Fighters who had the most title shots

[IamInuit]

Sort of related but for some reason I just thought of Jimmy Young and the fact that he only got one shot. It almost seems criminal. He draws with Shavers, gives Lyle a clinic, loses a very debateable against Ali for his title shot, puts on another clinic against Lyle, sends Big George off to find his maker and then loses a close one to Norton. In between those fights he also beat 6 others. It took but 3 years. Today it would have taken 7 years and he would have gotten 4 title shots. His drop was like an anvil after Norton.


I thought of Moore also. 160 fights to get his first shot.

[Spicoli]

Sort of related but for some reason I just thought of Jimmy Young and the fact that he only got one shot. It almost seems criminal. He draws with Shavers, gives Lyle a clinic, loses a very debateable against Ali for his title shot, puts on another clinic against Lyle, sends Big George off to find his maker and then loses a close one to Norton. In between those fights he also beat 6 others. It took but 3 years. Today it would have taken 7 years and he would have gotten 4 title shots. His drop was like an anvil after Norton.


I thought of Moore also. 160 fights to get his first shot.

Could be all of the above for why the title eluded him after.. being that awkward good but the Norton fight was an eliminator? Then the wbc gets strip happy and Young may have slept on a poor mans version of himself losing twice to Ocasio but I've never seen those. He upset a lot of pre planning by knocking George around, cruel in that after Norton he watched them near the end and calling it a day while he went on to fall into stepping stone role vs a handful of the young mishmash of 80's wannabes.