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Old 11-29-2015, 09:48 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by pilight View Post
Yep, Fury is the 8th...

Bob Fitzsimmons, Michael Bentt, Herbie Hide, Frank Bruno, Henry Akinwande, Lennox Lewis, and David Haye all held one or more world HW championship belt during their career.
If you're going to count belt champions there might even be more. There were only 2 world champions: Fitzsimmons (learned the trade in Australia) and Lewis (born in Jamaica and learned the trade in Canada). Fury, having been given the decision over world champion Klitschko, is number 3 and the first real British world heavyweight champion born and raised.

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