Lineal Heavyweight Champions - Complete Chronology (The Man Who Beat The Man) 

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@@Rozza2k I thought about that for a sec. Lol in the rematch Yan will get get kicked in the dick and win the rematch via pure karma.

@@Rozza2k Aljo won the belt by headbutt to the knee. Meanwhile the UFC decided two Heavyweight champs were better than one, confusion, rankings, and integrity of the belt be damned.

@@paaaatrika oh for sure. Just jokes.

Thank you for pointing this out, we owe foreman everything for how the world treated him in the 70s . He said in those days he was a “monster” , “what must I do to gain their cheers?”

Incredible achievement

That power, you can't teach

You gotta admit Foreman could've knocked Frazier down 100 times and frazier would still have gotten up.

Foreman had freakish power and that's the last thing you lose to father time. Even in his comeback fighters feared his power.

Big Joe for ya. I love how effortless his power is.

Pretty incredible and inspiring.

Yup, after 20 years, and the age of 45, he wins back the lineal heavyweight title..wow. That has to be the greatest achievement in all of boxing.

Honestly

not just on RU-vid. Best documentaries & the best story teller in the history of the human race.

People get stripped or retire. There will always be a debate when that happens. This is a list of when a man beats the man. That can't be disputed. I follow mma much more closely. Was DC ever the lhw champ? You can argue no. That shouldn't be forgotten 30 years from now. A lineal list is just that and there's no argument. It doesn't tell the whole story. It's not definitive. If it were you wouldn't need the qualifier "linear".

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Rummys corner did this video better

Big George is my favorite boxing story ever

@@JoeVincentPresents Ah, right on, so you get it.

It is more poetic tan you written. He was a very mean man; everyone was afraid of him. He was invincible. Ali proved him that his ways are wrong. He rebel, until his quit boxing to start family, preach and help the poor. After long time, he returned to became world champion not as fearless juggernaut, but beloved pastor. I wonder no one made a movie about him. Maybe his story is too cliche even for Hollywood.

@@JoeVincentPresents What Was Your Favorite George Foreman Fight Of All Time Joe?

I almost agree with that...because it WAS..until Hopkins did what he did. George held legendary status for decades...but Bernard was our Philly local guy who defied more than winning the title at the oldest age...he beat the best there was and took our American pride back when we were robbed during the trinidad/De la Hoya fight. He bet his whole fight purse on himself and waved the flags in the middle of the ring.

I agree 💯

That's the problem in the old days if you're gonna get a time machine before you get famous try your best not to get the bad spotlight. Sonny Liston's media life is a case study.

Yes he was judged by his past which is shameless, if he wwre British he would have had a huge turnout for he's procession instead of none absolutely dispicable and inexcusable of the American people, Rule Britania 🇬🇧!!!!

But WASNT he a thug and a violent man tho??? Save your pity for actual REAL people in your life man 😆

@@DeeTeaDee A violent man he was. Nevertheless, I still feel sorry for the way he died. I don’t intend to excuse his actions at all; he did terrible things to honest and dishonest people. However, I do believe in redemption and mercy through Jesus Christ. I know he probably wasn’t a Christian when he died (I say probably because I wasn’t alive at the time to know whether or not this is the case. All I can do is read about him and watch old fight films of his) but he was still human and pained. I can see what you’re saying though, and I appreciate the advice. I’m sorry my response was so long haha; I like to explain myself. I hope you have a great day 😁👍🏼

One of the best Mike Tyson Quotes ever, it's actually my favourite because he's Just knocked a man out like a savage and the proceeds to use the word "primitive" while giving savage analysis on KO'd opponent, there's a whole nuance to who's saying it, how it's said and when it's said, its so good you could use that sound bite of his "boom perfect timing" just to represent how came out with it 😂🤣😂

Amen :D

Nobody

Boom perfect timing

Iconic

Lmfao what an underrated comment

This style of comment is so played out...

@@danielmclaren170890 You: "This type of comment is played out" Rest of the world: Doesn't care still does it anyway 🙃😂🤣😂🤣

That's actually a great quote

@Bruh Dude lol

This is from creed, rocky Balboa said that

@@anaybhel1032 exactly.

@@IBAMN1 I Like Both Comments By You And Anay Bhel, I'm Loving It Great Job & Happy New Year By The Way.

And that is why 1932 was the last year of Max schmeling and his wife having children.

Larry Merchant for ya haha

That was savage

😂 that was hilarious but Larry Merchant is a stirrer when it comes to media rumours, insulting and trying to imply things about boxers personal life, I've seen him annoy boxers while interviewing them quite a few times, that was probably a dark time for Mike Tyson, your trainer and adopted father has died, your wife who you've been so in love with and her mum is out to steal your money, has made accusations on TV while you sit there absolutely stunned, now alone all there is is hookers and cocaine plus your new promoter/manager is only trying prophet off of your inevitable downfall, I suppose the bookies wanted him gone too Tyson matches were getting predictable you knew who was getting knocked out it was just a matter of what round... not good for business 😂

I was dying when I heard that lmao

Yeah. It's more like the evidence that you have defeated the best guy in your era

The way the ring does it (which is probably the most “official” lineal belt) is the #1 and #2 in the division have to fight to determine the new lineal. (Some other exceptions of course it could be #1 and #3 etc)

If you want to go that way nobody after Rocky Marciano is Lineal champion since he retired.

@@IblewuponyourfaceIIIbut Rocky best Walcott, who only got the belt via a vacancy in the line. Soooo

@newagain - No, that’s wrong. Joe Louis came out of retirement to lose the lineal title to Ezzard Charles. Charles lost to Jersey Joe Walmart. Walcott lost to Marciano, so Marciano was the lineal champ.

Exactamundo, hit the nail in the head.

Your right... I don't think Ali planned to stay on the ropes... He felt Foreman power and hung on for dear life and once he realized he could avoid the big ko head shots that way thought he could wear him down... He trained to stick and move you can tell that by the first round and by the way his corner yelled at him for staying on the ropes... As far as fear goes, I boxed for twenty years... You're always scared bro!! Every fight I ever fought I was scared and I don't care who you are if you're stepping in that ring you're scared ... Everyone is scared but it's what the hero does in the face of fear that makes him a hero and what the coward doesn't do that makes him a coward - Cusdiamto!!

@@charliebates9098 Yeah, good call. It definitely wasn’t his original game plan. 100% right. Ha! I boxed for 17 years, dude. I can absolutely concur that being scared is part and parcel of boxing. I think it keeps you on your toes, personally - especially with your reflexes.

Ali was scared, but he wasn’t afraid. If that makes any sense lol..

@@ArtistFormerlyKnownAsShitlord yeah man you NEED that fear!! It keeps you alert!... I always tell my kids now a days how to use that fear... Fear gives you adrenaline rush and you can either use that to stand there and shake or use it to play, run, fight harder, whatever!! The fight or flight hormone!! When people think they're invincible and lose that fear that's when they get beat!! Foreman, Rousey, McGregor, Silva, Tyson, Lennox Lewis and there's a ton of references that should show a person that.... You have to keep that fear because there's ALWAYS someone out there that's better!! ... I won my first twenty matches (fifteen ko's) and thought I was starting to get good and lost a little of that fear and got my first KO myself!! I was beating this guy really bad and was able to keep him off me really well with a double jab followed by a right cross and fade out left (I mixed it up of course but that was my go to for that match) ... Well, I don't remember this, but my coach told me he timed my jab and threw and overhand right that knocked me out and it was my first loss... I remember telling the ref I was on the beach and wondering why I took a nap!! Lol ..... ANYONE can get caught and that taught me that if I don't keep that fear and get too comfortable then even a match I'm in total control of can go the wrong way!! ... You need fear

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The sweet science! Agree 100%

Amen

@@dylanmonk8734 I’ll

The sound of those chains clinking! Could you imagine being Spinks???

spinks didn't even wonna come out

Fun Fact: This was Spinks first loss and he retired from boxing after this fight at 31 years old! 😮

@@bigrich0926 but people said Tyson fought him way out of his prime lmao. I am not a Tyson apologist but I do give him his credit, Spinks was the Lineal champ that time and people discrediting Tyson on his win against Spinks.

Man stood in the ring knowing hell itself was coming, gotta give him that much.

Ty...big joe...absolutely love your work brother ❤ 💪 💙 🙌 👏

The most difficult story to tell is how the evil racists cajoled Jim Jefferies out of a six year retirement. And after he had retired undefeated 19 and 0. He said they hounded him night and day to come back to dethrown the young black champion Jack Johnson. Jim was 315lbs fat and happy on his farm and told the bastards a thousand times that he did not have what it took to beat a young champ. Jim was over 35 yo and had not fought in 6 years. But the racist mob forced him to get back in shape to beat the black champion. He only lasted to the 15th rounds. They banned black people from boxing for years afterwards. Many blacks were murdered. Jim was never a racist but the mob was so persuasive that he was swept into that frenzy. The amazing thing though is that - to this day even old black boxing experts say the best there ever was - will always be "The Great White Hope". Jim Jefferies - he is boxing's best champion forever.

The most difficult story to tell is how the evil racists cajoled Jim Jefferies out of a six year retirement. And after he had retired undefeated 19 and 0. He said they hounded him night and day to come back to dethrown the young black champion Jack Johnson. Jim was 315lbs fat and happy on his farm and told the bastards a thousand times that he did not have what it took to beat a young champ. Jim was over 35 yo and had not fought in 6 years. But the racist mob forced him to get back in shape to beat the black champion. He only lasted to the 15th rounds. They banned black people from boxing for years afterwards. Many blacks were murdered. Jim was never a racist but the mob was so persuasive that he was swept into that frenzy. The amazing thing though is that - to this day - even old black boxing experts say the best there ever will be - was "The Great White Hope". Jim Jefferies - he is boxings best champion - forever.

@@playtime5051 jefferries was a racist he said he wouldn’t fight jack Johnson because he did t want a black man holding a white mans trophy and Jim was not the best champion. We all know who the best champion in boxing was and is… Muhammad Ali.

@@playtime5051 past records mean nothing records themselves mean nothing look at wilder he was undefeated against tomato cans but Ali fought the best of his era and that was the best era.

@@playtime5051 George wasn’t a boxer he was a puncher. And I see you’re a bit of a racist and you’re saying Ali didn’t serve his country no one agreed with the war in Vietnam blacks were the ones who were dying the most in the western army so why should he fight for a country who hated him called him a nigger and was against his religious beliefs.

@@BlackWolf-el3gu Marciano literally fought them beat of this time. Unless your want to argue Moore wasn't the greatest light heavyweight champion. I mean seriousness Marciano has not controversy or ducked anyone.

Yea it’s fun to watch the progression threw the years

Not just boxing

Bro what term yo!!

Heavyweight ? Lol

@@jeremyness2395 lineal champ

@@2dboxing Appreciate u letting me know. Same here actually as far as what that term meant

You're the greatest yourself triple h

On Point Paul. It was like he was chosen by God personally to be The Greatest!

On Point Paul. It was like he was chosen by God personally to be The Greatest!

you can't be sure of that unless you can see into the future ... and Tyson Fury hasn't finished yet, so who can say anything for sure ... he predicts, and he gets the right results, and while he'll never out "great" Ali, others are still to come ... not to mention Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey, Jersey Joe Walcott (who did what Ali did with Holmes, but with Marciano, and previously unbeaten, and past his prime) ... and Jack Johnson was a similar boxer to Ali too

@@patriciatutaki3322 No matter how long fury goes on, it won't change the fact that their won't be any talent pool like in the 70ies or 90ies anymore.

I had known of Rocky since I was a kid. Tyson's era. When I saw how hard he struck opponents I really couldn't believe it. Then I looked at physical makeup. Ideally not tall enough. But solid build. Ideally arms not long enough. But like Aaron Donald playing defensive tackle, arguably aside from QB toughest in the sport to dominate. Marciano had little wasted motion from windup to contact and once the combinations landed good night Irene. When we saw Tyson same thing very solid leverage compact stocky and blessed with handspeed at that size.

@@rockabye_baby187 Nah Tyson overrated Rocky kills him

You have to also consider that Walcott was winning by a wide margin at that point. Walcott was rightly confident that he could beat Rocky. He knocked Rocky down for the first time in his career, and nearly had him down two or three other times. Rocky couldn't even see him in three of the rounds due to his eyes being shut by Walcott's jab and hook combinations. At the very end of the 13th round Rocky did catch him when he had to. It's similar to how Joe Lewis was losing to Billy Conn, then at the end of the 13th con got too cocky and got himself knocked out. Had Walcott been 10 years younger, Rocky Marciano would never have beaten him. Wolcott wasn't 39 or 40 when they met, he was older than that. Joe Walcott's own mother estimates he was born in 1911. This is why Larry Holmes was so mad at being put down the list from Rocky Marciano. When he first lost to Michael spinks, Larry Holmes stated that Rocky was in his twenties fighting men in their 30s and 40s when he was champion, which was true. Meanwhile Larry was the guy in his 30s taking on prime challengers in their twenties, and still made 20 tile defenses. Rocky suffered from the same type of thing that Larry Holmes did, lack of adequate competition. The only competition that Rocky had was in getting the title in the first place from an old fighter way past his prime, and he's still almost lost.

@@yawnnlawnn7067 rocky would get his ass handed to him by Tyson Ali Foreman and fraizer

@@yawnnlawnn7067 he was a great at his time but the sport has to evolve Tyson was also a legend imo Mike wins but let's just appreciate them as both legends

@Hermit It’s Poetry In Motion baby! Ali was Poetry In Motion!

Thanks!

People hate on Larry Merchant, but he was a legend

That dude came close to being beaten to death several times. And he would have earned the beating. But man.....he had balls.

Awesome, glad to hear it

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@@JoeVincentPresents would Tyson in his prime years have beaten Holyfield and Lennox?

@@JSM8885 idk about Holyfield but Lewis prob

@@JSM8885 Tyson in his prime was the best, better than any other boxer ever in my opinion.

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Imo there's a ton of very great champions that ain't given enough attention... most people know Joe frazier beating ali... or Larry Holmes for losing to tyson and beating ali. All that aside we need a new undisputed.... my vote is on fury but I don't mind tbh.... i like the top 5 all contenders for undisputed (fury,AJ,Wilder,usyk and whyte)

Because they weren’t lineal champs. 😂

@@newagain9964 it’s for debate, some lineal champion timelines list klitchkos, some don’t. It’s subjective due to retirements etc. I think they both were.

@@dersatic9994 it’s not subjective. Even if we’re being liberal on the definition, Lennox was last lineal champ. And he retired with title. Technically Joe Louis was the last.

@@newagain9964 hundreds of boxing historians and boxers disagree with you. It’s subjective.

Nobody

What goes up - must come down.

Yea but he beat buster that night , 13 seconds Douglas got. The official ringside counter had him out and let him up on 9 where as he counted Mike out at 9 smh Don King had his hand in that pot there cuz Mike had a intense fight with him earlier about his money, but Don escaped the altercation by showing Mike the new video game Punch Out. I remember watching that fight with my whole boxing club and we were all very disappointed and we vcr taped and dubbed it. I remember growing up counting to that getting past 10 no matter how slow we counted. Lesson learned there love all but trust few to none because there is always a few you can trust with your life especially if the task has given a few times and they did just that.

And that’s what makes Ali the goat. And even puts foreman, Lennox Lewis, and a cpl others ahead of Tyson.

Add to that, there are so many weight divisions now. It's a joke. Plus, you have fighters who are champions of one sanctioning body and yet not even rated in the top ten in another.

There should only 1 champ per weight class it would be better at determining who is the best in ever weight class instead of people claim they are the best when they won a vacant belt.

@@ChappoGucciMal I think most boxing fans will agree with you. The problem is the sanctioning bodies. Each one seems hell-bent on having their own champ. As an example, fighter A is the WBC champ, and he fights fighter B who is the WBA and IBF champ. Fighter A wins and claims all three belts. Sounds great, all he needs to do now is beat the WBO champ, and he is the undisputed division champion. This is the part that's fucked up. He enters negotiations with the WBO champ's promoter to have a fight with all the belts on the line. Problem is the WBA says that the WBO fighter is not their mandatory challenger and if fighter A does not fight their mandatory challenger then he will have to relinquish the WBA title. That kind of thing happens all the time in modern boxing, fighters being stripped of titles for not fighting whomever the sanctioning bodies decree as the mandatory challenger.

@@Boxing4K exactly a good example is Charlo vs Castaño. Their first fight was a draw, but the can’t have a rematch because they have to fight their mandatories or else they will loose their titles.

@@ChappoGucciMal Happens all the time.

Rocky.

Louis and Lewis

@@TheLobsterBurgerRocky. 😂paper champ. 😑

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