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I was mooching around boxrec earlier and noted that Saul Farah has been the Bolivian HW champion for ten years. It’s a weak area but still a long reign, so it got me to thinking: who is the current longest reigning champion? World, regional or national all count just the one who has reigned longest out of current champions...

He is listed as being a boxer, promoter, matchmaker and referee!

Looking at his opponents records it looks as though he organises shows and gets himself a likely opponent into the bargain

bripez wrote: ↑30 Jun 2019, 17:09 He is listed as being a boxer, promoter, matchmaker and referee!

Looking at his opponents records it looks as though he organises shows and gets himself a likely opponent into the bargain

Sure, boxrec only lists half a dozen Bolivian HW’s and he sometimes fights a far lighter opponent! For all we know he also runs the Bolivian boxing board...

Still, legitimacy of the Bolivian title aside I wonder who are the longer reigning champions out there?

I like this topic

Joe Louis 13 years
JC 10 years

Coco wrote: ↑30 Jun 2019, 17:42 Joe Louis 13 years
JC 10 years

Current longest reigning, any weight class and any level...

Coco wrote: ↑30 Jun 2019, 17:42 Joe Louis 13 years
JC 10 years

Joe Louis held the title 11 yrs 8 months 8 days

Ryan walsh has been involved in a fair few fights for british featherweight title not sure how many tho

Surely there is someone longer than Wilder. His name just popped in my head. GGG would have been but he ‘lost’ his belts.

Stevenson is another who recently lost, he had his belt for a while.

Thurman?? WBA Champion?

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑30 Jun 2019, 19:48 Surely there is someone longer than Wilder. His name just popped in my head. GGG would have been but he ‘lost’ his belts.

Stevenson is another who recently lost, he had his belt for a while.

Thurman?? WBA Champion?

of course, mr 52-0

Wow this thread has made me realise how poor boxing currently is for having anyone showing longevity of holding a title as the two longest appear to be either Wilder with 4 and a half years or Thurman with 6 years if you include his crappy WBA belt, and even then it was originally an interim version

Charr?

KiwiRider wrote: ↑01 Jul 2019, 03:35 Charr?

Any longevity he has is due to his outrageous avoidance of Fres

jamamb wrote: ↑30 Jun 2019, 22:48 of course, mr 52-0

Chayaphon Moonsri aka Wanheng Menayothin won the WBC belt in November 2014.. Before Wilder won his WBC belt in Jan 2015.

Thurman won interim WBA belt in July 2013.

Thammanoon Niyomtrong aka Knockout CP Freshmart first won the interim WBA belt in October 2010..

Gary Russell Jr since March 2015

Ringondeaux has been the Lineal champion since April 2013.. If that counts. Never lost in the ring at super-bantamweight.

Had he not been stripped of the WBA belt, it would probably be him. He won the Interim WBA belt in November 2010, and regular WBA champion in January 2012..

I'm not sure boxers keep regional belts that long, unless they're settled with regional belts. Most tend to challenge for world titles sooner rather than never.

I'm waiting for Bennie to jump in

I'm also thinking of a Thai I think in the lighter weights who was champ and unbeaten for a long time, always defending at home

Huck like 5 years, Ottke 6, Eunank snr too

Adilson Rodriguez was perennial Brazilian and South American champ between the early 80's and the mid 90's

Kyotaro has held the JBC heavyweight title since 2013-07-25

Ruthless-RKO wrote: ↑01 Jul 2019, 05:06 I'm not sure boxers keep regional belts that long, unless they're settled with regional belts. Most tend to challenge for world titles sooner rather than never.

The OPBF belt can be held for quite a while, I think some of their champions have reigned for a few years...

chinarich wrote: ↑01 Jul 2019, 17:56 The OPBF belt can be held for quite a while, I think some of their champions have reigned for a few years...

Nakatani has had the Lightweight one since January 2014, pretty sure that's the longest.

The PABA title was the one that Thais held for years, with like Teerachai going through various versions of it from 2010 to 2017

Coco wrote: ↑01 Jul 2019, 07:44 I'm also thinking of a Thai I think in the lighter weights who was champ and unbeaten for a long time, always defending at home

Samson Elite Gym/Dutch Boy/3k Battery? All but 3 of his 43 fights were for that WBF title, held it for 8 years.

orbtastic wrote: ↑02 Jul 2019, 03:04 Samson Elite Gym/Dutch Boy/3k Battery? All but 3 of his 43 fights were for that WBF title, held it for 8 years.

That seems to fit the bill!

Has Lester Jacobs been defending his WBF strap in secret?