IMPRESSIVE BOXERS

EDER JOFRE

The son of a Greek immigrant named Aristides and an Italian-Brazilian

mother, Eder Jofre  became the greatest Brazilian boxer of all time and

the greatest Bantamweight boxer in history. He became a four-time

world champion in two different weight divisions achieving an astounding

seventy-two wins and only two controversial split decision losses in Japan

to a local favourite nicknamed Fighting Harada.

BOB FITZSIMMONS

Bob Fitzsimmons was a phenomenal bare-knuckle British boxer

back in the good old days when boxing was a manly, tough, and

a brutally bloody sport. He is the only professional boxer in history

to win the lineal world championship in the middleweight, light heavyweight

and heavyweight divisions and the first boxer to become the undisputed

champion in three different weight divisions.  He’s considered one of the

hardest punchers in the history of the sport.

JOE CALZAGHE

Even though most will say that Rocky Marciano is the greatest boxer

who retired undefeated, the “Welsh Dragon” won more titles and

defended his title many more times than the legendary Italian-American

knockout artist. The former Super Middleweight and Light Heavyweight

champion “Super” Joe Calzaghe beat Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones Jr.,

Mikel Kessler, and Jeff Lacy among many others, held the world 

super-middleweight title a record 11 consecutive years, defended his

crown 21 times, and retired with the title of the longest-reigning and

possibly the greatest super-middleweight champion in history,

with a perfect 46–0 record.

WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO

In terms of accomplishments Wladimir Klitschko is the second longest

-reigning heavyweight champion of all time and the scariest part is that

he looks unbeatable at the moment. An Olympic gold medallist at the

Atlanta Games in 1996, Wladimir has been the definition of a

dominant heavyweight champion, and from the late ‘90s to date,

he has held the title for nearly twelve years in total. Additionally, he is

currently tied with Muhammad Ali in second position on the list for the

most heavyweight title fights in history with 25, and is chasing

Joe Louis’s record of 27. He recently stated that he plans to fight until

the age 45 and we’re really curious to see what kind of record he will set.

CARLOS MONZON

According to the majority of boxing experts, Carlos Monzon is the greatest

Argentine boxer of all time and one of the three greatest middleweight

champions ever along with American legends Harry Greb and Marvin Hagler.

He held the Undisputed World Middleweight Championship title for over

seven years and in the process defended it fourteen times. He fought

100 times professionally, winning 87 times, having 9 draws and

losing only 3 times in points.

MANNY PACQUIAO

The Filipino Phenom is considered by many to be the greatest boxer of

our generation and how couldn’t he be when taking into account his many

achievements: he became the first and only world champion in history

to win the title in eight different weight divisions and the first to win the

lineal title in four of them. He was also named “Fighter of the Decade” for

the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), the

first non-American to receive such an honour. He’s regarded as a

national icon in the Philippines and is without a doubt the greatest and

most famous Asian boxer who ever lived.

ROBERTO DURAN

The Panamanian living legend Roberto “Manos de Piedra” Durán is

undoubtedly the greatest lightweight boxer in history and one of the

greatest boxers who ever lived regardless of weight division. In 2002,

he was chosen by The Ring magazine as the fifth best boxer of the last

eighty years and he made history by holding the world title in four

different weights—lightweight (1972–9), welterweight (1980),

light middleweight (1983–4), and middleweight (1989). He’s the

only modern boxer to have fought over a span of five decades from

1968 to 2001 when he retired at age fifty.

LASZLO PAPP

Laszlo Papp became the first boxer in history to win three consecutive

gold medals at the Olympics. He was also the very first boxer from a

country of the former Soviet Bloc to become professional back in the

late fifties. After fighting for a few years before the communist

Hungarian government retracted their decision, Papp retired

undefeated with a professional record of 27 wins and no losses along

with his astonishing 301 wins and 5 losses as an amateur.

In 1991 the WBC (World Boxing Council) named him the world’s best

amateur and professional fighter of all time, a title no other boxer in

history has ever earned to date, thus recognizing Papp’s legacy

in the world of boxing.