Of all the entries in my list, 1960s was indeed the weakest. This was because it was hard to find a good division in that decade. The heavyweight...
I stopped his reign on April 28th 1967 when he was stripped of his boxing license. A boxer cannot defend his title if his license is taken away...
What was the best and the most competitive division for every decade in boxing history? Here is my list: 1880s - heavyweight 1890s - middleweight...
James 'thin' Toney is remembered for his success at middleweight and super-middleweight divisions. As his career progressed, he gained notoriety...
Ezzard Charles has the best rate at just 84 days per defense. The first champion listed - Jack Dempsey has the worst rate at 656.33 days. If the...
Given below is the list of heavyweight boxing champions with title defense rates. The methodology of calculating defense rate is as follows: 1....
If you see the reigns of the two previous WBC 'super' champions - Vitali and Wilder, you can get a clue. As long as Fury has the WBC belt, do not...
So, as a fighter, Patterson's resume is excellent. But as a champion, Tyson Fury can still be better although one can't be very hopeful. I also...
Yes, but that is not what the topic is about, this is about ducking challengers. Patterson (or rather Cus D'Amato) ducked a lot of deserving...
I wouldn't go so far. Remember Floyd Patterson?
Mike Tyson played himself in a cheap-arse Indian film 'Liger'. Or maybe another character, I am not sure. And then he totally forgot about it,...
Tyson Fury will soon go two years without a legitimate title defense, and it is quite unlikely that WBC will strip him. Wait, when was the last...
And here we go again. Fury is injured. INJURED. This isn't the first time Fury has backed out of a fight. He has done it before. Which brings us...
What is more spectacular about that stoppage is that Stribling never quit and nearly took Schmeling the distance. Young's father threw in the...
Historically, there were two different titles the IBU had to offer. One was the IBU heavyweight title which continues today as the EBU title -...
