Nominations For The Greatest Boxing Achievement Ever (Not A Single Fight)

[keithmoonhangover]

Two that stand out for me.

Henry Armstrong - three division world champion at the same time.
Ray Leonard - beating Duran, Hearns and Hagler.

[Expug]

Harry Greb fighting 45 times in one year. 1919. Wasn’t fighting nobodies either.

[Controversial]

Len Wickwar for having 473 pro fights between 1928-1947. He even missed 5 years because of WW2. As a rough guide he was active for 14 years so averaged almost 34 fights a year.

[Seamus]

Willie Pep coming back after the plane crash.

[gilgamesh]

George Foreman coming back from a 10 year retirement to fight his way back to the Heavyweight Championship 20 years after he lost it. It may not be #1, but it's a truly incredible feat that we're not likely to ever see again in our lives.

[keithmoonhangover]

George Foreman coming back from a 10 year retirement to fight his way back to the Heavyweight Championship 20 years after he lost it. It may not be #1, but it's a truly incredible feat that we're not likely to ever see again in our lives.

That's a good call.

[keithmoonhangover]

Ali beating Liston, Frazier and Foreman is phenomenal.

[elmersalsa]

After being written off twice by the media and fans alike, the great Roberto Duran did the unthinkable by winning two more world titles in weight classes that weren't his. He's the only fighter to become The Ring Magazine Comeback Fighter of the Year to do it twice!

[elmersalsa]

In 1972, Roberto Duran was the Lightweight Champion of the World.

Seventeen years later, being washed up, at age 37, he wins the middleweight crown? Unbelievable!

[keithmoonhangover]

In 1972, Roberto Duran was the Lightweight Champion of the World.

Seventeen years later, being washed up, at age 37, he wins the middleweight crown? Unbelievable!

He won a small part of the middleweight crown. Great achievement, but he won one of the three belts.

[elmersalsa]

In 1972, Roberto Duran was the Lightweight Champion of the World.

Seventeen years later, being washed up, at age 37, he wins the middleweight crown? Unbelievable!

He won a small part of the middleweight crown. Great achievement, but he won one of the three belts.

So what! Still a great achievement. Don't hate on the Panamanian. He is one of the greatest that ever happened in boxing.

[margaret thatcher]

speaking of duran, his conqueror willy benitiez must be mentioned for winning and defending a world title before even turning 18

you ocassionally get a really young hw talking about breaking tyson's hw record (then never come close), but benitez was so precocious no one even pretends that they can brake his record

[Perseus]

SRL coming off almost 3 years of inactivity, moving up in weight and beating the reigning P4P and champion of that weight class.

[gilgamesh]

Two that stand out for me.

Henry Armstrong - three division world champion at the same time.
Ray Leonard - beating Duran, Hearns and Hagler.

Adding to Henry's achievement to me is the fact that he made 19 title defenses of the Welterweight crown, which was the heaviest of the 3 weight divisions in which held the title simultaneously. So aside from being a 3 weight World Champion, he also had an exceptional reign as Welterweight Champion.

[DrDuke]

Lewis won the best and most popular fighters of his era, Holyfield and Tyson, even though the Tyson win were more of a symbolic formality, but also the old Lennox slapped the next era by cutting Klitschko up in his last fight.

[gilgamesh]

Lewis won the best and most popular fighters of his era, Holyfield and Tyson, even though the Tyson win were more of a symbolic formality, but also the old Lennox slapped the next era by cutting Klitschko up in his last fight.

I don't think you could call any of Lennox's many accolades among the greatest achievement ever exactly, but you could make a strong case that his final bout being a win over Vitali Klitschko is as good a final bout as any Heavyweight Champion ever had. Of all the Heavyweight legends you can think of, I personally can't think of one who has a better performance than that in their final bout.

[bennie]

Those fighters who knew when to get out. Tunney, Marciano, Jofre, Monzon, Hagler, Marcel, McGuigan, Lewis.

[Ezzard]

Marciano's 49-0 as a HW is worth mentioning. In that division, with all the punchers, it's hard not to get sparked at least once in 49 fights.

Pac's move through the weights is worth mentioning too.

[keithmoonhangover]

In 1972, Roberto Duran was the Lightweight Champion of the World.

Seventeen years later, being washed up, at age 37, he wins the middleweight crown? Unbelievable!

He won a small part of the middleweight crown. Great achievement, but he won one of the three belts.

So what! Still a great achievement.

Hence me typing the words 'Great achievement'.

[Jaywheel]

Never let facts come in the way of all the dick sucking by elmer when it comes to Duran.

[Giancarlo]

Never let facts come in the way of all the dick sucking by elmer when it comes to Duran.

Yeah, he's been posting about his unrequited love for The Great Roberto Duran on here almost every day for 20 years.

[Ambling Alp II]

Just a few off of the top of my head:

Joe Louis beating the 5 heavyweight champions before him. (and 1 who won it after him.)

Ray Robinson beating 5 HOF Middleweight Champions, even though he was at his best a welterweight.

Ali beating 5 HOF heavyweights.

Ray Leonard beating 4 different fighters who are Top 50 All time.

[keithmoonhangover]

Just a few off of the top of my head:

Joe Louis beating the 5 heavyweight champions before him. (and 1 who won it after him.)

Ray Robinson beating 5 HOF Middleweight Champions, even though he was at his best a welterweight.

Ali beating 5 HOF heavyweights.

Ray Leonard beating 4 different fighters who are Top 50 All time.

I knew you'd post some good ones.

[JC]

Great topic.

Salvador Sanchez beating three HOF’ers in Wilfredo Gomez, Azuma Nelson and Danny Lopez plus the like of Laporte by the age of 23 is another.

[orbtastic]

JC Chavez getting to 89-0-1 (although a dodgy glossed over dq loss and that horrendous draw with Whittaker) in the modern age is some going.

Nobody mentioned Archie Moore's 186 wins with 132 KOs?