I think Kristian Laight's record is impossible to break. Just look at his stats. I wonder what could keep a guy going after even 30 losses
https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/216597
So I browsed the internet a bit and here is some more crazy numbers:
* Willie Pep – Two unbeaten Streaks of at Least 62 Fights
* Wilfredo Gomez/Gennady Golovkin – 17 Straight KO’s in World Title Defenses
* Willie Pep – Most Career Wins (229)
* Harry Stone – 222 Bouts Without Being Stopped
* Henry Armstrong – Five World Title Fights in 22 Days <- absolute madness! Can't imagine this today.
* Danny O’ Sullivan – Knocked Down 14 Times in World Title Fight
* Peter Maher – 50 First-Round Knockouts
* Henry Armstrong – Simultaneous World Champ In Three Weight Divisions
* Len Wickwar – 470 Career Bouts <- another madman
* Eric Crumble – 31 Straight Losses By Knockout
* Julio Cesar Chavez – 87-0 to Start Career
Nah you are misunderstanding me I believe.
Its easier to become a title holder than ever. Its harder to become The HW champion.
You need all 4 belts. You need to stay atop all these bs mandos. You need a promoter & platform that wont cause issues that make you lose a belt over dumb sh^t.
There is more sh^t in the way to become The HW champion then ever before & thats why since the main title got split & the IBF & WBO titles came to be acccepted there are fewer one champion divisions in boxing then any era since they started with divisions in the first place.
Ah I see what you mean. Yeah definitely
Oscar fighting fighters who were rated #1 p4p in any point of their careers, like Pernell Whitaker, Julio Cesar Chavez, Felix Trinidad, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.... Don't recall if Mosley was #1 p4p after Trinidad lost or if Hopkins ever was.
- -Manny setting Ring records for the most P4P fighters fought, beat, and KOed has no precedent and won't ever be repeated without skullduggery involved.
Also a Ring ranked p4p for 12 consecutive yrs.
George Foreman winning world championship twice 20 years apart.
Ray Sugar Robinson - 202 pro fights, winning the big majority of them.
Mike Tyson, a heavyweight champ by 20.
I can actually see that happening.
What I don't see happening is someone winning the heavyweight belt plus lineal, then winning it again 18 years, 2 months, 28 days later, like Foreman did.
Yeah with so many belts these days, it could happen
I actually think Tyson being the youngest HW champ at 20 might be harder to break. If you think of what are considered prospects today to win a world title like Dubois or someone, he’s already 22.
When you consider how huge today’s heavyweights are, it’d be hard to imagine a heavyweight turning pro at 16/17 and picking up a title at 20
People keep bringing up Kristian Laight as someone to mock, but the reason he kept at it despite all the losses was that it was all part of the plan for him. He was the very essence of a professional journeyman, letting the prospects look good without getting hurt so he could do the same thing the next week. For any up-and-comer around that weight class, fighting him was kind of a right of passage. There was a chapter on him in a book about UK journeymen that I read, definitely an interesting read. The author's called Mark Turley if anyone's interested in reading for themselves.
Anywho, to stay on topic for the thread: I don't think any fighter's ever going to make as much money as Mayweather did again.
Will we ever see a Heavyweight get to 50-0? Brian Nielsen 49-0, Rocky Marciano 49-0, Larry Holmes 48-0. I’m 33 years old I hope in my lifetime I see a heavyweight make it to 50-0. Nielsen and Marciano so close!
Well, Wilder got to 44-0 or something like that without facing any good opposition so it's technically feasible. But I don't think any true boxing fan would recognize such a record if it's carefully engineered by avoiding formidable opponents
People like this dude are an important part of the sport. He provided good rounds and experience for countless prospects. He would have fought so often to provide regular paychecks for his family. And he was only stopped 5 times in nearly 300 fights. That is impressive. It is so rare to find someone who has fought that many times nowadays.
From an armchair fan's perspective, you might think this guy is funny or a loser. From a fighter's/trainer's perspective, you want this guy around the gym for tips and advice based on his massive experience. And i bet he could fight a hell of a lot better than you'd expect.
I think you took this a bit too serious. It was just a fun way to start the thread
What actually amazes me is how he was KOed 5 times only when he lost 279 freaking times.
He's a club fighter who faces debut guys in 4 round fights lol
check out his nickname.
Im a Joe Louis fan, but the bigger problem with this is its waaaaay f#cking harder to be The HW champ today then its ever been so this is some technical sh^t to me more than no one could do it. If tomorrow boxing made sense & there was 1 champ I suspect the odds get much more reasonable & doable someone could achieve it. Right now its probably off the boards on it happening over the next 20 years at like 5mill to 1. If there was 1 champ its likely to drop down to 100k, 200k to 1.
I’m not so sure I agree here
In today’s division, you can become a hw champion by beating a Stiverne or a Martin
Pretty low standards there
Wilders streak of opponents bar Fury only goes to show its not difficult to cram in the quantity without the quality
Will we ever see a Heavyweight get to 50-0? Brian Nielsen 49-0, Rocky Marciano 49-0, Larry Holmes 48-0. I’m 33 years old I hope in my lifetime I see a heavyweight make it to 50-0. Nielsen and Marciano so close!
It’s possible
Probably not for a while though
Unfortunately, Joshua has a loss. Fury and Wilder have a draw on their resumes, so they’re also out
Maybe the next generation of heavyweights