Brian Mitchell 80's/90's super featherweight. He avenged his one loss (a ten round decision in his 7th pro fight) three times - once by stoppage. He also "avenged" all three of his draws: two of them once and the other twice. Total rematch record: Frank Khonkhobe, 2nd meeting October 1982 W10 Jacobe Morake, 2nd meeting August 1983 W12 Frank Khonkhobe, 3rd meeting November 1983 W12 Jacob Morake, 3rd meeting March 1984 W12 Jacob Morake, 4th meeting November 1985 TKO12 Bushy Mosoue, 2nd meeting June 1986 W12 Joe Rivera, 2nd meeting April 1988 W12 Jackie Beard, 2nd meeting March 1990 W12 Tony Lopez, 2nd meeting September 1991 W12 9-0 (1) Sugar Ray Robinson Total rematch record: Jimmy Tygh, 2nd meeting April 1941 KO1 Fritzie Zivic, 2nd meeting January 1941 TKO10 Mary Servo, 2nd meeting May 1942 SD10 Sammy Angott, 2nd meeting July 1942 W10 Izzy Janazzo, 2nd meeting December 1942 TKO8 Jake LaMotta, 2nd meeting February 1943 L10 Jake LaMotta 3rd meeting February 1943 W10 Izzy Janazzo, 3rd meeting October 1944 TKO2 Vic Dellicurti, 2nd meeting November 1944 W10 Jake LaMotta, 4th meeting April 1945 W10 Jake LaMotta, 5th meeting September 1945 W12 Vic Dellicurti, 3rd meeting December 1945 W10 Sammy Angott, 3rd meeting March 1946 W10 Izzy Janazzo, 4th meeting March 1946 W10 Tommy Bell, 2nd meeting December 1946 W15 Freddie Wilson, 2nd meeting August 1947 KO3 California Jack Wilson, 2nd meeting October 1947 TKO7 Ossie Harris, 2nd meeting March 1948 W10 Henry Brimm, 2nd meeting February 1949 D10 Bobby Lee, 2nd meeting March 1949 W10 Freddie Flores, 2nd meeting June 1949 TKO3 Cecil Hudson, 2nd meeting June 1949 KO5 Kid Gavilan, 2nd meeting July 1949 W15 Don Lee, 2nd meeting November 1949 W10 Cliff Beckett, 2nd meeting April 1950 TKO3 Jose Basora, 2nd meeting August 1950 TKO1 Jeff Wolzack, 2nd meeting December 1950 W10 Robert Villemain, 2nd meeting, December 1950 TKO9 Jake LaMotta, 6th meeting February 1951 TKO13 Jean Walzack, 3rd meeting June 1951 TKO6 Randy Turpin, 2nd meeting September 1951 TKO10 Bobo Olson, 2nd meeting March 1952 W15 Joe Rindone, 2nd meeting, January 1953 KO6 Bobo Olson, 3rd meeting December 1955 KO2 Bobo Olson, 4th meeting May 1956 KO4 Gene Fullmer, 2nd meeting May 1957 KO5 Carmen Basilio, 2nd meeting March 1958 SD15 Paul Pender, 2nd meeting June 1960 L15 Gene Fullmer, 3rd meeting December 1960 D15 Gene Fullmer, 4th meeting March 1961 L15 Denny Moyer, 2nd meeting March 1962 L10 Bobby Lee, 3rd meeting April 1962 KO2 Armand Vanucci, 2nd meeting December 1963 W10 Fabio Bettini, 2nd meeting November 1964 D10 Harvey McCullough, 2nd meeting July 1965 W10 Stan Harrington, 2nd meeting August 1965 L10 Harvey McCullough, 3rd meeting September 1965 W10 39-5-3 (20) Muhammad Ali Total rematch record: Sonny Liston, 2nd meeting May 1965 KO1 Henry Cooper, 2nd meeting May 1966 TKO6 George Chuvalo, 2nd meeting May 1972 W12 Jerry Quarry, 2nd meeting June 1972 TKO7 Floyd Patterson, 2nd meeting September 1972 TKO7 Ken Norton, 2nd meeting September 1973 SD12 Joe Frazier, 2nd meeting January 1974 W12 Joe Bugner, 2nd meeting June 1975 W15 Joe Frazier, 2rd meeting October 1975 RTD14 Ken Norton, 3rd meeting September 1976 W15 Leon Spinks, 2nd meeting September 1978 W15 11-0 (5) Bernard Hopkins Total rematch record: Segundo Mercado, 2nd meeting April 1995 TKO7 Robert Allen, 2nd meeting February 1999 TKO7 Antwun Echols, 2nd meeting December 2000 TKO10 Robert Allen, 3rd meeting June 2004 W12 Jermain Taylor, 2nd meeting December 2005 L12 Roy Jones Jr., 2nd meeting April 2010 W12 5-1 (3)
I thought this was kind of fitting... Rafael Marquez Total rematch record: Ricardo Barrera, 2nd meeting April 2000 TKO1 Mark Johnson, 2nd meeting February 2002 TKO8 Mauricio Pastrana, 2nd meeting November 2004 TKO8 Silence Mabuza, 2nd meeting August 2006 RTD9 Israel Vazquez, 2nd meeting August 2007 LTKO6 Israel Vazquez, 3rd meeting March 2008 L12 Israel Vazquez, 4th meeting May 2010 KO3 5-2 (5) Israel Vazquez Total rematch record: Saul Briseno, 2nd meeting February 1998 W8 Eddie Saenz, 2nd meeting October 2000 KO2 Oscar Larios, 2nd meeting May 2002 LTKO12 Oscar Larios, 3rd meeting December 2005 TKO3 Rafael Marquez, 2nd meeting August 2007 TKO6 Rafael Marquez, 3rd meeting March 2008 W12 Rafael Marquez, 4th meeting May 2010 LKO3 5-2 (3)
Seriously. 39-5-3 by itself would be considered a very good record, period - especially from back in the times when fighters took on all comers and did so with high frequency. Nearly 50 rematches is just insane by today's standards. I don't feel like looking, but I doubt Mayweather and Pacquiao combined have even a fifth that many.
Off the top of my head, I only can think of Mayweather 1-0 in rematches and Pacquiao 4-0. Castillo 2 for Mayweather and Barrera 2, Morales 2 and 3 and JMM 2. ...Anybody else?
Lazy *******s. :yep Hagler and Charles were great in this category, yes. Holyfield and Nelson didn't fare quite as well. Marvin Hagler Total rematch record: James Redford, 2nd meeting May 1974 TKO2 Sugar Ray Seales, 2nd meeting November 1974 D10 Dornell Wigfall, 2nd meeting February 1975 KO6 Jimmy Owens, 2nd meeting May 1975 DQ6 DC Walker, 2nd meeting August 1976 TKO6 Willie Monroe, 2nd meeting February 1977 TKO12 Willie Monroe, 3rd meeting August 1977 TKO2 Kevin Finnegann, 2nd meeting May 1978 TKO7 Sugar Ray Seales, 3rd meeting February 1979 TKO1 Bobby Watts, 2nd meeting April 1980 TKO2 Vito Antuofermo, 2nd meeting June 1981 RTD4 Fulgencio Obelmejias, 2nd meeting October 1982 TKO5 Mustafa Hamsho, 2nd meeting October 1984 TKO3 12-0-1 (11) Ezzard Charles Total rematch record: Charley Banks, 2nd meeting June 1940 KO1 Ken Overlin, 2nd meeting March 1942 D10 Charley Burley, 2nd meeting June 1942 W10 Joey Maxim, 2nd meeting December 1942 W10 Lloyd Marshall, 2nd meeting July 1946 KO6 Tommy Hubert, 2nd meeting May 1946 KO4 Lloyd Marshall, 3rd meeting July 1946 KO6 Jimmy Bivins, 2nd meeting November 1946 W10 Oakland Billy Smith, 2nd meeting February 1947 KO5 Jimmy Bivins, 3rd meeting March 1947 KO4 Archie Moore, 2nd meeting May 1947 W10 Lloyd Marshall, 4th meeting September 1947 KO2 Fitzie Fitzpatrick, 2nd meeting December 1947 TKO4 Archie Moore, 3rd meeting January 1948 KO8 Elmer Ray, 2nd meeting May 1948 KO9 Erv Sarlin, 2nd meeting May 1948 W10 Jimmy Bivins, 4th meeting September 1948 W10 Joey Maxim, 3rd meeting February 1949 W15 Jersey Joe Walcott, 2nd meeting March 1951 W15 Joey Maxim, 4th meeting May 1951 W15 Jersey Joe Walcott, 3rd meeting July 1951 LKO7 Joey Maxim, 5th meeting December 1951 W12 Jersey Joe Walcott, 4th meeting June 1952 L15 Rex Layne, 2nd meeting August 1952 L10 Jimmy Bivins, 5th meeting November 1952 W10 Rex Layne, 3rd meeting April 1953 W10 Rocky Marciano, 2nd meeting September 1954 LKO8 John Holman, 2nd meeting June 1955 W10 Tommy Jackson, 2nd meeting August 1955 L10 Toxie Hall, 2nd meeting December 1955 W10 Bob Albright, 2nd meeting June 1956 RTD6 25-5-1 (11) Azumah Nelson Total rematch record: Kabiru Akindele, 2nd meeting November 1983 KO9 Marcos Villasana, 2nd meeting August 1987 W12 Mario Martinez, 2nd meeting February 1989 TKO12 Jeff Fenech, 2nd meeting March 1991 TKO8 Jesse James Leija, 2nd meeting May 1994 L12 Gabriel Ruelas, 2nd meeting December 1995 TKO5 Jesse James Leija, 3rd meeting June 1996 TKO6 Jesse James Leija, 4th meeting July 1998 L12 Jeff Fenech, 3rd meeting June 2008 L10 6-3 (5) Evander Holyfield Total rematch record: Dwight M. Qawi, 2nd meeting December 1987 KO4 Alex Steward, 2nd meeting June 1993 W12 Riddick Bowe, 2nd meeting November 1993 W12 Riddick Bowe, 3rd meeting November 1995 LTKO8 Mike Tyson, 2nd meeting June 1997 DQ6 Michael Moorer, 2nd meeting November 1997 RTD8 Lennox Lewis, 2nd meeting November 1999 L12 John Ruiz, 2nd meeting March 2001 L12 John Ruiz, 3rd meeting December 2001 D12 5-3-1 (2) Antonio Tarver Total rematch record: Eric Harding, 2nd meeting July 2002 TKO5 Roy Jones Jr., 2nd meeting May 2004 TKO2 Glen Johnson, 2nd meeting June 2005 W12 Roy Jones Jr., 3rd meeting October 2005 W12 Chad Dawson, 2nd meeting May 2009 L12 4-1 (2)
Rocky Marciano Total rematch record: Ted Lowry, 2nd meeting November 1950 W10 Gino Buonvino, 2nd meeting April 1952 KO2 Jersey Joe Walcott, 2nd meeting May 1953 KO1 Roland LaStarza, 2nd meeting September 1953 TKO11 Ezzard Charles, 2nd meeting September 1954 KO8 5-0 (4) Joe Louis Total rematch record: Lee Ramage, 2nd meeting February 1935 TKO2 Natie Brown, 2nd meeting February 1937 KO4 Max Schmeling, 2nd meeting June 1938 KO1 Bob Pastor, 2nd meeting September 1939 KO11 Arturo Godoy, 2nd meeting June 1940 KO8 Buddy Baer, 2nd meeting January 1942 KO1 Abe Simon, 2nd meeting March 1942 TKO6 Billy Conn, 2nd meeting June 1946 KO8 Jersey Joe Walcott, 2nd meeting June 1948 KO11 Omelio Agramonte, 2nd meeting May 1951 W10 Cesar Brion, 2nd meeting August 1951 W10 11-0 (9) Pongsaklek Wonjongkam Total rematch record: Bernardo Jun Davalos, 2nd meeting August 1995 KO2 Jerry Pahayahay, 2nd meeting July 1996 LKO6 Ramil Gevero, 2nd meeting September 1997 W10 Alpong Navaja, 2nd meeting November 1997 W10 Jerry Pahayahay, 3rd meeting February 1998 W10 Juanito Rubillar, 2nd meeting June 1998 W10 Ramil Gevero, 3rd meeting October 1998 W10 Roy Tarazona, 2nd meeting December 1998 W10 Dennis Sabsal, 2nd meeting April 1999 W8 Randy Mangubat, 2nd meeting September 1999 W8 Texas Gomez, 2nd meeting May 2000 KO7 Ramil Anito, 2nd meeting December 2000 TKO5 Randy Mangubat, 3rd meeting June 2003 W12 Randy Mangubat, 4th meeting October 2004 W10 Mark Sales, 2nd meeting November 2004 W8 Mark Sales, 3rd meeting July 2005 W6 Daisuke Naito, 2nd meeting October 2005 W7 Daisuke Naito, 3rd meeting July 2007 L12 Daisuke Naito, 4th meeting March 2008 D12 Rey Megrino, 2nd meeting July 2010 KO1 17-2-1 (4)
Myung-Woo Yuh Total rematch record: Jose De Jesus, 2nd meeting June 1988 W12 Mario Alberto De March, 2nd meeting June 1989 W12 Leo Gamez, 2nd meeting November 1990 W12 Hiroki Ioka, 2nd meeting November 1992 W12 I think the criteria for inclusion here should be quantity and/or quality. Yuh, for instance, didn't have all that many (compared to a freak like SRR) but he never lost a rematch, and those are all nice names to have a pair of wins over (or an avenged loss, in the case of Ioka). Other submissions should be along those lines - ie people like Mitchell who wound up beating every man they shared the ring with, even if it took more than one try...or people who won a few very important rematches, if not lots of them.
I was thinking of him too... but as you say, that would be quite a job. He probably had close to 100 rematches!
Yikes. OK. I'll filter out Newspaper decisions, too. Sam Langford Total rematch record: This content is protected This content is protected This content is protected
Sam Langford (continued) All rematches integrated chronologically Luther Manual, 2nd meeting February 1903 D6 Luther Manual, 3rd meeting February 1903 W10 Bob Stonewall Allen, 2nd meeting April 1904 W8 Andy Watson, 2nd meeting May 1903 D10 Andy Watson, 3rd meeting May 1903 D12 Andy Watson, 4th meeting June 1903 D12 Andy Watson, 5th meeting January 1904 D12 Jack Blackburn, January 1904 NWSD6 Dave Holly, 2nd meeting September 1904 D15 Dave Holly, November 1904 NWSD6 Andy Watson, November 1904 NWS12 Joe Reed, 2nd meeting January 1905 KO5 Dave Holly, February 1905 NWS15 George Gunther, 2nd meeting March 1905 W12 Young Peter Jackson, 2nd meeting June 1905 W15 Jack Blackburn, 2nd meeting August 1905 W15 Larry Temple, 2nd meeting September 1905 D15 Jack Blackburn, 3rd meeting September 1905 D10 Young Peter Jackson, 3rd meeting September 1905 D15 Jack Blackburn, 4th meeting October 1905 NC1 Larry Temple, 3rd meeting March 1906 KO15 Joe Jeannette, 2nd meeting April 1906 W15 Young Peter Jackson, 4th meeting June 1906 LTKO5 George Gunther, 3rd meeting November 1906 W12 Young Peter Jackson, 5th meeting November 1906 W15 George Gunther, 4th meeting November 1906 TKO3 Joe Jeannette, 3rd meeting January 1907 D12 Larry Temple, August 1907 NWS10 Jim Barry, October 1907 NWS10 Young Peter Jackson, 6th meeting November 1907 W20 Jim Barry, January 1908 NWS10 Black Fitzsimmons, 2nd meeting February 1908 TKO4 Joe Jeannette, 4th meeting March 1908 D12 Larry Temple, 4th meeting March 1908 W8 Jim Barry, 2nd meeting April 1908 KO2 Jim Barry, 3rd meeting June 1908 KO3 Joe Jeannette, September 1908 NWS6 Jim Barry, March 1909 NWS6 John Wille, 2nd meeting April 1904 KO2 Jim Barry, April 1909 NWSD10 Sandy Ferguson, 2nd meeting April 1909 D12 * Klondike, 2nd meeting (1st was News) September 1909 KO2 Fireman Jim Flynn, 2nd meeting March 1910 KO8 Jim Barry, 4th meeting April 1910 KO16 * Al Kubiak, 2nd meeting (1st was News) May 1910 TKO2 Joe Jeannette, 5th meeting September 1910 W15 Morris Harris, 2nd meeting December 1910 KO2 Joe Jeannette, 6th meeting January 1911 W12 Tony Ross, 2nd meeting August 1911 KO6 Joe Jeannette, September 1911 NWS10 * Tony Caponi, 2nd meeting (1st was News) October 1911 KO3 Sam McVea, 2nd meeting December 1911 L20 Jim Barry, 5th meeting February 1912 W20 Sam McVea, 3rd meeting April 1912 W20 Jim Barry, 6th meeting May 1912 TKO11 Sam McVea, 4th meeting August 1912 W20 Sam McVea, 5th meeting October 1912 TKO11 Sam McVea, 6th meeting December 1912 KO13 Jim Barry, 7th meeting March 1913 KO1 Sam McVea, 7th meeting March 1913 D20 Porky Dan Flynn, 2nd meeting August 1913 KO4 Joe Jeannette, October 1913 NWSD10 Joe Jeannette, 7th meeting December 1913 W20 Battling Jim Johnson, March 1914 NWS10 Bill Watkins, 2nd meeting May 1914 KO4 Battling Jim Johnson, August 1914 NWS10 George Kid Cotton, 2nd meeting August 1914 KO4 Joe Jeannette, October 1914 NWSL10 Colin Bell, 2nd meeting October 1914 TKO4 Gunboat Smith, 2nd meeting October 1914 KO3 Harry Wills, 2nd meeting November 1914 KO14 Battling Jim Johnson, April 1915 NWSD10 Joe Jeannette, 8th meeting April 1915 L12 Porky Dan Flynn, 3rd meeting April 1915 NC8 Battling Jim Johnson, June 1915 NWS10 Sam McVea, 8th meeting June 1915 L12 Sam McVea, 9th meeting September 1915 D20 Battling Jim Johnson, 2nd meeting October 1915 W15 Sam McVea, November 1915 NWSD10 Harry Wills, December 1915 NWSL10 Harry Wills, 3rd meeting January 1916 L20 Harry Wills, 4th meeting February 1916 KO19 Sam McVea, February 1916 NWSD10 Harry Wills, March 1916 NWSL10 Jeff Clark, 2nd meeting March 1916 TKO5 Sam McVea, April 1916 NWS10 Harry Wills, April 1916 NWSL8 Sam McVea, May 1916 NWSD12 Joe Jeannette, 9th meeting June 1916 KO7 Sam McVea, 10th meeting August 1916 D20 Battling Jim Johnson, 3rd meeting December 1916 KO12 Battling Jim Johnson, 4th meeting January 1917 W12 Bob Devere, April 1917 NWS10 Jack Thompson, April 1917 NWS10 Bill Tate, 2nd meeting May 1917 KO5 Harry Wills, May 1917 NWSD6 Joe Jeannete, September 1917 NWS12 Harry Wills, September 1917 NWSL10 Harry Wills, November 1917 NWSL12 Harry Wills, 5th meeting April 1918 LKO6 Harry Wills, 6th meeting May 1918 LKO7 Battling Jim Johnson, 5th meeting June 1918 W10 Battling Jim Johnson, August 1918 NWS8 Jack Thompson, August 1918 NWS6 Roughhouse Ware, 2nd meeting August 1918 KO9 Battling Jim Johnson, August 1918 NWSD8 Jeff Clark, 3rd meeting October 1918 D10 Jeff Clark, 4th meeting November 1918 D12 Jeff Clark, November 1918 NWSL6 Jeff Clark, 5th meeting December 1918 W8 Fred Fulton, 2nd meeting December 1918 L4 Bill Tate, 3rd meeting June 1919 DQ5 Harry Wills, July 1919 NWSL8 Jack Thompson, 2nd meeting August 1919 D15 Bill Tate, August 1919 NWS10 Harry Wills, September 1919 NWSL10 Jack Thompson, 3rd meeting October 1919 D15 Harry Wills, 7th meeting November 1919 L15 Jack Thompson, 4th meeting November 1919 TKO6 Jeff Clark, January 1920 NWS10 Jeff Clark, February 1920 NWSD10 Jack Thompson, 5th meeting April 1920 W15 Harry Wills, 8th meeting April 1920 L20 Jeff Clark, 6th meeting May 1920 W15 Roughhouse Ware, 3rd meeting June 1920 KO9 Sam McVea, August 1920 NWS10 Bill Tate, September 1920 NWSL6 Jack Thompson, 6th meeting November 1920 L8 George Godfrey, 2nd meeting November 1920 KO2 Tiny Jim Herman, 2nd meeting December 1920 TKO7 Lee Anderson, 2nd meeting January 1921 D12 * Bob Devere, 3rd meeting (1st two were News) January 1921 TKO7 Jack Thompson, 7th meeting February 1921 D10 Bill Watkins, 3rd meeting February 1921 KO? Bearcat Wright, 2nd meeting July 1921 KO9 Lee Anderson, 3rd meeting August 1921 W10 George Godfrey, 3rd meeting August 1921 KO1 Lee Anderson, September 1921 NWSL12 Bill Tate, September 1921 NWSL12 Lee Anderson, 4th meeting November 1921 L10 Lee Anderson, 5th meeting December 1921 W10 Bill Tate, 4th meeting December 1921 L12 Harry Wills, 9th meeting January 1922 L10 Bill Tate, March 1922 NWSL8 Roscoe Hall, 2nd meeting May 1922 TKO4 Bearcat Wright, 3rd meeting June 1922 D12 Bearcat Wright, 4th meeting July 1922 TKO5 Bill Tate, 5th meeting August 1922 W12 Cyclone Smith, 2nd meeting October 1922 KO2 Jack Taylor, 2nd meeting October 1922 W15 Jack Taylor, 3rd meeting November 1922 D15 Jim Jam Barry, 2nd meeting November 1922 D10 Tut Jackson, 2nd meeting November 1922 KO1 Jack Taylor, 4th meeting December 1922 KO8 Roscoe Hall, 3rd meeting December 1922 KO3 Chihuahua Kid Brown, 2nd meeting April 1923 KO3 Andres Balsa, 2nd meeting May 1923 KO3 Jim Tracey, 2nd meeting June 1923 KO4 Clem Johnson, 2nd meeting July 1923 LTKO13 Fireman Jim Flynn, 3rd meeting August 1923 W10 Bearcat Wright, 5th meeting August 1923 LKO9 Fireman Jim Flynn, 4th meeting October 1923 KO3 Roscoe Hall, 4th meeting December 1923 KO1 Sonny Goodrich, 2nd meeting December 1923 L10 Fireman Jim Flynn, 5th meeting January 1924 W8 Tut Jackson, 3rd meeting February 1924 KO9 Jim Jam Barry, 3rd meeting April 1924 W4 Jim Jam Barry, 4th meeting April 1924 NC4 Eddie Trembley, 2nd meeting May 1924 KO3 Smiling Kid Nolan, 2nd meeting September 1924 KO2 Tim Sullivan, 2nd meeting March 1925 D6 Battling Gahee, 2nd meeting September 1925 L8 Tim Sullivan, 3rd meeting December 1925 D6 Brad Simmons, 2nd meeting August 1926 LTKO1 105-32-37