Carlos Zarate was once 52-0 with 51 knockouts

man would ko himself trying to shave in the morning.

 

Julio Cesar Chavez Sr. Was also 87-0 with something like 76 KO's before his first loss.

 

The Z-boys Shootout was the fight everyone wanted....except the 2 "ABC" sanctioning bodies.

 

87-0, 71KO's before his first draw even. (should have been a loss)
He got his first loss a couple of fights later.

Both guys never wore a TBE hat though

 

So if Chavez had retired at 87-0 Floyd would be sucking it?

 

yeah but jcc was fighting nothing but mexican cab drivers while floyd was beating greats like berto, guerrero and ortiz...... or so ive heard.

 

That's not the point, as according to Floyd is was about the numbers alone.
He didn't care that 49-0 only was significant because it was the heavyweight record, when nobody (not even bumbashers) ever made it past that point. He didn't care that it wasn't the unbeaten streak record (by far) or the wins in a row record (by a country mile), or even the retirement record... It was about 49-0+ without a draw or no-contest, and retirement.

Purely a number record of little significance, but Floyd made it big and his fans ate it up.
Floyd's legacy, despite the controversies, is far greater as that stupid little record with stipulations. But he made it a bullet point, and now it gets mocked at every turn.
Joke is, that the moment he returns in even a tune-up fight he instantly loses that "special" record, and immidiately tumbles outside the top 20 for any "active" record.

 

i agree, and i said so to all his stupid fans who ate that garbage up when floyd first said it, some of who are still here and would testify if they had the nerve. i was just making a joke about the stupidity of the statement and the way the dumbasses tried to justify it.

 

buck Smith was 124-2 with 90 ko´s when he challenged Kevin pompey in 93 for the usba welter belt……...let THAT sink in!!!

 

Clearly my sarcasm meter was on the fritz

 

the "or so ive heard" was my attempt at distancing that view from my own personal analysis.

 

Was 52-0 till Gomez kicked his a$$. Zarate had power but was a wee bit too stiff.

 

The great don steele was 41-0 41 ko´s when he fought Brian Nielsen for the world Heavyweight title!!!!

LET THAT SINK IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

He holds the Alabama heavyweight knockout streak record over Wilder too...
the man's a legend!