Worlds worst boxer retires

[Gojira]

Boxing fans will gather in Birmingham on Friday night to witness the final fight of a man who should be remembered for ever as Britain’s most spectacular sporting loser.

Even in the crowded gallery of British sporting failures, the career of Peter Buckley stands apart. Beside his record, the ski-jumping career of Eddie “the Eagle” Edwards appears only moderately unsuccessful; by his light, Tim Henman is illuminated as an indefatigable champion of Centre Court.

Buckley has lost more fights than any other boxer in the world. Throughout his 256 defeats, he has remained magnificently undeterred. While the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBC) remained desperately concerned that he would do himself a serious lasting injury, Buckley persisted, losing bout after bout.

In the past five years he has put together a particularly impressive losing streak, failing to win in 88 successive bouts. He has lost to 42 future world, European, British and Commonwealth champions, including Naseem Hamed, and has fought more bouts than any other boxer in the world. But this one, No 300, will be his last.


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/spo...cle5034128.ece

[TRAVI$]

Made this thread, kid.

[I AM...]

Here he has one quality a lot of boxers today don't have.....consistency

[-Boxzilla-]

Talk about tomato can extraordinaire!!!

[fight_professor]

LOL. Hilarious. He must have another job, the pay from being a pure journeyman cant be much.

[Roger Yomama]

I'd stick a tenner on him to do Amir Khan by KO in 3 rounds or less!

[fight_professor]

Amir isnt that bad (I hope).

[lazyitis]

Buckley's hardly "the world's worst boxer". Talk about ignorant headlines.

[Nacho_Analstain]

So the Jones fight is off?

[Oriachim]

Just the worst record, not neccasary the worlds worst boxer. If a boxer had a 300-1 record against bums starting pro debuts that makes him the worlds best boxer? (although it'd look impressive).