On May 4th at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, IBF, WBA, WBC, WBO super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo” Alvarez (of Guadalajara, Mexico, 60-2-2, 39-round) (suspended) will defend his title in the WBC Silver Super match. Middleweight Champion Jaime Munguia, 43-0 (34 stops), from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
Munguia overcame a nine-round stoppage of former WBO interim super middleweight champion John “The Gorilla” Ryder in Islington, London, England in January 2024 at Footprint Center Phoenix in Arizona with a 32-6 record. I’m about to do it.
In May 2023, Alvarez was judging riders over 12 rounds.
A victory over Alvarez would allow Munguia to chase former world champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr.’s 50-0 record.
Mayweather defeated former WBC and IBF welterweight champion Andre Berto 20-15, 30-3 in September, defeating former heavyweight champion Rocky “Brockton Blockbuster” Marciano (who retired in September 1955). )’s 49-0 record. Berto is 3-3 in his past six matches.
In August 2017, Mayweather stopped former UFC champion Conor McGregor in 10 rounds, breaking Marciano’s 62-year-old record and improving to 50-0.
While many boxers are chasing Marciano’s record, there are only three undefeated boxers with 40 or more wins and 30 or more wins.
WBA Super World, WBC and WBO welterweight champion Terrence “Bud” Crawford, a native of Omaha, Nebraska, has a 40-0 record, including 31 stoppages.
Crawford vacated the IBF title, which was won by Jaron “Boots” Ennis of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who went 31-0 with 28 stops.
The only other boxer with at least 40 wins is WBA Fedebol lightweight champion Abel “El Zorro” Mendoza of El Paso, Texas, who is 40-0 with 30 stoppages.
Mendoza’s last six fights have been five in Colombia, the last in January 2024, and one in Jamaica in November 2023.
The only other fighter besides Ennis to be unbeaten in at least 30 fights is former WBO world middleweight champion Jermall “Hitman” Charlo, who is 33-0 with 22 stoppages and last fought in 2023. In November, he defeated Jose Benavidez Jr. 28-2-1. , Michelob Ultra Arena, weighs 166 1/2 lbs.
His older brother, former unified super welterweight champion Jermell “Iron Man” Charlo (35-2-1), lost to Alvarez in September 2023.
Another fighter who remains undefeated with at least 30 wins is WBC World Super Lightweight Champion Devin “The Dream” Haney, who is 31-0 with 15 stops and is scheduled to fight this Saturday. He is 24-1 at Barclays and will face Ryan “King Rye” Garcia with a 20-round stoppage. Center in Brooklyn, New York.
WBA Continental Americas Lightweight Champion William “Camarón” Zepeda is another undefeated boxer with at least 30 wins, going 30-0 including 26 stoppages in San Mateo Atenco, Mexico.
Mayweather held a 50-0 record for about seven years, and since today’s boxers fight once or twice a year, that record should last for some time, but it won’t last as long as Marciano’s 62 years. may not last.
