I was looking at Wladimir Klitschko's resume and noticed he has taken a lot of 0's, yes you can argue not all of the fighters have been great but still it looks great on a resume to have taken a lot of 0's.
So I started thinking, what other fighters have taken many, I know for example Floyd Mayweather Jr. has taken surprisingly few. What fighters has taken the most? Lets say all 0's over 15-0.
Klitschko has for example taken 11, (maybe 12 soon with Tyson Fury):
- Bryant Jennings 19-0
- Kubrat Pulev 20-0
- Alexander Povetkin 26-0
- Francesco Pianeta 28-0-1
- Mariusz Wach 27-0
- Ruslan Chagaev 25-0-1
- Sultan Ibragimov 22-0-1
- Calvin Brock 29-0
- Samuel Peter 24-0
- Eliseo Castillo 18-0-1
- Najee Shaheed 16-0-1
Larry Holmes beat 11 undefeated (four below the 15-0 requirement)
The long reigning heavyweights are doing good, Wlad has one under 15-0 so 12 in total, 1 under.
And like other posters said, there were not as many 0's to take in the old days as they fought alot more often although not against great comp each time.
I have been looking around boxrec, but I can't seem to find anyone with more than 11. Pacquaio for example has 6 or 7. Vitali Klitschko has 6, if anyone wanted to compare him to his brother.
If you really looked into it, it would be guys who faced a lot of inexperienced fighters. Most top fighters have losses because they face top competition. So, taking a lot of 0's doesn't really mean a lot. Though it would be interesting to know which world champs have taken the most.
Well it means something when a guy is taking 0s at the championship level.
If you really looked into it, it would be guys who faced a lot of inexperienced fighters. Most top fighters have losses because they face top competition. So, taking a lot of 0's doesn't really mean a lot. Though it would be interesting to know which world champs have taken the most.
Just a quick look on boxrec and Oscar has taken 6, out of a 45 fight career, and I think all but one came at championship level, so that's pretty impressive.
It is almost certainly Ali Raymi under 15. But I also thought of someone like Darnell Boone. I know he isn't the answer, but at his best he stole quite a few 0's.
Roy Jones had nine on his, but you'd be looking at more modern than older fights as 0's never really used to mean much more than you ducked bigger challenges.