Most of the records referred to on this page were last checked against the www.boxrec.com database on February 11th, 2007. However, many of the records listed on Boxrec are incomplete. Therefore, unless otherwise noted, any time a record or statistic is referred to on this page, it should be assumed that those numbers are based on what was listed on Boxrec on the above date and therefore may not be 100% accurate. If you have more complete records for any fighter listed here, or would like to correct an error or propose an addition to the list, please contact us.
Special thanks to Matt Tegen of BoxRec for bringing so many excellent names to our attention. You can find photos of several of these guys at the Legends of Boxing Photo Gallery.
Newly inducted in February 2007: Jerry McGee, Fred Sullante, Alexandru Manea.
* Denotes a fellow HOS member
Reggie
Strickland (Super Middleweight, 66-276-17, 14 KOs) -- The king of them
all
Big names he's lost to: Joe Hutchinson, Charles Brewer, Reggie Green, Derrick Harmon, Hugo Pineda, Tony Marshall, Syd Vanderpool, Raul Marquez, Keith Holmes, Anthony Stephens, Donnie Penelton* (twice), Joe Hutchinson, Randall Bailey, Alex Bunema, James Butler, Raul Frank.
Comments: This guy is legendary and rightfully so. No other comment necessary.
Peter Buckley (Lightweight, 31-236-11, 8 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Richie Wenton, Martin O'Malley, Acelino Freitas, Lehlohonolo Ledwaba, Michael Brodie (twice), Michael Gomez, Colin McMillan, Paul Ingle (twice), Naseem Hamed (twice), Miguel Matthews*, Johnny Bredahl, Barry Jones (twice).
Comments: Even though he managed to last the distance with Naseem Hamed once, Buckley has gone winless in his last 67 bouts. "When that parachutist flew into the ring [Holyfield-Bowe II] everyone just thought it was Buckley taking another fight at short notice." -- Nobby Nobbs, Buckley's trainer, Boxing Monthly, May 2000 p. 28. Update 2/6/02: Posted a win in December 2001 vs. the 17-52-5 Nigel Senior after losing to Senior in their initial meeting. Update 4/19/03: Buckley recently participated in his 200th career bout, making a grand entrance complete with music, ring girls and a special introduction by Jimmy Lennon Jr. Of course, he then proceeded to lose a decision to the 3-5-1 Baz Carey. Update 2/11/07: Went an impressive 0-38-1 since the January 2005 update.
Simmie Black (Lightweight, 35-162-4, 8 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Bones Adams (twice), Marty Jakubowski, Anthony Stephens, Buck Smith, Frank Santore (twice), Sean O'Grady.
Comments: He fought under at least seven different names during his career and has been KO'd too many times to count. Amazingly, however, he seems to have ended his career with a four-fight winning streak. Update 2/6/02: Gabby Jay has determined that he fought under nine different aliases and was KO'd at least 95 times.
Donnie "The Black Battle Cat" Penelton (Light Heavyweight, 13-164-4, 5 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Derrick Harmon (twice), Thomas Ulrich, Mario Veit, Dale Brown, Juan Carlos Gomez, William Guthrie, Montell Griffin, Shannon Briggs, Tony LaRosa, Rocky Gannon.
Comments: Holds two wins over Reggie Strickland, but only won one of his approximately 70 fights from June 1992 up until the first win over Strickland in November 1998. At last check, the other boxers he has beaten have a combined record of 20-143-1. Update 2/11/07: A third Strickland/Penelton showdown briefly appeared on the Boxrec schedule recently, but sadly never came off.
Brian Coleman (Welterweight, 24-141-7, 4 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Jonathan Thaxton (twice), Ricky Hatton, Junior Witter (twice), Jason Rowland.
Comments: Another British fighter who has racked up 100+ losses against largely
nondescript opposition. He is trained by the legendary Nobby Nobbs, who also trains the equally
legendary Peter
Buckley.
Seamus Casey (Middleweight, 30-129-5, 5 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Ryan Rhodes, Glenn Catley, Richie Woodhall, Paul Bonson*.
Comments: He defeated only two opponents with winning records in his 164-bout career.
Jerry Strickland (Super Lightweight, 13-122, 5 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Randall Bailey, Jim Kaczmarek* (twice), Brian Barbosa, Hector Camacho, Thomas Hearns, Juan LaPorte.
Comments: Following the final bout listed in his record, a note reads:
"Strickland is retired by the Indiana commission following this fight." He
fought Hearns and Camacho very early in their careers and was KO'd at least 75
times throughout his. Was at one point listed as the trainer of his half-brother, Reggie Strickland.
Frankie Hines (Heavyweight, 17-120-5, 11 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Darroll Wilson, Robert Daniels, Jameel McCline, Cliff Couser, Greg Page (twice), Don Steele (twice), Ray Anis, Shazzon Bradley, Melton Bowen, Danny Wofford*, Iran Barkley, Peter McNeeley, Chris Byrd, Michael Grant, Pinklon Thomas, Phil Jackson, Ezra Sellers, Fabrice Tiozzo, Keith McKnight.
Comments: Following his first-round KO win over "Dangerous" Don Gray (who is 1-13 in his known bouts), Hines went an estimated 3-59-3 and was knocked out countless times. Looking on the bright side, though, two of those wins came in his last four bouts. (On the other hand, however, one of the victories came against a guy who also lost to Roy Bedwell.)
Lee "The Quickster" Cargle (Lightweight, 35-113-1, 16 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Frankie Toledo, Verdell Smith*, Bones Adams (three times), Marty Jakubowski (six times), David Toledo (twice), Paulie Ayala, Harold Warren (three times), Erik Morales, Freddie Norwood, Tracy Patterson, Wilfredo Vazquez, Welcome Ncita, Gabriel Ruelas.
Comments: Began his career 13-0-1 but things, as you can see, swiftly went downhill. Only one of his 33 victories came at the expense of an opponent who had a professional win at the time of the bout. Two of his most recent victories were over Rick Hardle (0-11 when he met "The Quickster") and Ken Manuel (0-8 when he faced Cargle the first time, and currently 3-29. Manuel came back to beat Cargle in a pair of rematches.) Update 1/9/05: Actually won a bout in July 2004, an MD4 over 0-7 Rafael Torres, but was then DQ'd for excessive holding in two of the five losses he went on to suffer throughout the remainder of 2004. Update 2/11/07: One of the last of The Great Tomato Cans still active, Cargle has added 16 defeats since the last update to push himself into triple-digit loss territory.
Ernie "Gypsy Boy" Smith (Junior Middleweight, 13-111-5, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Brian Coleman* (twice), Koba Gogoladze, Christopher Henry, Harry Butler*, Jawaid Khaliq, Takaloo.
Comments: Another British can. Has a draw with Arv Mittoo, and two wins over Coleman in addition to the two losses. But (slightly) more ominously, he also lost to Richard Swallow, whom Coleman was recently able to score a KO win over. Career-longest winless streak: 24 and counting. Only 28 years old, so he could well be Coleman's, if not Buckley's, heir apparent. Record added: 1/9/05. Update 2/11/07: Cranked out a highly impressive 38 losses since the last update.
Lew "Clown Prince of Boxing" Perez (Middleweight, 61-111-19, 18 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Joey LaMotta (twice).
Comments: Fought primarily in Brooklyn and New York City from 1942 to 1950 against almost nobody widely recognizable, although he did score five wins over Jerry McGee (with three of them coming in a single two-week span. Thanks to Matt Tegen and Barry Deskins for bringing both Perez and McGee to our attention.) Record added: 12/22/02.
Dean Bramhald (Welterweight, 42-106-15, 9 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Howard Clarke.
Comments: Surprising (and disappointing) lack of big names considering the astronomical number of losses. Update 12/21/02: Was recently appointed as a referee by the British Boxing Board of Control.
Benji "Bad News" Singleton (Super Welterweight, 26-105-5, 18 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Livingstone Bramble, Darren Maciunski, Andrew Council, Robert Allen, Laurent Boudouani, Charles Murray, Vincent Pettway, Raul Frank, Robert Frazier (twice), Sam Garr, Travis Simms.
Comments: From January 1999 till the present he has been remarkably busy, going 5-62-1. "Benji...should be barred from anything over six scheduled rounds. On the road he cares little about winning, and more about not getting stopped so he can fight again real soon." -- Jack Obermayer, reporting on Singleton vs. Travis Simms, International Boxing Digest, July 2000, p. 54. Update 7/27/02: Recently went on a 3-1 run, with two of the wins coming over the 4-32 Tim Scott and the 5-23 Travis Clybourn. Update 2/11/07: Picked up career loss #100 in May of '05.
Walter Cowans (Welterweight, 26-101-1, 8 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Marty Jakubowski (three times), Larry LaCoursiere (twice), Tracy Patterson, Pat Coleman, Sam Hill.
Comments: He managed to put together a six-fight winning streak in 1989, going 7-2 overall that year. However, it was back to business as usual starting the following year. He went approximately 11-47 in the 1990s until the time of his suicide in 1999. Also went by the name "Asmar Raheem Muhammad."
Related: Profile of Walter Cowans's ex-manager. According to Cowans's ex-manager Ron Peterson, "I even got him some wins, five or six in a row. He was a real genuine, tough kid. But half nuts. Sometimes he was hard to be around. One week he'd be smoking crack, the next he'd be preaching God." The link is to page 3 of a larger article; the Cowans section is about 1/3 of the way down the page.
Winston Burnett (Middleweight, 20-98-3, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Christophe Girard, Chris Eubank, Nigel Benn (twice), Frank Tate.
Comments: After posting an 18-79-2 record, Burnett was permanently suspended by the British Boxing Board of Control not for his record, but due to a detached retina. He then shifted his base of operations to the US and compiled a record of 2-19-1, closing out his career with losing efforts all over the American Midwest in addition to France, Switzerland and Yugoslavia. Record added: 3/7/02.
Danny Wofford (Heavyweight, 17-101-2, 10 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Tim Witherspoon, Robert Daniels (twice), Vaughn Bean, Ezra Sellers, Maurice Harris, Courage Tshabalala, Corey Sanders, Shazzon Bradley, Don Steele, Ken Murphy, Peter McNeeley, Michael Grant, Trevor Berbick, Shannon Briggs, Michael Bentt, Sergei Kobozev, Pinklon Thomas, Melton Bowen, Phil Jackson (twice), Bonecrusher Smith, Oliver McCall, Michael Dokes, Alex Stewart, Orlin Norris, Joe Hipp, Bruce Seldon, Henry Tillman, Eli Dixon (twice), Faruq Saleem, Keith McKnight (twice).
Comments: Impressive resumé! Began his career 7-1-1 but has since been KO'd 23 times and DQ'd 6 while racking up a 10-100-1 record. Update 2/6/02: Is currently slated to face Mitch Green for the "World Boxing Syndicate Super Heavyweight Championship" in March 2002. More information is available from the WBS's Tripod-hosted website. Update 3/10/02: Wofford actually extended Green the entire twelve-round distance in losing a decision. Update 1/9/04: The WBS is now known as the "World Boxing Empire." Update 2/11/07: Wofford picked up loss #100 against ex-champion Tony Tubbs in February of 2005. The Tennessean reported: "Wofford proved quite a showman, jiggling his massive midsection on multiple occasions after Tubbs delivered punishing blows. At times, he even raised his arms and dared Tubbs to punch the bulging gut."
Related: The Triumph of the Ultimate Underdog from CBZ. Describes Wofford's fight with Baraka Short, a fight that Wofford actually managed to win.
Karl Taylor (Junior Middleweight, 16-96-6, 4 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Eamonn Magee (twice), Jonathan Thaxton, Junior Witter, Oktay Urkal, Ricky Hatton, Matthew Hatton (three times), Tontcho Tontchev, Anatoly Alexandrov, Giorgio Campanella, Billy Schwer, Regilio Tuur.
Comments: Another Nobby Nobbs protégé, and prototypical British journeyman. Has a win over Dingaan Thobela (but, as Carlos points out, only about four guys in Malawi don't have a win over "The Rose of Soweto" at this point in his career). Career-longest winless streak: 26. Record added: 1/9/05.
Kenneth "Rocky" Bentley (Heavyweight, 9-95-1, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Greg Page, Shazzon Bradley, Don Steele, Danell Nicholson, Carlos DeLeon, Shannon Briggs, Melton Bowen, Leon Spinks, Adolpho Washington, Roy Bedwell*, Frankie Hines*, Scott LeDoux, Keith McKnight (three times).
Comments: Another fixture of the Nashville, Tennessee circuit, he went 1-58-1 in his last 60 bouts. Also, his loss to Leon Spinks came in 1992.
Jozef Kubovsky a.k.a. Joszef Lakatos (Lightweight, 13-95-14, 4 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Khalid Rahilou, Istvan Kovacs, Emanuel Augustus, Oktay Urkal, Laszlo Bognar, Souleymane M'baye.
Comments: The 15 men he has beaten (one of whom is named "Joszef Lakatos II") had, at last check, a combined total of 14 wins when he faced them. Two of them, Anton Glofak and Imrich Palagi, have tallied just four wins and over 100 losses throughout their careers. Despite all this, he actually held the Slovakian junior welterweight title at one point. Only 31 years old, so he has plenty of career time left in front of him. Managed by fellow HOS member Vladimir Varhegyi. Update 2/11/07: Has now gone winless in 60 bouts since the win over Parlagi.
Jose Pagan Rivera (Welterweight, 30-93-8 [but see below], 5 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Eddie Mustafa Muhammad.
Comments: He was incredibly industrious, once losing three times in five days, and also on back-to-back days on more than one occasion. Thanks to boxing historian Robert Fanelli for pointing Pagan out to us. Mr. Fanelli writes: "[H]e had almost 100 documented losses against about 25 wins. In a 1984 interview with Sport magazine, Pagan claimed that he had about 145 loses and about 50-60 victories. Pagan was a legend on the New England boxing circuit of the 1970's." If anyone else has any further information on Pagan, Mr. Fanelli would like to hear from you. Record added: 3/8/02.
Joe Grim (Various weights, 6-91-9 including newspaper decisions, 4 KOs [but see below])
Big names he's lost to: Joe Gans. (Also no-contests or newspaper losses vs. Gans, Joe Walcott, Jack Johnson, Bob Fitzsimmons, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Battling Levinsky.)
Comments: Barry Deskins made an informative post to RSB reporting the following interesting information: "Grim was down twenty times [vs. Bob Fitzsimmons]. He was down twice in the second, once in third (an accidental slip), three times in the fourth, six times in the fifth and eight times in the sixth." Jack Johnson also seems to have floored him over a dozen times. Another poster in the same RSB discussion reported that Ring magazine had at one point documented 134 bouts for him (among a rumored 300), with Grim coming out on top in ten of them. He also bore a remarkable resemblance to the actor Jean-Paul Belmondo. Record added: 1/18/03.
Keith Jones (Lightweight, 9-91-7, 5 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: None.
Comments: Generally durable (only KO'd 12 times) but consistently unsuccessful British opponent (career-longest winless streak: 30 fights). He has fought for three titles, including, inappropriately enough, the "British Masters Light Welterweight" belt. Record added: 1/18/03. Update 2/11/07: Was recently convicted of committing over Ł18,000 worth of disability benefit fraud. (Thanks to Gordon B. for the link.)
Paul Bonson (Cruiserweight, 19-90-7, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Carl Thompson, Stephen Spartacus, Enzo Maccarinelli (twice), Roman Greenberg, Clinton Woods, Rudy Markussen.
Comments: His first two wins came at the expense of fellow HOS members Michael Pinnock (whom he was also fought to a draw by) and Seamus Casey, a third came against the very bad Eamonn Glennon, and a fourth came against the absolutely terrible Rob Galloway. His 74th loss, meanwhile, came in his bid to win the British Masters Cruiserweight Title, although it was only the second time that he was stopped in his career. Two other recent defeats have come against 90-time loser Tony Booth. Record added: 1/9/05.
Des Gargano (Super Bantamweight, 32-87-3, 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Paul Ingle, Richie Wenton, Naseem Hamed, Jimmi Bredahl, Pat Clinton (twice).
Comments: If you are wondering why Pat Clinton is considered a big name please read this.
Graham McGrath (Junior Featherweight, 21-86-5, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Richie Wenton, Peter Buckley*, Miguel Matthews* (twice), Paul Ingle (twice), Michael Brodie.
Comments: After posting two straight wins in March of 1998 (only the second winning streak in his career), he suffered the humiliation of being KO'd by Peter Buckley later that month and never won another fight, going 0-17-1 throughout the rest of his career. The opponents he defeated have, at last check, a staggering combined record of 43-167-7. Record added: 12/5/01
Giuseppe Agate (Welterweight, 16-85-7, 7 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: None.
Comments: Another Italian record-padder. Went 10-4-1 in his first fifteen bouts, and 6-81-6 thereafter (including a 33-fight winless stretch). Only KO'd 9 times, though. Record added: 1/9/04.
Johnny Cockfield (Featherweight, 9-84-9, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Chalky Wright, Willie Pep.
Comments: The first World War II-era fighter to join the list. He went winless in his last 38 known bouts and fought opponents with names like Cannon Ball Gibson and Norman "Hi-Ho" Silver. Thanks once again to Barry Deskins for bringing him to our attention. Record added: 12/22/02.
Brian "B-52" Yates (Heavyweight, 13-86-3, 6 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Orlin Norris, Dickie Ryan (twice), Bert Cooper, Ken Murphy (twice), Razor Ruddock, Gary Bell, Oliver McCall, Derrick Jefferson, Iran Barkley, Eli Dixon.
Comments: In 1995, he knocked out Earnie Shavers in two rounds. Shavers was 50 years old. Another triumph came in 1999, when he knocked out Kevin Cook. Cook was 12-1-1 at the time and had earned that record by defeating, among others, John Basil Jackson, George Harris, Andre Crowder, Ed Strickland, and a different Reggie Strickland (0-11).
Arrow Abu (Featherweight, 7-85-7, 4 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: None.
Comments: Nigerian-born, made his debut in Italy, then found his way to the UK (where he posted a four-fight winning streak), then came back onto the continent to lose mostly in Spain and Italy throughout the remainder of his career. (Two of those losses came against 4-33-8 Giovanni Cavazzini and 7-39-5 Adolfo Osses.) Went winless in his last 56 fights. Record added: 1/9/04.
Miguel Matthews (Lightweight. 15-84-11, 4 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Peter Buckley* (three times), Michael Brodie, Paul Ingle, Naseem Hamed, Johnny Bredahl, Colin McMillan, Richie Wenton, Des Gargano*.
Comments: Recently put together a three-fight winning streak against opponents who were a combined 30-103-3. In his defense, however, he has only been KO'd 7 times in his 84 defeats and once scored a victory over Scott Harrison.
Manuel Baptista (Featherweight, 27-81-6, 6 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Al Duarte*.
Comments: Fought throughout the American Northeast up until the early 1950s, then gradually made his way west, fighting mostly four, six and (later) eight-rounders before disappearing in 1958. Never lost more than a dozen in a row, once went 33 straight bouts without getting KO'd, and won the Texas State Welterweight Title in '53. Thanks to Barry Deskins for bringing him to our attention. Record added: 12/22/02.
Paul Murray (Middleweight, 19-80-9, 5 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Clinton Woods, Lester Jacobs, Robert McCracken, Nigel "The Centurion" Rafferty* (twice).
Comments: Typical British opponent whose two losses to "The Centurion" were part of a five-year, 32-bout mid-career winless streak. Record added: 3/8/02.
Jim Kaczmarek (Welterweight, 23-83-4, 8 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Walter Cowans*, Scott Sala*, Larry LaCoursiere, Jerry Strickland* (twice), Reggie Strickland* (twice), Marty Jakubowski (three times), Verdell Smith*.
Comments: Kaczmarek leads the league in losses to fellow HOS members with seven. Update 1/9/04: He ended a 2-1/2 year layoff in March 2003 by losing a split decision to 3-35-4 James Rice. Update 1/9/05: Scored a win in April 2004 over a guy coming off a 12-1/2 year layoff. Update 2/11/07: Scored a win in August 2005 over a guy coming off a 13-year layoff.
Verdell Smith (Lightweight, approximately 43-86-4, 17 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Jorge Paez (twice), Angel Manfredy, Marty Jakubowski (thirteen times), Leonard Dorin, Jesse James Leija, Cory Spinks, Julio Cesar Chavez, Oba Carr, Cesar Bazan, Mamadou Thiam, Yory Boy Campas, Hector Camacho Sr., Buck Smith (seven times), Harold Warren (twice), Sřren Sondergaard, Simon Brown, Philip Holiday, Vince Phillips, Joey Gamache, Jose Luis Castillo, Zahir Raheem, Julio Cesar Garcia, Sebastien Demers.
Comments: Smith has lost at least 40-45 times under his own name and, it turns out, about 35 times under the names "Tim Brooks" and "Tom Bowles." (In fact, "Tim Brooks," with a record of 0-26, was a charter member of this list.) Also, the vast majority of the losses suffered by "Brooks" and "Bowles" were, not so coincidentally, to Marty Jakubowski, Buck Smith, Craig Houk and Gary Kirkland. Once again, thanks to Matt Tegen and the www.boxrec.com crew for uncovering this information and making it available to all. Record added: 12/3/01. Update 2/11/07: Verdell was the subject of a lengthy article in the New York Times in 2004. The article has moved to the Times archives, but you can still see a photo here.
Related: This article about the activities of Craig Houk a.k.a. Tim Bennett a.k.a. Gary Meyers may be of interest.
Jake Torrance (Middleweight, 22-79-2, 9 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Carl Daniels (twice), Pat Coleman, Buck Smith, Gianfranco Rosi, Darrin Van Horn (twice), Jorge Castro, Reggie Johnson, Buddy McGirt, Julian Jackson, Donald Curry, Rocky Martinez.
Comments: Began his career 7-0. Went 10-34-1 throughout the rest of the 1980s and 5-42 throughout the 1990s. His career appeared to be over following a KO loss in 1998, but he resurfaced just prior to the turn of the millennium in December 2000 to record yet another knockout defeat.
Al Duarte (Lightweight, 15-79-3, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Willie Pep.
Comments: New England-based lightweight lost four fights to 77-time loser Tommy Tibbs, but won two of three from 66-time loser Bobby English and was also victorious in his only meeting with Manuel Baptista. Appears to have gone winless from 1963 to 1971. Record added: 12/23/02.
Arv Mittoo (Junior Welterweight, 10-85-5, 4 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Junior Witter, Brian Coleman*.
Comments: He once had a 47-bout winless streak, is managed by Nobby Nobbs, has a loss to an HOS member and a name that sounds more fitting for a "Star Wars" robot than a pro boxer. What more could anyone ask for? Record added: 10/12/02 Update 1/9/05: Shocked the world in October 2004 by KO'ing Gary Connelly in Connelly's pro debut to snap the above-mentioned drought. Update 2/11/07: Sadly, Arv announced his retirement following his draw with Steve Russell in September 2005. It was the 100th bout of Mittoo's career.
John Basil Jackson (Heavyweight, 4-75-2, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Jose Ribalta, Danell Nicholson, Brian Yates*, Michael Grant, Ahmad Abdin, Peter McNeeley (twice), John Ruiz (twice in the space of two months), Shannon Briggs, Lou Savarese.
Comments: He went the distance with Michael Grant but was knocked out by Peter McNeeley. Shannon Briggs got his career off to an appropriate start with a first-round KO victory over him as well.
Julian Eavis (Junior Middleweight, 14-74-4, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Howard Clarke (five times), Robin Reid, Eammon Loughran.
Comments: Went 8-68 throughout the 1990s. Also managed a win vs. Clarke in addition to the five losses. Never scored a KO in his 102 fights.
John Smith (Lightweight, 10-75-7, 5 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Shea Neary (twice), Jon Thaxton, Jason Rowland, Billy Schwer.
Comments: The self-managed, uninterestingly-named Smith's final win came via 3rd-round KO over the intriguingly-named Wahid Fats in the midst of a career-ending 2-55-4 run. Record added: 10/12/02.
Jose Luis Ribiero (Welterweight, 7-77-11, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Gianfranco Rosi.
Comments: Lost in at least ten different countries, including the boxing Meccas of Turkey and Algeria, to only one recognizable name throughout his 9-1/2 year career. Another Matt Tegen discovery. Record added: 4/19/02.
Dave Hinds (Junior Welterweight, 7-77, 4 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Michael Gomez.
Comments: Yet another can who began as a .500 fighter, only to go (to date) 4-74 from there onward, with one of the three wins coming against Miguel Matthews and two others coming against guys who are not believed to have ever won a professional bout. Career-longest losing streak: 21. Record added: 1/9/05.
Michael Pinnock (Light Heavyweight, 4-74-9, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Brian Magee, Leif Keiski, Paul Bonson*.
Comments: For some reason, he fought for the British Masters Cruiserweight Title in October 2003, going into the bout with a record of 4-61-9. (He lost the fight, of course.) Record added: 12/22/01.
Melquiades Josia Da Silva (Super Featherweight, 5-74-5, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: None.
Comments: Brazilian-born, Italy-based. His second-to-last-win came against 2-38-4 Antonio Pocai. Pocai deserves mention not only for that, but also for his losses to 11-51-3 Abass Macauley, 7-42-1 Andrea Ricci and the draw with 3-31-3 Antonio Germano. Record added: 1/9/04.
Jerry McGee (Middleweight, 5-75-2, 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Joey LaMotta, Lew Perez* (five times).
Comments: McGee did his part to aid America's World War II effort, chipping in with 71 losses from February 1943 through June 1945. He was also responsible for providing 111-time loser Lew Perez with 8.2% of Perez's career wins. Thanks to Dumpster2 for pointing him out. Record added: 2/11/07
Roy Bedwell (Heavyweight, 15-71-1, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Butterbean, Don Steele, Cody Koch, William Guthrie, Keith McKnight (three times).
Comments: A professional race car driver and one of only two Butterbean opponents to make the list, he began his career 11-4-1, proceeded to go 3-7 in his next ten matches, then 1-60 from then onward. He has been knocked out over 40 times and has never scored a professional KO.
Harry Butler (Super Middleweight, 7-71-1, 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Ruben Groenewald, Junior Witter, Anthony Farnell, Hercules Kyvelos, Takaloo.
Comments: At the ripe young age of 27 and with a 25-fight losing streak in progress, the chances of Butler becoming Britain's next Peter Buckley look rather strong (though, with just a mere two defeats in 2004, perhaps not as strong as they once did). Record added: 10/12/02. Update 2/11/07: Butler's boxing license was suspended by the fascists at the BBBofC in the spring of 2005.
Nigel "The Centurion" Rafferty (Heavyweight, 26-69-9, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Ole Klemetsen (twice), Leif Keiski.
Comments: He's mainly here because we like his name. He was being considered as an opponent for Audley Harrison at one point, but that dream match seems to have fallen through for the moment. Update 12/21/02: Was forced to retire from the ring following the results of a brain scan in the summer of 2001.
Related: News report on "The Centurion's" 100th fight. Evidently Rafferty's 100th fight was an event of some importance in the UK boxing community. The above report, from which the picture at right was taken, praises "The Centurion" for his "remarkable achievement," stating that by reaching the 100-fight total, he joined an "elite band" of fighters (such as Simmie Black and Reggie Strickland, apparently). Incidentally, "The Centurion" lost the big 100th bout to 6-6-1 Jason Brewster. (The item on Rafferty is about 90% of the way down the page linked to above.)
Marvin Ladson (Light Heavyweight, 13-67-2, 8 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Elvir Muriqi, Billy Costello (twice), Benji Singleton*, Derrell Coley, Vincent Pettway (twice), Ray Mancini.
Comments: He went 1-24 in his last 25 matches and was knocked out 43 times in his career.
James "Volcano" Mullins (Light Heavyweight, 7-68-2, 6 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Sam Garr, Benji Singleton*, Ken Murphy, Lou del Valle, David Telesco, Lonnie Bradley, Travis Simms.
Comments: Knocked out 38 times in his career, the opponents he holds victories against had, at last check, a combined record of 20-70 when they faced him. Was Bradley's first pro opponent. Update 1/9/04: Ended a 28-month layoff in June 2003 by losing to 7-30-2 Mack Willis.
Related: James Mullins: A Journeyman Opponent Who Comes to Fight from CBZ. Not very informative.
David McCluskey (Middleweight, 20-72-6, 9 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Darrin Morris, Daniel Judah, Jason Papillion, Glencoffe Johnson, Sam Garr, John Scully (twice), Billy Lewis (twice), Przeymeslaw Saleta, Julio Cesar Vasquez, Bernard Hopkins, Roy Jones, Mike McCallum.
Comments: He has had 71 fights from 1990 onward, going 11-62-4 with one no-contest over that span. Two of the ten victories came over Cornelius Lowe (5-28 at last check). Two other wins came against Thomas "T.C." James (4-16). The other six came over: Scott Sala, Billy Outley (11-41-1), Bruce Anderson (1-10-1), Robert Johnson (4-14), Bilal Muhammad (2-8) and Carl Smith (0-1). Record added: 12/1/01.
Csaba Olah (Light Heavyweight, 3-71-3, 2 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Armand Krajnc, Thomas Tate, Michele Piccirillo.
Comments: He has lost in his home country, Belgium, Italy, France, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Croatia, Finland and Denmark. Managed by the one and only LP. Update 7/29/02: Scored a shocking 4th-round KO win over the 0-7 Roman Nikodem in May 2002.
Jose Resto (Lightweight, 13-70-8, 4 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Aaron Pryor, Howard Davis, David Kotey, Saoul Mamby.
Comments: Only KO'd 5 times in his 70 losses. He was once described by Alex Wallau, president of ABC-TV, as "pathetic," but Resto faced Howard Davis in Davis's pro debut, and CBS-TV paid Davis $250,000 for the privilege of televising the bout. Once again, thanks to Mr. Tegen for calling him to our attention and providing the information about the Davis fight. Record added: 12/3/01.
Long Sing Que (Featherweight, 3-69-5, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Sammy Angott.
Comments: Chinese fighter of the late 1920s/1930s who went winless in his last 57 bouts listed on Boxrec, including three draws with the 4-38-6 Congolese Beezy Thomas. One can only pray that there are few, if any, more wins to be found for him, and many, many losses yet to be uncovered. A Dumpster2 discovery. Record added: 1/9/05.
Vladimir "Vlado" Varhegyi (Junior Featherweight, 19-67-3, 7 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Geir Inge Jorgensen, Matt Zegan, Spend Abazi.
Comments: His two wins in 2004 came at the expense of fighters for whom he was also listed as the manager (and, in one case, the trainer as well). Other wins have come over an 0-17 Paszterko-managed Slovak, a 3-26 guy who was KO'd in one round by Jozef Kubovsky (a fighter also managed by Varhegyi), two different Horvaths (yes, including Julius), and Imrich Parlagi. Record added: 1/9/05. Update 2/11/07: Is currently on a four-fight winning streak featuring victories over Julius Horvath (again), managerial client Tibor Rafael and Anton Kubov.
Calvin "Moot Luv" Moody (Junior Middleweight, 9-62-2, 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: James Butler, Sam Garr, Edwin Rosario, Demetrius Davis.
Comments: Operated exclusively on the American east coast and primarily in the state of Virginia. He lost 30 fights by KO, 20 by decision and 12 by DQ. (Strangely, only one of the KO losses came in the first round.) Demetrius Davis scored his first pro victory over him. It should also be noted that he went winless in his final 33 bouts. Record added: 11/27/01
Richard Wilson (Cruiserweight, 14-63-3, 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Rob Bleakley (FIFTEEN times), Rob Calloway, Buck Smith (twice), Verdell Smith*, Reggie Strickland*.
Comments: Wilson appears to have begun his career 0-27-1, going from 1986 till 1993 without notching a single win. He fought Bleakley for the Iowa State Middleweight title when he was 0-21-1, then faced Bleakley another 15 times in his career (including fights on back-to-back days in 1995), going 0-14-1 throughout the series. He also managed to score victories over Scott Sala and Reggie Strickland. Thanks to Campbell Blake and Matt Tegen for bringing him to our attention.
Imrich Parlagi (Lightweight, 2-67-3, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Jozef Kubovsky*, Stefano Zoff.
Comments: He has been knocked out at least 25 times and lost in over a dozen different countries. His KO win came over Christopher Nussbaumer, who has a 6-3 record featuring two wins over Jaromir Zubko and one over Anton Glofak. (Nussbaumer also defeated Parlagi in a rematch and lost on points to Jozef Kubovsky in Switzerland.) Update 12/21/02: Parlagi stepped into the ring with fellow HOS member Anton Glofak in August, but sadly the dream fight ended in a draw.
Anton Glofak (Lightweight, 2-66-7)
Big names he's lost to: Joszef Kubovsky*, Laszlo Bognar, Christopher Nussbaumer.
Comments: In 1998, Glofak fought Joszef Kubovsky for the Slovakian 140 lb. title. The fighters' records at the time of the bout: Glofak 0-17-1, Kubovsky 6-28-2. Again, thanks to freiheit for pointing him out to us. Managed by Mr. LP. Update 8/24/01: He finally tallied his first win on August 19th, 2001 versus (who else?) a Slovak. Update 12/23/02: Glofak fought Imrich Parlagi to a draw in August 2002, and so a golden opportunity for settling the age-old question of which of the two is more pathetic went by the boards. Update 2/11/07: Scored his 2nd pro win over pro debutant Milan Rybar in January 2005. See also this photo (Glofak on left, presumably).
Giampaolo Piras (Middleweight, 4-63-8, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: John Mugabi.
Comments: His wins came against Hans Wilhelm Ermen (listed as 0-9-2 at last check), Karl Furcht (25-35-13), Klaus Fuchs (7-19-2) and Mi Whan Ki (0-18), but he went 0-3 in his three meetings with the 11-43-6 Josef Kossmann, only managed a draw against fellow HOS'er Jose Luis Ribiero (7-75-11), and went winless in his final 32 bouts. Credit goes to Dumpster2 for this find. Record added: 7/11/03.
Vernon Garrett (Welterweight, 13-62, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Marty Jakubowski (twice), Jim Kaczmarek* (twice), Verdell Smith* (twice), Buck Smith.
Comments: Operated mainly out of Oklahoma City, but suffered his share of losses in Indiana and Kentucky too. Sandwiched his two losses to Kaczmarek between a 10-fight losing streak (to start his career) and a 19-fight losing streak (to end his career).
Jerry Smith (Middleweight, 17-65-1, 8 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Vinroy Barrett, Ray Oliveira, Ebo Elder, DeMarcus Corley, Joey Gamache, Michael Stewart, Vivian Harris, Kassim Ouma, Alex Bunema, Buddy McGirt, Vince Phillips, Charles Murray, Pernell Whitaker.
Comments: Another guy who began his career respectably enough (12-12 over his first two dozen bouts) before becoming a straight-up loser (going 5-53-1 in the sixteen years since then, with one of those wins being a first-round knockout of Jerry Strickland.) Several of his most recent losses have come via disqualification for excessive holding. Record added: 1/9/05.
Frank Wuestenberghs (Heavyweight, 3-63-1, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Mario Veit, Vincenzo Cantatore, Dirk Wallyn, Adnan Serin (twice).
Comments: Operates out of Belgium, so there aren't very many big names on his resume, unfortunately. His draw with Mohamed Elabar in December 2000 snapped a 48-fight losing streak which began in October 1992. He subsequently defeated Elabar in a rematch. Also appears to have at one point managed a relative named Bruno with a record of 16-25-1. Update 2/11/07: Notched a shocking win, albeit via DQ, in October 2005 over 7-1-1 Jean Claude Bikoi.
Antoino Franca (Featherweight, 4-63-5, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: None.
Comments: Started out his career 2-42-3, losing mostly in Italy but making occasional cameo appearances all over Europe. Not much else to say about him, but his record is just too good to leave off. Record added: 1/9/04.
Lopez McGee (Cruiserweight, 9-60, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Eli Dixon, Jo-el Scott, Peter McNeeley, Art Jimmerson (four times), Przemyslaw Saleta, Cliff Couser, Robert Daniels, Vincent Pettway, Julian Jackson, Matthew Hilton, Keith McKnight, Lester Yarbrough.
Comments: McGee fought mostly in Tennessee, Missouri and Kentucky and lost 29 straight bouts from December 1988 until October 1994, when he scored his lone KO victory at the expense of Darren Tackett, who was making his pro debut. KO'd in just under half of his losses, he closed out his career with a 12-fight losing streak as well. Record added: 12/22/01.
Andre Blanco (Lightweight, 7-59-10, 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: None.
Comments: He was twice allowed to fight for the BeneLux Junior Welterweight belt during his career-ending 3-45-2 run. One of the men he faced for the belt was a former KO victim of his, and the other made his professional debut against the one and only Klaus Hein. Record added: 1/9/04
Andre Crowder (Heavyweight, 8-55-4, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Buster Douglas, Tom Glesby, Cody Koch, Frankie Swindell, Tyrell Biggs, Tony Tubbs, Carlos DeLeon, Andrew Golota, Leon Spinks, Lou Savarese, Anaclet Wamba, Renaldo Snipes.
Comments: Began his career 6-5-1 (including a win over 1-19 Melvin Hosey, a fellow Ohioan), then suddenly went winless over a 39-fight span from 1987 to 1998. 21 of Crowder's 33 knockout defeats came in the first round, but he managed to extend Leon Spinks the 10-round distance in their 1992 bout, the deepest Crowder ever traveled into a fight. Record added: 12/3/01
Scott Sala (Cruiserweight, 5-56, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Reggie Strickland*, David McCluskey*, Angel Manfredy, Joe Hutchinson.
Comments: In his last 39 bouts, he has gone 1-38. To make matters worse, he was recently KO'd by Reggie Strickland. Update 1/9/05: Sala returned to action after a near-three year layoff in September of 2004, and was floored five times in his 4th-round TKO loss to bumkiller Adrian Helms.
James Holly (Heavyweight, 5-55, at least, with 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Ken Murphy, Greg Page, Jose Ribalta, Vaughn Bean, Danell Nicholson, Andrew Golota, Alexander Zolkin, Michael Bentt, Tony Tucker, Butterbean, Cody Koch.
Comments: All of his losses have come by knockout. 30 of them have come in the first round. "He's a cancer. I think guys like him should be thrown out of boxing." -- Frank Evans, head of the Indiana state boxing commission, quoted in National Post, May 25, 2001. Update 12/21/02: Is currently rumored to be in prison for receiving stolen property.
Nelson Hernandez (Welterweight, 2-55-1, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Raul Frank, Terronn Millett, Rocky Martinez, Larry LaCoursiere.
Comments: Won his fourth career fight, a six-rounder vs. Tyrone Porter (who once lost to Walter Cowans), lost a rematch to Porter, then went winless for the next seven years, suffering 17 KO losses during that time, including one to Damion Sutton, another Walter Cowans victim. Also, he recently lost a rematch with the other man he managed to beat, 10-17-2 Joseph Harden. Managed by Stan Johnson. Record added: 12/22/01.
Tommy Jeans (Welterweight, 3-54-1, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Buck Smith (three times).
Comments: One of his 54 losses came against a fighter named Bruce Card, who was bad enough to lose by decision to Roy Bedwell and get KO'd by David McCluskey. Another loss came against Kevin Richardson, who was bad enough to be KO'd in one round by Jeans himself three months later. Record added: 12/22/01.
Faical Naifer (Lightweight, 3-54-3, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Alessandro Duran.
Comments: Another African guy who appears to have relocated to Italy primarily for the purpose of losing fights. Went 2-3 in his first five bouts, then 1-51-3 from that point on, with the win being a first-round KO of a future EBU lightweight champion. Career-longest winless streak: 35. A Carlos find. Record added: 1/9/05.
Colin "Kid" McAuley (Lightweight, 8-54-3, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Ricky Hatton, Dean Bramhald*.
Comments: The loss to Dean Bramhald evidently wasn't enough to put the thought of retirement in his mind, but the loss to Chris Price (3-28-3 at last check) in his second-to-last fight apparently was. His KO win came over Chris (9-54-2) Lyons, and he also managed a win over Miguel Matthews. Was Hatton's first pro opponent. Record added: 12/1/01.
Jordan Keepers (Cruiserweight, 3-53-2, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Carlos DeLeon, Danell Nicholson, Buster Mathis Jr., Art Jimmerson, Don Penelton*, Adolpho Washington, Tony LaRosa, Michael Moorer.
Comments: He was knocked out 27 times, the three fighters he beat have 64 losses between them, and he holds the distinction of being Donnie Penelton's first known pro opponent.
James Wilder (Heavyweight, 3-53-1, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: King Ipitan, Przemyslaw Saleta, Dickie Ryan, Carlos DeLeon, Vaughn Bean, Buster Mathis Jr., Leeonzer Barber, Fabrice Tiozzo, Tim Anderson.
Comments: Owns a win over Leon Spinks, and also managed a victory over Anderson in addition to the loss. He has been KO'd 18 times. Closed out his career with an 18-fight losing streak too. Was trained by Stan Johnson. Record added: 12/1/01.
Bofunga Eymono (Featherweight, 3-52-1, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Stefano Zoff.
Comments: Another Italy-based "L" machine, this time imported from the Congo. In his last 50 fights, he went 1-47-1 with one no-contest. The win came against Roberto Lauretta, who was forced to retire from the fight due to injury, and who knocked Eymono out in two rounds in an immediate rematch. Record added: 1/9/04.
Ben Judah a.k.a. Terrance Wright (Cruiserweight, 4-51-2, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Ralf Rocchigiani, Montell Griffin, Dariusz Michalczewski, Fabrice Tiozzo, Tony LaRosa (twice), Gerald McClellan.
Comments: Went 1-38-2 in his first 41 bouts, somehow won 3 of his next 4, and then proceeded to conclude his career by dropping 12 in a row. KO'd 31 times. Record added: 12/16/01.
Gary "Tiger" Thomas (Middleweight, 4-51-1, 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Keith McKnight, Roy Bedwell*.
Comments: "Tiger" lost to Roy Bedwell but KO'd the 27-2 Earl Hargrove in two rounds, which reveals all you need to know about the kinds of opponents Hargrove earned the 27 wins against. Credit to gboxrec for digging this guy up. Record added: 12/23/02.
Jose Carlos Amaral (Lightweight, 1-49, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Giovanni Andrade (three times).
Comments: Was KO'd in 1 round by Andrade in May 1994 when he was 0-2, then fought Andrade again less than three months later for the Brazilian Super Flyweight Title. He later went on to fight for the Brazilian Bantamweight Title and the FEDEBOL Lightweight Title, all without the benefit of a professional win. Record added: 7/29/02. Update 1/9/04: Somehow won a bout in July 2003. It was his opponent's pro debut, and sadly it appears that the guy decided not to retire.
Jerome Hill (Super Middleweight, 1-48, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: James Mullins*, Demetrius Davis, Nick Rupa, William Guthrie, Billy Lewis, Sugar Han Kim, Glen Johnson.
Comments: A 34-fight losing streak earned him a shot at the WBF International middleweight title. He was KO'd in 4 rounds by "Sugar" Han Kim. (Kim, meanwhile, is 18-25-1 in his other known pro fights.)
Carlos Rocha Tomar (Junior Middleweight, 0-48-1)
Big names he's lost to: Thomas Damgaard, Laszlo Bognar, Javier Castillejo.
Comments: As far as we can tell, he owns the record for most bouts in a career without a win. Despite this, he was allowed to fight for the Portuguese welterweight title vs. Eric Daponte in his 28th fight. Until recently he was on the EBU's suspension list. The EBU was kind enough to email us this information about his suspension.
Carlton "Speedy" Brown (Middleweight, 2-48, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Michael Grant, Frankie Liles, Julian Jackson.
Comments: Brown was KO'd about 30 times over the course of his sixteen-year career, was a loser in weight classes running the gamut from junior middleweight to heavyweight, and, in light of all this, he is also the owner of what must be one of the most inappropriate nicknames imaginable. Record added: 12/22/02.
Robert Woods (Featherweight, 1-48, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Darryl Pinckney, Frankie Toledo.
Comments: He has an absolutely horrible record composed almost completely of KO losses to absolute non-entities. His knockout victory came in round 12 of a battle vs. Tim Turner, a win for which Woods was awarded the North Carolina State Lightweight Title.
Tibor Horvath (Junior Middleweight, 6-49-2, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Bert Schenk, Javier Castillejo, Mahenge Zulu.
Comments: He once fought for the Slovakian middleweight title against the immortal Nikolaj Bencsik, but came up on the short end of the decision. (Horvath did, however, exact his revenge a-year-and-a-half later in the rematch.) He also holds victories over a pair of his countrymen, the 3-32-1 Zdenek Zubko and the 2-23 Norbert Miklos. Record added: 3/28/02.
Larry Givens (Heavyweight, 3-46, 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Lou Savarese, Jukka "Rambo" Jarvinen, Nate Tubbs (twice), Bruce Seldon, Dickie Ryan, Bert Cooper, Tony Tucker, James Tillis, Tony Tubbs, Bonecrusher Smith, Steffen Tangstad.
Comments: He is the first "Rambo" Jarvinen victim to join the list. He has not won a bout since 1982, 29 of his losses came by KO and the men he defeated are, at last count, a combined 14-47-1. Record added: 11/27/01
Manuel Fatima-Dias (Featherweight, 2-49-2, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Stefano Zoff, Manuel Calvo, Wilson Rodriguez.
Comments: A very nice-looking record on the surface, but there's not much to comment on underneath. He seemed to have retired after a knockout loss in November of 2000, but he returned in late '02 and has since churned out fourteen fresh losses to earn his spot on this list. Also, one of his draws came against one-time WBO world title challenger Harald "E.T." Geier. ("E.T." was KO'd in 17 seconds in the title fight.) Record added: 1/9/05.
Sammy Rivers (Lightweight, 1-44-6, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Beau Jack.
Comments: Almost no big names on his resumé, but one win in 51 fights is just too much to overlook. Thanks to Carlos for pointing this guy out. Record added: 7/11/03.
Greg Cadiz (Super Middleweight, 4-46-2, 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Joey DeGrandis, Aaron Davis, Scott Pemberton, Brian Barbosa, Fitz Vanderpool, Tony Marshall, Rodney Moore, Leavander Johnson, Ray Oliveira, Jean-Luc Morin, Raymond Joval.
Comments: Fought for the New England Jr. Welterweight Title when he was 4-13-1, and fought for the Massachusetts Jr. Middleweight Title when he was 4-31-1, but before all that, he fought Jean-Luc Morin -- at one point, the man considered by many to have been the worst active Canadian boxer -- and provided Morin with his first professional victory. Ended his career with an 0-35-1 run. Record added: 4/19/02.
Jaromir Zubko (Welterweight, 3-41-1, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Christopher Nussbaumer.
Comments: A former WBU Intercontinental Light Welterweight Title challenger, Zubko's main claim to fame is his pair of losses to Christopher Nussbaumer, who is the only KO victim of Imrich Parlagi. Zubko's wins came against the 0-15 Tibor Gabor, 0-8-1 József Zsigó, and 5-17 Bertalan Kormos. (Three of Kormos's five victories, meanwhile, came over Zubko.) Record added: 12/17/01
George Reedy (Junior Middleweight, 2-43-1)
Big names he's lost to: Dale Crowe, Reggie Strickland*, Verdell Smith*, David McCluskey*.
Comments: He is very likely the brother of 6-51-1 HOS candidate Randy Reedy and if they are indeed related, their combined record, though not nearly in the same league as the Stickland brothers', would be an impressive 8-94-2. Also, in addition to his losses to Smith, Strickland and McCluskey, he was fought to a draw by the 1-23-1 Billy "The Kid" Evans." Was McCluskey's first pro opponent. Record added: 7/13/03. Update 2/11/07: Reedy became a boxing judge and referee at one point, it has been discovered.
Fred Sullante (Super Featherweight, 0-41-1)
Big names he's lost to: None.
Comments: Only lasted the distance in four of the losses, which took place over an eight-year span, and only lasted past the third round twice in the 37 defeats by KO. A Dumpster2 find. Record added: 2/11/07
Tyrone Bledsoe (Light Heavyweight, 3-40, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Byron Mitchell, Derrick Harmon.
Comments: He was Mitchell's first pro opponent. 24 of his last 25 losses have come by KO. His first pro win came over Dwayne Smith (7-45-3, including a loss to Brian Yates) and his most recent win came over Kenny Brown (13-43, winless in all 34 of his bouts since August 1990). The Indiana boxing commission seemed to have him on "indefinite suspension" at last check.
Stan Johnson (Heavyweight, 4-41, 3 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Frans Botha, Robert Daniels, Adilson Rodrigues, James Tillis, Tex Cobb, Steffen Tangstad, Alonso Ratliff.
Comments: His record, packed with 1st and 2nd round KO losses, only
tells half the story, as he is the manager of HOS members
Donnie Penelton, Nelson Hernandez,
Eric Crumble, James Wilder and once guided the career of the late Walter Cowans as well.
Record added: 4/19/02.
Alexandru Manea (Middleweight, 0-37)
Big names he's lost to: Arthur Abraham.
Comments: One of the most electrifying non-talents to emerge in some time. With fighters like this spearheading the charge, Romania will give Slovakia formidable competition over the next several years in the race for supremacy in the world of boxing bumdom. Record added: 2/11/07
George Harris (Heavyweight, 2-37, 2 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Greg Page, Eli Dixon (twice in one month), Jose Ribalta, Bert Cooper, Alexander Zolkin.
Comments: Harris has been KO'd in 35 of his 37 losses. His current losing streak stands at 34. He took up boxing after being shot in the head and his manager is James Holly.
Klaus Hein (Junior Middleweight, 0-36-4)
Big names he's lost to: None
Comments: No big names on his resumé, but zero wins in 40 fights is, once again, just too much to overlook. Record added: 12/1/01.
Jorge Ortiz (Super Middleweight, 1-42-3)
Big names he's lost to: None.
Comments: Ortiz, a Colombian, appears to have never fought in his native country. He fought only one recorded bout west of the Atlantic (in 1993) before surfacing in Italy five years later and going on an 0-11-1 tear before taking over a year off. He then returned to action in late 2000 and reeled off a 17-fight winless streak before sitting out another year. In March 2003 he suddenly reappeared and turned in six straight losses in just over three months to earn his spot in the HOS. A fine body of work from a very promising fighter. Record added: 7/11/03. Update 2/11/07: Kicked off a Central American campaign starting in 2005, and notched a shocking win over 1-11 Jaime Vargas in Costa Rica in June of that year.
Gerry Ocampo (Junior Welterweight, 1-35-2, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Robert Frazier, Ray Oliveira.
Comments: "Fought" exclusively in New England from 1987-1999, mostly vs. nobodies. KO'd 18 times. No offense, but his record is so pathetic it's not worth any further comment. Record added: 12/22/01.
Ben Tafari (Welterweight, 1-35, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Verdell Smith* (twice), Reggie Strickland*, Jim Kaczmarek*, Craig Houk.
Comments: Unsurprisingly, he was last known to be under indefinite suspension in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana, and his KO win came against an 0-5 fighter who fought under an alias. Record added: 7/29/02.
Robert Jackson (Middleweight, 1-33-1)
Big names he's lost to: Thomas Tate, Michael Nunn.
Comments: Lost quite a bit in Virginia in a career spanning 16 years, but also branched out and took the initiative to lose in New Jersey, California, Idaho, Hawaii and Mexico as well. In 1983, Virginia allowed him to fight for its 154-lb. title, thus foreshadowing the same good judgment it went on to show in September 1994 when Sugar Han Kim did battle for the very same belt. Record added: 7/13/03.
Larry McFadden (Super Middleweight, 1-33-1)
Big names he's lost to: Rob Calloway, Tony Menefee (four times).
Comments: In addition to Calloway and Menefee, he incurred multiple losses against other such bumkillers as Craig "Kid Fire" Cummings, Jim "Bad Boy" Matz, and Tim Pilant, and tallied single losses against the likes of James Crawford, Wayne "Troubleman" Powell and Mike "Choir Boy" Landini, among others. KO'd over 25 times, with about half of the stoppages coming in the first round. It may get slightly worse than this (see below), but certainly not by much, and not very often. Also goes by the interesting alias "Umoj Ahmud-El." Record added: 7/11/03.
Eric Crumble (Middleweight, 0-31)
Big names he's lost to: Angel Manfredy, Antwun Echols, Don Penelton*.
Comments: While he was active, Crumble was the lowest-rated fighter, pound-for-pound, in BoxRec's rankings. He has been KO'd in every one of his losses and has never lasted past the second round of a fight. Angel Manfredy scored his first professional victory over him.
Jesse Clark (Heavyweight, 0-30)
Big names he's lost to: Buster Douglas (three times), Tony Tucker.
Comments: 30 fights + 27 KO losses + 3 losses to Buster Douglas + 2 aliases used = 1 sorry, sorry fighter. Record added: 7/13/03.
Jim Wisniewski (Heavyweight, 3-30, 1 KO)
Big names he's lost to: Alonzo Highsmith, Jordan Keepers*, Brian Yates*, Richard Wilson*, Don Penelton*.
Comments: Getting KO'd in one round by Keepers is mind-blowing enough. Words cannot do justice to the broad scope of his other achievements. You must click on the records of Yates, Wilson, and Penelton and, after your mind comes to grips with the magnitude of those defeats, begin looking at the resumés of other such Wisniewski opponents as Harry Funmaker, and arrive at your own conclusions. If you're actually able to put those conclusions into words, please share them with us. Record added: 3/7/02. Update 12/21/02: We were contacted by some associates of Mr. Wisniewski recently, and in light of this we'd like to add that although we're sure he's a good man, it must be emphasized that his boxing record simply is not very good at all.
Plinio Miranda (Bantamweight, 0-26)
Big names he's lost to: Manuel Calvo, Jesper Jensen.
Comments: Apparently Miranda ran out of bantamweights to lose to in the Dominican Republic and has relocated to Europe, as his record since mid-1997 consists only of losses in Denmark, Italy, Spain and France. Apart from this, the numbers "0" and "26" pretty much speak for themselves. Record added: 3/7/02.
Ed Strickland (Heavyweight, 0-30)
Big names he's lost to: Alonzo Highsmith, Gary Bell, Ron Lyle, Michael Grant, Freeman Barr, Jason Papillion, Craig Bodzianowski.
Comments: In his 30 known fights, he was KO'd 29 times, never making it out of the second round in any of the knockout losses. Was even KO'd by 54-year old Ron Lyle in 1995. Update 1/9/05: Embarked on a comeback in 2003, making his return to action with a 2nd-round KO loss to Cisse Salif.
(Zoltan) Julius Horvath (Junior Featherweight, 0-26)
Big names he's lost to: Vlado Varhegyi.
Comments: While he was active, Horvath was the lowest-rated active fighter, pound-for-pound, in BoxRec's database. He most likely secured that honor with his four losses to the 6-27 Slovakian flweight Robert Zsemberi. Possibly the father of amateur fighter Julius Horvath Jr., though, for Junior's sake, one certainly hopes not. Record added: 1/26/02 Update 2/11/07: Returned to action in grand fashion in the fall of 2006 with a TKO1 loss to Vladimir Varhegyi.
James Hobart (Cruiserweight, 0-20)
Big names he's lost to: Sugar Han Kim (twice), Nick Rupa.
Comments: According to a widely-read, Tennessee-based boxing reporter, Hobart is the worst fighter he has ever seen, and coming from the land that produced such luminaries as Kenneth "Rocky" Bentley and Roy Bedwell, among others, this comment says quite a lot. Hobart has never made it past the second round of a fight, and at last check was suspended from boxing in the state of Virginia pending the results of a catscan and MRI test. Record added: 7/29/02.
Mario Hereford (Cruiserweight, 0-20)
Big names he's lost to: Ken Murphy.
Comments: Managed by James Holly and a regular on the Nashville, Tennessee circuit, he has been knocked out 17 times in his brief career. He was imprisoned at one point in the Ashtabula County Jail for traffic and drug offenses and is also rumored to have boxed while drunk.
Anton Kubov (Junior Welterweight, 1-17, 0 KOs)
Big names he's lost to: Anton Glofak*.
Comments: Made his pro debut against Anton Glofak and handed the 0-41-2 veteran his first professional win. His fourth loss came via 3rd-round KO to the 1-14 Tomas Besc. His ninth defeat came versus the 0-15 Stefan Berza. We stand in awe. Managed, once again, by LP. Record added: 10/12/02. Update 12/21/02: It was recently discovered that Kubov scored a win in August of this year, but he will have to record many, many more victories before he can hope to erase the memory of his first defeat.
