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LH Division Recap
The update on Tunney makes a nice segway to the LH Division Recap, using the same format as the prior HW post. Here's the list of LH World champs:
Bob Fitzimmons 1885-86
Joe Butler 1886-90
Joe Choynski 1890-1901
Phila Jack O'Brien 1901-03, 1904, 1905-07, 1910-12
George Gardner 1903, 1904, 1908-10
Charlie Haghey 1903-04
John Wille 1904-05
Jack Root 1905
Jack "Twin" Sullivan 1908
Leo Houck 1910
Jack Dillon 1912-15
Tommy Gibbons 1915-
12 different champions in 30 years, alot fewer than with the HWs although action has picked up after just three different champs in the first 16 years.
All-time records
Most bouts
Phila Jack O'Brien 78
Joe Butler 76
Jack Sullivan 69
George Gardner 67
Charlie Haghey 64
Active: O'Brien 78 Sullivan 69 third is TC Chuck Carrick 57 Leo Houck 52
Most wins
Phila Jack O'Brien 62
Joe Butler 56
George Gardner 50
Jack Sullivan 43
Billy Stift 40
Active: O'Brien 62 Sullivan 43 Houck 33 Dillon 30
Most KOs
Joe Butler 35
George Gardner 32
Billy Stift 30
Phila Jack O'Brien 27
Jack Root 25
Active: O'Brien 27 Carpentier 21 Dave Smith 20 Sullivan 19
Most Consecutive Wins
Jack Dillon and Phila Jack O'Brien (tie) 19
George Gardner 18
Georges Carpentier 17
Dave Smith, Joe Butler 16
Active: Dillon, O'Brien 19 Carpentier 17 Dave Smith 16
Most Consecutive KOs
Mike McTigue and Georges Carpentier 14
Billy Stift 11
George Gardner and Dave Smith 10
Active: Carpentier and McTigue 14 Dave Smith 10
Mike McTigue, who, like Dempsey, has started off his career with a string of knockout wins, needs just one more, in his 15th bout, to set the all-time LH record.
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