HEAVYWEIGHTS: THE NUMBERS
CHAMPION |
Fellow
Champs Fought |
RECORD |
FINAL SCORE |
John L. Sullivan (1885-92) |
1 |
0-1, 1 KOBY |
-2 |
James J. Corbett (1892-97) |
3 |
1-3, 1 KO, 3 KOBY |
-3 |
Bob Fitzsimmons (1897-99) |
3 |
1-3, 1 KO, 3 KOBY |
-3 |
James J. Jeffries (1899-1905) |
3 |
4-1, 4 KO, 1 KOBY |
12 |
Marvin Hart (1905-06) |
2 |
1-1, 1 KOBY |
0 |
Tommy Burns (1906-08) |
2 |
1-1, 1 KOBY |
0 |
Jack Johnson (1908-15) |
5 |
3-2, 3 KO, 1 KOBY |
10 |
Jess Willard (1915-19) |
2 |
1-1, 1 KO, 1 KOBY |
0 |
Jack Dempsey (1919-26) |
3 |
2-2, 2 KO |
7 |
Gene Tunney (1926-28) |
1 |
2-0 |
3 |
Max Schmeling (1930-32) |
3 |
2-3, 1 KO, 2 KOBY |
0 |
Jack Sharkey (1932-33) |
4 |
2-4, 3 KOBY |
-4 |
Primo Carnera (1933-34) |
3 |
1-3, 1 KO, 2 KOBY |
-1 |
Max Baer (1934-35) |
4 |
2-2, 2 KO, 1 KOBY |
6 |
James J. Braddock (1935-37) |
2 |
1-1, 1 KOBY |
0 |
Joe Louis (1937-49) |
8 |
7-3, 6 KO, 2 KOBY |
20 |
Ezzard Charles (1949-51) |
3 |
3-4, 2 KOBY |
-2 |
Joe Walcott (1951-52) |
3 |
2-6, 3 KOBY |
-7 |
Rocky Marciano (1952-56) |
3 |
5-0, 3 KO |
16 |
Floyd Patterson (1956-59, 60-62) |
3 |
2-5, 2 KO, 5 KOBY |
-6 |
Ingemar Johansen (1959-60) |
1 |
1-2, 1 KO, 2 KOBY |
-2 |
Sonny Liston (1962-64) |
2 |
2-2, 2 KO, 2 KOBY |
0 |
Muhammad Ali (1964-70, 74-78, 78) |
6 |
8-3, 6 KO, 1 KOBY |
21 |
Joe Frazier (1970-73) |
2 |
1-4, 3 KOBY |
-7 |
George Foreman (1973-74, 94-97) |
5 |
3-3, 3 KO, 1 KOBY |
9 |
Leon Spinks (1978) |
2 |
1-2, 1 KOBY |
-1 |
Larry Holmes (1980-1985) |
5 |
2-4, 2 KO, 1 KOBY |
5 |
Michael Spinks (1985-1988) |
2 |
2-1, 1 KOBY |
1 |
Mike Tyson (1988-1990) |
5 |
2-4, 2 KO, 3 KOBY |
1 |
Buster Douglas (1990) |
2 |
1-1, 1 KO, 1 KOBY |
0 |
Evander Holyfield* (1990-92, 93-94) |
8 |
8-4-1, 3 KO, 1 KOBY |
16.5 |
Riddick Bowe* (1992-93) |
1 |
2-1, 1 KO |
4 |
Michael Moorer (1994) |
2 |
1-2, 2 KOBY |
-3 |
Shannon Briggs* (1997-98) |
2 |
1-1, 1 KOBY |
0 |
Lennox Lewis (1998-2001, 01-03) |
4 |
4-1-1, 2KO, 1 KOBY |
9.5 |
Hasim Rahman* (2001) |
2 |
1-2, 1 KO, 1 KOBY |
1 |
* denotes still
active