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Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 30 Aug 2014, 20:07
by Boxing Prospect
Any weight, any gender...

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 30 Aug 2014, 20:25
by TheBeast
Jersey Joe Walcott was 37 (could be as old as 43 though)
Bundrage was 37
Davey Hilton Jr was 37
Jem Mace was 39
Fragomeni 39
Sam Soliman was 40
Malinga was 40

Soliman being the oldest

More detailed infos:
http://www.the13thround.com/phpBB2/view ... &p=1458291

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 30 Aug 2014, 20:40
by The Law
Possibly Terri Moss (41 years old) .... if you count the WIBF title for women :neutral:

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 30 Aug 2014, 21:08
by Boxing Prospect
The Law wrote:Possibly Terri Moss (41 years old) .... if you count the WIBF title for women :neutral:
See I'm thinking a woman but I'm thinking Nao Ikeyama (WBO Atomweight) who was 43

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 30 Aug 2014, 23:26
by JCS
Boxing Prospect wrote:
The Law wrote:Possibly Terri Moss (41 years old) .... if you count the WIBF title for women :neutral:
See I'm thinking a woman but I'm thinking Nao Ikeyama (WBO Atomweight) who was 43
Did the WIBA she won not count? I'm not as in tune with women's titles..

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 30 Aug 2014, 23:33
by Boxing Prospect
JCS wrote:
Boxing Prospect wrote:
The Law wrote:Possibly Terri Moss (41 years old) .... if you count the WIBF title for women :neutral:
See I'm thinking a woman but I'm thinking Nao Ikeyama (WBO Atomweight) who was 43
Did the WIBA she won not count? I'm not as in tune with women's titles..
TBF I was considering big 4 only (otherwise Bugner's WBF would be the one, he was 48 I think).

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 30 Aug 2014, 23:35
by JCS
Boxing Prospect wrote:
TBF I was considering big 4 only (otherwise Bugner's WBF would be the one, he was 48 I think).
For some reason, I thought the WIBA was pretty legit.....

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 30 Aug 2014, 23:42
by Boxing Prospect
JCS wrote:
Boxing Prospect wrote:
TBF I was considering big 4 only (otherwise Bugner's WBF would be the one, he was 48 I think).
For some reason, I thought the WIBA was pretty legit.....
Hard to take an org who uses a ".tripod.com" seriously

http://wiba_ratings.tripod.com/

Their wikipedia entry is...interesting though.

Seems like Melissa Hernandez doesn't think much of them:
http://www.womenboxing.com/NEWS2011/new ... ntrash.htm

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 05:37
by ReggieDiggs
The Law wrote:if you count the WIBF title for women :neutral:
No. All titles are pretty bs these days, but the non-big 4 abc groups are even more of a joke than the big 4 abc groups plus woman's boxing is bs cuz they don't have any depth. A middle of the road trainer could probably pick a non-boxer off the street & train the girl for 2 years & fight for some sort of womens title.

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 09:22
by The Law
The so-called 'big 4' do not have the same status in women's boxing. There is a lot of confusion in women's boxing as to which title holds more credibility.

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 09:34
by palooka
:bow: just wanted to pay homage to the depth of knowledge, impressive.

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 11:01
by Boxing Prospect
The Law wrote:The so-called 'big 4' do not have the same status in women's boxing. There is a lot of confusion in women's boxing as to which title holds more credibility.

The big 4 are still a cut above WIBA/WIBF imo. The champions they have and the impact, certainly of the WBC tends to show that.

Re: Anyone know the oldest "first time" champion?

Posted: 31 Aug 2014, 15:42
by HomicideHenry
The oldest "champion" that I know of, was possibly Dexter Dunworth, who won the Arkansas State Cruiserweight title at the age of 54.