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Remembering when the great ones fought!

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Great fighters are scarce when they are still in a perfect career. Four great fighters met in two matches. The only thing was that they were both masters, not in the best shape.

Future World Heavyweight Champion Rocky “The Brockton Blockbuster” Marciano had 37-0 when he met Joe “Brown Bomber” Louis, 66-2 with 52 downtime in October 1951 at Madison Square Garden. Louis lost the title with the former master Ezzzard “The Cincinnati Cobra” Charles, 66-5-1, at the Yankee stadium in Up-to-date York, in September 1950 his record was still good, but not quite a warrior he was once. He won eight fights since losing for the second time in his career. There was no title at the stake.

After seven rounds, Marciano overtook cards 4-2, 5-2 and 4-3. In the eighth round he dropped Louis with his left hook on the 8th Hold from Judge Rudy Goldstein. Then Marciano sent Louis through the ropes to the knockout. There was no number; The fight is over.

Marciano adored Louis, and in the cloakroom he dropped tears. Louis never fights again.

Five fights later Marciano won the title of world champion, rejecting “Jersey” Joe Walcott, 49-18-1, in the thirteenth round. Walcott was overtaken after twelve rounds 7-4, 4-8 and 7-5.

One of the stabils of Marciano, Hank Cisco went to the Walcott wardrobe and heard the ring doctor said: “This man should never fight again. He has a broken bone under the eye and he would be knocked out the first solid blow. Tob had a walcott and put it in a rematch eight months later, probably with money on Marciano. In 2:25 Marciano he married a walcott. in the first round.

Marciano ended his career from the canvas in the second round with the lightweight heavyweight champion of Archie “Aged Mongoose” Moore, 149-19-8, who was a knockout king. Marciano fired four knocking down, stopping Moore in the ninth round, ending his career 49-0 with 43 stops. The record reached sixty -two years before Floyd Mayweather, Jr. He detained Conor McGregor, who made his debut professionally without amateur experience and was a former MMA master.

The next match was probably the two biggest pound fighters for pounds of all time. Former world champion with three divisions Henry “Hank Hank” Armstrong, 132-17-8, lost to the future champion of “Sugar” by Ray Robinson, 44-1, in Madison Square Garden according to a decade. He was a former champion for ten years.

Armstrong would fight for the next six years, passing 17-2-1, then lost his last duel in February 1945, ending the record of 149-21-10 with 99 stop.

Three years later, Robinson won the global welterweight and then the title of medium weight. Before points, he could not continue due to heat outside 104 degrees at the Yankee stadium in Up-to-date York in June 1952 against heavyweight master Joey Maxim, 78-18-4. Robinson was on the cards at 10-8, 9-8-1 and 7-3-3 at that time. Judge Rudy Goldstein was replaced in the tenth round due to heat.

Robinson will lose its medium weight title in 1957 to Gene Fullmer, 37-3, in Madison Square Garden. He will end his career in 1965, losing to Joey Archer, 44-1, ending with the record 174-19-1.

Last updated 16.06.2025

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Usyk Analyzes Anthony Joshuas Performance Against Kristian Prenga After Overcoming Two Knockdowns

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Oleksandr Usyk has shared his reaction to Anthony Joshua‘s dramatic knockout victory against Kristian Prenga.

Usyk nearly suffered his own shock defeat in May when he was pushed to the limit by kickboxing star Rico Verhoevenand two months on it was nrw teammate Joshua’s turn to come close to a massive upset loss that would have stunned the heavyweight division.

The Brit was dropped twice by massive underdog Prenga in the opening round of their clash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, but ‘AJ’ managed to recover and record a big knockdown of his own in the second round that resulted in the stoppage victory.

Joshua and Usyk now train together, having famously had two battles for the unified world heavyweight title in 2021 and 2022, and the Ukrainian has had his say on his stablemate’s victory over Prenga.

Speaking to TalkSporttwo-time undisputed champion Usyk praised Joshua, insisting ‘AJ is back’ before predicting that Joshua will now claim a knockout win over long-term rival Tyson Fury in his next bout.

“Anthony Joshua is next undisputed champion. First round it’s a test but AJ is back.

It’s boxing, [the] big upper cut is good, it’s a knockdown. AJ [come] back and win.

“Greedy Belly [Fury] will speak now and say weak chin, Greedy Belly get out. AJ wins [against Fury], [he will] knock him out.”

Fury was victorious on Friday as he earned a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach in Thailand, paving the way for the showdown against Joshua later this year.

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Jake Paul Reacts to Anthony Joshuas Stunning Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Two Early Knockdowns

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Jake Paul was the last man to fight Anthony Joshua and he has now revealed his verdict on AJ’s chaotic victory over Kristian Prenga.

Joshua went up against Prenga in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturdayin a clash that was expected to be a comfortable win for the former world heavyweight champion in order to set up the long overdue battle against Tyson Fury.

Any hopes of seeing that clash were nearly ended after AJ was dropped twice in the opening round of the bout, though he was able to recover and claim the second round knockout to come out on top and prevent a stunning shock upset from taking place.

Saturday’s outing saw Joshua back in the ring for the first time since his sixth round triumph over YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul back in Decemberand now ‘The Problem Child’ himself has shared his reaction to his former rival’s victory over Prenga.

Posting on social mediaPaul praised AJ for earning the win, after returning to action following the tragic car crash he was involved in at the end of last year which took the lives of his two close friends.

“Happy for Joshua with that win after all he’s been through. Remembering Sina and Latz with this one.”

The win for Joshua should now tee up for meeting with Fury later this year, after ‘The Gypsy King’ held up his end of the bargain by also securing a win in his warm-up bout on Friday, securing a seventh round retirement win against Mariusz Wach.

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Tony Bellew Reviews Anthony Joshuas Comeback Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Knockdown Drama

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Tony Bellew Reviews Anthony Joshua's Comeback Victory Over Kristian Prenga After Knockdown Drama

Anthony Joshua may have earned a knockout win over Kristian Prenga but the fight certainly didn’t unfold as most people expected.

Joshua was facing the Albanian in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Saturday, and it looked like a massive upset could be on the cards when he was dropped twice in the opening round.

‘AJ’ was able to recover and went on to secure a second round knockout victory to prevent the shock lossseemingly paving the way for the battle against Tyson Fury later this year.

One man who was ringside to witness the battle was former cruiserweight world champion Tony Bellewand he praised Joshua’s ability to turn things around in the fight after describing it as ‘chaos’.

“We predicted round two but I don’t think we foresaw that. That was chaos. He doesn’t see the uppercut coming and finds himself on the floor without knowing how he got there.

“The second one he did see it coming and he was able to clench down on the jaw. He got up and then the experience that he has he used tonight because he tied him up. Against Andy Ruiz he didn’t know what he was doing and didn’t know how to do that, but tonight he did.

“He showed once again there is no quit. To be that hurt in the first round and get up, that’s the recoveries of power. People talk about your chin, but it’s not, it’s the level of fitness that gets you up from the floor.

“When Joshua gets a fighter hurt he’s the best finisher in the division. Whenever he hurts someone they’re gone. I haven’t seen him drop anybody and they survive, only Andy Ruiz. He’s a ruthless finisher.”

The clash between Joshua and Fury is now expected to be announced soon for later this year, after Fury won his own interim fight on Friday by defeating Mariusz Wach.

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