Joe Maye:

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A humorous article from TheAge.com.au:

HERE'S one we stumbled across during some random interweb scratching. Could this be the losing-est boxer of all time, at least of any substantial career duration? America's Joe Maye, who campaigned as what would now be called a very small heavyweight (about 92 kilograms), between 1973 and 1980 managed to compile an astounding 3-44-2 record, mostly in preliminary bouts. Forty-four losses in 49 fights — there's a guy who just didn't know how to quit, when to quit or possibly much of anything else concerning boxing, either. Smoke-free Joe also failed to stop his opponent in any fight, the kind of knockout percentage that, in another era, would have all but guaranteed him a payday against Anthony Mundine. Somehow, the Joe Maye record included at least three encounters with world titleists Matthew Saad Muhammad, Mate Parlov, and Trevor Berbick. Naturally, Maye lost all three bouts. In fact, after winning two of his first five fights, plucky Joe managed to record a difficult-to-match 21 straight losses, before a brief loss of career direction led to a win and a couple of draws. Fortunately for boxing history, he then recovered his form and dropped 19 fights in a row to conclude a glittering career — one to build a legend on. Unfortunately, web searches refused to reveal any details about Joe Maye other than his fight record, so we can't tell you what he's up to now or even if he's still around. It seems a safe bet that he didn't become either a smoker or a pyromaniac, though. He lost pretty much every match he ever had. (Thanks to BoxRec.com).