Fighters who retired as champion and never made a comeback

[Sαntα]

True.. Well spotted!

He does K-1 now.

[mickey malone]

He does K-1 now.

Ah right, I wondered where he went..

I remember the 2 fights with Michael Brodie, kinda reminded me of Dave boy McCauley's wars with Fidel Bassa.. Close fought and brutal..
Do you know his K1 score so far?

[Sαntα]

Ah right, I wondered where he went..

I remember the 2 fights with Michael Brodie, kinda reminded me of Dave boy McCauley's wars with Fidel Bassa.. Close fought and brutal..
Do you know his K1 score so far?

1 win 1 loss. I saw the first fight and thought he lost it. It went to an extra round (what ever that means)

[mickey malone]

1 win 1 loss. I saw the first fight and thought he lost it. It went to an extra round (what ever that means)

Yeh, pro boxers never seem to take to K1 too well.. Don't know why they bother.. The extra round is for if it's a draw after 5 rnds for championship bouts or 3rnds for non-championship.. So in otherwords, there isn't any draws.. TBH, it wouldn't be a bad idea for boxing either!..

Just for a laugh....

This is how I started answering your post, b4 I realized that I hadn't read your answer properly..

Nah, it was a Draw and a loss (TKO7).. Both fights were fairly brutal, mainly due to Brodie's tendency to swell up like John Merrick, which he did in a lot of his fights..

Lol

[Sαntα]

Yeh, pro boxers never seem to take to K1 too well.. Don't know why they bother.. The extra round is for if it's a draw after 5 rnds for championship bouts or 3rnds for non-championship.. So in otherwords, there isn't any draws.. TBH, it wouldn't be a bad idea for boxing either!..

Just for a laugh....

This is how I started answering your post, b4 I realized that I hadn't read your answer properly..

Nah, it was a Draw and a loss (TKO7).. Both fights were fairly brutal, mainly due to Brodie's tendency to swell up like John Merrick, which he did in a lot of his fights..

Lol

Lol. I watched 3 In-Jin Chi fights this morning. Guess which ones!

[BennyST]

I know there have been many fighters who retired as champion, but how many never made a comeback? I came up with a few. Can the board list others?

Lennox Lewis
Rocky Marciano
Gene Tunney
Joe Calzhage
Carlos Monzon
Sandy Saddler
Ricardo Lopez

I know there are quite a few more.

Ernesto Marcel. Was the SFW champ and retired unbeaten as champion, defeating Alexis Arguello in his last fight and smartly never made any comeback. Incredible fighter nominated for the HOF this year.

EDIT: I see good ol' MM beat me to it.

Also, didn't Jofre retire as champ in his second division? Or did he relinquish them beforehand?

[1SILVA]

There's quite a few

Horacio Accavallo FLY
Mickey Walker MW
Gene Tunney HW
Bruno Arcari LWW
Henry Armstrong FW
Joe Beccerra BW
Charley Rosenberg BW
Roberto Duran LW
Ray Robinson WW
Rinty Monaghan FLY
Carlos Monzon MW
Marcel Ernesto FW
Jimmy Barry BW
Jack McAuliffe LW
Rocky Marciano HW
Terry Marsh LWW
Duilio Loi LWW
Sven Otkke SMW
Khaosai Galaxy SFLY
Joe Calzaghe SMW
Lennox Lewis HW



Salvador Sanchez FW
Ohba Masao FLY
Stanley Ketchel MW... NB: All 3 died while they were world champions..

I may have worded my question wrong. I am talking about fighters who retired as champ and never fought again. That would exclude Robinson, Armstrong and Duran who moved up in weight. Your other additions are excellent as well.

[1SILVA]

Not 100% on Saddler.. Think he may have made a comeback..

Saddler retired as World Featherweight champion in 1956. His last fight was a non-title 10 round loss to Larry Boardman. Saddler was completely shot and retired and vacated the title, never fighting again.

[mickey malone]

I may have worded my question wrong. I am talking about fighters who retired as champ and never fought again. That would exclude Robinson, Armstrong and Duran who moved up in weight. Your other additions are excellent as well.

Oh OK, I took it as, retired as champ in that weight division.. Fair enough.