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best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 04:23
by margaret thatcher
fury's case got me thinking
who are some of the best of this type?
you could include guys who never made a succesful defense too
Re: greatest champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 04:34
by bennie
Panama's Luis Ibarra.
Re: greatest champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 04:49
by Foggy
Ken Norton
Re: greatest champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 04:58
by forcefraser
Darren Barker
Re: greatest champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 04:59
by bennie
Foggy wrote: ↑03 Jun 2021, 04:49Ken Norton
Great shout. Norton was undoubtedly the best heavyweight in the world after his win over Jimmy Young in November 1977. Unfortunately for him, Larry Holmes was breathing down his neck.
Re: greatest champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 05:01
by JC
Not necessarily great, but famous:
Frank Bruno
Max Baer
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 05:34
by orbtastic
Toney didn’t defend his cruiser title
Barkley didn’t manage a successful defence of any of his 3 titles.
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 07:38
by dookus
I don't think Henry Armstrong ever defended his lightweight title. Not sure about featherweight, think he had a series of non-title fights after winning it.
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 08:39
by Ruthless-RKO
Roy Jones never defended the WBA belt.
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 10:02
by jameswilson
Derry Mathews....
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 11:00
by giacomino
Jesus Salud
Roberto Duran didn't defend either his WBA junior middleweight belt or his WBC middleweight belt
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 11:48
by JC
Surely this question only makes sense if you stick to fighters with not defences at all? Rather than fighters who have not defended one particular belt out of loads of others they've held.
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 11:49
by Old bones Ian
George Foreman never defended the WBA title
Thomas Hearns didn't defend the WBO Supermiddle
Ray Leonard didn't defend the WBC middle , the WBC Light Heavy, or the WBA Super Welter
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 11:57
by Foggy
Lavender Johnson win the vacant title then fought Chavez and ended up dying after complications, makes you wonder if he ever should have got the shot in the first place, just wasn’t at that level
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 12:39
by MightyWarrior
Mexico’s Gregorio Vargas looked a million dollars taking out Paul Hogkinson, then ran into Kevin Kelley.
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 12:41
by margaret thatcher
J-C wrote: ↑03 Jun 2021, 11:48
Surely this question only makes sense if you stick to fighters with not defences at all? Rather than fighters who have not defended one particular belt out of loads of others they've held.
ya, otherwise it widens things too much , as there have been loads of champ in abc era to not defend one specific belt but do so for others
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 14:06
by Switch hitter
Old bones Ian wrote: ↑03 Jun 2021, 11:49
George Foreman never defended the WBA title
Thomas Hearns didn't defend the WBO Supermiddle
Ray Leonard didn't defend the WBC middle , the WBC Light Heavy, or the WBA Super Welter
Hearns didn't defend his WBC light heavy either
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 03 Jun 2021, 15:17
by dookus
J-C wrote: ↑03 Jun 2021, 11:48
Surely this question only makes sense if you stick to fighters with not defences at all? Rather than fighters who have not defended one particular belt out of loads of others they've held.
Fair enough, sorry, I had in mind that when Armstrong was around there was one title per division, but probably better not to widen the field!
Re: best champions without any title defenses
Posted: 04 Jun 2021, 06:19
by Stevieaber
Jimmy McLarnin