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Who arethe former world boxing champions who retire as undefeated boxers (all his boxing life) ?

1. Rocky Marciano
2. Ricardo Lopez
3. Pichit Sithbangprachan

Who are number 4.....finish ?

Sven Ottke
Harry Simon
(Dunno if you meant clear division champs or title holders)

Lazlo Papp is the former EBU champion not world champion ?

Jim Barry

James J. Jefferies

Base on data from this site, Jaimes J. Jeffries lost his world heavyweight title to Jack Johnson via TKO15 as his last fight.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=9022

Terry Marsh 26-0-1

No...Jefferies had retired as Heavyweight champion, his title was vacated, and Marvin Hart won the claim as champion, then Tommy Burns beat Hart, and then Johnson beat Burns.

Jefferies came out of retirement after 6yrs inactivity and shed in excess of 100 pounds to face Johnson, not so much because he believed he could win back his title, or that he wanted to come back and fight again, it was due to public out-cries.

Johnson and Jefferies squared off, and it was for Johnson's Heavyweight crown, though in alot of the public eye, Jefferies never lost the title to begin with, but officially it was for Johnson's Heavyweight title, and Jefferies lost by TKO in the 15th.

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Now if the title claim of Luther McCarty is permitted, McCarty never really lost his title, he just died after a light punch hit him in the jaw---it can be arguable that he did lose it, but in my opinion, he was a walking dead man due to a prior injury he suffered while performing as a "cowboy" in a rodeo show and was urged not to fight.

But if we go by fighters with no controversy as to their records, Gene Tunney retired undefeated AS champion, not that he was truly undefeated, as he lost to Greb in his caeer years before.

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Btw are we talking any title or are we talking about world title(s)?

As I always mention...the format is terrible here on the forum, but below is a list of all fighters to retire undefeated, but it is an incomplete list as there are probably more obscure fighters that have retired without a loss and possibly a few better known guys that I have missed.


Boxers Who Retired Undefeated



Boxer W L D KO TB Active Birthplace
*Jimmy Barry 61 0 10 40 72 1891-1899 United States
*Jack McAuliffe 49 0 6 24 57 1884-1897 --
*Ricardo Lopez 51 0 1 38 52 1985-2001 Mexico
*Rocky Marciano 49 0 0 43 49 1947-1955 United States
Edson Nascimento 47 0 1 40 48 1993-2004 --
Samson Dutch Boy Gym 43 0 0 36 43 1992-2002 Thailand
**Agustin Senin 42 0 1 21 43 1967-1972 Spain
Young Mitchell 35 0 7 33 42 1884-1893 United States
*Sven Ottke 34 0 0 6 34 1997-2004 --
Michael Loewe 28 0 0 10 28 1991-1997 Romania
Juan Carlos Gimenez 27 0 3 15 31 1969-1985 Argentina
Laszlo Papp 27 0 2 15 29 1957-1964 Hungary
*Terry Marsh 26 0 1 10 27 1981-1987 England
Chul Kwon 25 0 1 16 26 1980-1987 Korea
*Pichit Sitbangprachan 24 0 0 18 24 1988-2000 Thailand
Scott Dailey 24 0 0 24 24 1986-1998 United States
Cliff Sarmardin Somerton 24 0 0 14 24 1991-1995 Australia
Lakhin Vasansit 23 0 2 17 25 1993-1998 Thailand
Mzukisi Skweyiya 21 0 1 7 22 1973-1978 South Africa
Shazzon Bradley 21 0 0 17 21 1993-1999 United States
Lee Canalito 21 0 0 20 21 1977-1987 United States
Ike Ibeabuchi 20 0 0 15 20 1994-1999 --
Kirk Daley 19 0 0 18 19 1988-1994 United States
*Ji Won Kim 16 0 2 7 18 1982-1986 Korea
Vinny Letizia 16 0 1 14 17 1990-1993 United States
Eiji Kimura 15 0 1 11 16 1983-1986 Japan
Kevin Babineaux 14 0 0 12 14 1983-1986 United States


I'm pretty sure that there was a UK heavyweight from the 80s who retired undefeated after around 16 fighters...Horace Notice.

barry wrote:As I always mention...the format is terrible here on the forum, but below is a list of all fighters to retire undefeated, but it is an incomplete list as there are probably more obscure fighters that have retired without a loss and possibly a few better known guys that I have missed.


Boxers Who Retired Undefeated



Boxer W L D KO TB Active Birthplace
*Jimmy Barry 61 0 10 40 72 1891-1899 United States
*Jack McAuliffe 49 0 6 24 57 1884-1897 --
*Ricardo Lopez 51 0 1 38 52 1985-2001 Mexico
*Rocky Marciano 49 0 0 43 49 1947-1955 United States
Edson Nascimento 47 0 1 40 48 1993-2004 --
Samson Dutch Boy Gym 43 0 0 36 43 1992-2002 Thailand
**Agustin Senin 42 0 1 21 43 1967-1972 Spain
Young Mitchell 35 0 7 33 42 1884-1893 United States
*Sven Ottke 34 0 0 6 34 1997-2004 --
Michael Loewe 28 0 0 10 28 1991-1997 Romania
Juan Carlos Gimenez 27 0 3 15 31 1969-1985 Argentina
Laszlo Papp 27 0 2 15 29 1957-1964 Hungary
*Terry Marsh 26 0 1 10 27 1981-1987 England
Chul Kwon 25 0 1 16 26 1980-1987 Korea
*Pichit Sitbangprachan 24 0 0 18 24 1988-2000 Thailand
Scott Dailey 24 0 0 24 24 1986-1998 United States
Cliff Sarmardin Somerton 24 0 0 14 24 1991-1995 Australia
Lakhin Vasansit 23 0 2 17 25 1993-1998 Thailand
Mzukisi Skweyiya 21 0 1 7 22 1973-1978 South Africa
Shazzon Bradley 21 0 0 17 21 1993-1999 United States
Lee Canalito 21 0 0 20 21 1977-1987 United States
Ike Ibeabuchi 20 0 0 15 20 1994-1999 --
Kirk Daley 19 0 0 18 19 1988-1994 United States
*Ji Won Kim 16 0 2 7 18 1982-1986 Korea
Vinny Letizia 16 0 1 14 17 1990-1993 United States
Eiji Kimura 15 0 1 11 16 1983-1986 Japan
Kevin Babineaux 14 0 0 12 14 1983-1986 United States


I'm pretty sure that there was a UK heavyweight from the 80s who retired undefeated after around 16 fighters...Horace Notice.

Indeed,Notice had to retire with eye trouble. Can't help but laugh when you see Ottke listed as undefeated. His must be the most misleading record in boxing history,as the old saying goes you had to knock him out to get a draw.

I'll never forget the Robin Reid fight, when Reid was warned by the 'referee' for punching Ottke! Unbelievable.

boxingboy wrote:Base on data from this site, Jaimes J. Jeffries lost his world heavyweight title to Jack Johnson via TKO15 as his last fight.

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=9022

He retired, and was then talked into an ill-advised comeback (just see Irish pointed that out already).