CHALLENGERS' WEIGHTS SINCE 1885
Here are the challengers since then. (click)
These Graphs, created from the CHALLENGERS list, above, dramatise
the increase in weight over the years. (click)
Many challengers get more than one chance at the big prize.
One fellow challenged for the title SIX times! (click)
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Most Boxing Historians agree that the first lineal World Heavyweight
Championship fight took place in 1885, when Dominick McCaffery met
John L. Sullivan, the American champion.