Floyd Mayweather’s 50-0 is arguably the most famous stat in boxing – but two world champions actually surpass him with even longer undefeated records
Ricardo Lopez’s lone career blip was a technical draw against Rosendo Alvarez who he beat a few months laterThe Mexican went unbeaten in 52 fights – none against debuting MMA fighters – from 1985 to 2001. His only draw, in his 48th fight against Rosendo Alvarez, was put right with a decision win in the rematch.Lopez made a whopping 21 world title defences in boxing’s smallest weight class before stepping up to face the 108lb monsters at mini-flyweight to become a two-weight world champ.1.
The only knock against Mayweather is that after he achieved superstar status he was happy to wait and let age or wear-and-tear diminish rivals before facing them in the ring . But this master-boxer was so skillful he might well have beaten them whenever they fought. Simply the greatest unbeaten champion ever.
Honourable mentions: Harry Simon , Katie Taylor* , Errol Spence* , Terry Marsh , Mihai Leu , Rey Vargas* , Jermall Charlo* , Pichit Sitbangprachan , Dmitry Pirog
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