A couple of questions:
1. What is the lowest winning percentage possessed by a fighter at the time they held a reasonably legitimate world title?
2. What is the lowest career winning percentage possessed by a fighter who held a reasonably legitimate world title at some point?
World Champion with worst record
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Brett Paul Dunbar
- Heavyweight
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Zivic 158-65-9
Brown 105-45-13
I can think of a few with records that you wouldn't associate with a world champion.
Leon Spinks ended his career at 26-17-3 (.598).
Freddie Pendleton, the IBF lightweight champ from 1992-94, was 47-26-5 (.635) in his career. He lost a bunch of fights at the beginning and end of his career and was 32-17-4 at the time he became champion.
Manny Melchor held the IBF minimumweight title for three months in 1992. He is presumably retired now with a career record of 38-34-6 (.526). He was 19-15-4 when he won his title.
Mike Weaver, the WBA heavyweight champ from 1980-82, was 41-18-1 in his career, and 21-9 when he won it. Like Pendleton, he lost a bunch when he started and a bunch when he was done.
Matthew Saad Muhammad lost a lot of fights late in his career and ended 39-16-3.
Iran Barkley was 43-19-1 in his career, which is probably the lowest winning percentage for a legitimate three-division champion. He lost about 10 fights when he got old, fighting as a heavyweight.
Brown 105-45-13
I can think of a few with records that you wouldn't associate with a world champion.
Leon Spinks ended his career at 26-17-3 (.598).
Freddie Pendleton, the IBF lightweight champ from 1992-94, was 47-26-5 (.635) in his career. He lost a bunch of fights at the beginning and end of his career and was 32-17-4 at the time he became champion.
Manny Melchor held the IBF minimumweight title for three months in 1992. He is presumably retired now with a career record of 38-34-6 (.526). He was 19-15-4 when he won his title.
Mike Weaver, the WBA heavyweight champ from 1980-82, was 41-18-1 in his career, and 21-9 when he won it. Like Pendleton, he lost a bunch when he started and a bunch when he was done.
Matthew Saad Muhammad lost a lot of fights late in his career and ended 39-16-3.
Iran Barkley was 43-19-1 in his career, which is probably the lowest winning percentage for a legitimate three-division champion. He lost about 10 fights when he got old, fighting as a heavyweight.
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Vetteguy99
- Heavyweight
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Eleoncio Mercedes who was briefly a Flyweight champ
had an average record. I used to watch him on the
spanish speaking chanel. He was always in great, close
fights, but was I ever suprised when he actually became
a world champ. Sometimes he would box for the first five
rounds and then throw a punch a second for the next five
rounds. he was not a hard puncher but he could throw a lot of
them.
had an average record. I used to watch him on the
spanish speaking chanel. He was always in great, close
fights, but was I ever suprised when he actually became
a world champ. Sometimes he would box for the first five
rounds and then throw a punch a second for the next five
rounds. he was not a hard puncher but he could throw a lot of
them.