Okay, so I wanted to figure out who holds the record for the most title defenses in boxing. You know, like, who was the king of holding onto their belt the longest? It seemed like a simple question, but it turned into a bit of a rabbit hole.
First, I hit up Google. Just a basic search, you know, “most title defenses boxing.” I figured the answer would pop right up.
The first few results threw out some names and numbers, but they weren’t all agreeing. Some were talking about specific weight classes, others were just listing overall champions. It was messy.
So, I decided to go a bit deeper. I started checking out dedicated boxing websites, like boxrec and espn. I figured they’d have the most accurate info. I spent a good hour just browsing through different articles and records, trying to piece everything together. It was more complicated than I thought!
I started making a list of the names that kept popping up, along with their supposed number of defenses. Joe Louis, Bernard Hopkins, and a few others were on it.
Then, I had this idea to cross-reference the information. I took the names from one site and looked them up on another, just to see if the numbers matched. Sometimes they did, sometimes they didn’t. It was kind of frustrating, to be honest.
I even stumbled upon some old forum discussions about this very topic. People were arguing back and forth about different fighters and their records. It was kind of entertaining, but not very helpful.
Finally, after a few hours it seems like Joe Louis should be the one that has the most title defenses, 25.
