Linear Heavyweight Champion With The Fewest Official Knockdowns

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  1. The Kurgan

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    For once, a title that cannot be attributed to Tyson, Ali or Louis.

    Who holds this honour? Let's include Tunney, because while he only spent a few years in the heavyweight division this is a thread about durability in general rather than just durability at the heavyweight level.

    Curiously, Lewis was only knocked down twice, just like Rocky Marciano (I think; I'm not an expert on Marciano's early career because I don't like to watch his style in those fights).
     
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  2. The Mongoose

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    I want to say Jeffries...down once I think?
     
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  3. Hookie

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    As Champ or thruout entire career? Bowe was not knocked down in any of his "Lineal" World title Fights. Bowe is also one of only 3 Linear HW Champs who were never stopped... Tunney and Marciano or the others.
     
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  4. The Kurgan

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    Whole career.
     
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  5. The Kurgan

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    Quite possibly. But wasn't Gene Tunney only down once, in his second fight vs. Dempsey?
     
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  6. Hookie

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    Patterson was down more than any other HW Champ thruout his career... 20 times.
     
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  7. red cobra

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    actually, Henry Akinwinde was credited with a kd of lewis in their fight which LL won by DQ..(Lewis' glove touched the canvas)..
     
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  8. red cobra

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    It's Tunney...only down once..in the Long Count rematch with dempsey.
     
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  9. The Kurgan

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    Official knockdowns only. We could go on forever debating what were slips, what were knockdowns etc.
     
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  10. The Kurgan

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    Even more than Ezzard Charles?
     
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  11. The Mongoose

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    Than tie between Tunney and Jeffries.

    Vitali Klitschko if you want to argue the Sanders fight was for the new lineage.
     
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  12. The Kurgan

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    Not really.

    Tunney and Jefferies. Hard as nails.
     
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  13. Jorodz

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    any info on sullivan? the corbett knockdown/out is the only one i'm aware of
     
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    I cant remember off hand, but I am fairly certain that he would have been thrown or taken a knee quite a bit in the Kilrain Sullivan marathon, that that went for so many rounds, with a round ending when one fighter takes a knee. Also, didnt Charley Mitchell knock him down once?
     
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  15. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nope, if we're including their entire careers, as you said we were, then Charles holds that distinction with 30, I believe. 15 of those coming in back to back fights with Bivins and Marshall at Middleweight.
     
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