Boxing is an amazing sport, made even greater by some undefeated boxers who refuse to lose no matter what. This sport has been home to several cherished streaks that made this sport far more enjoyable and intense than it should have been. There have been many boxers with an undefeated streak, but Floyd Mayweather with his 50-0 career record, might hold the most celebrated streak in boxing.
‘Money’ retired without a single blip in his professional career with a record of 50-0. While there have been many boxers with a career-defining winning streak, no one has come close to the Michigan native in the modern era of boxing.
Furthermore, the way boxing is progressing, it looks like no one might ever get close to Mayweather’s streak. Let’s take a look.
At this point, no active boxer is even close to Floyd Mayweather’s record. Terence Crawford is the closest boxer with 40-0 straight career wins. However, at 37 years old, the Omaha native does not have much time at the top. Furthermore, with Crawford getting closer to his dream fight against Canelo Alvarez, he might not even remain undefeated by the end of this year.
On the other hand, other boxers closest to Mayweather’s record like Naoya Inoue (24-0, 21 KOs), Jermall Charlo (32-0, 22 KOs), Oleksandr Usyk (21-0), still have a lot of ground to cover in seemingly very little time.
Boxing is an unforgiving sport, and no one can escape aging. We recently saw Mike Tyson mercilessly failing in his attempt to cheat age against Jake Paul in front of 70,000 live fans. With the brutal nature of boxing, combined with their age and rigorous physical demand, achieving 50-straight wings, seems quite impossible.
High-stakes matchups and Saudi Arabia’s big-money fights
The entry of His Excellency Turki Alalshikh has completely changed the boxing scenario. With dreams and high-stakes fights being made like never before, the chances of everyone remaining undefeated are getting lesser. Undefeated vs. undefeated matchups like Gervonta Davis vs. Ryan Garcia, Tyson Fury vs. Oleksandr Usyk, and Dmitry Bivol vs. Artur Beterbiev have completely changed the boxing scene.
