Thread: Which fighter holds the record for winning a world title after the least fights?

Earliest I found was Leon Spinks after 8 fights

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=000262

Anyone who's done it in less?

Depends what you mean by world title:

Samson Dutch Boy Gym won a world title in 4 fights

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=008222

Pete Rademacher fought for the undisputed world heavyweight championship in his first fight against Floyd Patterson.

He didn't win (but did knock Floys down in the 2nd), but that would have been an impressive record to hold.

Originally Posted by X

Pete Rademacher fought for the undisputed world heavyweight championship in his first fight against Floyd Patterson.

He didn't win (but did knock Floys down in the 2nd), but that would have been an impressive record to hold.

Getting technical John L walked into his bout with James J Corbett, billed as Queensberry Rules World's Heavyweight Champion. A title he was given because he was unbeaten London Rules World's Heavyweight Champ.

So you could say Sullivan with no fights is pretty hard to beat.

Originally Posted by BK

Originally Posted by X

Pete Rademacher fought for the undisputed world heavyweight championship in his first fight against Floyd Patterson.

He didn't win (but did knock Floys down in the 2nd), but that would have been an impressive record to hold.

Getting technical John L walked into his bout with James J Corbett, billed as Queensberry Rules World's Heavyweight Champion. A title he was given because he was unbeaten London Rules World's Heavyweight Champ.

So you could say Sullivan with no fights is pretty hard to beat.

Wouldn't the same reasoning also apply to Larry Holmes, when he was given the IBF Heavyweight belt as its inaugural holder?

Originally Posted by X

Originally Posted by BK

Originally Posted by X

Pete Rademacher fought for the undisputed world heavyweight championship in his first fight against Floyd Patterson.

He didn't win (but did knock Floys down in the 2nd), but that would have been an impressive record to hold.

Getting technical John L walked into his bout with James J Corbett, billed as Queensberry Rules World's Heavyweight Champion. A title he was given because he was unbeaten London Rules World's Heavyweight Champ.

So you could say Sullivan with no fights is pretty hard to beat.

Wouldn't the same reasoning also apply to Larry Holmes, when he was given the IBF Heavyweight belt as its inaugural holder?

Except for the fact Holmes had, had 44 fights before being given the title!

Sullivan had never had a fight under Queensberry Rules prior to Corbett.

Originally Posted by BK

Depends what you mean by world title:

Samson Dutch Boy Gym won a world title in 4 fights

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=008222

nice old record he's got! was he any use?

Originally Posted by FightingPhil

Originally Posted by BK

Depends what you mean by world title:

Samson Dutch Boy Gym won a world title in 4 fights

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=008222

nice old record he's got! was he any use?

The victories over Pascau, Soto and Carbajal (Cruz), showed he had real potential.

But he never met an absolute top notch opponent to show how good he really was.

jeff fenech won his first title in his 7th fight. thats impressive too

This fella deserves a mention

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=35832

And this bloke

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=6077

Not the least amount of fights but deserves a mention nonetheless.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=5405

Originally Posted by BK

Originally Posted by FightingPhil

Originally Posted by BK

Depends what you mean by world title:

Samson Dutch Boy Gym won a world title in 4 fights

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=008222

nice old record he's got! was he any use?

The victories over Pascau, Soto and Carbajal (Cruz), showed he had real potential.

But he never met an absolute top notch opponent to show how good he really was.

pity guys like this this don't meet the best, cc for the info!

Originally Posted by Memphis

This fella deserves a mention

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=35832

I think Memphis has given us the answer.

Nice to see Weir get a mention. This Island does not produce many world title holders, even fewer two weight world title holders.

Weir has to possibly the least recoginzed WBA, WBC, IBF or WBO champion we have ever had...

One thing with the Thais is that a lot of then are crossovers from Muay Thai and have had alot of fights by the time they have their first pure boxing bout. Just a point.

Cheers,

Jeff Fenech won the IBF bantam title after only 6 fights , beating Satoshi Shingaki.

Hyun Mi Choi won a world title on debut (WBA strap at that)