the scariest record

Jeeezus!! That's a crazy find bro. It truly is amazing to think how often guys used to fight.

 

buck smith also fought twice on the same day:yep

 

So did jack johnson,Johnson fought Harris and Black Bill on the same day in two three-rounders in 1905 according to borec,he won both,one on points the other with a 1st round KO.
By the way any one seen this boxrec wiki --
http://www.boxrec.com/media/index.php/Main_Page

The recent death part of it is very sad,guys who ive never heard of,very interesting,it links them to there records as well.

 

Wait, is Wickwar still alive?

 

COJONES

337 wins, 93 KOs 83 LOSES 42 DRAWS..:yikes :yikes

 

This guy fought everybody available from the best to the worst. There have been a good few fighters like that with incredible records who history has completely forgotten. This guy is lucky that so much of his record survives.

 

Boxrec is probably the most amazing record of boxing anywhere in the world.
Its not the top fighters records that impress me,it's the obscure journeymen and bums records that go all the way back to the 1800's that amazes me the most.
The fact that someone would take the time to compile such a record into one source for all to see is incredible.
Whoever works at Boxrec has my gratitude.


Is that Wickwar guy still alive? It doesn't say anything about his date of death!

 

Lamar Clark fought six times in one day 1958.

 

This record shows that Len Wickwar fought 461 times from 1928 to 1940.

(It's just the last four fights are post-war 1946, 1947)

461 times in 12 years AND HE NEVER WENT OUTSIDE OF THE BRITISH ISLES TO FIGHT.

I think this gives some idea of how much boxing there actually was in the pre-WW2 period.

Incredible.

 

You forgot to mention the guy he fought 3 time in one night, i guess this is what people talk about when they say boxing has such a deep history.

 

It's even more impressive if you consider that almost all of his opponent's records are almost certain vastly incomplete, and there are very few rematches on his record.

And most of his fights went the distance, meaning there were few easy nights for him.

 

Oh yeah. Well check this one out. It's scary from another angle.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=3395

This guy fought on a lot of cards in the area I'm from, that's the only reason I know who he was.

 

look at billy birds record.