The fight lasted four and a half hours. Many of these records are disputed. If you believe you have proof of one being beaten, please let us know with links in the comment section. Cathal McGuigan is a writer and journalist from Derry, N.
His obsessions include boxing, hedgehogs and cheese. This site is for informational and entertainment purposes only. Share Tweet If those long-promised time machines ever come out and you get bored of dinosaur safari trips or punching a young Hitler in the ribs, you could do worse than take a ride back to early Most Professional Defeats Although Boxrec only give him a record of , Italian American Joe Grim is rumoured to have had more than fights, the vast majority of which were defeats.
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The record for the most fights between two boxers is held by Mike Sweeney and Danny Cripps, who fought each other an incredible 63 times, between and During an era where boxers fought more regularly than modern-day fighters, Sweeney and Cripps hold the incredible record for the most fights between two boxers in the sport.
Second on the list is Sam Langford and Harry Wills who fought 22 times in an intense rivalry, their final bout taking place in April Regarded as two of the most elite boxers in the world, the competition between these fighters was fierce with 14 of their matches going to no decisions. Wills would come out with the highest number of wins at six whilst Langford won just two of their meetings — both knock-out finishes. The two fought three times in alone, considered a high amount at the time despite how often boxers would take to the ring.
While fights could be re-matched dozens of times in the past, no professional boxers have fought each other more than four times in the modern era since Despite that, the modern era has seen plenty of outstanding boxing rematches take place since , with several high-profile names involved in some of the greatest boxing matches in history.
As the sport evolved, with television helping people from across the world watch fights, boxers were less required to fight as often as they had done in history. Rematches between boxers were limited to shorter and more high-profile events with television helping grow excitement on a global scale.
After drawing in his professional debut, Gomez knocked out his next 32 opponents. For four years of that stretch he was the reigning WBC super bantamweight champion.
After taking his record to with 32 KOs, Gomez jumped up to featherweight to challenge Mexican legend Salvador Sanchez. After that loss, Gomez won eight more in a row by stoppage.
He then moved up to featherweight and won the first unanimous decision of his career over Juan Laporte to capture the belt. Before retiring, he would take a third world title at super featherweight. In my own estimation, Gomez is the greatest Puerto Rican star of all time. Deontay Wilder is currently in striking distance of this record, with 32 straight KOs. But he's yet to fight a true contender, let alone win a championship, while Gomez recorded the last 13 KOs of his streak in world title fights.
Only a rare handful of boxing stars have recorded knockout streaks of over 20 fights. Bantamweight wrecking machine Carlos Zarate is the only man to have two such streaks. Zarate won his first 23 fights by stoppage. After recording a decision victory, he knocked out his next 28 opponents. During his second streak, he collected the WBC bantamweight title and also knocked out Alfonso Zamora, who was himself in the middle of a plus KO streak.
Zarate's streak ended in appropriate fashion, against fellow knockout artist Wilfredo Gomez, when Zarate went up to super bantamweight to challenge for the belt. Between the two of them, Gomez and Zarate entered the fight with a combined record of with 72 KOs. He's also three months away from turning Hopkins is not only the oldest champion in boxing history, he's the oldest professional athlete of any kind to compete at such a high level.
Most elite professional boxers are done in their mid-to-late 30s. Hopkins' longevity is a testament to his disciplined training and conditioning over the years, and to his cagey style, which has limited the damage he has taken. But he's also started claiming that he's an "alien" lately, and perhaps there's something to that. Many of these records show how much different the sport used to be. From the best records to the worst , from the most knockouts to being knocked out the most, we have it all.
While records were meant to be broken , most of these never will be. Without further ado, here are the top 25 most impressive boxing records! The average age of world champions in boxing is around 29 years old with some greats like Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson all achieveing that feat at 29 alone. This boxer really proved to everyone that no age is too old. Bernard Hopkins holds the record for the oldest world champion.
He became a world champion at the age of 49 which was a result of his hard work and how he took care of himself. Hopkins is the oldest world champion as well as the oldest professional athlete to compete at the highest level.
Yes, this is a real record , and a quite impressive one too. There are many boxers who would do anything to hold some of the records on this list, but some other records , we are sure they could do without. This is one of those. Reggie Strickland holds the record for the most professional defeats.
He fought a total of times of which he lost In this day and age most boxers don't even make it past 50 fights , so this is a record that will probably never be broken.
Later on in the list we will have a longer streak of just knockouts but what makes this record particularly impressive is that it includes world championships as well. After drawing his first match, this boxer was unstoppable for a while. Wilfredo Gomez has the record for the longest knockout streak including world championships at Gomez's last 13 KO's were in world championships which makes this record even more astonishing.
Heavyweight boxers are known for their massive size , whether that be height or weight. The majority of heavyweight champions are over the 6ft mark weighing over lbs. That wasn't the case for this first record breaker. Tommy Burns has the record for the being the shortest heavyweight champion coming in at 5 feet 7 inches. He is the only Canadian-born heavyweight champion in history and even with his size being against him, he defended his belt 13 times. There are many heavyweights weighing way over the lb mark.
It is the division with the most knockouts because of the shear strength that these boxers have behind their punches and their weight has a lot to do with that. Nikolai Valuev has the record for being the heaviest titleholder in history. Valuev is 7ft tall and when he won his title he weighed a whopping lbs.
Nicknamed the Russian GIant he held world titles in and This is another one of those records that most boxers could probably do without. Even the greatest boxers of all time have lost a fight or two, maybe even a couple.
This boxer took that to the extreme though. Robin Deakin has the record for the most consecutive losses. Deakin lost 51 fights in a row. He fought in the super light division and retired with a record of 2 wins and 53 losses. Surprisingly, the majority of his losses actually were to judges decisions.
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