Fighters who never pulled any dirty stuff in the ring

[SBleeder]

Getting away with a foul here and there has been an effective part of most fighters' toolbox since the dawn of the sport. Low blows with the referee out of position, borderline kidney shots, subtle headbutts... great fighters usually know how to pull if off without getting caught; or at the very least, they know how many times they can foul before losing a point.

Does anyone have any examples of fighters who never broke the rules period?

[Barn]

It's a hard one that

Don't recall Arguello or Louis ever being deliberately bad.

[IronDanHamza]

It's a hard one that

Don't recall Arguello or Louis ever being deliberately bad.

I was going to say Arguello.

[greynotsoold]

In the late 1950s Fritzie Zivic said that the only two 'clean' champions in history were Joe Louis and Gene Tunney. He said that they got away with it because Louis was a "million-dollar puncher" and Tunney was so well conditioned that he was no longer human.

[U_TALKING_2_ME?]

Kostya Tszyu very clean figher, i remember watching a few fights of his were his opponent was fighting dirty and he never retaliated. the Miguel Ángel González fight in particular

[Sugarj]

Richie Woodhall. Not a bad bone in his body.......the Gary Lineker of British boxing!

[Miburo]

James Toney, one of the cleanest ever.

[Thread Stealer]

Kostya Tszyu very clean figher, i remember watching a few fights of his were his opponent was fighting dirty and he never retaliated. the Miguel Ángel González fight in particular

Tszyu could get rough, particularly with shoving opponents to the floor.

[Barn]

James Toney, one of the cleanest ever.

I watched the Nunn fight recently and was astounded when Toney didn't pounce on Nunn when he asked him to wait while he kicked something out the ring. However that might have been down to confusion.

[TBear]

In the late 1950s Fritzie Zivic said that the only two 'clean' champions in history were Joe Louis and Gene Tunney. He said that they got away with it because Louis was a "million-dollar puncher" and Tunney was so well conditioned that he was no longer human.

Interesting!