Most titles defenses per divisions in Boxing

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  1. Macedoine62

    Macedoine62 Active Member Full Member

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    Thanks bro
     
    Macedoine62, May 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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    Thanks I corrected Chuck
     
    Macedoine62, May 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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  3. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Looks like I looked this up once ten years ago:
    Julio Cesar Chavez 27
    Omar Narvaez 27
    Joe Louis 25
    Dariusz Michalczewski 23
    Marco Antonio Barrera 21
    Ricardo Lopez 21
    Joe Calzaghe 21
    Sven Ottke 21
    Henry Armstrong 19
    Eusebio Pedroza 19
    Khaosai Galaxy 19
    Pongsaklek Wongjongkam 19
    Roy Jones Jr 18
    Ivan Calderon 18
    Chris John 18
    Miguel Cotto 18
    Myong Woo-Yuh 17
    Wilfredo Gomez 17
    Artur Grigorian 17
    Floyd Mayweather 17
    Orlando Canizales 17
    Felix Trinidad 17
    Oscar De La Hoya 17
    Terry Norris 16
    Alexis Arguello 16
    Pernell Whitaker 16
    Manny Pacquiao 16
    Pascual Perez 16
    Carlos Monzon 14
    Bob Foster 14
    Johnny Nelson 14
    Miguel Canto 14
    Erik Morales 13
    Michael Spinks 13
    Emile Griffith 12
    Todd Morgan 12
    Roberto Duran 12
    Brian Mitchell 12
    Marvin Hagler 12
    Zsolt Erdei 11
    Shane Mosley 11
    Gianfranco Rosi 11
    Carlos Ortiz 11
    Park Chong-pal 10
    Salvador Sanchez 9
    Roman Gonzalez 9
    Carlos Zarate 9
    Takashi Uchiyama 9
    James Toney 9
    Aaron Pryor 9
    Thomas Hearns 9
    Nigel Benn 9
    Juan Manuel Marquez 8
    Vicente Saldivar 7
    Eder Jofre 6
    Ray Leonard 6
    Rocky Marciano 6
    Nino Benvenuti 4
    Ruben Olivares 4
    **** Tiger 4
     
    OvidsExile, May 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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  4. Lankykong

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    Antonio Cervantes had 16 defenses, but it was split between two reigns.
     
    Lankykong, May 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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  5. MaccaveliMacc

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    100%. If we want to count title defences by Michalczewski it would be 14 defences of his lineal title. Still a great run! The WBO only got major in 2007.
     
    MaccaveliMacc, May 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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  6. Macedoine62

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    nice job but this not the record per division, because you count all the world defenses in many divisions (for example you count you addition the defenses of Ivan Calderon at Minimumweight + Light Flyweight).
     
    Macedoine62, May 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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    Thanks I corrected that bro
     
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  8. THE BLADE 2

    THE BLADE 2 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    WBO do not count for me.So Huck, Nelson, DM, Calzaghe and Arthur are out for me
     
    THE BLADE 2, May 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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  9. Macedoine62

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    Huck was champion when WBO was a major federation..
     
    Macedoine62, May 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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  10. Macedoine62

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    I corrected for the featherweight the recordman is Abe Attell (22 defenses in World Championships).
     
    Macedoine62, May 9, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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  11. Macedoine62

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    I just adjusted some names of the list and add mores well known boxers in all of their career the most defenses in world championship :

    I count only the defenses, I didn't count the interim belt / WBC Youth / others federations than the four bigs : WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF defenses I also count the WBA Regular in the ranking.

    Omar Narvaez 27
    Julio Cesar Chavez 27
    Joe Louis 25
    Ricardo Lopez 24
    Wladimir Klitschko 23
    Dariusz Michalczewski 23
    Abe Attell 22
    Marco Antonio Barrera 21
    Naoya Inoue 21
    Joe Calzaghe 21
    Sven Ottke 21
    Larry Holmes 20
    Ratanapol Sor Vorapin 20
    Gennady Golovkin 20
    Henry Armstrong 19
    Muhammad Ali 19
    Eusebio Pedroza 19
    Khaosai Galaxy 19
    Roy Jones Jr 18
    Ivan Calderon 18
    Chris John 18
    Miguel Cotto 18
    Myong Woo-Yuh 17
    Pongsaklek Wonjongkam 17
    Wilfredo Gomez 17
    Artur Grigorian 17
    Floyd Mayweather 17
    Orlando Canizales 17
    Felix Trinidad 17
    Kazuto Ioka 17
    Oscar De La Hoya 17
    Canelo 17
    Terry Norris 16
    Alexis Arguello 16
    Pernell Whitaker 16
    Jung Koo Chang 16
    Terrence Crawford 16
    Manny Pacquiao 16
    Pascual Perez 16
    Roman Chocolatito Gonzalez 14
    Carlos Monzon 14
    Bob Foster 14
    Johnny Nelson 14
    Miguel Canto 14
    Erik Morales 13
    Michael Spinks 13
    Kenshiro Teraji 13
    Yoko Gushiken 13
    Emile Griffith 12
    Dmitry Bivol 12
    Vitali Klitschko 12
    Todd Morgan 12
    Roberto Duran 12
    Brian Mitchell 12
    Marvin Hagler 12
    Shinsuke Yamanaka 12
    Thammanoon Niyomtrong 12
    Zsolt Erdei 11
    Shane Mosley 11
    Gianfranco Rosi 11
    Takashi Uchiyama 11
    Emmanuel Navarrete 11
    Vasyl Lomachenko 11
    Evander Holyfield 11
    Léo Santa Cruz 11
    Carlos Ortiz 11
    Chong Pal Park 10
    Oleksandr Usyk 10
    Deontay Wilder 10
    Adonis Stevenson 10
    Artur Beterbiev 9
    Marcel Thil 9
    Celestino Caballero 9
    Salvador Sanchez 9
    Hugo Fidel Cazares 9
    Fabrice Tiozzo 9
    Nikolai Valuev 9
    Roman Gonzalez 9
    Carlos Zarate 9
    James Toney 9
    Sot Chitalada 9
    Yuri Arbachakov ( Yuriy Abachakov) 9
    Aaron Pryor 9
    Thomas Hearns 9
    Nigel Benn 9
    Juan Manuel Marquez 8
    Wanheng Meenayothin (Chayaphon Moonsri) 8
    Sergey Kovalev 8
    Jerwin Ancajas 8
    Nonito Donaire 7
    Ryoichi Taguchi 7
    Daniel Ponce De León 7
    Juan Francisco Estrada 7
    Oscar Larios 7
    Vicente Saldivar 7
    Ricky Hatton 7
    Anthony Joshua 7
    Junto Nakatani 6
    Eder Jofre 6
    Chartchai Chionoi 6
    Ray Leonard 6
    Kosei Tanaka 6
    Hiroto Kyoguchi 6
    Gilberto Zurdo Ramirez 6
    Errol Spence Jr 6
    Carl Froch 6
    Rocky Marciano 6
    Muangchai Kittikasem 5
    Israel Vázquez 5
    Amir Khan 5
    Miguel Berchelt 5
    Mahyar Monshipour 5
    Pichit Sithbanprachan 5
    Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym 4
    Nino Benvenuti 4
    Ruben Olivares 4
    Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 4
    Hiroki Ioka 4
    Jean Marc Mormeck 4
    Laurent Baudouani 4
    Zolani Tete 4
    Takahiro Ao 3
    Arsen Goulamirian 3
    Lamon Brewster 3
    Cristobal Cruz 3
    Joseph Parker 2
    Primo Carnera 2
    Chatchai Sasakul 2
    Chaozhong Xiong 2
    Seigo Yuri Akui 2
    Sho Kimura 2
     
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    Macedoine62, May 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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  12. Jpreisser

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    Yeah, I'm not retroactively honoring the WBO, either. Michalczewski's 14 is still tied with Bob Foster, however, which is pretty good.

    The idea that Artur Grigorian had more defenses than Duran is a laughable concept, in my opinion.

    Also, Golovkin didn't have 20 defenses, nor did Hopkins. Counting GGG's "regular" defenses is revisionism and how does a No Contest count as a successful defenses for Hopkins?
     
    Jpreisser, May 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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    Wladimir Klitschko holds records for the longest cumulative heavyweight title reign of all time, with 4,382 days as world heavyweight champion, and most fighters beaten for the world heavyweight championship, at 23. He also holds records for the most wins and title defences of the unified championship.
     
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    I was looking up Ratanapol Sor Vorapin, as I'd not heard of him.

    It's unbelievable how he was allowed to make defences of his IBF minimumweight world title against fighters on their DEBUT, and with records like. 14-14, 11-9-2, 21-15-1 , 20-15-4, 9-4-1, 17-7-4, 12-5-1

    There has to be a massive asterisk placed next to his title defences. Cause clearly they weren't world title level wins.
     
    ToffeeCrisp, May 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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