Most Fights Combined in a World Championship Fight?

[elmersalsa]

What fighters had the most combined total of fights in a world championship fight?

What is the most combined total of fights between two contestants in any fight?

[elmersalsa]

For example, when the great Emile Griffith challenged the great Jose "Mantequilla" Napoles for Napoles' Welterweight Title in 1969, they had a combined total of 135 fights!

Probably, the great Archie Moore vs Joey Maxim got the record of fights combined in a title fight. Let's see.

[Controversial]

Not sure if the most but Moore and Durelle had a combined record of 308 fights.

[Bladder]

Jack Britton and Ted Kid Lewis had well over 500 fights combined at the time of their last world title fight.

[Controversial]

Jack Britton and Ted Kid Lewis had well over 500 fights combined at the time of their last world title fight.

[Caractacus]

are you talking a televised fight via closed-circuit Television ?
I remember they had a few on network Tv back in the late 1970's.

[Bundana]

If we're talking any pro fight (not just for a world title):
Len Wickwar and Billy Bird went into their 1937 fight with more then 700 combined pro bouts behind them.

[elmersalsa]

If we're talking any pro fight (not just for a world title):
Len Wickwar and Billy Bird went into their 1937 fight with more then 700 combined pro bouts behind them.

Wow! That must be the record for a single fight.

Has anyone had found the record for a world title fight?