Or will Louis' 25 straight defenses ever be matched or overtaken for that matter?
Ruslan Chagaev is the new WBA heavyweight champ, after winning a 12 round majority decision over previously unbeaten Nikolay Valuev (welcome to the Ivan Drago era).
It was a good match, with Chagaev boxing a clever tactical fight, and taking advantage of Valuev's inability to figure out a leftie.
He now becomes the third southpaw heavyweight champ in history.
The talk up until now has been about Valuev's run at Marciano's 49-0 record. Not gonna happen, he fell three wins short.
The last guy to come close was Larry Holmes, who was 48-0 before he sealed his fate when he signed to fight Michael Spinks.
In this era of a three way split in world titles (WBO doesn't count), it would seem to be an easier proposition for a heavyweight to overtake Marciano's mark.
Apparently not.
Will that mark ever be matched or bettered? Probably not. But in this whacko sport, anything's possible.
2007-04-14
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