The Worst World Champions?

[GJC]

He put on a good show against Carpentier though. Nothing pretty about it but it was an early 1900's war.

No I think you have this with Luis Santana.

[Malik]

no one said john ruiz?

[SplitSecond]

no one said john ruiz?

john ruiz is'nt that bad, infact he's underrated, he's just borin as hell

["Shion"]

James J. Braddock. No way in hell that he could've defeated Max Baer. No way in hell.

[hammerhiem]

I'm shocked Nicky Cooks name hasn't been mentioned yet, he is lucky to be a British champion let alone world champion.

[1SILVA]

Who were the worst world champs?

These are normally the guys you discover by accident.. You'll be watching a fight, and it suddenly dawns on you, How the hell did he become champ??

I'm sure every division must have one..

Because of the nature of the question.... Yes.... WBO can be included..

Here's a few, off the top of my head, that may/maybe not, be considered.

HW John Tate
CW Tyrone Booze
LHW JB Williamson
SMW Vincenzo Nardiello
MW Doug De Witt
LMW Duane Thomas
WW Manning Galloway
LWW Carlos Mausa

Plenty of room for debate just on the above mentioned, but there's a whole lot more.. Think I may have been a little unkind to DeWitt lol, but we'll see..

As far as heavyweights go-John Ruiz, Leon Spinks, Valuev, Tony Tubbs, Hasim Rahman, Jim Braddock and Marvin Hart

[mickey malone]

As far as heavyweights go-John Ruiz, Leon Spinks, Valuev, Tony Tubbs, Hasim Rahman, Jim Braddock and Marvin Hart

I'd like to include Ruiz, but he's had a lot of success through tediously grinding out results.. The same applys to Valuev..
I'd say Rahman (could punch) and Tubbs (could box) would beat Braddock and Hart (who were both survivors) as well as say, Coetzee (could punch) & Damiani (could box) who in turn would probably beat Leon Spinks (could box a little bit)
Spinks has to be the worst in my opinion..

[mickey malone]

I'm shocked Nicky Cooks name hasn't been mentioned yet, he is lucky to be a British champion let alone world champion.

Cook still has a bit of time on his side, & has'nt really been around long enough to be judged as the worst..
At this stage, it could be said, that he got his opportunities too soon..
He's beaten the highly touted Alex Arthur, who in my opinion has always been overrated, and has lost to 2 good fighters in Lueveno & Martinez.. In total, he's only been in with 3 world class opponents..
In fairness, it's too early to say, as he still has time to come again..
But, should this not happen, then I'm pretty sure history will judge him as one of the worst champs to briefly rain at super featherweight..

[Mugwump]

I've already said that I may have been unkind to DeWitt, but lets face it.. A close DC to blown up LM Hilton, and a loss to Benn in his 1st defense isn't anything to write home about.

Losing to Benn wasn't anything to be ashamed of. At the very least he lasted longer than Iran Barkley.

[mickey malone]

Losing to Benn wasn't anything to be ashamed of. At the very least he lasted longer than Iran Barkley.

Yes you're right, I did underrate DeWitt, but he is still one of the more unlikely to have been a success as champion..

I see you're from St Helens.. What do you think of Gary Stretch?