Wlad’s first WBO reign spanned about three years during the time that Lennox Lewis was the linear champion. Therefore I’m not sure we can count that. If we DO count that then you negate the idea that Lennox was “ THE CHAMP. “ about the only thing that can be fairly said is that Wladimir Klitschko can claim the longest duration of being a “ title holder. “ but lineage goes to Joe Louis
You sound like some 16 year old kid, but some of us have been part of the 'boxing community ' long before there was a WBO belt and long before you took on the life of a keyboard warrior. This is why that belt gets no respect
Ok so I finally found out that it was wlad who held the heavyweight championship longest at 4382 days Joe Louis only held the title 4270 days and let’s not forget that for about 3 years during WW2 he was not actively defending the title
This. The WBO was not considered a major world title during Wlad's first reign as such. It was more highly regarded than other organizations outside the big 3 of that time, but it was not on par with them.
This is a complete falsehood. It was NOT viewed as a major world title until around the time Hopkins became the first boxer to unify all four belts. And it most certainly was not viewed as a major world title in the mid-90s. Nobody was calling Riddick Bowe a 2x heavyweight champion.
