Why do they glorify this? Ali, three time champion etc, surely a great champion would win it once and never need to get it back.
I've thought the same. There's something to be admired in losing a title and winning it back, but the higher the # doesn't equate to higher accomplishment- and that's the insinuation. Perfect example is Felix Sturm.
the ability to avenge defeats plus for Ali it was a little of doing the impossible with Foreman and at old age avenging Spinks a lot of guys win a belt once, many dont hold it long and most never get it back
But then you have to look at Ali. Wins the title but due to politics loses it. Years later comes back and reglaims it. Then he loses it in the ring but gets back in there and wins it back. Quite often fighters lose after a long streak and end up losing a lot of fights in a short amount of time.
Ali's 3x world championships are head & shoulders above any other multiple time champs. *Beat a beast *Came back from exile *Beat a Monster
Then look at a 4x champ like Kessler. After Ward beat him he has won two belts and calls himself a world champion. Even Froch calls himself a world champion. It´s pathetic.
Muhammad Ali didn't lose his title in the ring until 1978 against Leon Spinks. He was stripped by none other than the U.S. government in 1967. Do your research before creating ignorant threads.
Ok, I concede, Ali was a bad example because of the Politics, but Holyfield, Lewis, Froch etc. If they were that great they would never have lost the title. Oh and Abdullah, fiuck off you cheeky *******, it's a reasonable question.
It means you have beaten x amount of champions. It's like saying 2 x world cup winner It's an achievement Well...it used to be
Yeah, let's look at Ali then. What's more impressive, 3x champion b/c he lost to Leon Spinks, or 2x champion b/c he didn't lose to ****ing Leon Spinks?
That's not how it's used, or else it would equate to title defenses. Trinidad for example isn't called a 16 or 17x champ b/c he defended his welterweight title that much.
It doesn't mean much if you didn't beat the man who beat you. Kessler is a good example of someone who didn't do so, but its still an achievement that after all these years he remains a top 3 in his division. These days multiple weights is far more impressive.
