Akinwande isnt that bad, but did lose his bottle against Lewis. In his prime he would have given lots of recent titlists a good run for their money.
A contender for worst HW challenger has to be Peter Okhello. WTF is he?
Ignoring the “title” defenses of the incomprehensible last few decades -- Joe Roman, JP Coopman, Scott Frank, Pete Rademacher, Chuck Wepner, Randy Cobb, Jewey Smith… and a host of others.
funso banjo baby wrote:cant put pete Rad in surely
maybe the worst CV but he floored the hw king in his first pro fight
In a way I agree, but the fact that he was making his pro debut certainly has to make him one of the least qualified. While Pete was eventually allowed to develop as a pro and he did score a few good wins later in his career, it’s most likely that the Rademacher that made his pro debut would have had a pretty tough time with just about anyone else who fought for the HW championship, including guys like Roman, Wepner and Frank.
And as a reward for dropping Patterson, he got to fight Folley in his second fight…