http://www.boxingnewsonline.net JANUARY 11, 2018lBOXING NEWSl 27
AsFloyd Mayweather uses
his 50-0 record as evidence that
he is ‘The Best Ever’,Eric Armit
investigates some other unbeaten
runs inboxinghistory that test
‘Money’s’theory to the max
ERHAPS the biggest controversy
to emerge from Floyd Mayweather
beating Conor McGregor in August
last year was that “Money”, while
beating a debutant, officially
overtook Rocky Marciano’s record
for the most victories by a world
champion retiring undefeated with
a 100 per cent record.
Marciano clocked up 49 victories and the win over
McGregor moved Mayweather to 50. While the farcical
nature of Mayweather’s victory is not up for debate, it
is difficult to argue that beating McGregor should not be
counted as an official result. As Marciano’s wins over
Lee Epperson, Jimmy Weeks and Gilbert Cardone – none
of whom had won a fight – are included in Marciano’s
record, then McGregor also has to be counted on
Mayweather’s.
Also, Floyd Patterson’s 1957 success over Pete
Rademacher is accepted by all of the record books as a
legitimate world heavyweight title fight, even though➤P