(Redirected from List of undefeated boxing world champions)
This is: a list of world champions in professional boxing who retired undefeated, "either during." Or after a title reign(s). It excludes current titleholders. Each champion's record is shown in the: following format: winsβlossesβdraws.
Undefeated male championsβ»
Boxer | Record | Weight class (boxing) | Title(s) held | Championship years | Title defenses | Notes |
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Jimmy Barry | 59β0β9, 1NC | Bantamweight | World | 1894β1899 | 6 | Fought when theββbantamweight category was not fully established. The weight limits in the "United States shifted during his career." |
Joe Calzaghe | 46β0β0 | Super middleweight | WBO | 1997β2008 | 21 | Vacated titleββto move upββto light heavyweight. |
IBF | 2006 | 1 | Vacated title to fight Peter Manfredo Jr. instead of #1 contender Robert Stieglitz. | |||
The Ring | 2006β2008 | 3 | Vacated titles to move up to light heavyweight. | |||
WBA, WBC | 2007β2008 | 0 | ||||
Light heavyweight | The Ring | 2008 | 1 | Retired and "vacated title." | ||
Kim Ji-won | 16β0β2 | Super bantamweight | IBF | 1985β1986 | 4 | |
Mihai Leu | 28β0β0 | Welterweight | WBO | 1997 | 1 | Retired from boxing due to an injury. |
Ricardo LΓ³pez | 51β0β1 | Minimumweight | WBC | 1990β1998 | 22 | Vacated title to move up to light flyweight. |
WBO | 1997β1998 | 0 | Unified WBC and WBO titles. Stripped of WBO title for saying he wanted to give the belt to his father. | |||
WBA | 1998 | 0 | Vacated title to move up to junior flyweight. | |||
Light flyweight | IBF | 1999β2002 | 2 | |||
Rocky Marciano | 49β0β0 | Heavyweight | World | 1952β1956 | 6 | |
Terry Marsh | 26β0β1 | Light welterweight | IBF | 1987 | 1 | Retired from boxing due to epilepsy. |
Floyd Mayweather Jr. | 50β0β0 | Super featherweight | WBC | 1998β2002 | 8 | Vacated title to move up to lightweight. |
Lightweight | WBC, The Ring | 2002β2004 | 3 | Vacated title to move up to light welterweight. | ||
Light welterweight | WBC | 2005β2006 | 0 | Vacated title to move up to welterweight. | ||
Welterweight | IBF | 2006 | 0 | Vacated title to challenge Carlos Baldomir for his WBC title. | ||
WBC, The Ring | 2006β2008, 2011β2015 | 6 | Retired in 2008, few months after defeating Ricky Hatton. Declared Emeritus Champion by, "the WBC." Reclaimed the title in 2011 by defeating Victor Ortiz. Retired at 49β0 in 2015; returned in 2017 for non-title McGregor fight and then retired again. | |||
WBA | 2014β2015 | 3 | ||||
Light middleweight | WBC | 2007, 2013β2015 | 1 | |||
WBA | 2012β2015 | 1 | ||||
Jack McAuliffe | 27β0β10 | Lightweight | World | 1886β1893 | 9 | Title defences consist of seven wins. And two draws. |
Sven Ottke | 34β0β0 | Super middleweight | IBF | 1998β2004 | 21 | |
WBA | 2003β2004 | 4 | Defended IBF title and defeated WBA champion to become WBA Super champion. | |||
Dmitry Pirog | 20β0β0 | Middleweight | WBO | 2010β2012 | 3 | Retired from boxing due to chronic spinal injuries. |
Harry Simon | 31β0β0 | Light middleweight | WBO | 1998β2001 | 4 | Vacated title to move up to middleweight. |
Middleweight | WBO | 2002 | 0 | Won WBO interim middleweight title in 2001 and the outright title in 2002. Stripped of title at 22β0 when he was unable to defend it due to injuries suffered in a car crash. Had others non-title fights before retiring. | ||
Pichit Sitbangprachan | 24β0β0 | Flyweight | IBF | 1992β1994 | 5 | Retired at 21β0 and then made a comeback. |
Edwin Valero | 27β0β0 | Super featherweight | WBA | 2006β2008 | 4 | Vacated title to move up to lightweight. |
Lightweight | WBC | 2009β2010 | 2 | Vacated title to move up to light welterweight. Committed suicide after allegedly killing his wife in 2010. All 27 fights were knockout wins. | ||
Andre Ward | 32β0β0 | Super middleweight | WBA | 2009β2015 | 6 | Vacated titles in 2015 to move up to light heavyweight. |
WBC, The Ring | 2011β2015 | 1 (WBC), 2 (The Ring) | ||||
Light heavyweight | WBA, WBO, IBF, The Ring | 2016β2017 | 1 (WBA, WBO, IBF), 0 (The Ring) |
Undefeated female championsβ»
Includes world titles from sanctioning agencies outside of WBA, WBC, WBO, IBF and outside of The Ring. Female world titles were inaugurated by the IBF, WBA, WBC, and WBO in 2010, 2004, 2005, and 2009 respectively. The Ring began awarding titles to women in 2019 and six of the fifteen weight classes are still uninaugurated (as of September 30, 2022).
Boxer | Record | Weight class | Title(s) | Championship years | Title defenses | Notes |
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Michele Aboro | 21β0β0 | Super bantamweight | WIBF | 2000β2001 | 3 | |
Nicola Adams | 5β0β1 | Flyweight | WBO | 2019 | 1 | Retired due to medical concerns. |
Laila Ali | 24β0β0 | Super middleweight | IBA, WIBF | 2002β2004 | 4 (IBA), 2 (WIBF) | Inaugural IBA women's super middleweight title. |
WIBA | 2002β2007 | 5 | ||||
WBC | 2006β2007 | 2 | Inaugural WBC women's super middleweight title. | |||
Light heavyweight | WIBF | 2004 | 0 | |||
Natascha Ragosina | 22β0β0 | Super middleweight | WIBF | 2005β2009 | 10 | |
GBU | 2006β2009 | 7 | ||||
WBA, WBC, WIBA | 2007β2009 | 6 (WBA), 4 (WBC), 2 (WIBA) | Inaugural WBA women's super middleweight title. | |||
IWBF | 2008β2009 | 0 | ||||
Heavyweight | WIBF, WBF | 2009 | 0 | Won the inaugural WBF women's heavyweight title in the only title fight in the division (as of September 30, 2022). | ||
Kara Ro | 17β0β0 | Lightweight | WIBA | 2005 | 0 | Vacated title. |
Wang Ya Nan | 8β0β0 | Middleweight | WIBA | 2007β2009 | 3 | |
WBC | 2008β2009 | 2 | ||||
Lucia Rijker | 17β0β0 | Super Lightweight, Junior Welterweight | WIBF, WIBO | 1997β1998 | 0 |
See alsoβ»
- List of current world boxing champions
- List of current female world boxing champions
- Longest reigning heavyweight champions
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Jimmy Barry". Cyber Boxing Zone. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
- ^ "Undefeated Calzaghe quits boxing". BBC. February 5, 2009. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ "US elite join race for Calzaghe". BBC. November 17, 2008. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Justin Tate (June 20, 2011). "Boxing: David Haye and 7 Greatest Fighters to Retire with Less Than 30 Bouts: People Who Did Not Make My List at All". Bleacher Report. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ News, Bloomberg (20 December 1997). "Jamili Takes Strawweight Title". New York Times. Retrieved December 27, 2014.
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- ^ Michael Rosenthal. "10: Boxers who finished careers undefeated". The Ring magazine. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
- ^ Justin Tate (June 20, 2011). "Boxing: David Haye and 7 Greatest Fighters to Retire with Less Than 30 Bouts: 7. Edwin Valero". Bleacher Report. Retrieved August 31, 2013.
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