What is the most heartbreaking final fight in boxing history?
Careers seldom end on a good night. Here are the last ones, when everyone in the arena already knew.
1Muhammad Ali vs Trevor Berbick
Ali's last fight, a ten-round decision loss in Nassau in December 1981, staged in the Bahamas because no US state would licence him.
2Joe Louis vs Rocky Marciano
Marciano knocked the 37-year-old Louis through the ropes at Madison Square Garden in 1951.
3Mike Tyson vs Kevin McBride
Tyson quit on his stool in 2005 and said afterwards he no longer had the fight in him.
4Sugar Ray Robinson vs Joey Archer
Robinson, 45, was dropped and outpointed in his 200th professional fight in 1965.
5Roberto Duran vs Hector Camacho
Duran's fifth decade of fighting ended with a decision loss in 2001 at the age of 50.
6Evander Holyfield vs Vitor Belfort
A 58-year-old Holyfield was stopped in the first round of an exhibition in 2021.
7Thomas Hearns vs Shannon Landberg
Hearns fought on until 2006, long after the era that made him famous had ended.
8Roy Jones Jr. vs Scott Sigmon
Jones, once untouchable, closed his career with a routine win over a club fighter in 2018.
9Manny Pacquiao vs Yordenis Ugas
Pacquiao lost a decision in 2021 and retired at 42 after two decades at the top.
10Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao
De La Hoya quit after eight rounds in 2008 and never fought again.
11Jake LaMotta vs Billy Bello
The Raging Bull finished his career with a loss to a 20-year-old prospect in 1954.
12Riddick Bowe vs Gene Pukall
A former undisputed champion ended up on small cards in Germany in 2008.
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