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Sometimes toughness runs like a mineral vein in families. It is never a shock when brothers are pugs or uncles and fathers were, and maybe throw in some cousins too. The old mineral deposit of toughness.
Which is the greatest family boxing dynasty?
Has any family had more than two champions? Marquez and Klitchko had two apiece. But the Spinks family had three, lest we forget Cory.
All right. Has any family had more than three legitimate world champions to its name in the entire history of professional boxing under Marquis of Queensbury rules, just so we all know the same question? I don't know the answer. But if I had to bet, I would say not. Three already seems an awful lot.
Spinks might be the championest family in boxing, which must make them the genetic champs with three boxing champions to their name, but still only a dynasty two generations long.
Are there any three generation dynasties? We might cite some in the peripheral fields like announcing, business or management or alphabet (org.), but those do not count anyway, unless they originally hailed from a practitioner.
We might define dynasty another way, though. We might say Floyd jr, is the best and richest boxer, his uncle and father are both bigtime trainers and former pro fighters, and Jeff Mayweather is a trainer of minor note as well. This gives the Mayweathers four professionals, and the dynastic title by the numbers.
The Bernoullis and the Bachs had longer and more extensive dynasties in math and music, for neither of those pursuits needs hard times as a basis from which to begin. Whereas one sees in boxing the champion usually moves his family out of the hard times that were his own start to toughness.
Who is the winner, the Mayeathers or the Spinks?
Which is the greatest family boxing dynasty?
Has any family had more than two champions? Marquez and Klitchko had two apiece. But the Spinks family had three, lest we forget Cory.
All right. Has any family had more than three legitimate world champions to its name in the entire history of professional boxing under Marquis of Queensbury rules, just so we all know the same question? I don't know the answer. But if I had to bet, I would say not. Three already seems an awful lot.
Spinks might be the championest family in boxing, which must make them the genetic champs with three boxing champions to their name, but still only a dynasty two generations long.
Are there any three generation dynasties? We might cite some in the peripheral fields like announcing, business or management or alphabet (org.), but those do not count anyway, unless they originally hailed from a practitioner.
We might define dynasty another way, though. We might say Floyd jr, is the best and richest boxer, his uncle and father are both bigtime trainers and former pro fighters, and Jeff Mayweather is a trainer of minor note as well. This gives the Mayweathers four professionals, and the dynastic title by the numbers.
The Bernoullis and the Bachs had longer and more extensive dynasties in math and music, for neither of those pursuits needs hard times as a basis from which to begin. Whereas one sees in boxing the champion usually moves his family out of the hard times that were his own start to toughness.
Who is the winner, the Mayeathers or the Spinks?
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