I've just seen Andrew Selby is fighting for the British title in only his 5th fight which got me thinking.
Has anybody won it in less than 5 fights?
British title fights - Least fights to the belt
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Charlie Magri won it in his third fight (i.e. won the title, not a Lonsdale Belt outright) - http://boxrec.com/boxer/42462Josh1111 wrote:I've just seen Andrew Selby is fighting for the British title in only his 5th fight which got me thinking.
Has anybody won it in less than 5 fights?
Re: British title fights - Least fights to the belt
nice, good knowledge. Wonder why he never defended it?
Re: British title fights - Least fights to the belt
There wasn't anyone good enough to challenge him if I remember rightly and I think he was given a honorary Lonsdale beltJosh1111 wrote:nice, good knowledge. Wonder why he never defended it?
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Even better. Decent that to be fairstevedoc wrote:There wasn't anyone good enough to challenge him if I remember rightly and I think he was given a honorary Lonsdale beltJosh1111 wrote:nice, good knowledge. Wonder why he never defended it?
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handsofstone
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Re: British title fights - Least fights to the belt
Just read yesterday in this months BM that McGowan got awarded that toostevedoc wrote:There wasn't anyone good enough to challenge him if I remember rightly and I think he was given a honorary Lonsdale beltJosh1111 wrote:nice, good knowledge. Wonder why he never defended it?
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degale didn't do too badly getting the British in his 9th
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Stevieb8006
- Heavyweight

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Beat me to it. His autobiography isn't a bad read. I never knew he trained Matthew barneyolij999 wrote:Charlie Magri won it in his third fight (i.e. won the title, not a Lonsdale Belt outright) - http://boxrec.com/boxer/42462Josh1111 wrote:I've just seen Andrew Selby is fighting for the British title in only his 5th fight which got me thinking.
Has anybody won it in less than 5 fights?
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mickey1975
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Re: British title fights - Least fights to the belt
He tries to keep that quiet.Stevieb8006 wrote:Beat me to it. His autobiography isn't a bad read. I never knew he trained Matthew barneyolij999 wrote:Charlie Magri won it in his third fight (i.e. won the title, not a Lonsdale Belt outright) - http://boxrec.com/boxer/42462Josh1111 wrote:I've just seen Andrew Selby is fighting for the British title in only his 5th fight which got me thinking.
Has anybody won it in less than 5 fights?
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rpms
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Re: British title fights - Least fights to the belt
mickey1975 wrote:He tries to keep that quiet.Stevieb8006 wrote:Beat me to it. His autobiography isn't a bad read. I never knew he trained Matthew barneyolij999 wrote:
Charlie Magri won it in his third fight (i.e. won the title, not a Lonsdale Belt outright) - http://boxrec.com/boxer/42462