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Anybody know who might have the dubious distinction at any weight ? I know Andrew Golota went 0-4 in heavyweight title fights. I'm going to have to do some checking on this one.

Yaqui Lopez at lightheavy had a few shots in the 70s.Was robbed a couple times too.

David Vedder

Vedder was a less then impressive 12-8-3 when he challenged Virgil Hill for the WBA Light-Heavyweight title in Feb of 1990 and dropped a 12 rounder. Vedder then received 3 consecutive title bids. On Dec 1992 he dropped a 12 rounder to Jeff Harding for the WBC Light-Heavyweight crown. March of 1993 he dropped a 12 rounder to Anaclet Wamba for the WBC Cruiserweight title and in Dec. of 1993 he lost a 12 rounder to Henry Maske for the IBF Light-Heavyweight title. Vedder was 15-10-3 going into those 3 title fights. Whoever was getting him those fights, sure was a good manager. This guy got 4 World title shots and some fighters fight their whole career and never get close to one.

Thanks Cybox and Expug. So far I've got Yaqui Lopez with 5, and Andrew Golota, David Vedder and Pierre Fourie with 4.

you bet.

What about Glen Johnson?

Johnson already won the title.

Four more guys who went 0-4 in world title shots. Ruben Castillo, Mario Martinez, Armando Muniz and Omar Sheika.

Juan Laporte lost a lot title shots but he won a WBC featherweight title. But damn how many title shots did he really deserve, apart from his great chin what else did he had to get that many title shots?

jersey joe walcott lost his first 4 attempts before winning it on the 5th try




walcott really should have won it on the 1st attempt but he was robbed











poor yaqie lopez is another, so close but so far










golota got robbed twice vs bryd and ruiz

Frankie Burns, maybe?

His record indicates the following title fights and he came up short of taking home the title in each of them;

Jun 8, 1910 vs. Johnny Coulon: ND-10 (Paperweight Title)
Mar 31, 1911 vs. Abe Attell: ND-10 (Featherweight Title)
Feb 18, 1912 vs. Johnny Coulon: Lpts-20 (Bantamweight Title)
May 14, 1912 vs. Johnny Kilbane: ND-10 (Featherweight Title)
Jun 23, 1913 vs. Johnny Coulon: ND-10 (Bantamweight Title)
Dec 6, 1915 vs. Kid Williams: D-20 (Bantamweight Title)
Nov 5, 1917 vs. Pete Herman: Lpts-20 (Bantamweight Title)
Sept 16, 1919 vs. Johnny Kilbane: TKO'd-5 (Featherweight Title)

Bennie Briscoe got 3 middleweight titles shot and lost all three of them.

Tommy hurricane jackson

Yaqui Lopez robbed a few times?

John Conteh won by a mile on points. The SD15 on the record pages are wrong, it was UD15

Saad Muhammad and Carlos deLeon both stopped Lopez.

Is there any info on Yaqui´s two fights against Victor Galindez. Both fights were in Italy, not Argentina.

Søren Woller

Seamus wrote:Anybody know who might have the dubious distinction at any weight ? I know Andrew Golota went 0-4 in heavyweight title fights.

Golota went 0-1-3, it seems everybody forgot his fight with Byrd was a DRAW. However, if you include NABF, you may "improve" his record to 0-1-4.

No, I did not forget that Byrd v Golota was a draw. In fact I thought Golota actually won the bout. What I meant by him going 0-4 is that he had 4 attempts at the title without gaining a belt.

OMAR SHEIKA 0-4
OTKAY URKAL 0-3

BOTH STILL ACTIVE.

I thought Lopez won both Galindez fights. The second one big.

Bradley001 wrote:Tommy hurricane jackson

he got only 1 shot and got nearly killed by patterson

"The Eastern Beast" John Brown is 0-4 in major World title belt attempts. 0-5, apparently, if you were to count the WBU.

Michael Brodie had four shots at world titles from 2000-2005.

- L - MD v Willie Jorrin for the WBC Super Bantamweight Title
- D - v Injin Chi for the Vacant WBC Featherweight Title
- L - KO 7 v Injin Chi for the Vacant WBC Featherweight Title
- L - KO 4 v Scott Harrison for the WBO Featherweight Title

Angel Manfredy also had four shots at world titles from 1998-2002.

- L - TKO 2 v Floyd Mayweather for the WBC Super Featherweight Title
- L - UD v Stevie Johnston for the WBC Lightweight Title
- L - TKO 3 v Diego Corrales for the IBF Super Featherweight Title
- L - UD v Paul Spadafora for the IBF Lightweight Title

No, Golota had 4 attempts. You left out Lamon Brewater's WBO title.

Tony Sibson lost 3 title challenges as did Michael watson.

Roldan also lost 3 times (Hagler, Hearns, Nunn)

Leonel Hernandez had 5 shots at world titles. He lost 4 and drew the other.