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Who Were Those Who Stopped the Unbeaten?

By Ken Hissner - 12/28/2023 - Comments

Ray ”Boom Boom” Mancini once asked me, “who stopped Aaron “Hawk” Pryor’s unbeaten streak?” He gave me a name, and I said, “That’s not it!” I called a friend to check Boxrec, and he said it was Bobby Joe Young, 29-6-1 when Pryor was 36-0 and returning after 29 months into retirement.

Gold Medalist and Heavyweight champ Michael “Jinx” Spinks was 31-0 when “Iron” Mike Tyson stopped him.

WBO World Light Heavyweight champion Dariusz “Tiger” Michalczewski was 48-0 when he lost to Jose Cesar Gonzalez, 34-1.

Welterweight champion “Sugar” Ray Robinson was 40-0 when he lost to Jake “Bronx Bull” LaMotta.

Heavyweight champion Joe “The Brown Bomber” Louis was 24-0 when he lost to Max Schmeling, 48-7-4.

Multi-division world champion Julio “J.C.” Cesar Chavez was 89-0-1 when he lost to Frankie “The Surgeon” Randall, 49-2-1.

Heavyweight champion Larry “The Easton Assassin” was 48-0 when he lost to Light Heavyweight champion Michael “Jinx” Spinks, 28-0.

Heavyweight “Super” Brian Nielson was 49-0 when he lost to Dicky Ryan, 47-4.

Bantamweight champion Eder Jofre was 47-0-3 when he lost to Fighting Harada, 38-3.

Heavyweight champion “Smokin” Joe Frazier was 29-0 when he lost to “Big” George Foreman, who was 37-0. Foreman was 40-0 when he lost to Muhammad Ali.

Heavyweight champion Muhammad “The Greatest” Ali was 31-0 when he lost to “Smokin” Joe Frazier, 26-0.

Heavyweight champion James “The Boilermaker” Jeffries was 19-0-2 when he lost to Jack “Galveston Giant” Johnson, 50-5-9.
Heavyweight Lamar Clark was 42-0 when he lost to Bartolo Soni, 12-2-1.

Felix “Tito” Trinidad was 40-0 when he lost to Bernard “Executioner” Hopkins.

Flyweight champion Pascual Perez was 51-0-1 when he lost to Sadao Yaoita, 27-6-2.

Featherweight champion Willie Pep was 62-0 when he lost to Sammy Angott, 69-17-5.

Welterweight champion “Sugar” Ray Leonard was 27-0 when he lost to Roberto “Hands of Stone” Duran, 71-1.

Duran was 31-0 when he lost to Estaban De Jesus, 32-1.
Welterweight champion Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns was 32-0 when he lost to “Sugar” Ray Leonard, 27-1.

Super Middleweight champion James “Lights Out” Toney was 44-0-2, when he lost to Roy Jones, Jr., 26-0.

Light Heavyweight champion Roy Jones, Jr. was 34-0 when he lost to Montell Griffin, 26-0.

Featherweight champion “Prince” Naseem Hamed was 35-0 when he lost to Marco Antonio Barrera, 52-3.

“Iron” Mike Tyson was 37-0 when he lost to James “Buster” Douglas, 28-4-1.

The American Light Heavyweight champion Gene “Fighting Marine” Tunney was 47-0-2 when he lost to Harry “Pittsburgh Windmill” Greb, 196-11-16.

There you have it. Any more come to find?

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Ken Hissner

Ken Hissner is a senior boxing journalist at Boxing News 24 with more than 20 years of experience covering the sport. Known for his ringside reporting, detailed results, and historical perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of boxing across eras.


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