Who Had The Most Successful World Title Defenses?

By Ken Hissner: Most individuals bear in mind World Heavyweight champion Joe “The Brown Bomber” Louis having a report 25 world title defenses. However was there anybody with extra in one other division?

Flyweight, Tremendous Fly, and Mild Flyweight champ Germany’s Regina Halmich 44 defenses; Tremendous Featherweight, Light-weight, and Mild Welterweight champ Mexico’s Julio ‘J.C.’ Cesar Chavez, 29;

Flyweight and Tremendous Flyweight champ Argentina’s Omar ‘El Hurican’ Narvaez, 27; Tremendous Featherweight, Light-weight, Mild Welterweight, Welterweight and Mild Middleweight champ Las Vegas, Nevada’s Floyd ‘Cash’ Mayweather, L.A, California’s Featherweight, Welterweight and Light-weight champ Henry ‘Murder Hank’ Armstrong, 26;

Norway’s Welterweight champ Cecilia ‘First Girl’ Braekhus, 25, Mini and Mild Flyweight champ Mexico’s Ricardo ‘Finto’ Lopez 24, Ukraine’s Heavyweight champ Wladimir ‘Dr. Steelhammer’ Klitschko, Poland’s Cruiserweight and Mild Heavyweight champ Darius ‘Tiger’ Michaczewski, Kazakhstan’s Middleweight champ Gennadiy ‘GGG’ Golovkin, 23; Wiliston, North Dakota’s Mild Heavyweight and Cruiserweight champ Virgil ‘Fast Silver’ Hill, 22;

Germany’s Middleweight champ Sven ‘Phantom’ Ottkee, Wales Tremendous Middleweight champ Joe ‘Pleasure of Wales’ Calzaghe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania’s Middleweight and Mild Heavyweight champ Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins, Thailand’s Flyweight champ Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, 21;

Easton, Pennsylvania’s Heavyweight champ Larry ‘Easton Murderer’ Holmes, Louisville, Kentucky’s Heavyweight champ Muhammad ‘The Biggest’ Ali, Panama’s Featherweight champ Eusebio ‘El Alacran’ Pedroza, Thailand’s Flyweight champ Khaosal Galaxy, Mexico’s Mild Middleweight, Middleweight, Tremendous Middleweight and Mild Heavyweight champ Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez 19;

Puerto Rico’s Wilfredo ‘Bazooka’ Gomez, L.A., California’s Tremendous Featherweight, Light-weight, Mild Welterweight, Welterweight, Mild Middleweight and Middleweight champ Oscar De La Hoya, South Korea’s Mild Flyweight Myung-Woo ‘Sonagi’ Yuh, 18; Indonesia’s Featherweight champ Chris ‘The Dragon’ John, Pensacola, Florida’s Middleweight, Tremendous Middleweight, Mild Heavyweight and Heavyweight champ Roy Jones, Jr., Ghana’s Azumah ‘The Professor’ Nelson, Uzbekistan and Germany’s ‘King’ Artur Gregorian, 17;

Managua, Nicaragua’s Feather, Tremendous Feather and Light-weight champ Alexis ‘Skinny Man’ Arguello, Laredo, Texas Bantamweight champ Orlando Canizales, Campo, California’s Mild Middleweight champ ‘Horrible’ Terry Norris 16; Santa Fe’s Middleweight champ Carlos ‘Escopeda’ Monzon, Norfolk, Virginia’s Light-weight, Mild Welter, Welter and Mild Middleweight champ Pernell ‘Candy Pea’ Whitaker, 14.

From Halmich’s 44 to Whitaker’s 14 title defenses, there have been fairly a couple of with title defenses.