Lineal HW Champ Trivia Questions

Lineal = Forget ABC orgs.

 

You have several organizations (IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO) and I know of another that will start up very shortly. I already talked to them but they told me not to say anything yet.

 

I believe you call it a "circle jerk".

 

You've missed one more champion, buddy.

So:
Douglas, Foreman, Holmes, Bowe, Tyson, Moorer and Rahman
7 different lineal HW champs.

 

ken norton?

 

Damn, what was wrong with me yesterday? I'm slacking. Yep, 7 for Holyfield! He beat more Linear HW Champs than anybody... give him the credit he deserves.

 

Big Ken was only the WBC Champ. He was handed the belt after Leon Spinks decided to fight a rematch with Ali instead of make a defense vs. Norton. Norton went 0-3 in HW World Title Fights but he did beat HW Champ Muhammad Ali 1 out of 3 (many people feel he should have won at least twice though).

 

Non-World Title Holders who beat the most Lineal HW Champs... who ya got?

 

I'm not going to look the answer up. I'm brainstorming... I know Elmer Ray and Rex Layne both had wins over Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott.

 

David Tua beat Rahman and Moorer

 

i know that mate, thats why i suggested his name:good i thought the question was who beat the least HW champs and you cant get less than none

 

Tommy Loughran beat Braddock, Baer and Sharkey (Plus some sources have him beating Tunney)

Tom Sharkey beat Corbett & Fitzsimmons
Jack O'Brien beat Fitzsimmons & Burns
Mike Schreck beat Hart & Burns
Jim Maloney beat Sharkey & Carnera
Larry Gains beat Schmeling & Carnera
Johnny Risko beat Sharkey & Baer
Ernie Schaaf beat Baer & Braddock
Al Ettore beat Braddock & Walcott
Rex Layne beat Charles & Walcott
Elmer Ray beat Charles & Walcott
Joey Maxim beat Walcott & Patterson
David Tua beat Moorer & Rahman
Oliver McCall beat Holmes & Lewis
John Ruiz beat Holyfield & Rahman

 

I am not so sure whether or not these numbers do stack up. Bob Fitzsimmons, from memory, claimed over 300 prize fights, with his only fair losses to Jeffries II and Lang. (i dont think he counted fights he thought he won but didnt like the o brien fight or fights where he took a dive like Hall or was injured or didnt train like johnson. I feel pretty confident that Fitzsimmons has more Wins and more KOs than both Charles or Carnera, although with the poor record keeping in those early days, it is difficult to tell.