Also, let's not forget Inoue - who is still only 27, but already with 15 title fights in the bag. He could turn out to be a true ATG; time will tell.
This is very true! For some strange reason, there will always be fans/historians who dream about the "good old days", where everything was...
It doesn't get much weirder than this!
With a question like this, Greb and McLarnin are some of the first that come to (my) mind.
Ketchel's problem is, that we actually have clear footage of him fighting. Which means, we don't have to rely on the testemony of old-timers, who...
I won't bet my life on it - but I would be very surprised if 14 challengers, without a single title, isn't a record!
I'm afraid, I'm gonna have to disappoint you! Besides those already mentioned... off the top of my head, the only other Chilean world title...
Some good mentions, but also a lot of fights that were just close, and not out and out robberies. I was expecting more really scandelous...
You're right... there were some challenges, which I mistakingly counted as defenses. So the number is 27, as you correctly point out.
Julio Cesar Chavez made 9 defenses at super feather, 2 at lightweight and 19 at junior welter - 30 in total.
There's no doubt, that activity in the US took a huge nosedive following WW2. By 1955 the number of promotions was less than 1/5 of what it had...
Zivic was as tough as they come - but a boxer who was outpointed more than 60 times during his career, could certainly lose on points to Starling.
That's a tough one! For all we know, Mundine may have been just as good as Canelo - so Roy could have a real fight on his hands here.
No you didn't... other than I don't agree with you. You stated, as a FACT, that I'm a novice - and you can't even back that up with anything....
And your response was, that I'm a novice. You can't even explain, why you would say that?
