Who is the most accomplished boxer with a losing record?

We should define the term losing record. What percentage of fights are losses to be considered a losing record?

Bob Satterfield had 79 fights with a record of 50-25-4. He lost 30% of his fights or one out of every three. Still managed wins over Harold Johnson, Cleveland Williams and Valdes. Big puncher with a glass jaw.

 

By losing record are we talking about fighters with at least 20+ losses or are we only counting gatekeepers / journeyman?

 

A losing record generally means that you have fewer wins than losses and draws. Bob Satterfield won more fights than he lost so that’s still a winning record .

 

Surely a losing record means more losses than wins.

Is Quirez the only world champion with more losses than wins? I can't think of another.

 

I took the title to mean a fighter with a career winning percentage below .500.

Like a guy who was 25-26-1 has a losing record — 26-25-1 is a winning record; a .500 record is 25-25-2.

 

Teddy 'Red Top' Davis had a final record of 72-75-6. Despite this he held wins over Paddy DeMarco, Percy Bassett, Charley Riley, George Araujo and Tommy Collins. He also went 15 rounds with Sandy Saddler in his bid for the featherweight title.

 

Probably John Farinacci who went by "Johnny Farr". He fought Kid Chocolate on 5/1/1933 for the junior lightweight title in Philly. He lost by UD.

His final record was: 50-57-15

 

Darryl Pinckney deserves a mention IMO. He had a career record of 24-42-3 (16 KOs). He stopped a 33-1, prime version of Junior Jones, stopped 19-0 future belt holder Guty Espadas, and decisioned former Olympian Paul Gonzalez. Decent scalps for a guy with such a low winning percentage.

 

The best so far imo.

 

Mando Ramos

 

He went 37-11-1.

 

Des Rea 28-36-5

First ever British light-welter champion.

Solid fighter who turned into a journeyman.

Also fought for the EBU title and travelled to Mexico to battle the incredible Jose Napoles. Did well to last into the 5th

Paul Wesley 16-50-5 6 kos

Stopped future World champion Paul "Silky" Jones in 2 with one punch

Knocked out undefeated future British Champion (and EBU and World title challenger) Neville Brown in 1

Lost by one round on points against World rated Robert McCraken for the British title

Nearly koed future Super-middle champ Glen Catley and another terrific war with British contender Gilbert Jackson.

Went the distance with World champions: Sumbu Kalambay, Steve Collins, Chris Pyatt,Crisanto España, Sam Soliman as well as some Ebu and British champions.

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Great answer. I forgot about David Vedder. (Despite seeing him fight several times)

 

Francis Ngannou fought two heavyweight champions. (Though neither fight was a sanctioned heavyweight title fight.) Was paid millions of dollars. Floored Tyson Fury. Lost a close decision. Was ranked in the WBC top 10. Fought Anthony Joshua, and he was stopped early.

Left boxing with a record of 0-2.

Close second is Rico Verhoeven. He scored 1 win over a guy with no wins. Secured a heavyweight title shot. He went 11 rounds with current heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in a loss. Currently ranked in the WBC top 10.

Rico is in talks to fight current WBC champ Agit Kabayel. If he gets it and losses, he'll have received two official heavyweight title fights, a top 10 ranking and millions of dollars, all in three pro bouts ... and he'll have a losing record (1-2). And his only win will be over a guy with zero wins.

Truly mind boggling. Forget Patterson-Rademacher. This would be a true low point in heavyweight history.

 

Yeah he’s probably a guy very few people have heard of or remember. I saw him win a decision over Uriah Grant. Eventually he ended up at heavyweight