Things remarkable men have done in our sport (in no order).

Henry Armstrong Holds Three Championships Simultaneously-The thought of it just staggers the imagination. He held every belt between 126 and 147. That's the equivalent of 20 belts today, all at the same time. And he didn't beat stiffs to do it. Petey Sarron was a fine feather and Lou Ambers and Barney Ross are both HOFers.

Mickey Walker's Move Through Divisions-The Toy Bulldog was 5'7 with a 67" reach. That's about Manny Pacquiao's dimensions. He was undisputed welter and middle king. But he moved up in weight to make more money. He defeated several ranked light heavies and a HOFer in Slappy Maxie and got a draw with HOF heavyweight Jack Sharkey. Just amazing for a little man.

Muhammad Ali's Level of Competition-Ali defeated 33 ranked heavyweights. Only Joe Louis comes close. Ali went 11-3 against HOFers. Sick.

Harry Greb's 1919-In that calendar year the Windmill fought forty five times and didn't lose. Yup 45-0 in one year. And he wasn't fighting tomato cans either. He beat HOFers on six occasions and champions who aren't HOFers another three times. In other words he had a 21st century career in a single year.

Ray Leonard's Big Four-I'm not sure there is a fighter in the history of the sport who has four wins over four different fighters that is any more impressive than Leonard's wins over Wilfred Benitez, Robert Duran, Tommy Hearns and Marvin Hagler.

Ray Robinson's Record Before His Retirement-Ray's record when he retired was 131-3-2. In making that record he had gone 17-3 against HOFers and in an era of one belt for each of the eight divisions he had beaten thirteen champions. After taking 30 months off? All Robinson did for an encore was come back at 34 and win the middleweight title four more times.

How Jimmy McLarnin Closed His Career-McLarnin, like Manny P, began as a flyweight and won the welterweight championship. He was a man whose punch was too big for his hands. They kept breaking down on him. So McLarnin only fought sixty times. But he made them count. In his last fourteen fights he went 9-5. So what you say? Well, how about if I told you twelve of those fights were against HOFers and another was over a champion? Still not doing it for you? Let's look at some names...Ross...Canzoneri...Leonard...Ambers. Example 2,317 why records alone don't tell one much.

Pipino Cuevas Breaks Bones-One of only a handful of teenaged champions, the Mexican welter is properly in the HOF despite a career record of only 35-15. He lost six of his first twelve and eight of his last fourteen. But during his run to the welterweight title and his eleven defenses Pipino was a wrecking machine. In that run he broke three opponents' jaws, an eye socket, pushed teeth through a lower lip and ended at least two careers. Has anyone ever been more explosive?

Willie Pep AFTER the Plane Crash-At 24 Pep was the the undisputed featherweight king and is 109-1-1. In a plane crash that kills several passengers Pep suffers severe injuries including a broken back and is told he'll never walk again. How tough was Pep? Six months later he was back in the ring. Though observers say he was never the same? Pep went 120-10-0 in the rest of his career. He defeated over twenty ranked contenders and had perhaps his greatest win, a fifteen round masterpiece over his nemesis, ATG Sandy Saddler.
Len Wickwar-Who? Take a look at this. 338-85-42. Yup, that is one man's record. Wickwar was a Brit lightweight of the 1930's. A journeyman for sure. But I don't care who one is fighting, 450 fights in a twelve year career is crazy. He fought, on average, every ten days for over a decade. Did Wickwar know what he was doing? Well he lived to be seventy so his boxing days didn't ruin him.

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