The active boxer with the worst record

These are known as ‘tomato cans’. They are the boxers and fighters in combat sports whose skills are relatively difficult or, at first glance, diminished and considered an easy opponent to defeat. Although the ‘can of tomatoes’ usually do not fight, there have been cases where they have surprised the strongest boxer and called his victory into question.

New British star?

Alexander Andersonlabeled in the circuit as ‘Fonz Alexander‘ (1988, Newark, Nottinghamshire, England) is not considered a ‘can of tomatoes’. He started late, at the age of 26, and when he began his boxing career he did so on a positive note when he first showed his potential by losing Harjinder Gill in March 2014, but the euphoria of that first victory was short-lived.

In May of the same year, he lost Marvin Greaves But, then he faced a slide into an eight-game losing streak that derailed his aspirations to emerge as the next star of Great Britain in the welterweight category (middleweight groups boxers weighing more than 63.503 kg and less than 66.678 kg). During these ten years, battles for beginners with small stakes were abandoned. In 2024, their current statistics are 9 wins, 167 losses and 1 draw. Just for comparison, Tyson Furya heavyweight, also English and of the same age, he had 36 fights in which he won 34 (24 by KO) and lost 1.

Give it a chance

A few weeks ago we saw how a legend Mike Tyson He entered the ring at 58 years old to fight the youtuber Jake Paul. The televised event was far from being a typical battle with a Tyson decreases with age and a Paul without wanting to make more blood. But because the important thing here is the money taken by the contenders, they go to the cashier and ‘when I see you, I don’t remember’. In this case, it’s not about boxing against a ‘tomato can’ but it feels like it.

For Alexanderboxing allows him to continue to stay in shape, respect a routine in the gym, but he says that the most important thing is that “I really like boxing, I like fighting. I’m a little old now, so I can’t go like of before, but just to get in the ring and give the kid a good chance and get some experience is worth it. I’m doing it for a little extra money, too.” The last victory he achieved was against Declan Cairns in April and is currently stuck on a six-game losing streak. After a knockout loss to George Isaila For two months, he did not agree to any further fights. Last year, in conversation with Punch Out Boxing, Alexander He shared his ambitions: “My goal is probably to get about 200 fights and then see how I finish in that place, see if I want to retire or not. If not, I will continue, see if I can beat the 300 record.”

There are other worse numbers

There are other boxers, now retired, in history with greater numbers of wins and losses. Peter Buckley (55 years old), nicknamed ‘The Professor’, won 32 matches and lost 256 between 1989 and 2008. Buckleywelterweight, he lost 17 fights between 1992 and 1994. For bad streaks, he takes the cake Robin Deakin with a record for consecutive losses: 51. He has only 2 wins and 53 losses, surprisingly, most of them by decision of the judges. Another boxer with very poor records to his credit is Reggie Strickland (56 years old) that started in 1987. When he retired he had entered the ring 363 times with a balance of 66 wins (14 by KO), 276 losses and 17 draws.

All of them can create a category where Mike Tyson you will have your options