If i had to pick i would say Young Stribling. His record was 239-14-14 with 127 KOs . The thing that is most impressive to me is that he did this all in 12 years. Unfortunatly he was killed in 1933 in a motorcycle crash. If you do the math thats 1 fight every 17 days on average.

# of fights per year

1921 25 fights
1922 34 fights
1923 28 fights
1924 35 fights
1925 33 fights
1926 17 fights
1927 22 fights
1928 40 fights
1929 21 fights
1930 10 fights
1931 5 fights
1932 13 fights
1933 4 fights

Those old boys were something else :eek:
Two of the best candidates for impressive records are Ted 'Kid' Lewis 229-42-18 & Willie Pep 230-11-1. I don't know who's record is the best but those are crazy numbers.

Miguel Cotto is right up there too.

Miguel Cotto is right up there too.


****inell. :rolleyes:

If i had to pick i would say Young Stribling. His record was 239-14-14 with 127 KOs . The thing that is most impressive to me is that he did this all in 12 years. Unfortunatly he was killed in 1933 in a motorcycle crash. If you do the math thats 1 fight every 17 days on average.

# of fights per year

1921 25 fights
1922 34 fights
1923 28 fights
1924 35 fights
1925 33 fights
1926 17 fights
1927 22 fights
1928 40 fights
1929 21 fights
1930 10 fights
1931 5 fights
1932 13 fights
1933 4 fights


Wow , I wonder why he is not as famous?

I was thinking SRR...I'll check his record out!

Miguel Cotto is right up there too.

Are you ****in kidding me. You actually said cotto. What in the hell were you thinking. We just named off three guys with over 200 wins and you say Cotto. I hope for your sake that other members dont read that and relize what a complete idiot you are. YOU ACTUALLY SAID COTTO?

Wow , I wonder why he is not as famous?

I was thinking SRR...I'll check his record out!

One of the things about Young Stribling was that he was known to fix fights. Maybe thats why he wasnt so popular.

ok if your dumb enough to think that me saying Cotto was serious please slap yourself. it's called being sarcastic.

cant really add anything other than robinson and pep

When you factor in the big difference in quality of opposition, I'll gladly take Harry Greb's record over Young Stribling's anyday.

Greb was also said to have had about 100 pro fights that haven't yet been recorded (I think some will get added eventually when discovered through newspaper research and whatnot), but out of the ones we do know, what's 299 fights divided by 13 years? Math's not exactly my strong suit, but that activity rate would seem to be very close to what Stribling's is...if not slightly higher.

Just for sheer volume, there was a British Lightweight from the 1930's by the name of Len Wickwar, whose acknowledged as having the records for both number of professional wins and number of professional fights. You guys can look it up for yourselves, but the numbers are close to 350(wins) and 450(fights) respectively.

Just for sheer volume, there was a British Lightweight from the 1930's by the name of Len Wickwar, whose acknowledged as having the records for both number of professional wins and number of professional fights. You guys can look it up for yourselves, but the numbers are close to 350(wins) and 450(fights) respectively.

was he mainly a booth fighter yogi?

Have any of you heard of a guy called Felix Savon?

He's a Cuban Amatuer at heavyweight... He retired a few years ago.

I know he's not a pro, but his accomplishments in the amatuer ring are second to none!


Felix Savon,
Heavyweight …
Olympic Gold 1992, 1996 and 2000 ...
Pan Am Gold in 1987, 1991 ...
World Champion 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1993 ...
Amateur record of 358-17 ...
Defeated pros Ray Mercer, Michael Bentt, Shannon Briggs, David Tua, Kirk Johnson and Andrew Golota

yeah im not huge on amatuer boxing to be honest its too sanitised but of course the Great Cuban master is probably the best heavyweight never to win a world title. (in the pros that is) ;)

by the way ive vchanged my postying name to J.

its the one i use everywhere else so thought i should amend it finally

Have any of you heard of a guy called Felix Savon?

He's a Cuban Amatuer at heavyweight... He retired a few years ago.

I know he's not a pro, but his accomplishments in the amatuer ring are second to none!


Felix Savon,
Heavyweight …
Olympic Gold 1992, 1996 and 2000 ...
Pan Am Gold in 1987, 1991 ...
World Champion 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1993 ...
Amateur record of 358-17 ...
Defeated pros Ray Mercer, Michael Bentt, Shannon Briggs, David Tua, Kirk Johnson and Andrew Golota

That's impressive, but it was just amatuers. Vernon Forrest was 225-16 in the amateurs. It's not as good as Savon's record, but still, it's a lot easier to do that in the amateurs.

For records 'at the top' you'd have to say SRR...

Have any of you heard of a guy called Felix Savon?

He's a Cuban Amatuer at heavyweight... He retired a few years ago.

I know he's not a pro, but his accomplishments in the amatuer ring are second to none!


Felix Savon,
Heavyweight …
Olympic Gold 1992, 1996 and 2000 ...
Pan Am Gold in 1987, 1991 ...
World Champion 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1993 ...
Amateur record of 358-17 ...
Defeated pros Ray Mercer, Michael Bentt, Shannon Briggs, David Tua, Kirk Johnson and Andrew Golota

HOW COULD WE NOT KNOW OF FELIX SAVON, TRUE BOXING FANS KNOW OF SAVON, hes a Cuban legend! i been trying to find vision of him everywhere, but havnt found a damn thang. i luv watching olympic boxing footage, but cant find a thing.

those old school records are amazing, they would go like 45 rounds too

Floyd Maywheather jr.................

Sugar Ray Robinson had a record of 131-2-2 before he retired, with 96 straight wins & he lost his last fight before he retired for the first time. Then he came back out of retirement & wasn't the same, but still his all time record is the best in my opinion W 173-L 19-D 6. Sugar Ray Robinson is greatest boxer of all time. The 96 straight win is the most impressive record in sports history. 40 straight wins, then he lost to LaMotta, after the lost to LaMotta he won 96 straight fights & he beat LaMotta 4 or 5 more times.

i think Julio cesar chavez had a good record.
108-5-2 and man..this guy was a ****in warrior

Have any of you heard of a guy called Felix Savon?

He's a Cuban Amatuer at heavyweight... He retired a few years ago.

I know he's not a pro, but his accomplishments in the amatuer ring are second to none!


Felix Savon,
Heavyweight …
Olympic Gold 1992, 1996 and 2000 ...
Pan Am Gold in 1987, 1991 ...
World Champion 1986, 1989, 1991 and 1993 ...
Amateur record of 358-17 ...
Defeated pros Ray Mercer, Michael Bentt, Shannon Briggs, David Tua, Kirk Johnson and Andrew Golota

Damn! I sure as hell hope they put him in the hall of fame.

Sugar Ray Robinson had a record of 131-2-2 before he retired, with 96 straight wins & he lost his last fight before he retired for the first time. Then he came back out of retirement & wasn't the same, but still his all time record is the best in my opinion W 173-L 19-D 6. Sugar Ray Robinson is greatest boxer of all time. The 96 straight win is the most impressive record in sports history. 40 straight wins, then he lost to LaMotta, after the lost to LaMotta he won 96 straight fights & he beat LaMotta 4 or 5 more times.

lol. honestly, you have to laugh, that's insane.

fighters like that, man, i really wish i woulda been
around to see that guy fight in person.
you'll never, *never* see numbers like that again. unreal.

yeah, ny vote goes to SRR hands down.
not only for number of fights but quality of opposition.

Charely Burley this man was amazing a welterweight who took on a fighter who was 220lbs

Gene Tunney 65-1-1 upset the world favorite Jack Dempsy twice and was one of the first boxers to study and watch his opponents films before he fought them.

also another great cuban amateur boxer is teofilo stevenson
he retired with a record of 358-17

Archie Moore and Willie Pep impress me

also another great cuban amateur boxer is teofilo stevenson
he retired with a record of 358-17

That's impressive! Regarding the profighters, I give my vote to Willie Pep. He fough until he was 43 and had 242 fights, but only lost 11!

Other candidates: Sugar Ray Robinson, Harry Greb and Archie Moore, to name a few.

Marciano 49-0 notice the zero.

damn, i started this thread like two months ago.

damn, i started this thread like two months ago.


I think being undefeated is overrated. Many heavyweights could have had a zero on their record.
Sulivan
Jeffries
Larry Holmes could have been 48-0

Marciano was great, but shouldnt be overrated because he didnt lose. He only has 7 title defenses (I think)

I think being undefeated is overrated. Many heavyweights could have had a zero on their record.
Sulivan
Jeffries
Larry Holmes could have been 48-0

Marciano was great, but shouldnt be overrated because he didnt lose. He only has 7 title defenses (I think)

Marciano had six title defenses (seven title fights).

You are right, Marciano cannot be considered to have the most impressive record of all time. He had a great record sure, but 49 fights is just not enough compared to Pep, Robinson and so forth.

I think Durans is fairly impressive. 104-16 (69ko's).

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Just for sheer volume, there was a British Lightweight from the 1930's by the name of Len Wickwar, whose acknowledged as having the records for both number of professional wins and number of professional fights. You guys can look it up for yourselves, but the numbers are close to 350(wins) and 450(fights) respectively.
Len was my great uncle and had a few more fights than are registered. He also had fights in Belgium, Holland etc, which although very easy to get to now were quite a trek then. A couple of promoters came across to watch him and asked if he'd like to go back to the states with them but Lens Dad wouldnt let him go as they couldnt afford to lose the money that he brought into the house each week.

was he mainly a booth fighter yogi? Len wasnt a booth fighter at all. He fought in small Halls all over Britain (some in europe). He once fought Freddie Miller (world champ at the time) in non title fight in front of what was said to be 20,000+ people. Also u have to take into the account that he had a break of 5 years in his career due to the war

No one's mentioned Eder Jofre. He retired with a record of 72-2-4, with 50 KO's. The only guy he couldn't beat was Fighting Harada, at a time when Jofre was bantamweight champ and apparently had problems making weight. He retired after the second loss to Harada, then came back after a two year hiatus to win all 25 of his comeback fights, winning the featherweight title in the process at age 37. Fought until he was 40, which was saying something then, especially for a smaller-weight fighter. The guy was amazing.

Len wasnt a booth fighter at all. He fought in small Halls all over Britain (some in europe). He once fought Freddie Miller (world champ at the time) in non title fight in front of what was said to be 20,000+ people. Also u have to take into the account that he had a break of 5 years in his career due to the war


that wasnt an insult mate, I know freddie mills, murdered allegedly for being Ronnie Krays gay lover.

Anyway back to the boxing, cheers for the info keen to know more if you have any handy.

Id be very surprised if a man form that era never fought in the booths though. Thats how they got into it in tghose days, if your interested in that have a read of a book called Gilroy, the stroy of Bert Gilroy, who was a scotts middle and light middle in the inter war and post war period.

he is noted as being the best british fighter never to get a crack at the title, Mccavoy avoided him like the plague. Its a good read. :boxing: