By David Martinez / Boxing Historian / dmboxing.com
There have been many boxers who were never knocked out in their respective careers in the ring .
Here’s my assessment and ranking (in order) of the top thirty retired fighters “pound for pound” who never suffered a “KO”, including (in parenthesis) the total number of bouts each fought in their professional careers .
1 – Eder Jofre (78)
2 – Carlos Monzon (99)
3 – Barney Ross (79)
4 – Rocky Marciano (49)
5 – Marvin Hagler (67)
6 – Gene Tunney (67)
7 – Pancho Villa (105)
8 – Floyd Mayweather Jr . (50)
9 – Salvador Sanchez (46)
10 – Ricardo Lopez (52)
11 – Panama Al Brown (163)
12 – Packey McFarland (113)
13 – Kid Gavilan (143)
14 – Charley Burley (97)
15 – Jimmy Barry (68)
16 – Mike Gibbons (133)
17 – Joe Calzaghe (46)
18 – Hector Camacho (88)
19 – Juan Manuel Marquez (64)
20 – Andre Ward (32)
21 – Pedro Carrasco (110)
22 – James Toney (92)
23 – Les Darcy (56)
24 – Carl Froch (35)
25 – Riddick Bowe (44)
26 – Tyrone Everett (37)
27 – Khaosai Galaxy (48)
28 – Jack McAuliffe (38)
29 – Carlos Palomino (38)
30 – Edwin Valero (27)