Top 10 British/Irish Fighters of All Time

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

That guy Lennox Lewis never defended the world title more than three times, you say 16!? WTF are you smoking Martin?

Lennox Lewis's defences:

1993-05-08 Tony Tucker - WBC Heavyweight Title
1993-10-01 Frank Bruno - WBC Heavyweight Title
1994-05-06 Phil Jackson - WBC Heavyweight Title
1997-02-07 Oliver McCall - WBC Heavyweight Title
1997-07-12 Henry Akinwande - WBC Heavyweight Title
1997-10-04 Andrew Golota - WBC Heavyweight Title
1998-03-28 Shannon Briggs - WBC Heavyweight Title
1998-09-26 Zeljko Mavrovic - WBC Heavyweight Title
1999-03-13 Evander Holyfield - WBC Heavyweight Title
1999-11-13 Evander Holyfield - WBC/WBA/IBF Heavyweight Title
2000-04-29 Michael Grant - WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight Title
2000-07-15 Francois Botha - WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight Title
2000-11-11 David Tua - WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight Title
2001-11-17 Hasim Rahman - WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight Title
2002-06-08 Mike Tyson - WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight Title
2003-06-21 Vitali Klitschko - WBC/IBO Heavyweight Title

Obviously I have left out the 1st McCall/Rahman fights because they were not successfull defences of his crown.

I count 16???

[theironone]

lets put it this way i think he means a world title belt being one of the big 4 wbc, wba, ibf or wbo, he had the wbc the most and i agree with you he only had the 'world title' (as in undisputed) after he got the nod over evander then defended 3 times, then was reduced all other times to having the wbc strap which he had defended more than 3 times, whether we class him as a belt holder, or its a portion of the world title or whatever world title holder however each individual looks at it i think mart is classing lewis' defences since his first defence of the wbc

[theironone]

he just got in above me

[theironone]

mccall two tho mart was for the vacant title too so thats not counted

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

lets put it this way i think he means a world title belt being one of the big 4 wbc, wba, ibf or wbo, he had the wbc the most and i agree with you he only had the 'world title' (as in undisputed) after he got the nod over evander then defended 3 times, then was reduced all other times to having the wbc strap which he had defended more than 3 times, whether we class him as a belt holder, or its a portion of the world title or whatever world title holder however each individual looks at it i think mart is classing lewis' defences since his first defence of the wbc

Well if JUYJUY is gonna run by those rules... Chris Eubank was NEVER a World champion.

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

mccall two tho mart was for the vacant title too so thats not counted

Yeah, but I said Lennox Lewis, won AND defended his crown 16 times.

[JUYJUY]

Lennox Lewis's defences:

1993-05-08 Tony Tucker - WBC Heavyweight Title
1993-10-01 Frank Bruno - WBC Heavyweight Title
1994-05-06 Phil Jackson - WBC Heavyweight Title
1997-02-07 Oliver McCall - WBC Heavyweight Title
1997-07-12 Henry Akinwande - WBC Heavyweight Title
1997-10-04 Andrew Golota - WBC Heavyweight Title
1998-03-28 Shannon Briggs - WBC Heavyweight Title
1998-09-26 Zeljko Mavrovic - WBC Heavyweight Title
1999-03-13 Evander Holyfield - WBC Heavyweight Title
1999-11-13 Evander Holyfield - WBC/WBA/IBF Heavyweight Title
2000-04-29 Michael Grant - WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight Title
2000-07-15 Francois Botha - WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight Title
2000-11-11 David Tua - WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight Title
2001-11-17 Hasim Rahman - WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight Title
2002-06-08 Mike Tyson - WBC/IBF/IBO Heavyweight Title
2003-06-21 Vitali Klitschko - WBC/IBO Heavyweight Title

Obviously I have left out the 1st McCall/Rahman fights because they were not successfull defences of his crown.

I count 16???

Nonsense.

He won the title from Tony Tucker, so that wasn't a defence. He defended the title TWO times (not 16 times), then got KTFO.

He won the title from Oliver McCall, so that wasn't a defence. He defended it FOUR times (not 16 times), then drew and lost to Holyfield.

He defended the title THREE times (not 16 times) in the year 2000, then got KTFO.

He won the title from Hasim Rahman, so that wasn't a defence. He defended the title TWO times (not 16 times), then quit the sport because he knew that Vitali would of handed him his ass yet again the rematch.

[theironone]

Well if JUYJUY is gonna run by those rules... Chris Eubank was [B]NEVER[/B] a World champion.

Its peoples different interpretations thats all, some people class as 'the world' being undisputed or linear champ, others regard all belt holders as world champs just your own personal opinion

[theironone]

actually juy the tucker fight is classed as a 'defence', cos lewis was awarded the belt after rid**** threw it in the bin (vacated) and on the strength of his win over ruddock, they did a norton on him so he was technically the champ making a defence against tucker

[Martin (Top Knowledge)]

Nonsense.

He won the title from Tony Tucker, so that wasn't a defence. He defended the title TWO times (not 16 times), then got KTFO.

He won the title from Oliver McCall, so that wasn't a defence. He defended it FOUR times (not 16 times), then drew and lost to Holyfield.

He defended the title THREE times (not 16 times) in the year 2000, then got KTFO.

He won the title from Hasim Rahman, so that wasn't a defence. He defended the title TWO times (not 16 times), then quit the sport because he knew that Vitali would of handed him his ass yet again the rematch.

JUYJUY... There's no need to call me a fool.

I said that Lennox Lewis Won AND defended his crown 16 times, so yes I can include fights where he won the championship.

I DID NOT say that Lennox Lewis made 16 consecutive defences of his crown.