The best heavyweight to never hold a title

He held the WBA "regular" belt. Do you consider Trevor Bryan a champion? Manuel Charr? Same belt.

 

Tua.

 

Archie Moore

 

He also won an interim belt for beating Whyte.

 

WBC "Interim" Champ for a couple months before getting wasted.

Is that a real title?

Povetkin was never a champion. Neither was Dillian Whyte. Neither was Charr. Neither was Bryan.

If they were, then Luis Ortiz was a two-time heavyweight champion, too.

Ortiz was the WBA "Interim" Champ TWICE.

 

Its certainly more real than the regular belt. The 4 major bodies have only had like 9 or 10 interim champs put together.

Ortiz was only the WBA Interim Champ once. The first one officially never happened because it was a NC. Even if it counted I acknowledge Ortiz as champ for beating Jennings not before that.

Interim belts are standard alphabet belts. Because Fury got his belts stripped and Martin won the IBF Ortiz actually had a case for being best champ when he held the WBA interim belt.

 

Charr and Bryan no. Povetkin and Whyte yes.

Ortiz is a one time WBA interim champ.

 

Ortiz won two WBA interim titles. He lost his first one two months after the fight when his drug results came back.

REGARDLESS, he was never a heavyweight champion. Neither was Povetkin. Neither was Whyte. Neither was Bryan. Neither was Charr.

Who is the heavyweight champion right now? Is Joseph Parker?

**** no.

 

George Chuvalo

 

Blond Ortiz

 

Parker is not "the" HW champ anymore than any other alphabet champ. I'm saying he is "a" alphabet champ. I'm not even saying I consider Parker titles to be real but if I don't its not cause its a interim title.

 

I don't consider anyone apart from The Champion as a champion tbh.

But he did get introduced as heavyweight champion of the world when he fought.

 

David Tua
Paul Gallen

 

Sam Langford.

 

There are a couple of names already mentioned that I think are very good, but to throw out a guy not much remembered, Larry Gaines, who has victories over Schmeling, Carnera and Godfrey.