Unbreakable Boxing records

John L's 42 pints of strong ale in a single afternoon.

 

Some records would be almost impossible to beat today, because you simply couldn't get the fights sanctioned over the timescale.

I don't think that anybody is ever touching Harry Greb's record, unless there is a nuclear apocalypse, and sanctioning rules go out of the window!

 

I love how the first instinct after a nuclear apocalypse is to start breaking boxing records and abolishing sanctioning bodies is the first things thought about.

 

That's some glass half-full thinking there!

 

Nah just wait until I go pro

 

It’s been well over 30 since Tyson become youngest heavyweight champ at 20 but I’m still thinking that it’s one long standing record that could stand a chance of being broken. Maybe a 18 year old doing well at one of the Olympics and then turning pro immediately after that. With 4 heavyweight belts to aim for, they could be fast tracked in a year or two and then he could have a chance of beating the record.

 

I agree with one sole Champion these records are hard to beat especially when you must fight the best - also certain greatnesses are unique to their specific time and dynamics of the era

 

I disagree - some are unbeatable. Henry Armstrong simultaneously holding the world’s featherweight, lightweight and welterweight titles cannot be equalled, let alone beaten. It’s simply not possible to do this anymore.

 

Jimmy Wilde’s unbeaten start to his career of 104 fights. It was probably more than that even.

 

I guess while it’s technically possible for a fighter to break the following record, I don’t think it will happen:
Willie Pep’s 134-1-1 before his second defeat.

That’s the combined career records of Floyd Mayweather (50-0) and Ricardo Lopez (51-0-1) plus Sugar Ray Leonard’s fight record before meeting Marvin Hagler (33-1). Or looked at another way, that’s a combined total of 44 years of experience between those 3 fighters to equal something Pep achieved in eight years as a pro.

So it’s not only going to be damn near impossible to match the fight record, the nature of the feat wouldn’t necessarily be as impressive if it were to ever be achieved.

 

There's just sooo many that will not be approached must less broken,, Roberto Duran won fights in 5 decades!

 

I don't know , with 4 belts and corrupt organizations I could see it.

 

Wilfred Benitez's record of being the youngest world titlist at 17 would be tough to beat today. Would many major sanctioning bodies allow a 17 year old to fight for the world title nowadays? I think you can turn pro as early as 14 in Mexico but it would be extremely difficult to fight today for a world title while still a teenager, unless perhaps you where a phenom like Benitez. The thing is fighting men while still a teenager probably didn't serve him well as he was severely damaged goods by the time he was 27.

 

But the equivalent achievement today would be something like holding three or four belts in each division at the same time which no alphabet organisation allows. Even if they suspended their own rules, would that be equivalent to Armstrong’s achievement when he held world titles in three of the eight divisions? The equivalent today would be holding unified world titles in something like 6 or 7 divisions at the same time (super bantam, feather, super feather, light, light-welter and welter?). Just not possible.

Armstrong’s achievement will forever remain unique.

 

Oliver McCall had his last fight only 6 months ago - and should he decide to give it one more go next year, he could tie with Duran (and Jack Johnson).