Where does Calzaghe's 168lb title defense record rank amongst others

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  • Vladimir303
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    Where does Calzaghe's 168lb title defense record rank amongst others

    Where does Joe Calzaghe's 21 title defense record at super-middle rank amongst other records in history who had at least 10 defenses.

    Here is a list of some that had at least 10 title defenses:

    Top Echelon

    Joe Louis - 25 Heavyweight title defenses

    Larry Holmes - 19 Heavyweight World Title defenses

    Carlos Manzon - 14 Middleweight World title defenses

    Marvin Hagler - 12 Middleweight World Title Defenses

    Bernard Hopkins - 20 Middleweight World title defenses

    Felix "Tito" Trinidad - 15 Welterweight World Title defenses

    Roy Jones - 11 Light-heavyweight World title defenses

    JCC - 12 Jr.Welterweight World Title defenses



    Mid Echelon


    Dariusz Michalczewski - 24 Light-heavyweight World Title defenses

    ****** Hill - 10 Light-heavyweight World Title Defenses

    Ricardo Lopez - 21 defenses at Straweight

    miguel angel gonzalez - 10 lightweight world title defenses

    Sven Ottke - 21 Super-middleweight World title defenses

    Pongsaklek Wonjongkam - 17 flyweight World title defenses



    Bottom Echelon

    Zolt Erdei - 10 WBO Light-heavyweight World Title defenses (and running)

    Omar Navarez: 12 and counting defenses at flyweight

    Juan Carlos Gomez - 10 Cruiserweight World Title defenses

    Johny Nelson - 13 WBO Cruiserweight World Title Defenses
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    Top Echelon
    50.00%
    13
    Mid Echelon
    34.62%
    9
    Bottom Echelon
    15.38%
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    Last edited by Vladimir303; 10-17-2008, 11:17 PM.
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    Ricardo "el Finito" Lopez: 21 defenses at Straweight

    Khaolai (spelling) Galaxy: 19 defenses at Bantamweight (something like that)

    Marvin Hagler: 12 defenses at Middleweight

    Omar Navarez: 12 and counting defenses at flyweight

    Edgar Sosa: 9 and counting defenses at light flyweight

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      #3
      Originally posted by warp1432
      Ricardo "el Finito" Lopez: 21 defenses at Straweight

      Khaolai (spelling) Galaxy: 19 defenses at Bantamweight (something like that)

      Marvin Hagler: 12 defenses at Middleweight

      Omar Navarez: 12 and counting defenses at flyweight

      Edgar Sosa: 9 and counting defenses at light flyweight
      thx i was just about to point lopez defenses
      and wow sosa hasnt faced a single threatening challenger yet he is already 9 defenses
      at least narvaez defeated asloum but isnt he supposed to have 14 defenses? cuz they were talking how he tied the record of carlos monzon

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        Oh is it 14? To many bums to count I guess.

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          #5
          Choices updated and Poll added

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            #6
            chavez 13 wbc superlightweight title defenses
            miguel angel gonzalez 11 world title defenses

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            • warp1432
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              Oh and finito lopez is definietly one of the top people Wlad. He's one of the best of that generating. Top 5 for sure.

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                Originally posted by warp1432
                Oh and finito lopez is definietly one of the top people Wlad. He's one of the best of that generating. Top 5 for sure.
                You're gonna have to forgive my bias against midgetweight classes.

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                  Btw Thxto everyone who listed a few other names. Only so many I can come up with off the top of my head.

                  How could I have forgotten Hagler.....sheesh. I was certain he never made it to the double digit numbers of defenses.

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                    Originally posted by vladimir303
                    You're gonna have to forgive my bias against midgetweight classes.
                    Yeah, but Finito Lopez was a beast.

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