How Many fighters went back down in lbs. to win a title after holding 1 @ a higher 1

[therealpugilist]

floyd of course just like what the op has in his mind the whole time for starting this thread.

I actually forgot Floyd did this as well.....get a life bro...I haven't made a thread about him or made a post about the guy in weeks


The "haters" talk about the man more than the guys you call nuthuggers

[therealpugilist]

Bob Fitzsimmons.

And Pacquiao.

Pac did but that WBC title at 150 wasn't all that impressive considering neither were ranked at 150 to begin with and Margo hadn't looked impressive in some time


He did accomplish this though

[TBear]

Carlos Ortiz won the junior welterweight title in '59 and three years later won the lightweight title.

Bob Fitzsimmons won the heavyweight title and later won the light heavyweight title.

[therealpugilist]

Carlos Ortiz won the junior welterweight title in '59 and three years later won the lightweight title.

Bob Fitzsimmons won the heavyweight title and later won the light heavyweight title.

good call, I thought...Ortiz is often forgotten but he is arguably the greatest PR fighters ever...well he fought out of NY I think

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Broner

Hearns and leonard both won light heavy/supper middle belts and moved back down I'm pretty sure

[gauze]

oscar de la hoya when he beat mayorga

[gauze]

shane mosley when he beat margarito

[FeFist]

It puts winning a title in a higher division into greater perspective. Some people grow into a weight division, but if they move back down I am more likely to see them as a Welterweight winning a title at Jr Middleweight (or whatever the relevant divisions are).

[Outworn]

"There Only One RICKY HATTON!" but it was the IBO belt though and he was still the RING champ back then..

[Showtime..]

******ed thread is ******ed.