IMPRESSIVE BOXERS
Added on: 1st Jul 2015
EDER JOFRE
The son of a Greek immigrant named Aristides and an Italian-Brazilian
mother, Eder Jofre became the greatest Brazilian boxer of all time and
the greatest Bantamweight boxer in history. He became a four-time
world champion in two different weight divisions achieving an astounding
seventy-two wins and only two controversial split decision losses in Japan
to a local favourite nicknamed Fighting Harada.
BOB FITZSIMMONS
Bob Fitzsimmons was a phenomenal bare-knuckle British boxer
back in the good old days when boxing was a manly, tough, and
a brutally bloody sport. He is the only professional boxer in history
to win the lineal world championship in the middleweight, light heavyweight
and heavyweight divisions and the first boxer to become the undisputed
champion in three different weight divisions. He’s considered one of the
hardest punchers in the history of the sport.
JOE CALZAGHE
Even though most will say that Rocky Marciano is the greatest boxer
who retired undefeated, the “Welsh Dragon” won more titles and
defended his title many more times than the legendary Italian-American
knockout artist. The former Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight
champion “Super” Joe Calzaghe beat Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr.,
Mikel Kessler, and Jeff Lacy among many others, held the world
super-middleweight title a record 11 consecutive years, defended his
crown 21 times, and retired with the title of the longest-reigning and
possibly the greatest super-middleweight champion in history,
with a perfect 46–0 record.
WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO
In terms of accomplishments Wladimir Klitschko is the second longest
-reigning heavyweight champion of all time and the scariest part is that
he looks unbeatable at the moment. An Olympic gold medallist at the
Atlanta Games in 1996, Wladimir has been the definition of a
dominant heavyweight champion, and from the late ‘90s to date,
he has held the title for nearly twelve years in total. Additionally, he is
currently tied with Muhammad Ali in second position on the list for the
most heavyweight title fights in history with 25, and is chasing
Joe Louis’s record of 27. He recently stated that he plans to fight until
the age 45 and we’re really curious to see what kind of record he will set.
CARLOS MONZON
According to the majority of boxing experts, Carlos Monzon is the greatest
Argentine boxer of all time and one of the three greatest middleweight
champions ever along with American legends Harry Greb and Marvin Hagler.
He held the Undisputed World Middleweight Championship title for over
seven years and in the process defended it fourteen times. He fought
100 times professionally, winning 87 times, having 9 draws and
losing only 3 times in points.
MANNY PACQUIAO
The Filipino Phenom is considered by many to be the greatest boxer of
our generation and how couldn’t he be when taking into account his many
achievements: he became the first and only world champion in history
to win the title in eight different weight divisions and the first to win the
lineal title in four of them. He was also named “Fighter of the Decade” for
the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), the
first non-American to receive such an honour. He’s regarded as a
national icon in the Philippines and is without a doubt the greatest and
most famous Asian boxer who ever lived.
ROBERTO DURAN
The Panamanian living legend Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Durán is
undoubtedly the greatest lightweight boxer in history and one of the
greatest boxers who ever lived regardless of weight division. In 2002,
he was chosen by The Ring magazine as the fifth best boxer of the last
eighty years and he made history by holding the world title in four
different weights—lightweight (1972–9), welterweight (1980),
light middleweight (1983–4), and middleweight (1989). He’s the
only modern boxer to have fought over a span of five decades from
1968 to 2001 when he retired at age fifty.
LASZLO PAPP
Laszlo Papp became the first boxer in history to win three consecutive
gold medals at the Olympics. He was also the very first boxer from a
country of the former Soviet Bloc to become professional back in the
late fifties. After fighting for a few years before the communist
Hungarian government retracted their decision, Papp retired
undefeated with a professional record of 27 wins and no losses along
with his astonishing 301 wins and 5 losses as an amateur.
In 1991 the WBC (World Boxing Council) named him the world’s best
amateur and professional fighter of all time, a title no other boxer in
history has ever earned to date, thus recognizing Papp’s legacy
in the world of boxing.
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