39 Boxers Have Retired Undefeated With Their Titles. 13 Were Major Sanctioning Body World Champions. 11 Were Minor Organization Title Holders. 15 Were American Or English Champions In The Bare-knuckle Era. This list has been corrected, as well updated, from a previous article entitled We Want Our Money Back, dated June 6, 2008. Several names come with asterisks. The name of champions appear in order of best record, not chronological date. MAJOR 1). Jimmy Barry (58-0-10): World National Police Gazette Paperweight, Featherweight and Bantamweight Champion; 2). Ricardo Lopez (51-0-1): IBF Junior Flyweight, Undisputed Minimumweight Champion; 3). Rocky Marciano (49-0): World NYSAC/NBA Heavyweight Champion; 4). Joe Calzaghe (46-0): World Light Heavyweight, Undisputed Super Middleweight Champion; 5). Floyd Mayweather, Jr.* (39-0): WBC Welterweight Champion at retirement. Other titles won: WBC Junior Lightweight, WBC Junior Welterweight, IBF, WBC, WBA Welterweight, WBC, WBA Junior Middleweight Champion; 6). Jack McAuliffe (34-0-6): World NPG Lightweight Champion; 7). Sven Ottke (34-0): WBA, IBF Super Middleweight Titlist; 8). Michael Loewe [Mihai Leu] (28-0): WBO Welterweight Titlist; 9). Edwin Valero* (27-0): WBA Junior Lightweight, WBC Lighweight Champion; 10). Terry Marsh (26-0-1): IBF Junior Welterweight Titlist; 11). Pichit Sithbangprachan* (24-0; 27-0): IBF Flyweight Champion; 12). James J. Jeffries* (16-0-2-1; 16-1-2-1): World NPG Heavyweight Champion; 13). Ji-Won Kim (16-0-2): IBF Junior Featherweight Champion; MINOR 14). Edson Nascimento (47-0-1): WBCIA Lightweight Beltholder; 15). Samson Dutch Boy Gym (43-0): WBF Junior Bantamweight Titlist; 16). Augustin Senin (42-0-1): EBU Bantamweight Beltholder; 17). Young Mitchell (35-0-6): American Lightweight, P/C Featherweight, Welterweight, Middleweight Champion; 18). Laszlo Papp (27-0-2): EBU Middleweight Champion; 19). George Kandelaki (24-0): WBU Heavyweight Beltholder; 20). Jemal Hinton (22-0): WBCAA Junior Featherweight Beltholder; 21). Mzukisi Sikweyiya (21-0-1): SAF Bantamweight Beltholder; 22). Ike Ibeabuchi* (20-0): WBCAA Heavyweight Titlist; 23). Horace Notice (16-0): Commonwealth Heavyweight Beltholder; 24). Tom Gleason (6-0-3): MON, N/SD Middleweight Beltholder; BAREKNUCKLE 25). Bill Perdue* (100-0): English Featherweight Champion; 26). Young Dutch Sam (16-0): English Welterweight Champion; 27). Jack Randall (16-0-1): English Lightweight Champion; 28). Owney Geoghegan (11-0-1): American Lightweight Champion; 29). Arthur Chambers (8-0-1): American Lightweight Champion; 30). Henry Pearce (7-0): English Heavyweight Champion; 31). Benjamin Brain* (7-0-1): English Heavyweight Champion; 32). Tom Chandler* (3-0-1): English Middleweight Champion; TIE 33). William Clark (2-0): English Featherweight Champion; Jim Dunne* (2-0): English Welterweight Champion; Jack Fearns* (2-0): English Heavyweight Champion; Jack Harris (2-0): English Heavyweight Champion; 37). Tom Hyer* (2-0, 2-1): American Heavyweight Champion; 38). Tom Lyons (1-0): English Heavyweight Champion and Jacob Hyer* (1-0): American Heavyweight Claimant. Editors Note: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. retired as champion on June 6, 2008. He has since returned to the ring. His present fight record is 46-0. James J. Jeffries retired with the title on May 13, 1905. He returned to the ring nearly six years later on July 4, 1910 to face reigning Heavyweight Champion Jack Johnson. Jeffries lost by 15th round KO. Edwin Valero died by suicide in his jail cell on April 19, 2010. His title was later vacated. Ike Ibeabuchi was incarcerated on multiple charges and remanded to jail in July 1999. He was later sentenced to prison, where he remains to this day. Bill Perdue is not pictured. He appears illustrated by lithograph. Benjamin Brain became ill while champion. He died on April 8, 1794. The title was vacated shortly after his death. No pictures are available at this present time for Tom Chandler, Jim Dunne and Jack Duggan Fearns. Tom Hyer won the vacant American Heavyweight title on September 9, 1841 by 101st round KO against Yankee Sullivan. Hyer retired while champion in 1851. He would later return to the ring and lose a non-title fight to Tom Hunter on July 13, 1857. His father Jacob Hyer previously defeated Tom Beasley on October 15, 1816, to claim the inaugural American Heavyweight title. He retired without having fought again. LEGAL DISCLAIMER: all information and statistical records are exclusive intellectual property and work product. No material may be reproduced or otherwise disseminated without the expressed, written permission of the author, Greg Goodrich. Copyright 1998-2014. All rights reserved.
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