Boxing in the 1950s and Floyd Patterson emerged as the youngest heavyweight champion in history (coincidentally, he beat Moore for the title left vacant by Marciano). Patterson remained the youngest heavyweight champion in history until November 22, 1986, when a 20-year-old Mike Tyson defeated the 31-year-old WBC Heavyweight Champion Trevor Berbick by TKO in round 2. The dark side of boxing once again emerged: Jake LaMotta alleged at a hearing that he had thrown a fight with Billy Fox in exchange for a try at the world Middleweight title, and Jim Norris, an important promoter of the time, was associated with Blinky Palermo and
Heavyweight only major titles, and it does not include lineal championships after 1921. Keys: Below is a list of longest reigning heavyweight champions in boxing measured by the individual's longest reign. The list includes both "The Ring" and lineal championships. Keys: The heavyweight division in MMA generally groups fighters between 205 and 265 lb (93 and 120 kg). Heavyweight is also the title of a documentary film that documented the fight camp of Fabricio Werdum when he became the UFC Heavyweight Champion. The term "world heavyweight" in modern wrestling generally refers to a champion wrestler who is seen as a prominent