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I was caught out by this one, though in retrospect, I feel I should've put it together. Oh, well. Maybe you can do better.

Q: What do Riddick Bowe, Rocky Marciano & Gene Tunney have in common which no other former HW Champions do?

They beat every opponent they ever faced in a title fight?

...if that's the answer i did this some years ago...and for old time's sake i'll through in ingemar johannsen

....but maybe goodnight has something else in mind...

You can throw in Lennox Lewis too.

Not the answer, guys. Remember, the answer is specific only to these three.

Retired without losing their final title fight?

No.

Damn, really thought I had it. Are there others that did what I said, can't think of any atm?

EDIT: Foreman.

The only heavyweight champs to have never been knocked out or stopped

p4p1 wrote:The only heavyweight champs to have never been knocked out or stopped

Good shout.

Sounds like a winner as long as it isn't including paper champions like Valuev.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Sounds like a winner as long as it isn't including paper champions like Valuev.

Well, maybe I'll steal his thunder with: The only retired Heavyweight champions never to have been knocked out or stopped.

p4p1 wrote:The only heavyweight champs to have never been knocked out or stopped

You're a better man than I am. As soon as I heard the answer, I knew it to be true. Everyone else had lost at some point inside the distance.

Correct!

Scottrf wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Sounds like a winner as long as it isn't including paper champions like Valuev.

Well, maybe I'll steal his thunder with: The only retired Heavyweight champions never to have been knocked out or stopped.

Valiant effort, but P4P1 has the chocolates sewn up.

.....so do we have to expand this to Valuev? Or wait to exclude him when he is stopped before he retires from the ring...


here's hoping....


GI......I told you Bowe was good for somethin'.

BoxBuzz wrote:.....so do we have to expand this to Valuev? Or wait to exclude him when he is stopped before he retires from the ring...


here's hoping....


GI......I told you Bowe was good for somethin'.

It was pretty remarkable that he didn't get stopped by Golota considering the horrendous beating he took in that fight from the first round.

Diamond WEAPON wrote:

BoxBuzz wrote:.....so do we have to expand this to Valuev? Or wait to exclude him when he is stopped before he retires from the ring...


here's hoping....


GI......I told you Bowe was good for somethin'.

It was pretty remarkable that he didn't get stopped by Golota considering the horrendous beating he took in that fight from the first round.

To be fair, you could also say it was pretty remarkable Marciano avoided a stoppage defeat in his rematch with Charles, & that Tunney was lucky the long-count intervened to save him from a potential KO loss in his return with Dempsey, so it evens out somewhat.