Fighters who never came back after retirement...

Hagler perhaps.

 

I think he did, I suspect all the way up to the infamous third Duran 'fight', if Ray had offered, Marvin would have accepted.

Another one who just 'disappeared': Dave 'Boy' McAuley.

I reckon the secret is do not announce your retirement, just stop fighting. That way if you 'comeback' you can turn around and say you just had an 'extended' rest!

 

if rocky had fought against ingo and/or floyd patterson he would get much more respect and he would be ranked higher

 

Depends if he won... As that '0' means tons for his legacy.

 

yes, of course i meant if he won

 

Johnny Famechon.

After losing his featherweight crown to Vicente Saldivar he retired at just 25 - and never attempted a comeback.

 

I'll toss Ernesto Marcel into the equation for never coming back after cleanly decisoning Arguello at age 25, shortly after decisioning future Arguello counterpart champion Sammy Serrano. Very formidable FW who volitionally left on the highest of notes. He said before Arguello that it would be his final match, win or lose, and he was true to his word.

Joey Archer deserves mention as well. A third match with Griffith could easily have been justified, but he called it all off for good at just 27. He may very well have been able to outbox Benvenuti, and he seemed to have Tiger's number.

Braddock was enormously popular, and had loads of offers on the table after Farr, but chose to leave with a win and walked away from the money. A long reign for Louis was not guaranteed with Schmeling II still ahead for Joe, so it's a noteworthy decision.

 

Hamed was scheduled to make a comeback but was then jailed for dangerous driving which stopped it happening.

 

Marciano. He considered a comeback when Ingo became champ with Lou Duva training/managing him. But it never came off.

 

Gene Tunney

How do you figure Archer had Tiger's number? That fight was extremely close.

 

Competing at the same once per year pace he established for Dempsey II and Heeney, I've long thought it was entirely possible Gene could have held the title until Louis came along [and then force the Bomber to go the distance to take it].

Joey nearly decked Dick in the opening couple of rounds, then boxed as a front runner. This one needed championship distance rematching for proper closure. But one does not expect Joey Archer to buckle Dick Tiger with shots from either hand. Joey was a miserable ******* to box who easily could have emerged from Griffith II with a 49-0-0 record. Tiger didn't lose much after turning 30, but Giardello and Griffith each beat him twice using the same basic template employed by Archer.

Don't get me wrong. Any rematch between Joey and Dick was likely to be close, but movement and a great jab were the things which could beat Tiger, and Archer demonstrated in their first match that he was indeed capable of hurting Dick.

 

Carbajal

 

I was pretty sure Joe Calzaghe would come back.

I think we all thought Vitali would finally goad Lennox into a rematch, I assumed Lennox was just letting the interest build.