Guess the champ by weight class & professional career duration

Round VIII

• Heavyweight, 16 years, 2 months, 13 days
• Lightweight, 17 years, 7 months, 6 days
• Bantamweight, 11 years, 3 months, 24 days

"The last of their kind..."

 

By the way, we've reached the halfway point - at least of this run with me as gamesmaker. This being the Classic forum, figured Fifteen Rounds was an appropriate length to go.

Then after that I'll be, like @Bukkake, stepping aside if anybody else wants to take over. Besides, there's surely a point past which I'll have jumped the shark and overextended my creative juices.

 

Fitting (poetic!) that you two battled to a sportsmanlike draw.

Three rounds apiece, one 10-10.

 

Padawan Crowcroft, whither art thou?

 

A finale to a career, usually of performers or artists (last novel written, last concert played, etc - in this case last recorded professional bout fought)

 

Pretty close but Louis fought 17 years, 3 months, 22 days from Kracken through Marciano.

 

One name is discussed very often here on the Classic Forum, the second moderately often, third hardly ever.

 

I'd say maybe top 6-10 most frequently discussed in h2h matches, for sure top 15.

 

Lost four of his five most famous bouts, stopped thrice...