Name Boxers with 10 or more Successful Championship Defenses

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  1. asero

    asero Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    before there was a thread regarding this. but that thread is reserved only for active boxers. among the names mentioned include

    Joe Calzaghe
    Bernard Hopkins
    Sven Ottke
    Roy Jones Jr.
    Kostya Tszyu
    Ivan Calderon
    Nassem Hamed
    Zsolt Erdei
    Shane Mosely
    Tito Trinidad
    Juan Carlos Gomez
    Floyd Mayweather
    Oscar De La Hoya
    Erik Morales
    Ponsaklek Wonjongkam
    Omar Narvaez
    Virgil Hill
    Marco Antonio Barerra
    Fernando Montiel
    Wladamir Klitshko
    Veerephol Sahaprom
    Miguel Cotto
    Chris John
    Jorge Arce


    who do you know former boxers that also have ten or more successful defenses (may not be consecutive or maybe at different weight classes)

    eusebio pedroza, flash elorde, joe louis, wilfredo gomez, jose napoles, antonio cervantes, ricardo lopez, carlos monzon, roberto duran, manuel ortiz, joe brown, marvin hagler, archie moore and bob foster comes to mind
     
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  2. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If you are including titlists, the list goes on for ever; proper World Champions the list for the three heaviest of the classic eight is:

    Heavyweight:

    Tommy Burns
    Joe Louis
    Muhammad Ali (second reign)
    Larry Holmes

    Light Heavyweight

    Archie Moore
    Bob Foster
    Dariusz Michalczewski
    Zsolt Erdei

    Middleweight

    Carlos Monzon
    Marvin Hagler
     
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  3. BoxingFanNo1

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    Henry Armstrong, Lennox Lewis, Miguel Canto, Julio Cesar Chaves.

    Feel free to correct me.
     
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  4. asero

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    Joe Calzaghe
    Bernard Hopkins
    Sven Ottke
    Roy Jones Jr.
    Kostya Tszyu
    Ivan Calderon
    Nassem Hamed
    Zsolt Erdei
    Shane Mosely
    Tito Trinidad
    Juan Carlos Gomez
    Floyd Mayweather
    Oscar De La Hoya
    Erik Morales
    Ponsaklek Wonjongkam
    Omar Narvaez
    Virgil Hill
    Marco Antonio Barerra
    Fernando Montiel
    Wladamir Klitshko
    Veerephol Sahaprom
    Miguel Cotto
    Chris John
    Jorge Arce


    are all these boxers future hall of famers?
     
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  5. asero

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    i forgot lennox lewis..

    michael spinks also made more 10 combined successful defenses (12)
     
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  6. Drew101

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    Original Eight:

    Heavyweight:

    Muhammad Ali (Nine and Nine)
    Joe Louis
    Larry Holmes
    Tommy Burns
    Lennox Lewis (if you count his first title reign)

    Light Heavyweight:

    Bob Foster
    Michael Spinks

    Middleweight:

    Bernard Hopkins
    Marvin Hagler
    Carlos Monzon

    Welterweight:

    Jose Napoles
    Henry Armstrong
    Jack Britton

    Lightweight:

    Joe Brown
    Roberto Duran

    Featherweight:

    Eusubio Pedroza
    Naseem Hamed
    Abe Attell


    Bantamweight:

    Veerophal Sahaprom
    Orlando Canizales
    Manuel Ortiz

    Flyweight:

    Miguel Canto

    There are many more, but these immediately come to mind.
     
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  7. TBooze

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    A lot of them, although proper World Champions, made a lot of defences as merely titlists, all be it some of them, brilliant ones.

    For example Lewis was World Champion from Briggs though to Rahman and post RahmanII, that is (cheating) eight combined defences, tops, as pre Briggs fights were just title fights IMO.

    Lewis is an all time top 100 fighter, but making 10 defences of a proper World Championship, should be considered something very special and not tainted with alphabet rubbish one Hungarian Light Heavy being the exception to prove the rule:yep.

    I am of the opinion it is better to complement the few a lot, rather than the masses a bit.
     
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  8. asero

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    include pepino cuevas and Vuyani Bungu in the list
     
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  9. asero

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    also orlando canizales...IBF bantam champ..16 defenses

    ratanapol sor vorapin...12 defenses of 105 ibf title

    luis esteba, jung kang, sarman sorjaturong and humberto gonzales ---wbc 108 champs

    Yoko Gushiken and Myung Woo Tuh..wba 108 title holders
     
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  10. asero

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    how about holyfield and tyson...do they manage to make 10 successful defenses of their title?
     
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  11. asero

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    johnny nelson wbo cruiser...13 defenses

    alfonso escalera..wbc 130..10 defenses

    samuel serrano and brian mitchell...wba 130

    popo frietas..wbo.10 defenses

    victor galindez..wba lightheavy..10 defenses

    cris eubank..wbo suppermiddle..14 defenses

    henry maske..ibf lightheavy..10 defenses
     
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    terry norris..wbc 154..16 defenses

    julio cesar vasquez..wba 154..10 defenses

    gian franco rossi..ibf 154..11 defenses

    tom johnson, 1bf 126..11 defenses

    juan coggi..wba 140..10 defenses
     
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  13. asero

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    miguel angel gonzales..wbc 135..10 defenses

    artur grigorian..wbo 135..17 defenses

    gilberto roman..wbc 115..11 defenses

    johnny tapia wbo 115..13..defenses
     
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  14. TBooze

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    Going down that route Saengmuangnoi Samson who ever is paying to sponsor me tonight Lukchapormasak has made 38 defences....

    Sean O'Grady must of made more than 10 defences of Daddies WAA Lightweight title.
     
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  15. asero

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    i never thought that there are almost 50 fighters that had 10 or more successful of the WBA/WBC/IBF/WBO titles...just shows how much boxing title fights in recent years had been a joke
     
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