Which Boxer had the least fight before winning a major title?

Saensak Muangsurin

WBA Junior Welterweight Title (1976 ?)

I did not look this up..........

 

Probably some obscure guy from the mid/late 20th century no one heard of who won a title in his first pro fight when the belts started to fracture and weight classes split

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It's either Muargsurin or Sot Chitalada

 

Davey Moore won the WBA Jr. Middleweight title in his 8th pro fight.

 

Muangsaurin holds the record by winning it in only his third fight.

Veeropol Sahaprom won his first bantamweight title in his fourth fight.

 

It is for sure Saensak Muangsurin (R.I.P.), who won it in just his third pro fight after a GREAT career as a Muay Thai fighter.

 

Welcome to the club, Lomachenko!

 

Leon Spinks was 7-0-1 (5) going into his first fight with Ali. That's the HW record. That little Asian dude won a world title belt in just his 7th pro fight I believe. It's worth noting that Holyfield beat Qawi for a CW world title in just his 12th pro fight.

 

I stand corrected

 

There you go; trash me all you want but Ali 'threw' that fight just to get the title back for the third time. Two things:
Ali's legacy had already been established (not to mention the 'crap' fights post-Foreman in which he 'defended' his title.)
He knew the young Spinks (who had said at the time his biggest thrill was throwing back a couple of quarts of beer and watching the "Gong Show") would give him an immediate rematch for big bucks! Show me Leon's 'HW champ' legacy...CRAP
Trash me but I'm almost 61 and see this period as the beginning of the end of the GREAT multi-era decades of boxing.

 

ACTUALLY...the record isn't a "he" but a "she". Hyun Mi Choi!

 

So did Leon Spinks, against Ali.

 

Well if he did the WBA must have been in on it, because the WBC stripped Spinks for not fighting Norton.

 

Everyone that wins a title that early has some sort of backstory that tends to explain everything. Either they had an extensive amateur career or they were kickboxing champions. If they have either they are usually mid-twenties when they turn professional and somewhat seasoned. I think it's more interesting when someone like Wilfred Benitez captures a title when they are just 17. It looks like he wasn't even green for all that youth. He somehow managed to fit 130 amateur fights in before turning pro.