Worst HW titleholder since Lewis retired?

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  1. Arriba

    Arriba Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    To be fair though Briggs' reign was a drop in the bucket. He won it, got hurt prolonging his fight against Iggy and then finally went through with it and lost. Relatively harmless in my estimation.

    Compare that to how long Valuev has been practically sitting on his title belt, waving a finger in the air going "Ha ha ha ha ****ers it's all mine!" in our faces.
     
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  2. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    Brewster or The Sasquatch.
     
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  3. henrik

    henrik fasthands Full Member

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    Nicolaj Valuev...The "title fight" against,Evander Holyfield,there where boxed in germany was an absolutly one of the worst titlefights i have ever seen!!!
    NOTHING HAPPEN,NOTHING!!!!
    AND when the ring announcer said that Valuev have won,I was speechless for a moment,
    But IMO it´s a terrible outcome!!
    Valuev or holyfield didn´t throw any punches in that fight.Well okay,maybe some jabs...
    But it´s a disgrace for heavyweight boxing,when they make fights like that!
    Hopefully Haye-Klitchko,or some new prospects will bring the action back in HW.
    IT´S NEEDED!!
     
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  4. o_money

    o_money Boxing Junkie banned

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    Shannon "the Asthmatic Cannon" Briggs
     
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  5. sam_sunders

    sam_sunders science Full Member

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    Don King
     
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  6. CLUBBER

    CLUBBER C.R.A.B. BOXING Full Member

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    Ruiz , Valuev , Peter , Briggs , Maskaev ,
     
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  7. itrymariti

    itrymariti Cañas! Full Member

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    Why "since Lewis"? Lewis was hardly a bad title holder..

    I'd say Valuev. The guy is just very, very basic, and he lost to an old timer in Holdyfield.
     
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  8. iceman71

    iceman71 WBC SILVER Champion Full Member

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    mascaev
     
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  9. Rico Spadafora

    Rico Spadafora Master of Chins Full Member

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    it has to be Briggs or Ruiz. Ruiz is in the top 3 worst beltholders since 1980.
     
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  10. the_brigand

    the_brigand I'll Eat Her Later... Full Member

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    As our good friend and ESPN writer Kieran Mulvaney said.."Each man took turns being more pathetic than the other guy."
     
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  11. BewareofDawg

    BewareofDawg P4P Champ Full Member

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    Briggs
     
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  12. catasyou

    catasyou Lucian Bute Full Member

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    It says ''since Lewis retired''.
     
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  13. PH|LLA

    PH|LLA VIP Member Full Member

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    Valuev. Worst title holder ever, all divisions combined
     
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  14. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    Just Valuez.

    John Ruiz might of looked bad but he kept winning and winning. :lol:
     
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  15. the_brigand

    the_brigand I'll Eat Her Later... Full Member

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    I do Love Valuev, because he's a sideshow freak, but agree that his Reign at HW Champion has been an atrocity and a blight upon Boxing in general, but he did win the title eliminator from Beck, then defended Ruiz for the title and defended it against Barrett and McCline. After his loss to Chagaev he came back against Lyakhovich then fought Ruiz again as a mandatory and took a horrendous voluntary defense against Holyfield. Is it bad? Yes! But it's waaaay more then Briggs, Ruiz, Ibragimov and Rahman have managed to accomplish in that same time span COMBINED.
     
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