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Jack Dempsey:
Won title: July 4, 1919
Lost title: September 23, 1926 {Gene Tunney}
Title defenses: 6
3 year layoff/inactivity right after the Firpo fight...Sept. 14, 1923
If you -3 years for the inactivity which shouldn't count as holding the title...his reign is a lot shorter.
Rocky Marciano:
Won title: September 23, 1952
Last fight: September 21, 1955
3 years (since it is close enough)
6 title defenses: Walcott rematch; LaStarza rematch; Charles 2x; ****ell; Moore.
Mike Tyson:
Won title: November 22, 1986
Lost title: February 11, 1990
3+ years
Title defenses 9
That's just the numbers. What hurts Tyson would be that he had the talent but wasted it. He couldn't hold up. He even said he wanted to retire after Spinks yet instead of retiring, which was quite young to do so, he decided to just throw his career in the garbage.
Unlike say, Marciano and we will skip some of the negatives...Marciano prepared for each and every fight to full capacity and when he had enough, he called it a day (and did not return). That's something I like about him. He came prepared because he took his career seriously and when enough was enough, he called it a day instead of throwing it away.
Knock on Dempsey would be that he didn't fight Black fighters as Champion and he went Hollywood for 3 years. 3 Years that he could have been a pitbull tearing **** up...but instead, the Pitbull was well fed and lost what made him great as well as his title upon his return.
I don't know; lists are hard to make. Still don't have one myself even though I guess I have 10 fighters I could put in a pile and say these are the 10 guys I choose but couldn't put them in a particular order...except Ali and Louis at 1and 2.
Won title: July 4, 1919
Lost title: September 23, 1926 {Gene Tunney}
Title defenses: 6
3 year layoff/inactivity right after the Firpo fight...Sept. 14, 1923
If you -3 years for the inactivity which shouldn't count as holding the title...his reign is a lot shorter.
Rocky Marciano:
Won title: September 23, 1952
Last fight: September 21, 1955
3 years (since it is close enough)
6 title defenses: Walcott rematch; LaStarza rematch; Charles 2x; ****ell; Moore.
Mike Tyson:
Won title: November 22, 1986
Lost title: February 11, 1990
3+ years
Title defenses 9
That's just the numbers. What hurts Tyson would be that he had the talent but wasted it. He couldn't hold up. He even said he wanted to retire after Spinks yet instead of retiring, which was quite young to do so, he decided to just throw his career in the garbage.
Unlike say, Marciano and we will skip some of the negatives...Marciano prepared for each and every fight to full capacity and when he had enough, he called it a day (and did not return). That's something I like about him. He came prepared because he took his career seriously and when enough was enough, he called it a day instead of throwing it away.
Knock on Dempsey would be that he didn't fight Black fighters as Champion and he went Hollywood for 3 years. 3 Years that he could have been a pitbull tearing **** up...but instead, the Pitbull was well fed and lost what made him great as well as his title upon his return.
I don't know; lists are hard to make. Still don't have one myself even though I guess I have 10 fighters I could put in a pile and say these are the 10 guys I choose but couldn't put them in a particular order...except Ali and Louis at 1and 2.
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