Name the worst champions..

Haha, what a legend.

 

He is a touhg fighter though a handful for anyone on his day

 

W-10 George Godfrey (HOFer)
WDQ-13 Harry Wills (HOFer)
TKO-12 Mike McTigue
KO-1 Jack Delaney (HOFer)
KO-3 Tommy Loughran (HOFer)
W-15 Primo Carnera
W-15 Max Schmeling (HOFer)

Looks like a pretty damn good record to me.

 

The Klit**** brothers. They need to fight each. Pussies!

 

Yeah Santana still tops this list

 

The fact that Jadick WHOOPED Canzoneri, one of the greatest Jr. Welterweight boxers of all-time, not once, but TWICE, PROVES that Jadick does not belong on the list. Canzoneri participated in 259 title-bout rounds and became boxing's third three-division champion.

Also, the fact that Jadick fought an INCREDIBLE 162 fights (96 wins, 57 losses and 9 draws) based on Boxrec.com, clearly proves that he was a warrior who does not deserve to be placed on the list.

Moreover, besides defeating Canzoneri (141-24-10) TWICE, Jadick defeated Zivic (158-65-10) , Al Foreman (64-20-10), fought ten round battles with Benny Bass (191-41-8) and Izzy Jannazzo (96-57-9) , defeated Lew Massey (69-41-8), Tony Herrera (81-26-4), King Tut (89-28-3), Dick Finnegan (58-12-2), Tony Falco (91-31-8)...

 

Who was worse than Leon Spinks? He was the least skilled member of the 1976 U.S.A. Olympic Boxing Team, yet somehow won a Gold Medal with guts and determination.

Alfio Righetti was his only truly significant professional win before dethroning Ali, Bernado Mercado being his best win post Ali.

Yes, Leon knocked out Evangelista with the most impressive combination of his career, but the Tomato nearly took him out in round two of that one. An aging and significantly smaller Jesse Burnett was so flagrantly robbed of the decision against Leon that it was Burnett who got awarded with a CW title shot at S.T. Gordon (in a rare and uplifting instance of boxing justice).

Leon was a hell of a natural athlete, endowed with gifts of speed, power and endurance. Given the work ethic of a Marciano (or even brother Mike), he might actually have been able to hold the HW title through a few defenses.

The win over a peaking Mercado was huge (especially with Bernado coming off a 12th round stoppage), and it proved that Leon was a very legitimate heavyweight who could stand up to a big punch with the proper conditioning and preparation.

Ultimately though, it's about achievement, not potential. Until the Ali rematch, Primo Carnera was in the Guinness Book of World Records as having the shortest HW Title reign in history. But Primo successfully defended it twice, demonstrating himself to be a good fighting champion. Da Preem would have been willing to face Norton before rematching Ali in less total time than Leon sat on the championship. (Uzcudun and Loughran were certainly worthy challengers.)

Once somebody becomes a champion, the confidence and sense of pride derived from summiting that mountain frequently results in a quantum improvement from that point forth. In Leon's case, this didn't happen. Having been a champion, I think I'd rather die than allow the humiliation he sustained at the hands of John Carlos.

Rene Jacquot sticks out in my mind.