Will Wlad end up having 2nd most heavyweight title defenses in history?

thesandman · Jul 11, 2012

Drew101 said: ↑

Depends on whether you really think Wlad was anything more than a holder of a paper title throughout his first WBO title reign. Personally, I'm not inclined to believe that he was. Lewis was still the recognized champion throughout that first reign, so I tend to count from the title winning victory over Byrd in 2006 (doing so retroactively, it should be noted, since he only really consolidated his claim on the championship when he defeated Ibragimov and then Chagaev).

If you take that viewpoint (and that;s the one that seems most fair, imo) then Wlad's made 12 successful defenses. That means he's got a shot, but would have stay quite active over the next three years or so in order to accumulate a total needed to surpass Ali and Holmes. Stranger things have happened, so we'll see how it goes.
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That's exactly as I see it.

I don't believe Wlads WBO title when Lewis was around as meaningful at all.

12 is impressive enough without having to fudge the numbers

HerolGee · Jul 11, 2012

12 defences is good, hes a good longevity type champ. but h2h he is on the weak side.

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Will Wlad end up having 2nd most heavyweight title defenses in history?

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