worst heavyweight title defences

[The_Golden_Goy]

Haye v Harrison anyone?

[ny123]

say what you will about wlad vs mormeck, haye vs harrison, chagaev vs skelton. i was critical in the past of these fights but when i think about it now you actually can justify them more then other fights. mormeck was former world title holder at CW & he had wins over fres oquendo & timur ibragimov. he has a good following in france & brought many french people to the stadium in germany. 50000 people means good money for both. mormeck probably got french tv money as well. this is a great payday with little risk for wlad. audley harrison won prizefighter & then the EBU belt which gave him top 10 WBC ranking. those credentials are more deserving then anything albert sosnowski did. matt skelton was commonwealth champion & was coming off wins over sprott & danny williams.

I didn't see Mormecks most recent fights at hw but according to the EPIX announcers he lost at least 1 of them and could have lost all 3. Wlad vs Mormeck was a glorified sparring session and a disgrace of a HW title fight. I respect Wlad as a fighter and I understand there arent many options available but that fight was just a joke and an embarassment.

[Salardo]

you can add 80 % of Joe Louis' title defences to this thread.

[Bull24]

Most of the defences the last five years. Seriously they should just cancel the cruiserweight division and make them all top ten heavyweights.

[Jam Jars]

Haye-Harrison
Klitschko-Mormeck
Klitschko-Rahman
Holmes-Ali

Tyson-Frazier and Holmes-Frazier

Tyson-Frazier wasn't a title fight.

[joe strong]

i almost forgot about holyfield\valuev...

[joe strong]

think about how many people were cutting mike tyson down after he pulled out of his title fight with rud**** in edmonton after greg paige dropped him sparring. tyson ran out of gym freaking out & pulled out of fight. it was the first ***** in his armour. instead of rescheduling with rud**** he fought buster douglas in japan instead.think about it...42-1 odds & i bet everyone was hating on tyson for taking this fight....what should have been a mismatch turned into the biggest upset in boxing history.

[daggum]

you can add 80 % of Joe Louis' title defences to this thread.

no you can't. only 7 of his defenses were against unranked guys. wlad's already had 9 defenses against unranked guys. louis also beat the number 1 ranked guy 7 times(8 if you count max baer who he beat before he became number 1 again) wlad has beat the number 1 guy 1 time...vitali 0 times...all time greats....lol

[Cardinal Buck]

the WBO belt was not a recognized world title until the mid's 2000s.

Depends on who you ask. Hamed built it up in the 90s.

[Mr. Fantastic]

A lot from Joe Louis, Marciano and Jack Johnson as well.