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Before picking up on the "Champs or Chumps" feature, thought I would update with a recap on the history of the HW Division followed by the LHs and MWs (which is where I left off with that feature). This will simply recap the roll of World Champions and also highlight some records of notable achievements.

(drum roll) WBA HW Champions

Tommy Chandler 1880-82, 1888
John L Sullivan 1882, 1882-83, 1888, 1890-91
George "Old Chocolate" Godfrey 1882, 1891
Joe Coburn 1883-84
Peter Jackson 1884-88, 1891, 1897-99
Jimmy Elliot 1888
John C Heehan 1888-89
Jake Knifton 1889-90
Bob Fitzsimmons 1890
Peter Courtney 1891-92
James J. Corbett 1892-96, 1899-1901
Dick Matthews 1896-97
Bob Armstrong 1901-02
James Jeffries 1902-05
Jack Johnson 1905-07, 1909-10
Phila Jack O'Brien 1907-08
Tommy Burns 1908-09
Sam Langford 1910-14
Joe Jeannette 1914-15
Sam McVey 1915 -

Total of 20 different champions over a 35-year time span.

All-Time Lists

Number of Bouts

Peter Jackson, Jack Johnson 85
Jimmy Elliot 78
Joe Coburn 76

Active: Johnson 85, Mike Schreck 60, Burns & Langford 59

Number of Wins

Jack Johnson 70
Peter Jackson 68
Bob Fitzsimmons 58
James Corbett 57

Active: Johnson 78 Langford 51 Burns 44 Jeannette and McVey 42

Most KOs

Peter Jackson 54
Jack Johnson 51
James Jeffries 46
Jake Knifton 43
Joe Choynski and Tom Sharkey 42

Active: Johnson 51 Langford 39 Burns 31

Most Consecutive Wins

Peter Jackson 39
Joe Choynski 26
Bob Fitzsimmons 25
Jack Johnson 22
Sam Langford 20

Active: Johnson 22 Langford 20 Wills 18 Jeannette and Willard 17

Most Consecutive KOs

Bob Fitzsimmons 17 (twice)
Joe Choynski and Harry Wills 16
Jack Johnson 15

Active: Wills 16 Johnson 15 Jeannette 13 Dempsey 12 Willard 10

Obviously, it will be interesting to see if Dempsey can move into the elite company of the all-time list by keeping his KO streak alive. NOTE: Numbers for Fitz and Choynski include a number of bouts versus LHs.