The 6 most famous boxers in history

most famous boxers in history

Choosing from a list of the best most famous boxers in history could stay in a wide variety of great fighters and fans. It is something difficult to catalog for all those boxing lovers. All of them come with a great sporting career that has made them famous and perhaps others have found various anecdotes that have made them gain much more fame.

Throughout their careers we have seen them conquer titles without limitations, others left their careers giving their final point and others left their marks for other main great reasons. They are all controversial, complex, practitioners of a violent sport and prehistoric, where his main motto is to feel like hitting yourself.

The 6 most famous boxers in history

Rocky Marciano

Rocky Marciano

(1923-1969, United States). Rocky Marciano enters among the most famous boxers in history for his multiple titles and record in victories, since he retired undefeated, without being defeated in any rounds. 

It was world champion of the boxing heavyweight category from 1952 to 1956 when he retired at the age of 33 after defending this title six times. Throughout its trajectory stands out for his 49 wins, 43 knockouts and 0 losses.

Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson

(1966 United States) Is one of the most famous boxers in the world. His boxing era spans between 1985 and 2005. He had a record of 50 wins and 44 knockouts and 6 losses. He was an unbeatable fighter and was recognized by his followers for his terrifying power and for crushing and beat your 37 opponents. His life was full of scandals and waste, his most fanatic moment was when in the middle of the ring he bit off an ear from his opponent.

George Foreman

George Foreman

(1949, United States) He is now a retired boxer, but he became a two-time heavyweight world champion, being recognized as one of the best in the list of 10 best heavyweights. At 19 he already won his first Olympic medal and continued as a professional in his 20s, winning during that year up to a total of 13 fights and beating an assault of just 23 seconds. His life is very particular, since outside the ring he is a great businessman and a renowned reverend of his own church. Among his career highlights the famous fight in 1974 against Muhammad Ali in Zaire, one of the most spectacular and historical, winning Ali after 8 intense rounds.

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali

(1942-2016, United States) It is considered one of the best boxers in history. It also stands out as a great social figure influenced in politics and in social and humanitarian struggles in favor of African Americans and Islam. Noted for his boxing style as it was not traditional. Won a Olympic medal in Rome in 1960 and won the weight category title up to 3 times, one of them in 1964. Six of the fights that he fought within his career were classified as the most famous of the year by the magazine “The Ring”.

Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Mayweather

(1977, United States) He is one of the most famous boxers of today. Noted for its withdrawal in 2015 without having been defeated in his entire career. Got a perfect 50-0 career record and a total of seven world titless placing it in the first position.

His retirement was marked because he had closely fought three of the famous fighters such as Canelo Álvarez in 2013, Connor MacGregor in 2017 and Manny Pacquiao in 2015 where he got his victories. But his great famous assault was the fight against Manny Pacquiao that was called the fight of the century, where he raised up to 500 million dollars.

Oscar de la hoya

Oscar de la Hoya

(1973, United States) He is a boxer of Mexican origin, although he was born in the United States. It was champion in six different categories and won the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Barcelona that proclaimed him to fame. He has been the only one to win six belts and obtained titles such as Twice WBO Junior Lightweight Champion and Junior and Absolute Welter Champion. Although that's not all Óscar de la Hoya also stood out as a singer. He discovered his art by singing jokes at a dinner party and has already unleashed his talent by releasing a record.


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