The Hidden Truth Behind Boxing’s Most Perfect Records

Almost all boxers have easy touches at the start to get their record underway. Heavyweight Lamar Clark was a perfect example of going 42-0 with 40 stoppages. His opposition? Twenty-seven opponents were making their debut, and twelve had losing records.

The Cedar City, Utah, boxer then lost to New York Dominican Bartolo Soni, (12-2-1) in nine rounds. Then gets stopped by 1956 Olympic Gold Medalist Pete Rademacher (6-3-1), who fought for the world title in his pro debut against Floyd Patterson, 32-1, having him down in the second round before being knocked out in the sixth round.

Clark gets back in the win column in his next-to-last fight, stopping Chuck Wilburn 6-13-5. He ends his career in his next fight, losing to Olympic Gold Medalist Cassius Clay, aka Muhammad Ali, 5-0 in two rounds.

The top record builders active today are Mazen Girke (17-183-7), who was stopped 41 times, from Germany. He is followed by Fonz Alexander (9-177-1), who was knocked out seven times in the UK. Next is Jordan Grannum (13-174-5), who was stopped five times in the UK and won his last fight.

The all-time loser is Kristian Laight (12-279-9), who was knocked out five times in the UK. Then there is the all-time loser in retired Bheki Moyo (0-73-2), who was stopped six times from Zimbabwe/UK. Still active is Ganadij Krajevski, 1-75, KO’d nine times from Lithuania/UK.

The Ring Magazine’s unbeaten top three are IBF, WBC, and WBO Super Middleweight champion Terence ‘Bud’ Crawford, 42-0 with thirty-one stoppages from Omaha, Nebraska. Next is WBC, WBO, IBO, IBF heavyweight champion Oleksander Usyk, 24-0 with fifteen stoppages from Ukraine at the top. Followed by IBF, WBC, and WBO super bantamweight champion Naoya ‘Monster’ Inoue, 31-0, with twenty-seven stoppages from Japan.

Those who are retired are unbeaten Floyd ‘Money’ Mayweather, Jr., 50-0 with twenty-seven stoppages of Grand Rapids, Michigan, now out of Las Vegas, Nevada. Next heavyweight champion Rocky ‘The Brockton Blockbuster’ Marciano, 49-0 with forty-three stoppages from Brockton, Massachusetts. Then Joe ‘Pride of Wales the Italian Dragon’ Calzaghe, 46-0 with thirty-two stoppages from Newbridge, Wales, UK.

Looking forward to 2026 will be the fight between the WBC Interim Super Welterweight champion Vergil Ortiz, Jr., 24-0 with twenty-two stoppages from Grand Prairie, Texas, defending against former IBF World Welterweight champion Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis, 35-0 with thirty-one stoppages from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

On the comeback trail is former two-division world champion Jermall ‘Hit Man’ Charlo, 34-0 with twenty-three stoppages from Houston, Texas. Then IBF and WBC Bantamweight champion Junto ‘Big Bang’ Nakatani, 31-0 with twenty-four stoppages from Japan. Next, WBC and WBO Super Flyweight champion Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez, 22-0 with fifteen stoppages from San Antonio, Texas. Finally, former three-division champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis, 30-0-1, with twenty-eight stoppages from Baltimore, Maryland, is inactive at this time.