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What fighters had the most combined total of fights in a world championship fight?

What is the most combined total of fights between two contestants in any fight?

For example, when the great Emile Griffith challenged the great Jose "Mantequilla" Napoles for Napoles' Welterweight Title in 1969, they had a combined total of 135 fights!

Probably, the great Archie Moore vs Joey Maxim got the record of fights combined in a title fight. Let's see.

Not sure if the most but Moore and Durelle had a combined record of 308 fights.

Jack Britton and Ted Kid Lewis had well over 500 fights combined at the time of their last world title fight.

Bladder wrote: ↑09 Jun 2024, 18:05 Jack Britton and Ted Kid Lewis had well over 500 fights combined at the time of their last world title fight.

are you talking a televised fight via closed-circuit Television ?
I remember they had a few on network Tv back in the late 1970's.

If we're talking any pro fight (not just for a world title):
Len Wickwar and Billy Bird went into their 1937 fight with more then 700 combined pro bouts behind them.

Bundana wrote: ↑11 Jun 2024, 08:20 If we're talking any pro fight (not just for a world title):
Len Wickwar and Billy Bird went into their 1937 fight with more then 700 combined pro bouts behind them.

Wow! That must be the record for a single fight.

Has anyone had found the record for a world title fight?