Dirtiest Boxers of All Time

The Top Ten

1 Andrew Golota

2 Sandy Saddler

3 Antonio Margarito

4 Luis Resto

5 Mike Tyson

Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion and holds the record as the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at 20 years, four months and 22 days old.

Everyone thinks of the “ear biting” but there was something else he did constantly that hardly anyone called him out for. When he threw his hooks he would pull his fist in towards his elbow/chest about 2/3 - 3/4 a way into the punch. This was so if he missed his hook, there’s a chance his elbow would crack his opponent. I boxed for many years in my youth and this is actually a common “dirty tactic” so it was always kinda surprising to me very few called him out on it.

6 Fritzie Zivic

One of the dirtiest in the history of boxing.

7 Sonny Liston

8 Abner Mares

9 Bernard Hopkins

10 Harry Greb

One of the dirtiest (most clever? ) in the clinch ever.

The Contenders

11 George McFadden

12 Evander Holyfield

13 Marco Antonio Barrera

14 Floyd Mayweather

Floyd Joy Mayweather Jr. is an American former professional boxer and current boxing promoter. ...read more.

15 Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer and politician, currently serving as a Senator of the Philippines. He currently ranks #4 in BoxRec's ranking of the greatest pound for pound boxers of all time.

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