Comments Thread For: Boxing Without Boxing: Manuel Ortiz vs. Luis Castillo III - 02/25/1946

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Records are made to be broken. Depending on how one approaches the all time record for consecutive title defenses at bantamweight, a case can be made for a record still waiting to be broken three quarters of a century after it was set. While Orlando Canizales is often credited with the overall record at 16, those were defenses of the IBF belt alone. The excellent Hall of Famer Canizales never unified the crown. It's similar to the contrast at middleweight between Bernard Hopkins and Carlos Monzon, weighing consecutive defenses of the lineal crown and defenses of a single belt before rule was firmly established. Canizales doesn't have the back end unification Hopkins does when comparing his 16 with the great Manuel Ortiz's 15 consecutive defenses of the world bantamweight title.
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[Dasmius Shinobi]

Refreshing news article and a good boxing history lesson.

What happen to the people interested in the Boxing without Boxing Series. I know a little about Manuel Ortiz, but his three fights against Luis Castillo was unknown to me. I am going to check out.