Weight Differences in Heavyweight Championship Winning Fights

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  1. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    I've not proof read this so apologies if there's any errors, but it's a quick summary of the weight difference every time the Heavyweight Championship of the World changed hands.

    Sullivan vs Corbett=-34 pounds
    Corbett vs Fitzsimmons=-17
    Fitzsimmons vs Jeffries=+29
    Hart vs Root=+19
    Hart vs Burns=-17.5
    Burns vs Johnson=+25.5
    Johnson vs Willard=+13.5
    Willard vs Dempsey=-58
    Dempsey vs Tunney=-0.5
    Sharkey vs Schmelling=-9
    Schmelling vs Sharkey=+17
    Sharkey vs Carnera=+59.5
    Carnera vs Baer=-54
    Baer vs Braddock=-16.5
    Braddock vs Louis=+0.25
    Charles vs Walcott=-14
    Charles vs Walcott=+12
    Walcott vs Marciano=-12
    Patterson vs Jackson =-8.5
    Patterson vs Johansson=-14
    Johnansson vs Patterson=-4.75
    Patterson vs Liston=+14
    Liston vs Ali=-7.5
    Frazier vs Ellis=+4
    Frazier vs Foreman=+3.5
    Foreman vs Ali=-3.5
    Ali vs Spinks =-7
    Spinks vs Ali=+20
    Holmes vs Ali=-6
    Holmes vs Spinks=-21.75
    Spinks vs Tyson=+6
    Tyson vs Douglas=+11
    Douglas vs Holyfield=-38
    Holyfield vs Bowe=+30
    Bowe vs Holyfield=-29
    Holyfield vs Moorer=0
    Moorer vs Foreman=+28
    Foreman vs Briggs=-33
    Briggs vs Lewis=+15
    Lewis vs Rahman=-15.5
    Rahman vs Lewis=+10.5
    Vitali vs Sanders=+10
    Wladimir vs Chagaev=+15.5
    Wladimir vs Fury=+1.25
     
  2. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    If you include alphabet titles Haye v Valuev?
     
  3. Berlenbach

    Berlenbach Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Are you only counting "lineal" bouts?

    Fury was 42lbs heavier than Wilder.
     
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  4. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Carnera vs Loughran was a record IIRC, although I CBA checking and I don't think it was a title fight.
     
  5. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    Yeah pretty much.
     
  6. Berlenbach

    Berlenbach Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fair enough... I just find the whole lineal thing absurd.
     
  7. lufcrazy

    lufcrazy requiescat in pace Full Member

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    In some aspects so do I.
     
  8. BitPlayerVesti

    BitPlayerVesti Boxing Drunkie Full Member

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    Worth noting a lot of the earlier ones are just estimates