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2nd October 2020
By: Fayz Boxing
They say records are meant to be broken but in this article, we take a look at five records in the sport of boxing that will probably never be broken.
- Most Consecutive KO’s
It should come as little surprise that the record for most consecutive knockouts belongs to a heavyweight boxer. What is surprising is that very few will have ever heard of who the owner of this record is. His name is Lamar Clark and he was an American heavyweight who boxed between 1958 and 1961. The streak of 44 straight knockouts does include unsanctioned fights and it also included 27 debutants. His final fight was against a name we all recognize – Cassius Clay, who ended the fight and with it Clark’s short career in the second round.
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- Most Knockout Evers
Archie Moore is one of the greatest light heavyweight boxers in history and will also go down as one of the all-time great boxers. Archie Moore had a career that spanned across four decades (1935-1963) and amassed over 180 wins in his career. Along the way, he picked up a staggering number of knockouts, with the numbers quoted as being between 131-145 with 132 being the most commonly used figure. Whatever the number, Archie Moore proved that the last trait to leave a boxer is his power as he collected knockouts across the divisions and over the decades, fighting into his 40’s. To put this into perspective, when you think of knockouts, Mike Tyson probably isn’t too far from your thoughts and rightly so, Tyson was an explosive puncher who provided a highlight reel of KO’s over his career, Archie Moore had 3 times as many knockouts as Mike Tysons 44.
- Youngest Ever Champion
That takes us nicely onto the next record. We all know Mike Tyson was the youngest ever heavyweight champion when he dethroned Trevor Berbick for the WBC title aged just 20. But why do so many not know the name of the man who was the youngest ever champion in boxing history?
In fact, saying he was a man who implies he was an adult but in reality, he was a teenager, a real-life Peter Parker for his Spiderman like spidey senses to avoid punches at the last moment and would become one of the greatest defensive wizards and natural talents boxing has ever seen. Wilfred Benitez was only 17 yrs old when he beat future Hall of Famer ‘Kid Pambele’ Antonio Cervantes for the WBA light welterweight title.
Benitez would go onto become a multi-weight world champion and the one they nicknamed ‘El Radar’ would fight great battles with legends such as Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, and Roberto Duran. If there was ever a fifth member to be added to the previous three names and Marvin Hagler of the famed ‘Fantastic Four’, it would have been Wilfred Benitez.
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- Most Ever Fights
In today’s age, with the abundance of money for top-flight fighters there will never be a need to fight double-digit times in a year. In years gone by, fighters would be entering the ring every month, many times multiple times per month, it wasn’t just about money, it was about creating a legacy. The game has changed and now the emphasis is on building a business and maximizing your returns as a prizefighter. This is no bad thing so long gone are the days when legends such as Sugar Ray Robinson and Willie Pep, had to endure over 200 professional fights.
Now, when a fighter has become champion and can earn millions per fight, you will be lucky to see them competing inside the squared circle three times a year, which over the course of a career, including an active start really means only around 40-50 fights. By contrast, even the numbers put up by Sugar Ray Robinson and Willie Pep pale in comparison to the record of most ever fights. This record belongs to the English lightweight Len Wickwar, who fought a mind-boggling 469 times (or 470 depending on which source you believe). Wickwar would sometimes fight more than once on the same night and the record is all the more staggering when you realize his career was put on hold during World War II else the number would have surpassed 500 and many many more.
- Longest Ever Boxing Match
With the number of rounds in a bout now topping off at 12, it is safe to say this is a record that will never be broken. On April 6, 1893, Andy Bowen and Jack Burke were involved in a fight that lasted a soul-destroying 110 rounds and yes each round was three minutes long. In total, the fight lasted over seven hours and 19 minutes before the referee finally was forced to wave the fight off with both boxers too exhausted to come out of their corners. For all their efforts and the broken hands sustained by Burke, the fight was ruled as a no contest. It is 127 years since this historic event and 78 years since Burke passed. Unfortunately, his opponent in the record-setting fight would die the following year aged 27 from injuries sustained in the ring, hitting his head on the wooden canvas when suffering a knockdown against Kid Lavigne.
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