Name the only 3 heavyweight champions?

AckwelFoley

Name the only 3 heavyweight champions to have retired with no unavenged defeats? :cool:

Running Bing

snyper wrote: »

Name the only 3 heavyweight champions to have retired with no unavenged defeats? :cool:

Lewis and marciano are the easy ones. Cant think of the third.

dlofnep

unavenged defeats?

then marciano wouldn't be one. he never lost.

Running Bing

dlofnep wrote: »

unavenged defeats?

then marciano wouldn't be one. he never lost.

no defeats=no unavenged defeats to me by the same logic as no poultry would equal no chicken........maybe I am wrong though and its only people who have lost and avenged the defeat?

The Artist

Riddick Bowe
Valuev
Calvin Brock
joe mesi
Ike Ibeabuchi
Eddie Chambers

dlofnep

Ike never was a world champion. Either was Brock or Mesi. Ike and Mesi are both undefeated,

Axwell

Lennox Lewis, Rocky Marciano and Gene Tunney

The Artist

dlofnep wrote: »

Ike never was a world champion. Either was Brock or Mesi. Ike and Mesi are both undefeated,

ike was WBC International heavyweight title he beat david tua
Joe_Mesi kncked out Shannon Miller for the WBC USNBC title
Calvin_Brock He kncked out Wladimir Klitschko for the IBF and IBO heavyweight titles

dlofnep

davey180 wrote: »

ike was WBC International heavyweight title he beat david tua
Joe_Mesi kncked out Shannon Miller for the WBC USNBC title
Calvin_Brock He kncked out Wladimir Klitschko for the IBF and IBO heavyweight titles

Eh..

1) Calvin Brock never knocked out Klitschko. Klitschko destroyed him in 7 rounds.
2) WBC International heavyweight title is NOT a world title. It's a lesser title and a precursor to a shot at the real world WBC title.
3) WBC USNBC is NOT a world title. It doesn't count for anything in boxing. It may aswell be the coco pops title, because it has no merit.

I take it you don't watch boxing much?

AckwelFoley

Axwell wrote: »

Lennox Lewis, Rocky Marciano and Gene Tunney

You win.

The Artist

dlofnep wrote: »

Eh..

1) Calvin Brock never knocked out Klitschko. Klitschko destroyed him in 7 rounds.
2) WBC International heavyweight title is NOT a world title. It's a lesser title and a precursor to a shot at the real world WBC title.
3) WBC USNBC is NOT a world title. It doesn't count for anything in boxing. It may aswell be the coco pops title, because it has no merit.

I take it you don't watch boxing much?

hang on a minute as snyper said Name the only 3 heavyweight champions to have retired with no unavenged defeats.The boxers i quoted were heavyweight champions.these WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO are titles reconnized.:D
sorry about the calvin brock as it showed up no defeats on a website which was wrong he was beaten twice.

The Artist

snyper wrote: »

You win.

Harry Greb beat gene tunney although it was the light heavyweight do this count as a lost for the records?

dlofnep

snyper wrote: »

You win.

How? No unavenged defeats, implys that they were defeated and avenged their loss.

Rocky Marciano never lost a professional boxing bout so he is not included.

Did you mean to say 3 undefeated heavyweight champions?

dlofnep

davey180 wrote: »

hang on a minute as snyper said Name the only 3 heavyweight champions to have retired with no unavenged defeats.The boxers i quoted were heavyweight champions.these WBA | WBC | IBF | WBO | IBO are titles reconnized.:D
sorry about the calvin brock as it showed up no defeats on a website which was wrong he was beaten twice.

heavyweight champion implys they were a "champion". Not some bum title to give someone to wear because they will never actually wear the real thing.

WBC, WBA, WBO and IBF (along with ring's title) are the only belts that actually count. But even nowadays, divisions are so watered down, even the major titles don't mean much.

The Artist

found this on Wikipedia on lenox lewis the answer is right.
[edit] Hanging Up the Gloves
Because Klitschko had fought so well against Lewis, boxing fans soon began calling for a rematch. The WBC agreed, and kept the Ukrainian as its No. 1 contender. Lewis decided to pursue other interests, including sports management and music promotion. Lewis said he will not return to the ring. At his retirement, Lewis' record was 41 wins, 2 losses and 1 draw, with 32 wins by knockout. Though it was rumoured in an article published by the Daily Mail on the 24 February that he would return to fight Klitschko once again, Lewis quickly shot down those rumours on his personal website. He announced once again, on March 4, 2007 (after the Edison Miranda vs. Allen Green fight), that he was not coming out of retirement. He said he was putting on weight and that "You've never seen a skinny King".

Along with Gene Tunney and Rocky Marciano he is one of three world heavyweight champions to have retired with no unavenged defeats.

Running Bing

dlofnep wrote: »

How? No unavenged defeats, implys that they were defeated and avenged their loss.

Rocky Marciano never lost a professional boxing bout so he is not included.

Did you mean to say 3 undefeated heavyweight champions?

He said name three fighters who retired with no unavenged defeats.


Rocky Marciano retired with no unavenged defeats fact!

dlofnep

Babybing wrote: »

He said name three fighters who retired with no unavenged defeats.


Rocky Marciano retired with no unavenged defeats fact!

No unavenged implys that there were defeats that they have avenged. Marciano never lost a professional boxing bout, so he doesn't have a defeat to avenge.

Is anybody not seeing this? If he said "Undefeated champions", then - Marciano would be the man.

cowzerp

I agree with dlofnep, the question was asked wrong.

Running Bing

Simple question dlo. How many unavenged defeats did Marciano have when he retired?


None, nada, zilch, zero, 0!


Its a simple matter of logic, the question is purposefully asked like that as a trick.

DiscoHugh

snyper wrote: »

Name the only 3 heavyweight champions to have retired with no unavenged defeats? :cool:

Gene Tunney
Rocky Marciano
Lennox Lewis.

Axwell

DiscoHugh wrote: »

Gene Tunney
Rocky Marciano
Lennox Lewis.

Well done but you a litttle late..:D

DiscoHugh

Axwell wrote: »

Well done but you a litttle late..:D

Well I knew somebody would have answered it already but I swear I did not scroll down and cheat