He fought Chris Eubank for the world super-middleweight title in and stayed at the top of his game until retiring in We couldn't do a countdown of boxers without one called Rocky, could we? Marciano made a name all for himself long before Sly Stallone's films came along. You'll probably know him as Money on account of his love for fast cars and expensive, well, everything, but Mayweather was a damn good boxer, too.
Mayweather finished his career with 49 wins, level with Marciano - and speculation has raged ever since about whether he'll don the gloves once more to make it He is often referred to as the best defensive boxer in history, as well as being the most accurate puncher since the existence of CompuBox, having the highest plus—minus ratio in recorded boxing history.
Mayweather has a record of 26 consecutive wins in world title fights 10 by KO , 23 wins 9 KOs in lineal title fights, 24 wins 7 KOs against former or current world titlists, 12 wins 3 KOs against former or current lineal champions, and 3 wins 1 KO against International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees.
Career: — c. He was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in Barry turned professional by , and fought extensively in that year and the next, though many of his bouts were exhibitions. In his most significant early bout, Barry knocked out the twenty-year old London boxer Jack Levy in 17 rounds to win the pound World Championship on December 5, in Roby, Indiana, though the win may not have yet been fully sanctioned by the United States.
The win was made more significant as it was sanctioned both as a United States and World championship. The following year, he cemented his claim to the world bantamweight crown the bantamweight limit at the time ranged from to pounds when former bantamweight champion George Dixon moved up to the featherweight class. On December 6, , Barry scored a 20th-round knockout with a crushing right to the jaw against English champion Walter Croot in London, giving him claim to the vacant pound World championship.
Barry faced Casper Leon again for the American and World pound bantamweight championship in the late evening of December 29, , and retained the title in a twenty-round draw. Unable to continue as an instructor due to physical limitations, he left the Army in October of He occasionally refereed bouts at local clubs, likely for extra income. He died in a Chicago Sanitarium on April 5, after an illness lasting four years, that according to one source may have been tuberculosis. Career: — Record: Divisions: Strawweight, light flyweight.
He is one of just fifteen world boxing champions to retire without a loss. His final record was 51 wins 38 knockouts , 0 losses and 1 draw. Rocco Francis Marchegiano Brockton, MA, September 1, — Newton, IA, August 31, , best known as Rocky Marciano, was an American professional boxer who competed from to , and held the world heavyweight title from to He is the only heavyweight champion to have finished his career undefeated.
This was also influenced by the fact that he turned professional late in his career after spending his formative years winning Olympic gold not once, but three times. Thank you for ruining a few matches for us!
Papp finished his restricted career with 27 wins, 15 of which came by knock out, and a strong sense of what could have been had he been allowed to compete against the very best in the business.
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March 11, at am. January 23, at pm. About Papp he did compete outside the legal boundaries of his country. In , during the early stages of his career, Carlos Monzon lost three fights while still competing in Argentina. Nicknamed Escopeta, or shotgun, Monzon fought as a middleweight and his unbeaten record stretched to more than 80 fights until he retired as the undisputed champion in Roberto Duran had one of the shortest unbeaten streaks, but like Willie Pep he went on a second unprecedented winning run.
Nicknamed Manos de Piedra, or Hands of Stone, Duran competed from to in seven different weight classes. After losing his first bout, Duran won his following 41 fights before losing to Sugar Ray Leonard eight years later in Duran capped off his career in when he fought Hector Camacho, where he lost by unanimous decision. Floyd Mayweather Jr is one of just 15 boxers in history to have stepped away from the sport with an unbeaten record.
Mayweather competed in five different weight divisions, winning 15 major titles throughout his career. He also holds a perfect record.
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