Worst Resume Prior to Heavyweight Title Shot?

Bentt 10-1, had only beaten bums and low end journeymen after getting KO1'd in his debut.
Damon Reed was 23-1 but hardly had beaten anyone with a winning record.

 

He sure came through though, that was a massive setback for Morrison, effectively ended his career.

 

Fringe contender Axel Schulz got 3 title shots in the 1990s. The era was riddled with nameless nobodies being handed multiple title shots.

 

Schultz should have been a 2 time and lineal champ. He was far from bad, he just didn't have the punch to overcome his nationality.

 

Peter Okello is the worst since 1991 for getting a title shot. He never ever beat (and still has not) anyone in the top 100.
If you go to my website www.independentworldboxingrankings.com you can see the top 100 in each division and see the highest ranked boxers each fighter has beaten in the last 12 months, 18 months, 24 months, 36 months or ever beaten.

Vaughn Bean was pretty bad as well.

 

Interesting question. For me, the worst ever challenger was 40 y.o. Rahman for Povetkins paper title belt, the guy beat only bums for 3 years and hadn't fought 1,5 years. In his very next fight he was beaten by 3-2 boxer, whose last fight was decision loss to 0-10 guy:-(

Worst resume is quite different though. Rahman had very good resume in his earlier days.

Here's the list of contenders with worst resumes prior to title shot (for lineal title or belt) since Marchiano:

Rademacher vs Patterson
Terry Daniels vs Frazier
JP Coopman vs Ali
Alfredo Evangelista vs Ali
Scott Frank vs Holmes (best win Steve Zouski)
Michael Bentt vs Morrison (best win Mark Wills)
Phil Jackson vs Lewis (best win Tony Willis)
Vaughn Bean vs Moorer and Holyfield (best wins Marion Wilson and Mo Harris)
Zelko Mavrovic vs Lewis (best wins Marion Wilson and Julius Francis)
Damon Reid vs Hide
Willie Fiescher vs Hide
Owen Beck vs Valuev (best win Ding a Ling Wilson)
Carl Drummond vs Chagaev
Peter Okello vs Maskaev (best win Bob Mirovic, 4 losses)
Albert Sosnowski vs Vitali (best wins Paolo Vidoz and shot Danny Williams)
Andrei Wawrzyk vs Povetkin (best win a controversial win over jorneyman Denis Bakhtov)
Leapai vs Wlad (best win over Denis Boycov)

Now some of them weren't that bad contenders, they just had no quality wins - like Vaughn Bean and Zelko Mavrovic.

Some vere just awful - like Terry Daniels, JP Coopman, Peter Okello,Andjei Wawrzyk, Damon Reid, Alex Leapai

 

We should get something like a "thank you" button or a "add karma" button on this forum. You deserve props for this quality post! :deal

 

Here are the title fights going back to the early 90s. The numbers depict their independent world boxing ranking at the time of the fight.
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 5 KUBRAT PULEV 3
LUIS ORTIZ 35 TKO 1 LATEEF KAYODE 45
RUSLAN CHAGAEV 47 W12 md FRES OQUENDO 46
BERMANNE STIVERNE 10 TKO 6 CHRIS ARREOLA 11
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 5 ALEX LEAPAI 31
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3
ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3 TKO 3 ANDRZEJ WAWRZYK 39
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 6 FRANCESCO PIANETA 13
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud MARIUS WACH 16
ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3 TKO 2 HASHIM RAHMAN 51
VITALI KLITSCHKO 2 TKO 4 MANUEL CHARR 37
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 6 TONY THOMPSON 4
ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3 W12 md MARCO HUCK 5
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 4 JEAN MARC MORMECK 12
ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3 KO 8 CEDRIC BOSWELL 15
VITALI KLITSCHKO 2 TKO 10 TOMASZ ADAMEK 6
ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3 W12 ud RUSLAN CHAGAEV 4
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud DAVID HAYE 3
VITALI KLITSCHKO 2 KO 1 ODLANIER SOLIS 11
DAVID HAYE 3 TKO 3 AUDLEY HARRISON 38
VITALI KLITSCHKO 2 W12 ud SHANNON BRIGGS 45
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 10 SAM PETER 4
VITALI KLITSCHKO 2 KO 10 ALBERT SOSNOWSKI 38
DAVID HAYE 3 TKO 9 JOHN RUIZ 11
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 12 EDDIE CHAMBERS 8
VITALI KLITSCHKO 2 W12 ud KEVIN JOHNSON 42
DAVID HAYE 8 W12 md NIKOLAY VALUEV 3
VITALI KLITSCHKO 2 TKO 10 CHRIS ARREOLA 20
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 9 RUSLAN CHAGAEV 4
VITALI KLITSCHKO 2 W12 ud JUAN C GOMEZ 11
RUSLAN CHAGAEV 4 W td6 CARL DRUMMOND 66
NIKOLAY VALUEV 3 W12 md EVANDER HOLYFIELD 26
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 7 HASHIM RAHMAN 12
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 7 HASHIM RAHMAN 12
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 7 HASHIM RAHMAN 12
VITALI KLITSCHKO 3 W12 ud SAMUEL PETER 4
NIKOLAY VALUEV 3 W12 ud JOHN RUIZ 6
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 11 TONY THOMPSON 11
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 11 TONY THOMPSON 11
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 11 TONY THOMPSON 11
SAMUEL PETER 4 TKO 6 OLEG MASKAEV 8
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 5
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 5
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 5
RUSLAN CHAGAEV 2 W12 ud MATT SKELTON 17
SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 6 W12 ud EVANDER HOLYFIELD 23
SAMUEL PETER 4 W12 ud JAMEEL McCLINE 46
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 6 LAMON BREWSTER 11
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 6 LAMON BREWSTER 11
SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 13 W12 ud SHANNON BRIGGS 9
RUSLAN CHAGAEV 5 W12 md NIKOLAY VALUEV 2
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 2 RAY AUSTIN 21
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 2 RAY AUSTIN 21
NIKOLAY VALUEV 2 WTKO 3 JAMEEL McCLINE 32
OLEG MASKAEV 7 W12 ud PETER OKELLO 81
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 7 CALVIN BROCK 10
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 7 CALVIN BROCK 10
SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 15 TKO12 SIARHEI LIAKHOVICH 7
NIKOLAY VALUEV 2 TKO 11 MONT BARRETT 12
OLEG MASKAEV 18 TKO 12 HASHIM RAHMAN 5
NIKOLAY VALUEV 2 TKO 3 OWEN BECK 84
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 4 TKO 7 CHRIS BYRD 1
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 4 TKO 7 CHRIS BYRD 1
SIARHEI LIAKHOVICH 22 W12 ud LAMON BREWSTER 6
HASHIM RAHMAN 5 D12 md JAMES TONEY 9
NIKOLAY VALUEV 13 W12 md JOHN RUIZ 3
CHRIS BYRD 1 W12 ud DAVARRYL WILLIAMSON 11
LAMON BREWSTER 7 TKO 9 LUAN KRASNIQI 15
HASHIM RAHMAN 4 W12 ud MONTE BARRETT 11
LAMON BREWSTER 7 TKO 1 ANDREW GOLOTA 24
JOHN RUIZ 3 NC 12 JAMES TONEY 9
VITALI KLITSCHKO 3 TKO 8 DANNY WILLIAMS 20
CHRIS BYRD 1 W12 sd JAMEEL McCLINE 10
JOHN RUIZ 2 W12 ud ANDREW GOLATA 16
LAMON BREWSTER 9 W12 sd KALI MEEHAN 86
VITALI KLITSCHKO 9 TKO 8 CORRIE SANDERS 7
CHRIS BYRD 1 Draw ANDREW GOLATA 39
JOHN RUIZ 3 TKO 11 FRES OQUENDO 21
LAMON BREWSTER 38 TKO 5 WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 5
JOHN RUIZ 5 W12 ud HASIM RAHMAN 4
CHRIS BYRD 2 W12 ud FRES OQUENDO 18
LENNOX LEWIS 1 TKO 6 VITALI KLITSCHKO 9
LENNOX LEWIS 1 TKO 6 VITALI KLITSCHKO 9
CORRIE SANDERS 22 TKO 2 WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 5
ROY JONES 1* W12 ud JOHN RUIZ 5
CHRIS BYRD 3 W12 ud EVANDER HOLYFIELD 13
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 5 TKO 10 JAMEEL McCLINE 12
JOHN RUIZ 2 W dq10 KIRK JOHNSON 9
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 5 TKO 6 RAY MERCER 24
LENNOX LEWIS 1 KO 8 MIKE TYSON 5
LENNOX LEWIS 1 KO 8 MIKE TYSON 5
LENNOX LEWIS 1 KO 8 MIKE TYSON 5
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 5 TKO 8 FRANS BOTHA 38
JOHN RUIZ 4 D12 sd EVANDER HOLYFIELD 14
LENNOX LEWIS 2 KO 4 HASHIM RAHMAN 1
LENNOX LEWIS 2 KO 4 HASHIM RAHMAN 1
LENNOX LEWIS 2 KO 4 HASHIM RAHMAN 1
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 6 TKO 6 CHARLES SHUFFORD 26
HASHIM RAHMAN 16 KO 5 LENNOX LEWIS 1
HASHIM RAHMAN 16 KO 5 LENNOX LEWIS 1
HASHIM RAHMAN 16 KO 5 LENNOX LEWIS 1
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 8 TKO 2 DERRICK JEFFERSON 36
JOHN RUIZ 23 W12 ud EVANDER HOLYFIELD 7
LENNOX LEWIS 1 W12 ud DAVID TUA 5
LENNOX LEWIS 1 W12 ud DAVID TUA 5
LENNOX LEWIS 1 W12 ud DAVID TUA 5
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 18 W12 ud CHRIS BYRD 8
EVANDER HOLYFIELD 9 W12 ud JOHN RUIZ 21
LENNOX LEWIS 1 TKO2 FRANS BOTHA 42
LENNOX LEWIS 1 TKO2 FRANS BOTHA 42
LENNOX LEWIS 1 TKO2 FRANS BOTHA 42
LENNOX LEWIS 1 KO 2 MICHAEL GRANT 4
LENNOX LEWIS 1 KO 2 MICHAEL GRANT 4
LENNOX LEWIS 1 KO 2 MICHAEL GRANT 4
CHRIS BYRD 10 TKO 9 VITALI KLITSCHKO 5
VITALI KLITSCHKO 4 TKO 9 OBED SULLIVAN 36
LENNOX LEWIS 1 W12 ud EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2
LENNOX LEWIS 1 W12 ud EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2
LENNOX LEWIS 1 W12 ud EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2
LENNOX LEWIS 1 W12 ud EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2
VITALI KLITSCHKO 6 TKO 3 ED MAHONE 38
VITALI KLITSCHKO 21 KO 2 HERBIE HIDE 13
LENNOX LEWIS 1 D12 sd EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2
LENNOX LEWIS 1 D12 sd EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2
LENNOX LEWIS 1 D12 sd EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2
BRIAN NEILSEN 4 KO 1 LIONEL BUTLER 22
HERBIE HIDE 14 TKO 2 WILLIE FISCHER 44
LENNOX LEWIS 2 W12 ud ZELJKO MAVROVIC 21
EVANDER HOLYFIELD 1 W12 ud VAUGHN BEAN 50
EVANDER HOLYFIELD 1 W12 ud VAUGHN BEAN 50
HERBIE HIDE 13 TKO 1 DAMON REED 56*
LENNOX LEWIS 2 TKO 5 SHANNON BRIGGS 6
BRIAN NEILSEN 5 KO 2 DON STEELE 40
EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2 KO 10 MICHAEL MOORER 3
EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2 WTKO 8 MICHAEL MOORER 3
LENNOX LEWIS 2 KO 1 ANDREW GOLATA 30
LENNOX LEWIS 2 W dq5 HENRY AKINWANDE 6
HERBIE HIDE 20 KO 2 TONY TUCKER 19
EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2 W dq3 MIKE TYSON 4
MICHAEL MOORER 4 W12 md VAUGHN BEAN 46
LENNOX LEWIS 3 TKO 5 OLIVER McCALL 7
BRIAN NEILSEN 10 W12 sd LARRY HOLMES 9
HENRY AKINWANDE 8 W12 ud SCOTT WELCH 41
HENRY AKINWANDE 7 TKO 10 ALEX ZOLKIN 17
EVANDER HOLYFIELD 5 TKO 11 MIKE TYSON 3
MICHAEL MOORER 4 TKO 12 FRANS BOTHA 31
MIKE TYSON 4 TKO 1 BRUCE SELDON 8
HENRY AKINWANDE 11 KO 3 JEREMY WILLIAMS 16
MICHAEL MOORER 4 W12 sd AXEL SCHULZ 63
BRIAN NEILSEN 12 TKO 5 MIKE HUNTER 76
BRIAN NEILSEN 16 TKO 6 PHIL JACKSON 42
MIKE TYSON 8 TKO 3 FRANK BRUNO 6
BRIAN NEILSEN 18 TKO 2 TONY LaROSA 133
AXEL SCHULZ 58 NC 12 FRANS BOTHA 26
FRANK BRUNO 12 W12 ud OLIVER McCALL 2
BRUCE SELDON 8 TKO 10 JOE HIPP 25
JIMMY THUNDER 14 TKO 7 RAY ANIS 40
RID**** BOWE 1 KO 6 JORGE LUIS GONZALEZ 19
GEORGE FOREMAN 2 W12 md AXEL SCHULZ 41
OLIVER McCALL 4 W12 ud LARRY HOLMES 6
BRUCE SELDON 12 TKO 7 TONY TUCKER 7
RID**** BOWE 1 KO 6 HERBIE HIDE 8
JIMMY THUNDER 53 W12 md TONY TUBBS 13
GEORGE FOREMAN 10 KO 10 MICHAEL MOORER 1
GEORGE FOREMAN 10 KO 10 MICHAEL MOORER 1
JIMMY THUNDER 57 W12 ud RICHARD MASON 31*
OLIVER McCALL 12 TKO 2 LENNOX LEWIS 2
DANELL NICHOLSON 56 W12 sd JOHN RUIZ 34*
LENNOX LEWIS 2 TKO 8 PHIL JACKSON 19
MICHAEL MOORER 4 W12 md EVANDER HOLYFIELD 1
MICHAEL MOORER 4 W12 md EVANDER HOLYFIELD 1
HERBIE HIDE 14 KO 7 MICHAEL BENT 7
EVANDER HOLYFIELD 1 W12 md RID**** BOWE 3
EVANDER HOLYFIELD 1 W12 md RID**** BOWE 3
MICHAEL BENT 66 TKO 1 TOMMY MORRISON 3
LENNOX LEWIS 2 TKO 7 FRANK BRUNO 10
TOMMY MORRISON 3 TKO 4 TIM TOMASHEK 213
TOMMY MORRISON 9 W12 ud GEORGE FOREMAN 4
RID**** BOWE 1 KO 2 JESSE FERGUSON 15

 

Thanks buddy:good

 

^^^
If you'd make that list WBA or WBO only you'd laugh your ɑss off :!:

 

No , thats not the answer. Rademacher was seen as a legit challenger.

Was Loma ridiculed as being a woeful opponent when he fought Russel jr with a record of 1-1?

A Briggs fight would use up one of Wlads major title defences and set the division back by half a year.

Say what you what about former Champs fighting poor guys, but they were usually back in a ring a few months later.

 

Probably would look much worse with the WBA and WBO unifications out as well. The WBA and WBO is like this for every division. Sad that the IBO never gets the credit it deserves.
WBA s WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 5 KUBRAT PULEV 3
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 5 KUBRAT PULEV 3
WBA interim LUIS ORTIZ 35 TKO 1 LATEEF KAYODE 45
WBA RUSLAN CHAGAEV 47 W12 md FRES OQUENDO 46
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 5 ALEX LEAPAI 31
WBA WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 5 ALEX LEAPAI 31
WBA s WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3
WBA ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3 TKO 3 ANDRZEJ WAWRZYK 39
WBA s WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 6 FRANCESCO PIANETA 13
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 6 FRANCESCO PIANETA 13
WBA s WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud MARIUS WACH 16
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud MARIUS WACH 16
WBA ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3 TKO 2 HASHIM RAHMAN 51
WBA s WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 6 TONY THOMPSON 4
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 6 TONY THOMPSON 4
WBA ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3 W12 md MARCO HUCK 5
WBA s WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 4 JEAN MARC MORMECK 12
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 4 JEAN MARC MORMECK 12
WBA ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3 KO 8 CEDRIC BOSWELL 15
WBA ALEXANDER POVETKIN 3 W12 ud RUSLAN CHAGAEV 4
WBA s WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud DAVID HAYE 3
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud DAVID HAYE 3
WBA DAVID HAYE 3 TKO 3 AUDLEY HARRISON 38
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 10 SAM PETER 4
WBA DAVID HAYE 3 TKO 9 JOHN RUIZ 11
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 12 EDDIE CHAMBERS 8
WBA DAVID HAYE 8 W12 md NIKOLAY VALUEV 3
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 9 RUSLAN CHAGAEV 4
WBA i RUSLAN CHAGAEV 4 W td6 CARL DRUMMOND 66
WBA NIKOLAY VALUEV 3 W12 md EVANDER HOLYFIELD 26
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 TKO 7 HASHIM RAHMAN 12
WBA NIKOLAY VALUEV 3 W12 ud JOHN RUIZ 6
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 KO 11 TONY THOMPSON 11
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 1 W12 ud SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 5
WBA RUSLAN CHAGAEV 2 W12 ud MATT SKELTON 17
WBO SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 6 W12 ud EVANDER HOLYFIELD 23
WBO SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 13 W12 ud SHANNON BRIGGS 9
WBA RUSLAN CHAGAEV 5 W12 md NIKOLAY VALUEV 2
WBA NIKOLAY VALUEV 2 WTKO 3 JAMEEL McCLINE 32
WBO SULTAN IBRAGIMOV 15 TKO12 SIARHEI LIAKHOVICH 7
WBA NIKOLAY VALUEV 2 TKO 11 MONT BARRETT 12
WBA NIKOLAY VALUEV 2 TKO 3 OWEN BECK 84
WBO SIARHEI LIAKHOVICH 22 W12 ud LAMON BREWSTER 6
WBA NIKOLAY VALUEV 13 W12 md JOHN RUIZ 3
WBO LAMON BREWSTER 7 TKO 9 LUAN KRASNIQI 15
WBO LAMON BREWSTER 7 TKO 1 ANDREW GOLOTA 24
WBA JOHN RUIZ 3 NC 12 JAMES TONEY 9
WBA JOHN RUIZ 2 W12 ud ANDREW GOLATA 16
WBO LAMON BREWSTER 9 W12 sd KALI MEEHAN 86
WBA JOHN RUIZ 3 TKO 11 FRES OQUENDO 21
WBO LAMON BREWSTER 38 TKO 5 WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 5
WBA JOHN RUIZ 5 W12 ud HASIM RAHMAN 4
WBO CORRIE SANDERS 22 TKO 2 WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 5
WBA ROY JONES 1* W12 ud JOHN RUIZ 5
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 5 TKO 10 JAMEEL McCLINE 12
WBA JOHN RUIZ 2 W dq10 KIRK JOHNSON 9
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 5 TKO 6 RAY MERCER 24
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 5 TKO 8 FRANS BOTHA 38
WBA JOHN RUIZ 4 D12 sd EVANDER HOLYFIELD 14
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 6 TKO 6 CHARLES SHUFFORD 26
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 8 TKO 2 DERRICK JEFFERSON 36
WBA JOHN RUIZ 23 W12 ud EVANDER HOLYFIELD 7
WBO WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO 18 W12 ud CHRIS BYRD 8
WBA EVANDER HOLYFIELD 9 W12 ud JOHN RUIZ 21
WBO CHRIS BYRD 10 TKO 9 VITALI KLITSCHKO 5
WBO VITALI KLITSCHKO 4 TKO 9 OBED SULLIVAN 36
WBA LENNOX LEWIS 1 W12 ud EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2
WBO VITALI KLITSCHKO 6 TKO 3 ED MAHONE 38
WBO VITALI KLITSCHKO 21 KO 2 HERBIE HIDE 13
WBA LENNOX LEWIS 1 D12 sd EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2
WBO HERBIE HIDE 14 TKO 2 WILLIE FISCHER 44
WBA EVANDER HOLYFIELD 1 W12 ud VAUGHN BEAN 50
WBO HERBIE HIDE 13 TKO 1 DAMON REED 56*
WBA EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2 WTKO 8 MICHAEL MOORER 3
WBO HERBIE HIDE 20 KO 2 TONY TUCKER 19
WBA EVANDER HOLYFIELD 2 W dq3 MIKE TYSON 4
WBO HENRY AKINWANDE 8 W12 ud SCOTT WELCH 41
WBO HENRY AKINWANDE 7 TKO 10 ALEX ZOLKIN 17
WBA EVANDER HOLYFIELD 5 TKO 11 MIKE TYSON 3
WBA MIKE TYSON 4 TKO 1 BRUCE SELDON 8
WBO HENRY AKINWANDE 11 KO 3 JEREMY WILLIAMS 16
WBA BRUCE SELDON 8 TKO 10 JOE HIPP 25
WBO RID**** BOWE 1 KO 6 JORGE LUIS GONZALEZ 19
WBA BRUCE SELDON 12 TKO 7 TONY TUCKER 7
WBO RID**** BOWE 1 KO 6 HERBIE HIDE 8
WBA GEORGE FOREMAN 10 KO 10 MICHAEL MOORER 1
WBA MICHAEL MOORER 4 W12 md EVANDER HOLYFIELD 1
WBO HERBIE HIDE 14 KO 7 MICHAEL BENT 7
WBA EVANDER HOLYFIELD 1 W12 md RID**** BOWE 3
WBO MICHAEL BENT 66 TKO 1 TOMMY MORRISON 3
WBO TOMMY MORRISON 3 TKO 4 TIM TOMASHEK 213
WBO TOMMY MORRISON 9 W12 ud GEORGE FOREMAN 4
WBA RID**** BOWE 1 KO 2 JESSE FERGUSON 15

 

Tim Tomashek
Daniel Eduardo Neto

 

if we are gonna count paper title defenses , then yes, Audleys resume was terrible

 

That tells you how pathetic the 50s era was. Nobody in their right mind would take a Olympic gold medallist today with zero pro fights and throw him in the ring with a pro champion. The 50s was the easily the worst HW era in the history of the sport.