Mayweather/Castillo 1, Ward/Kovalev 1, Calzaghe/Reid, Finito/Alvarez 1, Marciano/La Starza 1

Typical. People just don't want to give credit to fighters that make fights close and competitive against their fighter.

 

Mayweather, Ward, and Marciano represents the ideal perfect record amongst modern boxing fans in the US where they are more fixated on the 0. One does have to wonder how boxing history would change if those 3 fighters ended up taking a loss in their career. How different would the mindset of boxing fans be right now? And how would a guy like Mayweather be able to handle a loss considering his obsession with being unbeaten?

The whole idea of remaining undefeated has become the new gold standard of being considered a truly great fighter in the eyes of fight fans now. So much so that it's put a negative impact on the sport to the point that fighters today are afraid to take a loss, not taking any risks to face top opposition that could potentially blemish their record, and being labeled as a hypejob or overrated by casual fans the moment a fighter taste their first defeat.

Then you also have today's top fighters where the majority of them are unbeaten (Usyk, Inoue, Crawford, Bam, Tank, Shakur, Benavidez). This current generation of boxing definitely latches on to the fighters with clean looking records. I'm curious which current crop of top fighters ends up taking a loss eventually and who remains unbeaten once they retire.