There have been a whole lot {of professional} boxers through the years nonetheless most of them, even the greats, misplaced a bout or two alongside one of the simplest ways. Retiring undefeated within the sport is kind of an accomplishment. This file choices the one 13 boxers in historical past who've been world champions and managed to complete their careers with out shedding a battle. Floyd Mayweather Jr. (49-0) was additionally an undefeated titleholder, nonetheless he’ll be taking over Conor McGregor of the UFC on August twenty sixth. The itemizing might develop in the end as there are at the moment a number of world champions who're however to fashion defeat. These embody Anthony Joshua, Terence Crawford, Joseph Parker, Deontay Wilder, Andre Ward, Gilberto Ramirez, Keith Thurman, Errol Spence Jr., and Gennady Golovkin. England’s Terry Marsh made this file in his second-final profession professional fight when he stopped Joe Manley for the IBF Jr. Welterweight Title in April of 2007. Marsh then defended it 4 months later with a seventh-spherical knockout of Akio Kameda and duly hung up his gloves with a near-perfect report of 26-0-1 with 10 Kos. The one blemish on his file was an eight-round draw with Lloyd Christie in 1982. Though Marsh had a pleasant beginner career, was a European Champion, and went undefeated as a professional, he didn’t truly tackle any elite opponents throughout his fast career from 1981 to 1987. The previous royal marine suffers from epilepsy and currently took up the hybrid sport of chess-boxing, turning into a welterweight champion.

He’s additionally dabbled in performing and politics. Combating from 1994 to 2016, Harry Simon of Namibia was a WBO Junior Middleweight Champion. He gained the crown by way of a selection over Winky Wright in 1998 and went on to defend it 4 cases. He vacated the title and received it once more in April, 2002 by beating Armand Krajnc. Nonetheless, Simon was involved in a few vehicle accidents and was stripped of the belt when he was too injured to defend it. The ex-champ was sentenced to 2 years in jail in 2005 for culpable murder in considered one of many accidents, nonetheless appealed it and returned to the ring in 2007 after a five-yr absence. Simon served his sentence from 2007 to 2009 and as quickly as once more returned to the ring in 2010 as a delicate heavyweight. He retired with a super mark of 30-zero with 22 Kos and a knockout ratio of 73 per cent.

Other than Wright and Krajnc, Simon fought principally Grade B opposition, with foes akin to Wayne Alexander, Hacine Cherifi and Rodney Jones. Thailand’s Pichit Sitbangprachan moreover used the title Supap Hanwichachai and went 24-zero as a flyweight with 18 Kos and all of his contests coming in his homeland. After turning professional in 1988, the southpaw gained the IBF Championship in November, 1992 and held it until mid-1994. He defended the belt 5 events and as well as fought quite a lot of non-title bouts whereas holding the crown. He retired for the first time in 1994 and gave up the belt, nonetheless returned in 1996 for one bout earlier than retiring as soon as extra. Nonetheless, he again 4 years later for 2 further fights sooner than hanging the gloves up for good. Sitbangprachan’s most interesting wins have been over Miguel Martinez, Rodolfo Blanco, Dan Nietes, Antonio Perez and Jose Luis Zepeda. Ji-gained Kim hails from South Korea and was a boxing star throughout the amateurs with a number of gold medals to his title in diverse tournaments all through the globe.

The southpaw turned skilled in 1982, obtained quite a lot of regional titles after which stopped fellow countryman Suh Sung-in for the IBF Tremendous Bantamweight Title in January, 1985. Kim defended the championship 4 events, three by KO and three occasions in opposition to ex-world champs, sooner than retiring as a result of the undefeated belt holder on the prime of 1986. His best wins have been in the direction of Bobby Berna, Suh Sung-in, Rudy Casicas and Ruben Palacios. The rationale Kim walked away from professional boxing after simply 4 years was to sing and act within the theatre. He didn’t win all his bouts although as Kim fought to a pair of 10-round attracts with Neptali Alamaq early in his career and went 16-0-2 with seven Kos. Mihai Leu was born in Romania, nonetheless fought his complete professional career out of Germany and that’s why he additionally glided by the title Michael Loewe. Leu was a four-time nationwide champion as an beginner with a file of 190-10 after which fought professionally from 1991 to 1997 with a mark of 28-zero with 10 Kos.

He received the vacant WBO Welterweight Championship in 1997 by selection over Santiago Samaniego. Leu defended the belt seven months later by majority choice over Michael Carruth and that was the top of his professional boxing days. Sadly, he didn’t tackle any elite opponents all through his career. He had suffered an injury which wouldn’t allow him to field anymore, nonetheless then adopted in his father’s and brother’s footsteps by turning to rally driving. He turned pretty good at it and later gained a Romanian nationwide championship. We’re going to journey once more in time now to a unique interval of boxing to go to Jimmy ‘The Little Tiger’ Barry of Chicago. Barry fought from 1891 to 1899 with an official doc of 59-0-10 with 40 kos. Barry boxed to 10 attracts in his career, together with every one in every of his final 9 fights. He received the vacant World Bantamweight Title in December, 1894 and retired as a result of the undefeated king in September of 1899. Walter Croot, one in every of Barry’s opponents, died the day after their bout in December, 1897 and the champion was charged with manslaughter.