By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com
There have been many boxers who were never knocked out in their respective careers in the ring.
Here’s my assessment and ranking (in order) of the top thirty-five retired fighters “pound for pound” who never suffered a “KO”, including (in parenthesis) the total number of bouts each fought in their professional careers.
1 – Eder Jofre (78)
2 – Carlos Monzon (99)
3 – Barney Ross (79)
4 – Rocky Marciano (49)
5 – Marvin Hagler (67)
6 – Gene Tunney (67)
7 – Pancho Villa (105)
8 – Floyd Mayweather Jr. (50)
9 – Salvador Sanchez (46)
10 – Ricardo Lopez (52)
11 – Panama Al Brown (163)
12 – Packey McFarland (113)
13 – Kid Gavilan (143)
14 – Charley Burley (97)
15 – Jimmy Barry (68)
16 – Mike Gibbons (133)
17 – Joe Calzaghe (46)
18 – Hector Camacho (88)
19 – Juan Manuel Marquez (64)
20 – Andre Ward (32)
21 – Pedro Carrasco (110)
22 – James Toney (92)
23 – Les Darcy (56)
24 – Carl Froch (35)
25 – Riddick Bowe (44)
26 – Tyrone Everett (37)
27 – Khaosai Galaxy (48)
28 – Winky Wright (58)
29 – Jack McAuliffe (38)
30 – Mike McCallum (55)
31 – Carlos Palomino (38)
32 – Billy Graham (126) )
33 – Duilio Loi (126)
34 – Edwin Valero (27)
35 – Gorilla Jones (172)
Honorable Mention: Laszlo Papp, Billy Soose, Juan Coggi
Pedro Carrasco is a great call. He never gets mentioned by anyone. Muhammad Ali was never knocked out. Stopped, but not ko’d. Great chin considering opposition and how long he fought past his best.
Muhammad Ali retired in Larry Holmes fight – in boxing a retirement, throwing in the towel, NO Mas, quitting on the stood, cuts stoppage – are considered knockouts on ring record – like Sugar Ray Robinson – retirement in Joey Maxim fight – from heat exhaustion – 107 degrees that night in New York on June 25, 1952 …
Agreed, but his chin and heart didn’t fail him. Ditto Robinson