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)



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