Greatest win by a former HW champion against a future HW champion?

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  1. themostoverrated

    themostoverrated Active Member Full Member

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    On 21st July 1927, former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey beat Jack Sharkey by way of technical knockout. Sharkey would win the title five years later in a controversial decision against Germany's Max Schmeling. Dempsey would fail in his attempt to regain the title against Gene Tunney and retire.

    This is an example of a former heavyweight champion beating a future heavyweight champion. But what is the greatest such win? My vote would be for Max Schmeling beating Joe Louis.

    Note: By former HW champion, I mean a heavyweight champion who had lost his title and would never win it back. By future HW champion, I mean a heavyweight champion who had not won any HW titles going into that fight. So, Frazier beating Ali, Ali beating Foreman or Foreman beating Frazier all don't count. Lewis beating Vitali does not count, neither does Ali beating Norton in 1973 (Ali would win the title again in 1974). Louis or Charles beating Walcott also don't count as they were holding the title during their wins.
     
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  2. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    George Foreman vs Shannon Briggs...lmao
     
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  3. themostoverrated

    themostoverrated Active Member Full Member

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    Briggs won that fight, not Foreman.
     
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  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Didn't Max Schmeling beat Joe Louis?

    End thread.
     
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  5. AntonioMartin1

    AntonioMartin1 Jeanette Full Member

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    I dont know but thats not what most who saw it say....
     
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  6. Greg Price99

    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I agree with you, Schmeling's victory over Louis is surely the clear answer.
     
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  7. ChrisJS

    ChrisJS Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Schmeling-Louis
     
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  8. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    There's this one.....and then the rest.
     
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  9. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    In 1936..."Nuff said!
     
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  10. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Oliver McCall lost his heavyweight title that he had won against Lennox Lewis to Frank Bruno. In his next fight, he knocked out undefeated Oleg Maskaev who then went on to knockout Hasim Rahman almost a decade later to win the WBC belt.
     
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  11. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I guess it's safe to say it doesn't happen too often. ;)
     
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  12. Niels Probst

    Niels Probst Member banned Full Member

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    Nonsens to discuss.... ;)
     
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