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| The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Lineal Champion |
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Matthew Saad Muhammad
(Maxwell Antonio Loach) (Matthew Franklin)
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Franklin [Muhammad] was a popular
fighter and a very explosive hitter; He came to fight and won the
Light Heavyweight Championship during his
career Matthew was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1998 |
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1974 Jan 14 Billy Early Philadelphia, Pa KO 2 Feb 25 Bele Apolosa Philadelphia, Pa W 4 Mar 11 Roy Ingram Philadelphia, Pa W 4 Mar 22 Joe Middleton Philadelphia, Pa KO 5 Jul 15 Joe Jones Philadelphia, Pa KO 3 Sep 10 Lloyd Richardson Philadelphia, Pa KO 4 Oct 22 Joe Middleton Alexandria, Va KO 2 Dec 10 Wayne Magee Philadelphia, Pa L 6 1975 Feb 25 Vandell Woods Philadelphia, Pa KO 6 Jul 24 Roosevelt Brown Philadelphia, Pa KO 4 Oct 21 Wayne Magee Philadelphia, Pa D 6 1976 Feb 13 Harold Carter Baltimore, Md W 10 May 21 Mate Parlov Milan, Italy W 8 Jul 17 Marvin Camel Stockton, Ca W 10 Sep 15 Bobby Walker Scranton, Ca KO 4 Oct 23 Marvin Camel Missoula, Mt L 10 Dec 3 Mate Parlov Trieste, Italy D 10 1977 Mar 11 Eddie Gregory Philadelphia, Pa L 10 Apr 21 Joe Maye Wilmington, De W 10 Jun 23 Ed Turner Philadelphia, Pa KO 6 Jul 26 Marvin Johnson Philadelphia, Pa KO 12 Sep 17 Billy "Dynamite" Douglas Philadelphia, Pa KO 6 Nov 1 Lee Royster Philadelphia, Pa W 10 1978 Feb 10 Richie Kates Philadelphia, Pa KO 6 Jun 19 Dale Grant Philadelphia, Pa KO 5 Aug 16 Fred Bright Newark, NJ KO 8 Oct 24 Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez Philadelphia, Pa KO 11 1979 Apr 22 Marvin Johnson Indianapolis, In KO 8 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World Aug 18 John Conteh Atlantic City, NJ W 15 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World 1980 Mar 29 John Conteh Atlantic City, NJ KO 4 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World May 13 Louis Pergaud Halifax, NS, Can KO 5 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World Jul 13 Alvaro "Yaqui" Lopez McAfee, NJ KO 14 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World Nov 28 Lotte Mwale San Diego, Ca KO 4 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World 1981 Feb 28 Vonzell Johnson Atlantic City, NJ KO 11 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World Apr 25 Murray Sutherland Atlantic City, NJ KO 9 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World Sep 26 Jerry Martin Atlantic City, NJ KO 11 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World Dec 19 Dwight Braxton Atlantic City, NJ LK 10 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World 1982 Apr 17 Pete McIntyre Atlantic City, NJ KO 2 Aug 7 Dwight Braxton Philadelphia, Pa LK 6 -WBC Light Heavyweight Championship of the World 1983 Mar 23 Eric Winbush Atlantic City, NJ LK 3 Sep 9 Larry Davis New York, NY KO 10 1984 Feb 11 Willie Edwards Detroit, Mi LK 11 1986 Jan 10 Chris Wells Hallendale, Fl KO 6 Feb 21 Uriah Grant Ft. Lauderdale, Fl L 10 Nov 15 Tomas Polo-Ruiz Port of Spain, Trinidad W 10 1987 Jan 30 Pat Strachan Nassau, Bahamas L 10 Jun 26 Kuller Coakley Nassau, Bahamas KO 3 Dec 4 Bobby Thomas Weirton, WV W 10 1988 Mar 8 Lee Harris Richmond, Va KO 1 Oct 21 Frank Swindell Newark, NJ LK 1 1989 Oct 24 Kevin Wagstaff Brisbane, Que, Australia D 8 1990 Feb 16 Markus Bott Hamburg, Germany LK 3 1991 Feb 26 Ed Mack Philadelphia, Pa L 8 May 9 Anton Josipovic Novisad, Yugoslavia L 8 Aug 15 Govonor Chavers Marbella, Spain KO 1 Oct 5 Michael Green Woodbridge, Va L 8 Oct 29 Andrew Maynard Washington, DC LK 3 1992 Mar 21 Jason Waller Fredericksburg, Va LK 2