Former four-division world champion Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather, 50-0, defeated former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, 49-0, in August 2017, stopping MMA champion Connor McGregor, starting boxing for ten rounds. Some feel it should be without his 50-0 record, and I am one of them.
Some have retired undefeated, while others have never lost a draw or two. WBO Super Middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe, 46-0 from Wales, has retired due to bad hands. He came to the US and defeated Bernard ‘The Executioner’ Hopkins and Roy Jones, Jr., ending his career.
Ricardo ‘Finito’ Lopez, Jr., 51-0-1 was the WBA Mini and IBF light flyweight champion after a draw with Rosendo Alvarez, winning the rematch. He was 47-0 when they tied the game.
Jimmy ‘Little Tiger’ Barry, 59-0-10, world bantamweight champion, struggling in his last eight fights.
Italian EBU champion Nino LaRocca, 74-6, was 56-0 at the time of the loss.
Thailand’s WBC Mini World Champion Chayaphon Moonsri, 55-3, was 54-0 when he lost.
Heavyweight champion Larry, the ‘Easton Assassin,’ was 48-0 when he lost to Olympic and light heavyweight champion Michael Spinks.
‘Super’ Brian Nielsen, 64-3, from Denmark, was 49-0 when he lost to Dicky Ryan, winning the rematch.
Lee Sala was 48-0 when he lost to Tony DeMicco, winning a rematch.
Tasama Salapat of Thailand, 76-2 with 53 points, was 48-0 when he lost to Takuma Inoue.
IBF Lightweight Champion Paul ‘The Pittsburgh Kid’ Spadafora was 49-1-1 and 48-0-1 when he lost to Johan Perez.
Heavyweight champion Deontay, ‘The Bronze Bomber’ Wilder, was 42-0-1 when he lost to Tyson Fury.
Former Super Middleweight and Cruiserweight champion Gilberto ‘El Zurdo’ Ramirez, 46-1, was 44-0 when he lost to Dimitrii Bivol.
Three-division world champion Julio ‘JC’ Cesar Chavez, 107-6-2, of Mexico, was 89-0-1 when he lost to Frankie ‘The Surgeon’ Randall, winning the fight again.
Light Welterweight champion Aaron ‘Hawk’ Pryor, 39-1, was 36-0 in his return from a two-year loss to Bobby Joe Young.
Denmark’s Tom Boggs, 77-8-1, was 53-0-1 when he lost to Emile Griffith.
Brazilian two-division world champion Eder Jofre, 72-2-4, was 47-0-3 at the time of his loss to Fighting Harada.
Poland’s two-division world champion Dariusz Michalczewski, 48-2, was 48-0 when he lost to Julio Cesar Gonzalez.
Featherweight world champion Willie ‘Will o’ the Wisp’ Pep, 229-11-1, was 62-0 when he lost to Sammy Angott.
Former WBO Light Middleweight champion from Mexico, Jaime Munguia, 44-1, was 43-0 in his loss to Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez.
Two-division world champion ‘Sugar’ Ray Robinson, 174-19-6, was 40-0 when he lost to Jake LaMotta. He would win La Motta four times during their career.
Light and Heavyweight champion Gene ‘The Fighting Marine’ Tunney, 80-1-3, was 47-0-2 when he lost to Harry Greb.
Russian heavyweight champion Nikolai ‘The Russian Giant’ Valuev, 50-2, was 46-0 when he lost to Ruslan Chagaev.
Two-division world champion Nino Benvenutti of Italy, 82-7-1, was 65-0 when he lost to Ki Soo Kim.
I’m sure the readers will come up with other words.
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