Top 20 most dominant champions

Louis,BennyLeonard,Willie Pep and Ray Robinson ,most dominant Champions of them all...

 

What's new ay?

 

We had been agreeing a fair bit recently.

 

In terms of dominance, aswell as length of reign and losses you need to look at how they dominated their contemparies and how many rounds they lost. In this respect Vitali, Wlad, Mayweather, Jones rate very highly

As a an actual champion Robinson wasn't that dominant, as many of his title fights were past prime. Joe Louis is mentioned but he has 2-3 controversal decisions on his record. Monzon and PEpp certainly deserve their mention

 

1 out of 68 wins isn't bad is it ??

 

Easily the Klitschkos. They have scared everybody so much that even the top contenders like Haye or Povetkin know they have no chance and are panicaly avoiding the fight. I don't remember that happening in any era before. It might be a weak division but the Klitschkos are showing an unprecedented level of domination.

 

Yeah, he was over the hill by the time he won the belt in that 3rd Briscoe fight..that's how Hugo Corro was able to shade him like he did...not that Hugo was a bad fighter...

 

I don't understand Sanchez at #2 if longevity is part of the criteria?

 

JOE LOUIS IS TOPS - reigned for almost 12 years and made 25 defences (won 23? by knockout!!) - if not for world war II there may have been another 5 or so defences added to that number (probably all KO's LOL) - the Schmeling defeat aside from his own peak to the end of his actual championship reign (which basically covered from 1935 to 1948) only 4 men stayed the distance with (and the 3 of those who pushed their luck a 2nd time were KO'd in the next get go) - and this period took in champion scalps in Primo Carnera, Max Baer, Jack Sharkey, Max Schmeling, Jimmy Braddock, John Henry Lewis, Billy Conn and Jersey Joe Walcott all by KO

 

Joe Louis wins this thread!

 

Joe Louis 25 consecutive title defences, champion for 11 years in an era where there was only 1 champion, retired (the first time) with a win against the #1 contender, and he was a heavyweight too.

Louis craps all over every other champion ever, he is just clearly ahead of everyone else in terms of championship dominance.

 

True. He probably lost the first Walcott fight. However, this was after the WWII layoff, he was no longer at his peak, he avenged it with a KO win in the rematch. Arguably losing and getting a questionable decision late in a dominant career is the only blemish on his reign and it is a mild one. Even if he had lost officially, his reign would still be #1.