Name 10 fighters...

Here's a bit of a teaser. The norm is that as a fighter's age and career progresses, he will ultimately move up a weight. So here's the question. Can you name 10 champions who lost/vacated/stripped of the title actually moved down a weight to fight for the world title at the lighter weight? I was thinking of this the other day and came up with 10, but I somehow think there's a lot more. I'll save everyone a bit of trouble here by saying don't include Johnny Dundee, Henry Armstrong, Roy Jones or Pernell Whitaker because they never really lost their titles and held both concurrently. Have fun.

 

Frank, good picks in Fitz, Moon and Mundine. I hadn't even thought of Moon and Mundine. I knew there was a lot more out there. Should have mentioned I'm drawing the line at WBO, nothing further down the pike (i.e. WBU, IBO, etc.). Al, Griffith is on my list, good one. Area 53, the jury is still out on Butler until he steps down to the plate (pun intended).

1) Fitz
2) Emile Griffith
3) Sung Kil Moon
4) Anthony Mundine
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Now we're talking.

1) Fitz
2) Emile Griffith
3) Sung Kil Moon
4) Anthony Mundine
5) Carlos Ortiz
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Amost at 10. Leonard, Hearns and Oscar were solid choices. McGrain, Phillips didn't meet the criteria of a world champ moving down as he was a contender at the time he fought Quartey at 147. But, good effort.

1) Fitz
2) Emile Griffith
3) Sung Kil Moon
4) Anthony Mundine
5) Carlos Ortiz
6) Ray Leonard
7) Tommy Hearns
8) DeLaHoya
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Gamboa does not meet the criteria. Mosley does, but I had overlooked Judah when putting my own together. Good call. We made 10. I'll finish this off with 4 more that I had found. If anything it got the mind thinking.

1) Fitz
2) Emile Griffith
3) Sung Kil Moon
4) Anthony Mundine
5) Carlos Ortiz
6) Ray Leonard
7) Tommy Hearns
8) DeLaHoya
9) Shane Mosley
10) Zab Judah

11)Alfredo Marcano (it was Marcano that got me thinking of this in the first place)
12)Alfonso Lopez
13)Leon Spinks
14)Meldrick Taylor