Before going professional in 2015 at the age of 17, he had an amateur record of 138-8. In the amateurs, he has lost three of his eight fights against his now-rival Ryan Garcia, with whom he has fought four times and won twice. The other three matches ended in draws.
Their first meeting was on August 25, 2012, at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, where Haney beat Garcia by unanimous decision. Their second match was almost a year later at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, where Haney again defeated Garcia by unanimous decision. Their third match was at Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Haney lost to Garcia by majority decision. Their fourth and last meeting before going pro was also at Staples Center in Los Angeles, where Haney defeated Garcia by split decision.
They have fought each other three times as amateurs and have two wins apiece. Haney is the younger brother of former UFC champion Rafael "Feijão" Hjorth.
Ryan Garcia has an insane hand speed of more than 60 punches in 10 seconds. Boxing on EsNews.com tells us that he can punch at over 100 miles per hour.
This number was recorded by a radar gun during a sparring session with Jorge Luis Borges. The fight went un-noticed by the public until years later when a video of it was found by a Brazilian blog called BoxerLives. It has since gone viral and is viewed hundreds of thousands of times every month.
Garcia has said that he uses his hand speed to intimidate his opponents before fights. He also uses it to show off after he wins.
An average person's punching speed is around 150 punches per minute, so Garcia is nearly twice as fast as normal. This makes him one of the fastest punchers in history.
He is also very accurate with his punches, hitting his target 99 out of 100 times. This means that if you were standing in front of Garcia and he threw a punch, there's a good chance that he will hit you.
During a boxing match, fighters are only allowed to use their hands and legs.
He won 37 of his first 37 professional fights. Tyson successfully defended his championship nine fights before losing to James 'Buster' Douglas in February 1990. The fight was named for the then-undisputed heavyweight champion of the world.
Douglas made his title challenge at a time when boxing was still popular in America. He brought attention to himself by insulting the intelligence of anyone who could not see that he was a soccer player who had decided to try his hand at boxing. This worked, as he received his shot at the title despite being given no chance by most observers.
Tyson showed great courage by taking on this experienced fighter when so many other people would have given up. He used his power and speed to dominate the early rounds, but in the ninth round Douglas managed to land a series of punches that caused Tyson to collapse against the ropes. Referee Arthur Mercante Jr. stopped the fight immediately after the conclusion of the round. It is believed that if Tyson had been able to continue fighting he might have been able to win.
After the fight it was discovered that Tyson had a broken jaw and several other injuries.
It is uncertain how many battles an amateur boxer typically has in a year, although it appears that most have more than 30 matches. Finally, the answer to the question is dependent on where the fighter is in their professional career. Boxers fight around seven times per year on the high end, and approximately two times per year on the low end.
As a general rule, boxers fight about once every three months. However, as we'll see below, champions may only fight about twice per year.
Amateurs usually have between 30 and 50 fights per year, depending on how long they remain active as professionals. Full time professional boxers often have up to 100 bouts a year, with some fighting as many as 150 or more. Semi-pro boxers often have between 10 and 20 fights a year. Amateurs who become professional boxers at a young age tend to be involved in more fights because they are learning from experience, while older amateurs tend to have more fights because they have more time to spend in the ring.
When you add it all up, that's about one battle per month for an amateur boxer and one every other month for a professional boxer. That's not too different from what you'd expect if you looked at the sport as a whole; boxing is not very dangerous, so many fighters choose to avoid serious injury by going several rounds without stopping for water or breaks of any kind.
From 1929 through 1941, Max Baer fought in 84 professional contests. His overall record was 71-13. Of those victories, 53 were knockouts, putting him in the rare club of boxers who have won 50 or more fights via knockout. He is only one of seven men to do so.
Baer's accolades include the WBC light heavyweight championship from 1939 to 1940, when he defeated Joe Louis for the title. He lost the belt later that year after two successful defenses against Tony Zale and Larry Holmes.
After retiring as a fighter in 1942, Baer went on to have a highly publicized career as a trainer at his brother Bennie's camp in Miami, Florida. Under his guidance, several fighters recorded wins over former champions including Henry Cooper, Brian London, and Fred Jenkins. However, some of his students were also responsible for his loss, including Charles Winters who beat him into retirement.
Baer died in an automobile crash in 1953 at the age of 39.
He is considered by many to be the greatest light heavyweight boxer never to win the world championship.
William David Conn (October 8, 1917 – May 29, 1993) was an Irish American professional boxer and light heavyweight champion best known for his matches against Joe Louis. He has 63 wins, 11 defeats, and 1 draw in his professional boxing career, with 14 knockouts. ...
| Billy Conn | |
|---|---|
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 76 |
| Wins | 64 |
Ryan Garcia escaped a second-round knockdown and earned the greatest knockout of his career when he ended Luke Campbell in the seventh round of their WBC interim lightweight title fight on Saturday at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Garcia (35-1-1), of Tijuana, Mexico, won his third world title in four fights. He is now 3-0-1 against ranked opponents. The 30-year-old former champion said after the bout with Campbell that he wants to move up in weight to challenge for Miguel Cotto's World Boxing Council belt.
Campbell (27-3-1), of Brisbane, Australia, was making his fourth defense of the title he took from Garcia by split decision in their first meeting on January 18, 2015. That bout was also for the WBC interim belt. Golden Boy Promotions has an agreement with the WBC to designate certain bouts as championship matches.
Garcia came into the fight as a heavy favorite because of that agreement. But he never stood a chance against the more experienced fighter who used his power handily throughout the contest. In the final round, after being hit with a left hand, Garcia went down for the first time in his career. He got up but immediately fell again and this time did not get up. The referee stopped the fight immediately.
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