A Look Back at the Famous Boxing Series

In recent years, there have been streaks involving at least three games. A repeat without a third fight is not a series.

Back then, the main series was world welterweight champion Ted 'The Aldgate Sphinx' Kid Lewis (189-32-14, 77 KOs) of St. George's London, UK vs. World welterweight champion Jack 'Boxing Marvel' Britton (103- 29-20, 30 KOs) of Clinton, New York, has been defeated twenty times.

Sam 'The Boston Bonecrusher' Langford (178-38-30, 126 KOs) who was born in Nova Scotia and fought in Boston, Massachusetts, has been in many series with opponents such as Sam 'The Oxnard Cyclone' McVea (74-14- 10, 60 KOs) from Oxnard, CA, fifteen times.

Harry 'Black Panther' Wills (70-9-3, 56 KOs) of New Orleans, LA, eighteen times. Joe Jeanette (84-9-8, 70 KOs) of Union City, NJ, fourteen times. Jeff 'Joplin Ghost' Clark (93-31-14, 71 KOs) of Joplin, MO, thirteen times. Jim Barry (25-26-4, 18 KOs) of Petaluma, CA, twelve times.

In today's era, no series can match that of the past especially since they fought many times in the past.

Harry 'Pittsburgh Windmill' Greb (108-9-3, 49 KOs) of Pittsburgh, PA, and Gene 'The Fighting Marine' Tunney (65-1-1, 48 KOs) of Greenwich, CT, fight times five. 'Sugar' Ray Robinson (174-19-6, 109 KOs) from Harlem, NY, fought Jake 'Bronx Bull' LaMotta (83-19-4, 30 KOs) from The Bronx, NY, five times.

Looking back at the boxers who were in the three-fight streak, we find 1960 Olympic gold medalist, 3-time world heavyweight champion Muhammad 'The Greatest' Ali, 56-5 stopped 37 times in Louisville, KY , losing to the WBC World Heavyweight. champion Ken Norton (42-7-1, 33 KOs) of San Diego, CA, and defeated him twice. He also lost to 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist Heavyweight World Champion 'Smokin' Joe Frazier (32-4-1, 27 KOs) of Philadelphia, PA, again defeating him twice.

Willie 'The Worm' Monroe (40-10-1, 26 KOs) of Philadelphia, PA, defeated World Middleweight Champion 'Marvellous' Marvin Hagler (63-2, 52 KOs) of Brockton, MASS, and lost to him twice. 'Irish' Micky Ward (38-13, 27 KOs) of Lowell, MASS, and Arturo 'Thunder' Gatti (40-9, 31 KOs) of Jersey City, NJ, fought three times. After defeating Gatti, Ward suffered two losses to him and retired.

Six-Division World Champion Manny 'Pac Man' Pacquiao (62-8-2, 39 KOs) from General Santos City, PH, fought two-division world champion Tim 'Desert Storm' Bradley, Jr. (33-2-1, 13 KOs) from Palm Springs, CA, three times.

He has fought 4-division world champion Juan 'Dinamita' Manuel Marquez (56-7-1, 40 KOs) of Mexico City, MEX, three times. 1952 Olympic gold medalist and world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson (55-8-1, 40 KOs) of Brooklyn, NY, fought Ingemar 'Ingo' Johansson (26-2, 17 KOs ) of Gothenburg, SW, three times.

Canadian champion George Chuvalo (73-18-2, 64 KOs) of Toronto, CAN, fought Willie Besmanoff (51-34-8, 19 KOs) of Munich, GER, and Milwaukee, WI, three times. He has fought Canadian champion Bob Cleroux (47-6-1, 37 KOs) of Montreal, CAN, three times.