Trivia Question

[bender]

I am 99% sure i am right on this one but i will ask anyway.

Can anyone name the only person in history to have held a world championship heavyweight boxing belt who has never been knocked down in a professional boxing bout?

Actually, i think there might be two, but i will ask the question anyway.

 

[El Diablo]

I'm pretty sure former WBC champ Oliver McCall has never been knocked down.

 

[bender]

He was the second name i was thinking about. I am not sure if he was knocked down or not. He faced some big hitters in his time. From memory he stayed on his feet throughout the second Lennox Lewis fiasco fight where he turned his back, although he did receive a standing 8 count from memory. He fought some big hitters in his time, Did Bruno knock him down? Or Larry Holmes, I have a feeling that Larry Holmes may have knocked him down but i cant remember.

I have not seen a lot of the guy i have seen that i am thinking of but i am still fairly certain that he was not knocked down ever.

 

[El Diablo]

Larry didn't knock him down nor did Bruno. Even Lewis couldn't knock him down when he was walking around crying with his hands down. McCall has a granite chin.

 

[Blade]

Isn't McCall the giant (well over 6-feet I think) who spent time in prison prior to his comeback?

Also, didn't McCall get dropped by Henry Akinwande in his comeback fight before he knocked Akinwande out in the 10th in an undercard fight in 2001?

Also why is he known as The Crybaby Champion. :lol:

An interesting article HERE about The Atomic Bull

 

[Blade]

BTW bender, who is the other fighter you were thinking of?

 

[bender]

The other guy i was thinking of was Vitali Klitchsko, although he only won an alphabet title, his two stoppages were both retirements andalthough i have never actually seen him fight I dont think he has ever been put down before.