Anthony Joshua to fight Charles Martin for IBF title

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Here's a question, apart from Pete Rademacher and Leon Spinks, has anyone ever fought for a heavyweight title with less fights?

Or to pit it another way ...... The guy has actually only completed 17 rounds as a professional fighter.

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Here's a question, apart from Pete Rademacher and Leon Spinks, has anyone ever fought for a heavyweight title with less fights?

Or to pit it another way ...... The guy has actually only completed 17 rounds as a professional fighter.

Lol Jeanette and Mcvey went a shade below 50 in one fight. You tweaked my curiousity so I did a quick comparison. Joshua has fought 32 rounds in 15 fights. Tyson fought 22 rounds in 15

Tyson got his title shot in his 28th fight and after two back to back 10 rounders against Tillis and Green he still only fought 76 rounds.

At the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries there are all kinds of people who got shots at the title with less rounds. Some even in their debuts lol . And of course the challenges to champions when the title was not on the line in those years when only one belt existed were plenty.