Who ,in your opinion,are the three worst credentialed challengers for the heavyweight title? From Corbett to today? N B. Not necessarily those who put up the worst performances. Those who had no business being in the ring fighting for a world heavyweight title?
Does this include alphabet challengers? Does a fighter’s record need to be say 80% complete to qualify?
Alberto Sosnowski deserves a mention. Oh, And 39 year old, shot-to-**** Briggs, who was RUINED by Lewis in 1998, But got a title shot at Vitali in 2010.
Golota for sure. Before Lewis he beat Bowe's balls twice and Nicholson, before Brewster he had drew with Byrd, and lost with Ruiz..
For the purposes of clarity,and simplicity ,lets stick to lineal /generally recognized champions defences. There is no way to determine the completeness of some early records,we can only go on what we know.
Hate you watched these fights you go on about? He drew with byrd when chris was the best hw out there. He clearly defeated ruiz also.
Too many in the alphabet soup era to keep track of. But two that have forever burned into my brain are Evangelista and Richard Dunn.