This remarkable feat has been achieved only twice in 106 years. The first time was by Robert James `Bob’ Fitzsimmons (UK) when he knocked out James J. Corbett (USA) at Carson City, Nevada, USA on 17 March 1897. Roy Jones Jnr (USA) matched this when he beat John Ruiz (USA) for the World Boxing Association title by unanimous decision on 2 March 2003 at Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
The most heart bypass operations performed on Shane Taylor (USA) is three using eleven bypass grafts from 1997 until 2007.
Troy Tulowitzski (USA) hit 14 home runs in a 15-game stretch while playing for the Colorado Rockies (USA) between 3 to 18 September 2010. Tulowitzksi joined Albert Belle (1995) and Barry Bonds (2001) as the only players to hit 14 home runs in 15 games since Major League Baseball (MLB) began its modern day-era in 1900.
The most home runs allowed in a Major League Baseball career by a pitcher is 511 by Jamie Moyer (USA) for seven teams between 1986 and 2010. The most home runs he allowed in a single season was 44 in 2004 for the Seattle Mariners. Moyer has played for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, and Philadelphia Phillies.
The most hours logged in a diving helmet is 25,000 and was achieved by Noel McCully (USA) between 1976 and 2013.
The most hula hoop rotations on the leg in the arabesque position in one minute is 166 as was achieved by Mridula Shanker (India) at Northside Elementary School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, on 28 May 2013. Mridula was 9 years old at the time of the record attempt.
The most hours on US television is 16,746.50 hours by presenter Regis Philbin (USA) whose career spans 52 years as of 15 September 2011. This is an average of almost one hour a day throughout his 50-year career. Regis Philbin’s career started in San Diego in 1958.
The most ice cream cones prepared in one minute is 19 and is held by Mitch Cohen (USA) of Baskin-Robbins who broke the record on the Food Network TV show Paula’s Party on 28 June 2007.
The cheapest car of all time was the 1922 Red Bug, built by the Briggs Stratton Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, listed at $125-$150. It had a 1.57m (62in) wheelbase and weighed 111kg (245lb). Early models of the King Midget cars were sold in kit form for self-assembly for as little as $100 in 1948.
The most inverts on a sit-down hydrofoil in one hour is 826 and was achieved by Geno Yauchler (USA) on Lake Eloise in Winter Haven, Florida, USA, on 20 October 2009. He made 25 passes back and forth across the lake.