Chinchecker Full Member

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    Luis Santana -- "won" the World Boxing Council Super Welterweight Title and then retained it, both by highly questionable DQs vs. Terry Norris.
     
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  10. Saad54

    Saad54 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Juan Coggi was a good champion in his first reign, but boy did he pull a Santana in his rematch with Frankie Randall. After a head butt, Juan clearly faked being injured, was taken out on a stretcher ala Santana v. Norris, and got a TD. Fortunately, Randall got a rematch in Argentina an regained the title.
     
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  11. Vince Voltage

    Vince Voltage Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Anyone remember Eddie Gazo?
     
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  12. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Juan Nazario, Glen Catley deserve a mention.
     
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  13. Curtis Lowe

    Curtis Lowe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think this is the "winner". This guy pulled this BS twice and it worked for him.

    I hate to agree with Zakman on anything, as I think he is a POS and is the biggest wussie to ever post on ESB.
     
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  14. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing

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    Gene Hatcher maybe?
     
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  15. Pearce

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    Claude Noel and his successor, Arturo Frias.
     
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