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Carlos Monzón

1942 - 1995

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Carlos Roque Monzón (7 August 1942 – 8 January 1995), nicknamed Escopeta (Shotgun), was an Argentine professional boxer who held the undisputed world middleweight championship for seven years. He successfully defended his title 14 times against 11 different fighters. As of December 2024, he is ranked by BoxRec as the third greatest boxer of all time, pound for pound. Known for his speed, punching power and relentless work rate, Monzon ended his career with a record of 87-3-9-1 with 59 knockouts; all of his losses were early in his career and were avenged. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carlos Monzón is the 15th most popular boxer (down from 12th in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Argentina (down from 48th in 2019) and the most popular Argentinean Boxer.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Carlos Monzón ranks 15 out of 496. Before him are Ján Zachara, Vitali Klitschko, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Sonny Liston, Rubin Carter, and Teófilo Stevenson. After him are Marvelous Marvin Hagler, László Papp, Wladimir Klitschko, Jake LaMotta, Nino Benvenuti, and Jack Dempsey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1942, Carlos Monzón ranks 121. Before him are Linda Evans, Karen Uhlenbeck, Mike Newell, Fred Ward, Larry Flynt, and Michael Jackson. After him are George Jung, Evaristo Carvalho, Muslim Magomayev, Samuel R. Delany, Terry Jones, and Bert Sakmann. Among people deceased in 1995, Carlos Monzón ranks 61. Before him are Roger Zelazny, Mária Telkes, Rory Gallagher, John Vincent Atanasoff, Ernest Gellner, and Krešimir Ćosić. After him are Günter Guillaume, Rose Kennedy, Yves Congar, Masashi Watanabe, Elizabeth Montgomery, and Priscilla Lane.

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In Argentina

Among people born in Argentina, Carlos Monzón ranks 76 out of 1,154. Before him are Isabel Sarli (1929), Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (1811), Osvaldo Ardiles (1952), Ramón Díaz (1959), Jorge Valdano (1955), and César Pelli (1926). After him are Carlos Bilardo (1938), Leonor Fini (1907), Jorge Solari (1941), Gerardo Martino (1962), Mario Aurelio Poli (1947), and Tamara Bunke (1937).

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Among BOXERS In Argentina

Among boxers born in Argentina, Carlos Monzón ranks 1. After him are Oscar Bonavena (1942), Pascual Pérez (1926), Héctor Méndez (1897), Oscar Casanovas (1914), Carmelo Robledo (1912), Rafael Iglesias (1924), Víctor Avendaño (1907), Amado Azar (1913), Santiago Lovell (1912), Alfredo Porzio (1900), and Abel Laudonio (1938).

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