Followers have favorites, and on this article, two of them are Joe ‘Brown Bomber’ Louis, former heavyweight champion, and multi-division world champion Manny ‘Pac Man’ Pacquaio.
Former heavyweight champion Joe ‘The Brown Bomber’ Louis had 25 profitable title defenses, a heavyweight document.
Louis had an impressive document of 66-3 with 52 stoppages. He held the title from June 1937 to March 1949.
In June 1941, Louis, defending in opposition to Mild Heavyweight champion Billy Conn, 54-9-1, stopped him within the fourteenth spherical, behind on factors after 13 rounds by scores of 7-5, 7-4, and 6-6, on the Polo Grounds in New York.
“That is simple; I can take this son of a bitch out subsequent spherical,” he informed his coach Johnny Ray. Conn got here speeding out, getting right into a slugfest with Louis when a proper hand from Louis dropped him. Upon rising, Conn had not beat the depend of ten, forcing the referee to wave the struggle off.
They wouldn’t have a rematch for 5 years earlier than Louis made defenses in September of 1941, stopping Lou Nova, 26-2-4, in spherical six on the Polo Grounds in New York earlier than a crowd of 56,000.
On January eighth, 1942, Louis enlisted within the US Military and a day later stopped Buddy Baer, 59-6, at Madison Sq. Backyard, New York.
Then, in March, Louis stopped Abe Simon, 36-9-1, once more at Madison Sq. Backyard, New York.
Whereas coming into the US Military, Louis made many exhibitions till his honorable discharge in October 1945. In June 1946, he received behind on paying his taxes attributable to his supervisor’s neglect.
Within the rematch in June of 1946 with Conn, 61-10-1, at Yankee Stadium in The Bronx, New York, it turned out to be a ‘dud’ stopping Conn in eight rounds. Louis had predicted “he can run however he can’t conceal!”
In September, Louis stopped Tami Mauriello, 66-7-1, at Yankee Stadium earlier than 38,000 have been in attendance. In December, he was lucky to win a break up resolution over “Jersey” Joe Walcott, 42-13-1, being on the canvas within the first and fourth rounds at Madison Sq. Backyard.
In June 1948, Louis stopped Walcott within the tenth spherical at Yankee Stadium. Louis had been dropped within the third spherical for a no-count. In March 1949, Louis introduced his retirement.
Louis returned to the ring in September of 1950, not the identical fighter, dropping a lopsided resolution to former champion Ezzard Charles, 66-5-1, at Yankee Stadium. He would win his subsequent eight fights earlier than going through Rocky Marciano, 37-0, being knocked down twice within the eighth spherical, the second placing him by way of the ropes and forcing referee Rudy Goldstein to name a halt. He was behind by scores of 4-2, 5-2 and 4-3.
After the match, Marciano cried as a result of he had stopped his hero. Louis by no means fought once more. It was a tragic ending for probably the most in style heavyweight champions of all time.
Louis would go on to work as a referee and, because of Frank Sinatra, turn into a doorman, serving to him out of a giant debt he had incurred.
Let’s check out probably the most in style boxers of recent instances: Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao, from the Philippines. He was champion at six totally different weight lessons, together with his first in December 1998, when he stopped WBC Flyweight champion Chatchai Sasakul, 32-1-1, of Thailand, in eight rounds within the champ’s residence nation.
In PacMan’s second protection, he got here in a pound over the burden and was stopped in three rounds by Boonsai Sangsurat, 18-0, in Thailand.
PacMan would win his subsequent six fights earlier than successful his second division world title in June 2001. He stopped IBF Tremendous Bantam champ Lehlo Ledwaba, 33-1-1, on the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada, making his USA debut and instantly turning into a success with American followers.
PacMan made 5 defenses, together with a technical attract his first protection with Agapito Sanchez, 31-9-2, in San Francisco, California. He would transfer up in weight after stopping Marco Antonio Barrera, 57-3, in eleven rounds in San Antonio, Texas.
In Could 2004, PacMan fought to a draw with IBF featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez, 43-2, in Las Vegas. In March 2008, in a rematch with Marquez, 48-3-1, holding the WBC Tremendous Feather title, he received a break up resolution.
In PacMan’s subsequent struggle, he moved to Light-weight. In June, he stopped WBC champ David Diaz, 34-1-1, in 9 rounds in Las Vegas. In non-title bouts, he defeated Oscar De La Hoya, 39-5, in eight rounds in Las Vegas and knocked out Ricky Hatton, 45-1, for the IBO Tremendous Mild title in Could in Vegas.
In November 2009, PacMan moved to welterweight, successful the vacant WBO title by stopping Miguel Cotto, 34-1, in Vegas. He made 4 defenses, all by resolution wins, over Joshua Clottey, 35-3, Antonio Margarito, 38-6, “Sugar” Shane Mosley, 46-6-1, and Marquez, 53-5-1, in November 2011.
In June 2012, PacMan misplaced a disputed break up resolution to Timothy Bradley, Jr., 28-0.In what could be PacMan’s most important loss in his subsequent struggle, he was knocked out by Marquez, 54-6-1, in Vegas in December. In April of 2014, he re-won the title in a rematch, defeating Bradley, 31-0.
In a unification match with WBA, WBC champ Floyd “Cash” Mayweather, Jr., 47-0, Pac Man misplaced. In April of 2016, in a 3rd match with Bradley, 33-1-1, he received the WBO Worldwide title, incomes a title struggle with WBO Welter champ Jesse Vargas, 37-1, in November 2016.
In July 2017, PacMan misplaced one other disputed resolution, this time to Jeff Horn, who was 16-0-1, in his residence nation of Australia. In his subsequent struggle, he received the WBA title, stopping Lucas Martin Matthysse, 39-4—subsequent a successful protection over Adrian Broner, 33-3-1.
Then PacMan moved up and defeated WBA Tremendous Welter champ Keith “One Time” Thurman, 29-0, in July 2019 for his sixth division title. In his subsequent and closing struggle, he misplaced to Yordenis Ugas, 26-4.
PacMan’s closing document was 62-8-2 with 39 stoppages.
There you’ve it, two of the most well-liked champions of all time: Joe “The Brown Bomber” Louis and Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao.
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