If Wilder wins his next fight that will be his 10th title defense

[Larry the boss]

no regular,interim or anything..LEGIT TITLE DEFENSES.. that will tie him for the 3rd most heavyweight titles defenses in HISTORY!!!

[sugarsmosley]

That would make him 3rd best fighter in heavyweight history.

War windmill

[ralex]

Didn’t realize that.

[Redd Foxx]

Damn, didn't know that. Who's in the top 5 of HW defenses?

[Phenom]

Damn, didn't know that. Who's in the top 5 of HW defenses?

This is a good watch

[Slicc]

Doesn't mean much, when only 2 of the challengers you've defended your title against are actually good.

[daggum]

tank davis will be number one in title defenses soon

[Redd Foxx]

This is a good watch

Thx, man. Good vid. My historical knowledge is shallow but I had a feeling Wlad and Holmes would be in that top 3.

[Pigeons]

This is a good watch

The Holmes situation is interesting so I BoxRec'd it.

Won the WBC title and defended it 16 times. In his 8th WBC title defense, he also won the lineal title. His would-be 17th WBC title defense wasn't sanctioned by the WBC, so it was only a lineal title defense. He then vacated the WBC title and was awarded the inaugural IBF title on the same day which he defended 3 more times.

So in that reign he had:
16 WBC title defenses
12 lineal title defenses
3 IBF title defenses
19 consecutive defenses of any world title: WBC (16) to IBF (3) = 19
20 consecutive defenses of any world title or the lineal title: WBC (8), WBC/lineal (8), lineal (1), IBF/lineal (3) = 20

[_Rexy_]

This is a good watch

Been subscribed to Rummy for a while now. He’s a good, unbiased watch who knows his history.