Worst record in boxing history?

There was another fighter from Cincinnati named Reggie Strickland (I assume they were related) who lost almost 300 fights. But in Reggie Strickland's defense he fought a number of high caliber fighters and future champions (Harold Brazier, Darnell Wilson, Randall Bailey, Reggie Green, Lonnie Smith, Cory Spinks, Keith Holmes, Derrick Harmon, Tavoris Cloud) , and almost always went the distance. Despite his mind boggling number of losses, the dude must have been a tough guy.

 

Jose Carlos Amaral of Brazil lost his first 35 in a row.

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It's just one of those things I make a note of, when I find something interesting/strange/fun in a boxer's record. I don't know of any function on BoxRec, that allows you to make such a search… though those with access to their database can probably do that (I would guess?).

 

Gabor Balogh his record is 3-112-5, he was Gennady Golovkin's first opponent.

 

Made me think of Peter Buckley, career record 32-256-12. He did fight about a dozen future world champs, including Hamed, Scott Harrison, Kell Brook, Paul Ingle, Duke McKenzie and Gavin Rees. I saw him being interviewed a few years back and he wasn't all beat up, so he must have had some savvy. Without guys like this, the better fighters wouldn't have anyone to fight and gain experience against.

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I can never understand these guys that go 0-32, spend an entire career as a human punching bag. If I was a younger guy and wanted to take up boxing, I would train for at least a few months and get in great shape and get as techinically good as I could and I'd fight tomato cans.
If I had 5 pro fights and I wasn't at least 4-1 after fighting the easiest opposition, I'd hang up the gloves.

 

Reggie is first guy I thought of too. He fought under aliases as well..And his brother Jerry Strickland went 13-122

 

You'd have to have some money/backing if you wanted to fight easy fights at the start of your career. In pro boxing you're either the A side or the B side. The A side pays the B side and the A side gets to pick the opponent. That can get expensive, it might be as little as $400.00 for a 4 round fight in some towns, in others it might be $2500 or more, plus travel and hotel. The side that's paying doesn't pick someone who they think can beat them, when that happens, it's an upset. Often the A side doesn't get paid, it just gets a win and maybe a few dollars for ticket sales if they sell a lot of tickets. The B side does get paid, that's why people with losing records stay in boxing.

Most of the guys who lose a lot of fights learn to get out without taking too bad of a beating. But when they are stopped now, they get suspended and sometimes, especially if they are stopped by a head shot, have to pay for an expensive medical exam before getting another pay day. If they do get stopped, they can often get the next opponent to pay for their medicals so that the opponent can get a win on his record. It's more difficult to stay in boxing with an 0-10 record now but it can be done in some places.

 

I think this guy has the worst
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Not only has he lost all his fights by KO in the first or second round, but look at who it was against.

Pretty sure they are just fake fights though, some of them are on YouTube, just terrible.

 

There was a South African fighter named Bheki Moyo who finished his career 0-73-2. Not quite as bad as it sounds - they were mostly 4-rounders and he usually went the distance.

 

Yes, it's hard to think, it could be any worse than this.

14 1st-round defeats in a row… pretty sure that must be a record!

 

Thank you! That is exactly who I was thinking of but couldn't remember his name.

I remember reading a great article on him in Boxing News.