Also inducted on the women's side is Laila Ali, who carried the weight of her famous father’s name as she campaigned her way to a 24-0 record at a time women’s boxing wasn’t taken seriously. Martin would later be shot and stabbed by her husband and trainer, who is currently serving a prison term. She was a gritty fighter who moved forward constantly and her bloody match with Deirdre Gogarty on a Tyson undercard in 1996 made a lot of boxing fans realize that women’s fights were real. Klitschko has been in Ukraine with his brother, Vitali, since Russia invaded their country.ĬHRISTY MARTIN - Her story was as compelling as her fights, and Martin had a big stage on the undercard of some of Tyson’s pay-per-view fights. More casual fans didn’t like his careful style but Klitschko showed he could brawl, too, when he dropped Anthony Joshua before 90,000 people in London before being stopped in 2017 in what would be his last fight. He would come back from that defeat to dominate the heavyweight division for nearly a decade, fighting most of the time in Germany, where he had a big fan base. WLADIMIR KLITSCHKO - One of two hulking heavyweight brothers who grew up in the Soviet boxing system, Klitschko’s career nearly ended in 2004 when he was stopped by Lamon Brewster. His legacy was diluted further because he fought another 15 years after that with middling results. One of those titles came at heavyweight when he beat John Ruiz in 2003, but the drastic move up from light heavyweight took a toll on Jones, who would go on to lose three of his next four fights at 175 pounds. Jones had a gold medal stolen from him in the 1988 Olympics, but went on to win titles in four different weight classes. In his prime he was a masterful blend of speed and power, so shifty that opponents struggled to even hit him. Not only a great fighter, but a great talker, especially when it comes to his career.Ī leucistic Eastern gray squirrel is a gray squirrel that isn’t able to produce melanin - the substance that gives color to fins, feathers, fur and. Hopkins made his biggest payday when he stopped Oscar De La Hoya with a body punch in their 2004 showdown, then won again when he joined De La Hoya as a shareholder in Golden Boy Promotions. Two years later, he won the title again at the age of 48. Hopkins would later move up to 175 pounds, and set a record as oldest champion when he beat Jean Pascal at the age of 46 to win the light heavyweight title. Is he the greatest fighter ever as he claims? No, but that doesn’t stop him from being in the conversation.īERNARD HOPKINS - The Executioner was certainly one of the greatest middleweights of all time, with a record 20 straight defenses of the middleweight title he won in 1995. Mayweather also banked similar money to fight UFC’s Conor McGregor, and his record as a pay-per-view king may stand for a long time. He invented the Money May persona, but the money was very real, including the estimated $200 million he made to fight Manny Pacquiao in the richest fight ever. His 50-0 record suggests perfection but Mayweather will probably best be known more for how he capitalized on his career better than any fighter before him. One of the all-time greats, and certainly one of the best defensive fighters ever.
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