Grimm
Heavyweight
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by Grimm » 14 May 2005, 00:02
What fighter has the record for having the lowest amount of fights to win a belt.
Is it Spinks?
bollox
Heavyweight
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by bollox » 14 May 2005, 00:06
Saensak Muangsurin won the WBC 140 title in his 3rd pro fight but there's a couple that won it earlier
thunderfromdownunder
Heavyweight
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by thunderfromdownunder » 20 May 2005, 03:09
thunderfromdownunder wrote: anthony mundine, he only had a few fights before capturing the WBA super middleweight title
sorry i meant to say befor challenging for the IBF title (ten fights i think)
bollox
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by bollox » 20 May 2005, 05:21
thunderfromdownunder wrote: thunderfromdownunder wrote: anthony mundine, he only had a few fights before capturing the WBA super middleweight title
sorry i meant to say befor challenging for the IBF title (ten fights i think)
Fenech won the IBF title in his 7th pro fight
Chopping Right
Heavyweight
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by Chopping Right » 20 May 2005, 07:52
1956 Olympic heavyweight gold medallist Pete Rademacher fought world champion Floyd Patterson in his very first pro fight. He lost, but he did have Patterson down.
Freiheit
Editor
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by Freiheit » 20 May 2005, 07:54
Veeraphol Sahaprom won the WBA 118 belt in his 4th fight.
Jaclem
Heavyweight
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by Jaclem » 21 May 2005, 02:20
..when spinks won from ali it was for the legit and linear title...no matter what someof the alphabet boys might have said at the time...so i think that spinks is probably the correct answer.
i'm not saying the others listed here aren't legit...but i'm prety sure they were for alphabet titles.
Jaclem
Heavyweight
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by Jaclem » 21 May 2005, 02:22
..and now that i've looked at the posts again i see that i am right. so..yeah...it's spinks.
pbrennan
Heavyweight
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by pbrennan » 21 May 2005, 03:54
Saensak Muangsurin won the WBC light welter crown in his 3rd pro fight and Light Fly Paul Weir won a WBO belt in his 6th fight