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Similar to what I did with the HW division. Again this is pretty much my final interpretation of the timeline.

Name - Reign - Reason Reign Ended - # of notable opponents faced

Jack Root - Apr 1903 to Jul 1903 - Lost - 0
George Gardner - Jul 1903 to Nov 1903 - Lost - 0
Bob Fitzsimmons - Nov 1903 to Dec 1905 - Lost - 1
Jack O'Brien - Dec 1905 to May 1907 - Lost - 1
Tommy Burns - May 1907 to Nov 1910 - Langford beat Clark - 2

Sam Langford - Nov 1910 to Feb 1913 - Moha beat Thompson - 2

Bob Moha - Feb 1913 to Jun 1914 - Lost - 1
Jack Dillon - Jun 1914 to Jun 1915 - Lost - 4
Tom McMahon - Jun 1915 to Jan 1916 - Lost - 0
Battling Levinsky - Jan 1916 to Feb 1916 - Lost - 1
Jack Dillon - Feb 1916 to Jul 1916 - Lost - 2
Battling Levinsky - Jul 1916 to Oct 1916 - Lost - 2
Billy Miske - Oct 1916 to Sep 1918 - Lost - 2
Harry Greb - Sep 1918 to May 1920 - Lost - 10
Tommy Gibbons - May 1920 to Jul 1920 - Lost - 1
Harry Greb - Jul 1920 to Dec 1923 - Lost - 7
Gene Tunney - Dec 1923 to Jan 1925 - Walker beat McTigue - 5

Mickey Walker - Jan 1925 to Sep 1925 - Berlenbach beat Slattery - 0

Paul Berlenbach - Sep 1925 to Jul 1926 - Lost - 2
Jack Delaney - Jul 1926 to Oct 1927 - Loughran beat McTigue - 0

Tommy Loughran - Oct 1927 to Feb 1930 - Slattery beat Scozza - 7

Jimmy Slattery - Feb 1930 to Jun 1930 - Lost - 0
Maxie Rosenbloom - Jun 1930 to Mar 1932 - Lost - 9
Joe Knight - Mar 1932 to Mar 1933 - Lost - 4
Bob Godwin - Mar 1933 to Mar 1933 - Lost - 0
Maxie Rosenbloom - Mar 1933 to Jul 1933 - Lost - 3
John Henry Lewis - Jul 1933 to Jul 1939 - Conn beat Bettina - 11

Billy Conn - Jul 1939 to May 1941 - Lesnevich beats Christoforidis - 3

Gus Lesnevich - May 1941 to Mar 1942 - Lost - 1
Jimmy Bivins - Mar 1942 to Jan 1944 - Marshall beats Bolden - 5

Lloyd Marshall - Jan 1944 to May 1945 - Lost - 3
Archie Moore - May 1945 to Oct 1945 - Lost - 3
Holman Williams - Oct 1945 to Nov 1945 - Lost - 0
Archie Moore - Nov 1945 to May 1946 - Lost - 0
Ezzard Charles - May 1946 to May 1949 - Maxim beats Lesnevich - 6

Joey Maxim - May 1949 to Dec 1952 - Lost - 3
Archie Moore - Dec 1952 to May 1962 - Johnson beats Jones - 8

Harold Johnson - May 1962 to Jun 1963 - Lost - 1
Willie Pastrano - Jun 1963 to Mar 1965 - Lost - 3
Jose Torres - Mar 1965 to Dec 1966 - Lost - 3
Dick Tiger - Dec 1966 to May 1968 - Lost - 2
Bob Foster - May 1968 to Jun 1974 - Lost - 10
Jorge Ahumada - Jun 1974 to Oct 1974 - Lost - 0
John Conteh - Oct 1974 to Nov 1977 - Galindez beat Mustafa - 2

Victor Galindez - Nov 1977 to Sep 1978 - Lost - 4
Mike Rossman - Sep 1978 to Apr 1979 - Lost - 0
Victor Galindez - Apr 1979 to Aug 1979 - Saad beat Conteh - 0

Matthew Saad - Aug 1979 to Dec 1981 - Lost - 5
Dwight Qawi - Dec 1981 to Mar 1983 - Lost - 3
Michael Spinks - Mar 1983 to Feb 1986 - Johnson beats Stewart - 4

Marvin Johnson - Feb 1986 to Mar 1987 - Lost - 1
Leslie Stewart - Mar 1987 to Sep 1987 - Lost - 0
Virgil Hill - Sep 1987 to Jun 1991 - Lost - 5
Tommy Hearns - Jun 1991 to Mar 1992 - Lost - 0
Iran Barkley - Mar 1992 to Mar 1993 - Hill beat Tate - 0

Virgil Hill - Mar 1993 to Jun 1997 - Lost - 7
Dariusz Michalczewski - Jun 1997 to Jun 1999 - Jones beats R Johnson - 1

Roy Jones Jr - Jun 1999 to May 2004 - Lost - 7
Antonio Tarver - May 2004 to Jul 2006 - Lost - 2
Bernard Hopkins - Jul 2006 to Apr 2008 - Lost - 1
Joe Calzaghe - Apr 2008 to May 2009 - Lost - 1
Chad Dawson - May 2009 to Aug 2010 - Lost - 1
Jean Pascal - Aug 2010 to Dec 2010 - "Lost" - 0
Bernard Hopkins - Dec 2010 to Apr 2012 - Lost - 1
Chad Dawson - Apr 2012 to Jul 2012 - Still Going - 0

 

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I'm pretty happy with the overall timeline but it's a bit messy in the following areas:

1) O'Brien - Dillon

2) Tunney - Loughran

3) Conteh - Spinks.

By and large though it remains simple with the best guy either losing or moving up in weight.

 

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here's my top 60


1 Ezzard Charles
2 Archie Moore
3 Gene Tunney
4 Harry Greb
5 Jimmy Bivins
6 Billy Conn
7 Maxie Rosenbloom
8 Roy Jones Jr
9 Bob Foster
10 Michael Spinks
11 Tommy Loughran
12 John Henry Lewis
13 Bob Fitzsimmons
14 Jack Dillon
15 Sam Langford
16 Joey Maxim
17 Tommy Gibbons
18 Jose Torres
19 Billy Miske
20 Jack Delaney
21 Dwight Qawi
22 Matthew Saad
23 Victor Galindez
24 Dick Tiger
25 Virgil Hill
26 Gus Lesnevich
27 Willie Pastrano
28 John Conteh
29 Bernard Hopkins
30 Antonio Tarver
31 Tommy Burns
32 Dariusz Michalczewski
33 Battling Levinsky
34 Lloyd Marshall
35 Harold Johnson
36 Micky Walker
37 Kid Norfolk
38 Philadelphia O'Brien
39 Joe Knight
40 Chad Dawson
41 Young Stribling
42 Paul Berlenbach
43 Joe Choynski
44 Marvin Johnson
45 Bob Moha
46 Iran Barkley
47 Joe Calzaghe
48 Glenn Johnson
49 Georges Carpentier
50 Mike Rossman
51 Jack Root
52 Jimmy Slattery
53 Eddie Muhammad
54 Jorge Ahumada
55 Holman Williams
56 Bob Godwin
57 Michael Moorer
58 Henry Maske
59 Tommy Hearns
60 George Gardner