The Marciano Curse

[SN!PER]

Marciano retired 49-0 and made boxing history...but later, in a horrible twist of fate, died in a plane crash. When unbeaten champions approach Marciano's record, something bad often happens.

Victims:

Chris John stopped by Simpiwe Vetyeka after 48th win

Paul Spadafora lost to Johan Perez after 48th win

Larry Holmes lost to Spinks twice after 48th win

Dariusz Michalczewski lost to Julio Cesar Gonzalez after 48th win

Roy Jones Junior knocked out cold by Tarver after 49th win

Brian Nielsen stopped by ****y Ryan after 49th win

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Roy Jones Junior knocked out cold by Tarver after 49th win

Jones wasn't undefeated. He had a DQ loss to Ice Griffin

[SN!PER]

Jones wasn't undefeated. He had a DQ loss to Ice Griffin

True but it wasn't a real loss and fans still considered him undefeated.

[Russian Crushin]

How about Julio Chavez? He was like 89-0-1

[LoadedWraps]

Marciano retired 49-0 and made boxing history...but later, in a horrible twist of fate, died in a plane crash. When unbeaten champions approach Marciano's record, something bad often happens.

Victims:

Chris John stopped by Simpiwe Vetyeka after 48th win

Paul Spadafora lost to Johan Perez after 48th win

Larry Holmes lost to Spinks twice after 48th win

Dariusz Michalczewski lost to Julio Cesar Gonzalez after 48th win

Roy Jones Junior knocked out cold by Tarver after 49th win

Brian Nielsen stopped by ****y Ryan after 49th win

Or it's just a feat that's incredibly hard to reproduce, even in an era as weak as this. There is no "curse".

[Russian Crushin]

Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo lost to Chris john after starting 44-0

[bojangles1987]

How about Julio Chavez? He was like 89-0-1

I was about to say, Chavez blasted that record.

[SN!PER]

How about Julio Chavez? He was like 89-0-1

True, but he didn't retire undefeated, so Marciano's record remained intact.

Ricardo Lopez also had a great record, but he had one draw after his 47th win, so that stopped him from beating Marciano's unblemished resume.

[Exciterx30]

Not on the same level, but I think Yory Boy Campas was like 56-0 when Trinidad beat him, but I see the coincidences when I look at several cases.

[Russian Crushin]

I was about to say, Chavez blasted that record.

The Chavez curse!!