Impressive Heavyweight Title Reign?

Fergy, In Muhammad Ali's first title reign from Feb 25 1964 until he was stripped of his boxing license and title on April 28 1967, Ali had 9 title defenses, his last title defense was against Zora Folley on March 22 1967 in Madison Square Garden, Ali stopped Folley by TKO 7.

 

Lewis stands out.Tyson's reign was pretty decent too,imo

 

No problem, I thought worth a mention Fergy.

 

I think Wlad’s stand out. Often underrated in retrospect. Many peak opponents coming off career best wins, in their physical primes. And wide array of styles. It’s a shame Wlad’s style was torturously boring and he lacked the charisma outside the ring to draw in fans. A bland champion that will probably never receive the recognition he deserves for a truly dominant run. From his second victory over Chris Byrd to finally losing to Fury is a span of just over 9 years. Now when he beat Byrd he only won the IBF title, he took the WBO from Ibragimov a few defenses later and then a few defenses after that the WBA from Haye and along the way the Ring title from Chagaev. Great run.

 

Everyone on that list has had great runs with the exception of Wilder. Is that by design? To expose how rotten he was? he seems to be the outlier the anomaly.

 

Wilder's reign clearly wasn't the most impressive because of the overall competition, but with the exception of Fury, he did manage to KO all title challengers. The win over Ortiz was considered VERY solid by many at the time. Definitely not the strongest resume aside from that though.

I'd say he was a good addition to the thread if for no other reason than to point out the difference between a strap holder, and THE champion as @McGrain did in the above post.

 

Wilder was never a champion, these alphabet titles r a joke. One good win over Ortiz that’s it

 

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