Has RJJ held the most titles at 1 time?

He had the Ring belt. You're wrong about that. He never held the Lineal title and the WBO title. RJJ was the ring champion at 175.

http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/The_Ring_Magazine's_Annual_Ratings:_Light_Heavyweight--2000s

 

You can put a big asterisk on those belts he held if you knew the history behind them.

 

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WBA, IBF, WBO= DMs belts

 

WBC = Rocky's belt

 

Does that mean, going by Superheavyweight's logic that DM indirectly unified all 4 titles?

 

all 4 belts were rightfully DMs....

 

No, DM never held nor won, the WBC belt. It was Fabrice Tiozzo's and then Jones fought McCallum for the interim belt. Tiozzo moved up to CW so Jones was declared champion.

The incident where Jones claimed he may move up and Rock won the title is another issue entirely, but DM never held the belt.

 

Rock won the title and it was wrongfully taken from him and given to RJJ and almost cost the WBC its entire organization. Rock then lost to DM.

 

Rock lost to DM after it was stripped of him. The belt still isn't rightfully his. The WBC made a mistake, Jones didn't and neither did Rock. Jones said he was going to move up and never did. As far as I know, you are supposed to wait until a boxer ACTUALLY moves up in weight before taking the belt. Correct me if I'm wrong, but there are many cases of a fighter saying he is going to move up, and then changing his mind. You don't just take the belt before he actually does.

 

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announced that he was relinquishing his WBC world Light-Heavyweight Championship. In response, the organization ordered a bout between German contender

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to fill the vacancy, sanctioning it as a world championship match.
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Rocchigiani won the fight and a WBC belt; in the subsequent WBC rankings, he was listed as “Light-Heavyweight World Champion." Jones, however, had a change of heart and asked if the WBC would reinstate him as the champion. In a move that violated nearly a dozen of its own regulations, the WBC granted the reinstatement. Rocchigiani received a letter from the WBC advising that the publishing of his name as champion was a typographical error, and he had never really been the official titleholder.
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, claiming that the organization's actions both were contrary to their own rules and injurious to his earning potential (due to diminished professional stature). On

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, the judge ruled in Rocchigiani's favor, awarding him $30 million (U.S.) in damages and reinstating him as a former WBC Champion (Rocchigiani had lost a bout since his WBC Title match).
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] Criticism

Like the WBA, IBF, and WBO, the WBC is almost universally criticized in the boxing community for its alleged corruption. Numerous contenders are considered unworthy of their respective rank by boxing critics and magazines. Likewise, many of its champions are not considered to be the world’s best fighters in their particular divisions. Of their current 17 recognized Champions, about eight are considered by most experts to be the theoretical “true champions” of their divisions

 

I already know the story. Though I have never saw Jones say he was relinquishing his title, just speculate on moving up, which he didn't.

So the WBC was stupid....which is what I just said. The belt was not DM's. It was Rocks, and he had it stripped unfairly. But that doesn't place the belts in DM's hands. This happens all the time (unfair stripping) the the corruption.

 

Yes and in that case Jones wasnt the rightfull owner of any of the 4 major belts.

Never said it was DM's belt.

Im just here to point out that there is a whole story behind Jones and his multiple belts.

I wonder why the corrupt WBA or IBF stripped DM for displaying his belt next to the other's while they never did the same to Roy or any other "known" fighter.IMO it all comes down to marketing and WANTING to have the most recognizable name hold your belt.10+ years ago Euro fighters got no love and no recognition.Pre internet and pre broadcasts from European fighters were second class.

 

He was missing one major one.