Fighters with multiple challenges
for the Lineal Heavyweight
Championship.
('*' means the challenger won!)
Six challenges
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1947/12 JERSY JOE WALCOTT 195 (1)
1948/06 JERSY JOE WALCOTT 195 (2)
1949/06 JERSY JOE WALCOTT 196 (3)
1951/03 JERSY JOE WALCOTT 193 (4)
1951/07 *JERSY JOE WALCOTT 194 (5)
1953/05 JERSY JOE WALCOTT 198 (6)
Five challenges
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1964/02 *MUHAMMAD ALI 211 (1)
1971/03 MUHAMMAD ALI 215 (2)
1974/10 *MUHAMMAD ALI 217 (3)
1978/09 *MUHAMMAD ALI 221 (4)
1980/10 MUHAMMAD ALI 218 (5)
Four challenges
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1949/06 *EZZARD CHARLES 182 (1)
1952/06 EZZARD CHARLES 192 (2)
1954/06 EZZARD CHARLES 186 (3)
1954/09 EZZARD CHARLES 193 (4)
1990/10 *EVANDER HOLYFIELD 208 (1)
1993/11 *EVANDER HOLYFIELD 217 (2)
1999/03 EVANDER HOLYFIELD 215 (3)
1999/11 EVANDER HOLYFIELD 217 (4)
1956/11 *FLOYD PATTERSON 182 (1)
1960/06 *FLOYD PATTERSON 190 (2)
1963/07 FLOYD PATTERSON 195 (3)
1965/11 FLOYD PATTERSON 197 (4)
Three challenges
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1892/09 *JAMES J CORBETT 178 (1)
1900/05 JAMES J CORBETT 188 (2)
1903/08 JAMES J CORBETT 190 (3)
1973/01 *GEORGE FOREMAN 218 (1)
1991/04 GEORGE FOREMAN 257 (2)
1994/11 *GEORGE FOREMAN 250 (3)
1980/10 *LARRY HOLMES 212 (1)
1986/04 LARRY HOLMES 223 (2)
1992/06 LARRY HOLMES 233 (3)
1906/11 PH JACK O'BRIEN 164 (1)
1907/05 PH JACK O'BRIEN 167 (2)
1909/05 PH JACK O'BRIEN 161 (3)
1907/07 BILL SQUIRES 180 (1)
1908/06 BILL SQUIRES 183 (2)
1908/08 BILL SQUIRES 184 (3)
Two challenges
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1941/05 BUDDY BAER 238 (1)
1942/01 BUDDY BAER 250 (2)
1941/06 BILLY CONN 174 (1)
1946/06 BILLY CONN 187 (2)
1982/06 GERRY COONEY 226 (1)
1987/06 GERRY COONEY 238 (2)
1919/07 *JACK DEMPSEY 187 (1)
1927/09 JACK DEMPSEY 193 (2)
1897/03 *BOB FITZSIMMONS 167 (1)
1902/07 BOB FITZSIMMONS 172 (2)
1906/10 FIREMAN JIM FLYNN (1)
1912/07 FIREMAN JIM FLYNN 175 (2)
1970/02 *JOE FRAZIER 205 (1)
1975/10 JOE FRAZIER 215 (2)
1940/02 ARTURO GODOY 202 (1)
1940/06 ARTURO GODOY 201 (2)
1899/06 *JAMES J JEFFRIES 206 (1)
1910/07 JAMES J JEFFRIES 227 (2)
1959/06 *INGEMAR JOHANSSON 196 (1)
1961/03 INGEMAR JOHANSSON 207 (2)
1998/03 *LENNOX LEWIS 243 (1)
2001/11 *LENNOX LEWIS 247 (2)
1962/09 *SONNY LISTON 214 (1)
1965/05 SONNY LISTON 215 (2)
1959/05 BRIAN LONDON 206 (1)
1966/08 BRIAN LONDON 202 (2)
1937/06 *JOE LOUIS 197 (1)
1950/09 JOE LOUIS 218 (2)
1955/09 ARCHIE MOORE 188 (1)
1956/11 ARCHIE MOORE 188 (2)
1914/06 FRANK MORAN 203 (1)
1916/03 FRANK MORAN 203 (2)
1974/03 KEN NORTON 213 (1)
1976/09 KEN NORTON 218 (2)
1930/06 JACK SHARKEY 197 (1)
1932/06 *JACK SHARKEY 205 (2)
1930/06 *MAX SCHMELING 188 (1)
1938/06 MAX SCHMELING 193 (2)
1941/03 ABE SIMON 255 (1)
1942/03 ABE SIMON 256 (2)
1978/02 *LEON SPINKS 197 (1)
1981/06 LEON SPINKS 200 (2)
1988/06 *MIKE TYSON 218 (1)
2002/06 MIKE TYSON 235 (2)
1985/05 CARL WILLIAMS 215 (1)
1989/07 CARL WILLIAMS 218 (2)
