We all know Rocky Marciano 49-0 43kos but a few others who were never beaten, can you add to the list, draws are OK just no loss, I remember a fighter last name Marcano who was killed but I believe unbeaten Joe Calzage 46-0 32 KO's Baby Joe Mesi 36-0 29KO's Lee "Italian" Stallion"Canalito 21-0 (19 KO's Jimmy Barry- 60 (40) - 0 - 10 Ricardo Lopez 51 (38 - 0 - 1 Terry Marsh - 26 (10) - 0 - 1
Ricardo Lopez is the only "truly" unbeaten retired champ as he had no amateur losses either. As far as I know he's still the only one
Jack McAuliffe finished 29-0-10 in 1897. According to some published sources, Packey McFarland finished at 106-0-6. There is some controversy as to whether or not McFarland may have lost an early decision to one Dusty Miller in July 1904, but that account could actually refer to a DQ Miller was awarded over Eddie McFarland in 1903.
Not intending to hijack your thread Bummy, but I think just as significant are fighters who may have been beaten before, avenged those defeats and won a title, unified that title, and then retired for good unbeaten. I know Carlos Monzon did that, and so did Gene Tunney (he didn't have to unify the title) , yet I can't think of any others.
Laszlo Papp (27-0-2). Samson Dutch Boy Gym (43-0-0) Also the following world title holders: Sven Ottke (34-0-0) Ji-Won Kim (16-0-2) Edwin Valero (27-0-0)
Packy Mcfarland, undefeated in 74 fights [url]http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=36384&cat=boxer[/url]
I know you are old school like me Red and always respectful. Good point I am not sure if Lennox Lewis unified but he did avenge his 2 defeats and quit on top....Monzon fought long and deep and defended many times:good and Tough Gene Tunney cleaned up the Greb loss and retired on top ( I think it helped he married a millionairess it took his appetite away from the gym) I think that would have retired me early as well
I think jimmy Curruthers was the first world champ to retire undefeated? (I could be wrong on this). Then he started fighting again 7 years later and lost a few