Which World champion fought the most awkward contenders during their reign?

James Toney? Nunn, Barkley, Reggie Johnson and Roy Jones, and Sosa and Griffin before and after his reign.

 

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Epic.

Anyways, Moruti Mthalane is a lazy example, I've hit a bit of a blank really. Tete, Casimero, and Sarritzu are all pretty awkward customers who each offer a stylistic dilemma within the same realms(primarily movement-based, though aside from that you could argue that they're rather diverse in how they go to work) as one another for a guy who fights like Mthalane.

 

Alfonso Zamora faced some ****in' oddballs as well.

 

Tyson as well, all those big awkward guys like Mitch Green, Bonecrusher Smith, Tony Tucker, Frank Bruno, Carl Williams and Buster Douglas...

 

I wish lora were here, he'd sort this out.

 

Well....Tyson had Spinks as well ;-) And Ribalta. I agree with you though. Bonecrusher was certainy awkward, Tucker gave a bit of an odd look when he realised he wasn't going to win, Douglas straight forward but did everything well in a classic boxer-puncher mould, little awkward stuff there IMO.

 

Yes, I've just watched the Sukothai fight.

 

Him for one!

 

Joe Louis - Jersey Joe Walcott, Billy Conn, Max Schmeling, Tommy Farr, Buddy Bear, Bob Pastor, Abe Simon, Al McCoy.

 

Barney Ross - Tony Canzoneri, Jimmy McLarnin, Henry Armstrong, Ceferino Garcia.

 

Ezzard Charles - Jersey Joe Walcott, Gus Lesnevich, Joey Maxim, Pat Valentino.