As we all know, Jersey Joe Walcott had 4 unsuccessful title challenges - before he finally became heavyweight champion in his 5th try. Several other world champions took, like Walcott, 5 title shots to capture their crown... but which champion needed the most attempts to win his 2nd world title (after having lost the 1st one)? (I'm not quite sure, if my trivia-ban is still in effect - so this thread is kind of a test, to see if the mods will allow it)
What's your definition of champion, you including alpha titles as well? Been racking my brain all morning for this. Do you include no decision fights as failed attempts or am I looking at the wrong era here?
To make it simple, let's agree that a world champion must be recognized as such by BoxRec. And to avoid any uncertainty regarding ND fights, let's say we are talking about a fighter, who has been active in the last 50 years.
Your banned for asking questions?????:huh Anyways, good to see you back. I know the answer but im just not telling you
After losing the middleweight crown to Duran, Barkley lost world title fights against Michael Nunn and Nigel Benn - before taking the IBF super middleweight title from Darrin van Horn. In other words, Barkley needed 3 attempts to capture his 2nd world crown - which isn't enough to "win" this category.
Hmm, this would be a big hint, and it's early days yet... so I'll wait a little before giving any hints.
Is it Shoji Oguma on the 6th attempt? Lost his WBC strap to Canto in 75, tried twice to win it back from him and lost both times on points, had three unsuccessful cracks at winning the WBA against Lopez and Gonzalez x2 before beating Park for his old WBC belt in about 1980?