Who had the most knockouts in boxing history?

Answer 1

Archie Moore has any where between 130 and 145 career KO's. BoxRec has 131

Here's a list that I have:

BOXER* * * * (*boxer still active)* * * * * * * * KO* * * * CAREER

Archie Moore* * * * * * * * * * * * 130* * * * 1935-1963 * * * * plus 1 ko at "semipro"

Young Stribling* * * * * * * * * * * * 127* * * * 1921-1933

Billy Bird* * * * * * * * * * * * 123* * * * 1920-1948

Sam Langford* * * * * * * * * * * * 120* * * * 1902-1926* * * * 136 unconfirmed* * * *

Buck Smith* * * * * * * * * * * * 118* * * * 1987-2003

George Odwell* * * * * * * * * * * * 114* * * * 1930-1945

Sugar Ray Robinson* * * * * * * * 109* * * * 1940-1965

Sandy Saddler* * * * * * * * * * * * 103* * * * 1944-1956

Henry Armstrong* * * * * * * * * * * * 100* * * * 1931-1945

Alabama Kid* * * * * * * * * * * * 99* * * * 1928-1950

Jimmy Wilde* * * * * * * * * * * * 99* * * * 1910-1923

Len Wickwar* * * * * * * * * * * * 93* * * * 1928-1947

George K.O. Chaney* * * * * * * * 92* * * * 1910-1925* * * * * * * *

Jock McAvoy* * * * * * * * * * * * 92* * * * 1927-1945

Fred Galiana* * * * * * * * * * * * 90* * * * 1950-1965

Tiger Jack Fox* * * * * * * * * * * * 89* * * * 1928-1950

Jorge Castro* * * * * * * * * * * * 87* * * * 1987-2004* * * * active

Julio Cesar Chavez* * * * * * * * 86* * * * 1980-2003* * * * active

Joe Gans* * * * * * * * * * * * 85* * * * 1891-1909

Johnny Romero* * * * * * * * * * * * 85* * * * 1927-1943

Al Foreman* * * * * * * * * * * * 85* * * * 1920-1934

Archie Sexton* * * * * * * * * * * * 84 * * * * 1925-1935* * * * Confirm?

Jose Luis Ramirez* * * * * * * * 82* * * * 1973-1990

Charles LeDoux* * * * * * * * * * * * 80* * * * 1909-1926

Fritzie Zivic* * * * * * * * * * * * 80* * * * 1931-1945

Kid Azteca* * * * * * * * * * * * 80* * * * 1929-1961

Tommy Freeman 80 1921-1938

George Godfrey* * * * * * * * * * * * 79* * * * 1919-1937

Allen Matthews* * * * * * * * * * * * 79* * * * 1931-1944* * * * Research needed

Ruben Olivares* * * * * * * * * * * * 78* * * * 1964-1988

Fernando Gagnon* * * * * * * * * * * * 77* * * * 1942-1955

Albert "Chalky" Wright* * * * * * * * 75* * * * 1928-1948

Johnny King* * * * * * * * * * * * 75 * * * * 1926-1947* * * * 66 KO?

Thomas William Murphy* * * * * * * * 73* * * * 1881-1907

Andres Selpa* * * * * * * * * * * * 72* * * * 1951-1968

Jack Casey* * * * * * * * * * * * 72* * * * 1926-1938

José-María Gatica* * * * * * * * 71* * * * 1945-1956

Benny Leonard* * * * * * * * * * * * 71* * * * 1911-1932* * * * 69 KO?

Jorge Jose Fernandez* * * * * * * * 71* * * * 1953-

Owen M. Ziegler* * * * * * * * * * * * 71* * * * 1892-1905

Rodolfo Gonzalez * * * * * * * * 71* * * * 1959-1974

Luis Romero* * * * * * * * * * * * 70* * * * 1941-1958

Young Otto* * * * * * * * * * * * 70* * * * 1902-1923

Sean O'Grady* * * * * * * * * * * * 70* * * * 1975-1983

Roberto Duran* * * * * * * * * * * * 70* * * * 1967-2000* * * *

Frank Moody* * * * * * * * * * * * 69* * * * 1914-1936

Fred Fulton* * * * * * * * * * * * 69* * * * 1933-1933 72 in Boxrec

Primo Carnera* * * * * * * * * * * * 69* * * * 1928-1946

Jesus Pimentel* * * * * * * * * * * * 69* * * * 1960-1971

Peter Mueller* * * * * * * * * * * * 69* * * * 1947-1966

Gasper Ortega* * * * * * * * * * * * 69* * * * 1953-1965

"Yori Boy" Campas* * * * * * * * 68* * * * 1987-2003* * * * active

Elmer Ray* * * * * * * * * * * * 69* * * * 1926-1949* * * * research needed

Ted Kid Lewis* * * * * * * * * * * * 68* * * * 1909-1929* * * * 81 KO?

Banty Lewis* * * * * * * * * * * * 68* * * * 1909-1922

Tommy Ryan* * * * * * * * * * * * 68* * * * 1887-1907* * * * 70 KO?

George Foreman* * * * * * * * * * * * 68* * * * 1969-1997

Joe Jeannette* * * * * * * * * * * * 68* * * * 1904-1922* * * *

Ceferino Garcia****************68******1923-1945

Tracy Cox* * * * * * * * * * * * 67* * * * 1928-1937

Earnie Shavers* * * * * * * * * * * * 67* * * * 1969-1995

Pedro Carrasco* * * * * * * * * * * * 67* * * * 1962-1972* * * * recheck

Jimmy Finley* * * * * * * * * * * * 67* * * * ---

Johnny King* * * * * * * * * * * * 67* * * * ---

Panama Al Brown* * * * * * * * 66* * * * 1919-1942

Kid McCoy* * * * * * * * * * * * 65* * * * 1891-1916* * * * * * * *

Willie Pep* * * * * * * * * * * * 65* * * * 1940-1966

Tommy Gomez* * * * * * * * * * * * 65 * * * * 1939-1950* * * * 72 KO?

Bobby Dobbs* * * * * * * * * * * * 65* * * * 1888-1905

Harry Ebbets* * * * * * * * * * * * 65* * * * 1925-1933

Jose (Toluco) Lopez* * * * * * * * 65* * * * 1950-1966

Harold Brazier * * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1982-2003* * * * active

Ceferino Garcia* * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1923-1945

Lou Brouillard* * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1928-1940

Avenmar Peralta* * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1965-1982

Dixie Kid* * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1900-1920* * * * 53 KO?

Alexis Arguello* * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1968-1995

George Chuvalo* * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1956-1978

Bill Brennan* * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1913-1923* * * * 68 KO?

Tony Mundine* * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1969-1984* * * *

Spike Sullivan* * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1891-1904

Joe Knight* * * * * * * * * * * * 64* * * * 1926-1938

Jerry "Wimpy" Halstead* * * * * * * * 63* * * * 1980-1997

Larry Gains* * * * * * * * * * * * 63* * * * 1923-1942* * * * 61 KO?

Jimmy Heair* * * * * * * * * * * * 63* * * * 1971-1983

Eric Boon* * * * * * * * * * * * 63* * * * 1935-1952

Spike Sullivan* * * * * * * * * * * * 63* * * * 1891-1904

Dave Sands* * * * * * * * * * * * 62* * * * 1943-1952

Billy Petrolle* * * * * * * * * * * * 62* * * * 1922-1934

Joe Trabon* * * * * * * * * * * * 62* * * * 1923-1931 * * * * incomplete

Jackie "Kid" Berg* * * * * * * * 61* * * * 1924-1945* * * * 57 KO?* * * * * * * *

Marcel Cerdan* * * * * * * * * * * * 61* * * * 1934-1949

Ramon LaCruz* * * * * * * * * * * * 61* * * * 1959-

Harry Matthews* * * * * * * * * * * * 61* * * * 1937-1956

Jack Dillon* * * * * * * * * * * * 61* * * * 1908-1923* * * * 64 KO?

Adilson Rodrigues* * * * * * * * 61* * * * 1982-2000

Mickey Walker* * * * * * * * * * * * 60* * * * 1919-1939* * * * 59 KO?

Ike Williams* * * * * * * * * * * * 60* * * * 1940-1956

Tami Mauriello* * * * * * * * * * * * 60* * * * 1939-1949

Art Aragon* * * * * * * * * * * * 60* * * * 1944-1960

Elisha Obed* * * * * * * * * * * * 60* * * * 1967-1984

John Henry Lewis* * * * * * * * 60* * * * 1928-1939

Gustav Eder* * * * * * * * * * * * 59* * * * 1928-1949* * * *

Benny Bass* * * * * * * * * * * * 59* * * * 1921-1940

Martin Vargas * * * * * * * * * * * * 59* * * * 1973-198?

Carlos Monzon* * * * * * * * * * * * 59* * * * 1963-1977

Tony Galento* * * * * * * * * * * * 59* * * * 1929-1943

Ricardo Moreno* * * * * * * * * * * * 59* * * * 1954-1967

Jaime "Rocky" Balboa* * * * * * * * 59* * * * 1981-1999

Karel Sys* * * * * * * * * * * * 59* * * * 1932-1954

Tippy Larkin* * * * * * * * * * * * 59* * * * 1935-1952* * * * 56 KO?* * * *

Jupp Besselmann* * * * * * * * * * * * 58* * * * 1930-1950

Carlos Zarate* * * * * * * * * * * * 58* * * * 1970-1988* * * * Research needed

*Federico Thompson* * * * * * * * 58* * * * 1952-

Young Peter Jackson* * * * * * * * 58* * * * 1895-1909

Cleveland Williams* * * * * * * * 58* * * * 1951-1972

Ezzard Charles* * * * * * * * * * * * 58* * * * 1940-1959

Ricardo Arredondo* * * * * * * * 58* * * * 1966-1979

Steve Belloise* * * * * * * * * * * * 58* * * * 1938-

Benny Deathpaine* * * * * * * * 58* * * * 1928-1944

Bob Fitzsimmons* * * * * * * * * * * * 58

Barbados Joe Walcott* * * * * * * * 58

Luis Folledo* * * * * * * * * * * * 57* * * * 1958-1969* * * *

Willie Lewis* * * * * * * * * * * * 57* * * * 1900-1914

Mike McTigue* * * * * * * * * * * * 57* * * * 1909-1930* * * * 54 KO?

Bob Murphy* * * * * * * * * * * * 57* * * * 1945-1954

L.C. Morgan* * * * * * * * * * * * 57* * * * 1954-1969

Pascual Perez* * * * * * * * * * * * 57* * * * 1952-1963

Gregorio Peralta* * * * * * * * * * * * 57* * * * 1958-1973

*Chucho Garcia* * * * * * * * * * * * 57

Freddie Steele* * * * * * * * * * * * 57

Charley Retzlaff* * * * * * * * * * * * 56* * * * 1928-1940

Eduardo Lausse* * * * * * * * * * * * 56* * * * 1947-1960

Rene DeVos* * * * * * * * * * * * 56* * * * 1917-19??

Gilbert LaVoine* * * * * * * * * * * * 56* * * * 1948-1962

Eugene Criqui* * * * * * * * * * * * 55* * * * 1910-1928* * * * 52 KO?

Freddie Mills* * * * * * * * * * * * 55* * * * 1936-1950* * * * 47 KO?

Marcel Thil* * * * * * * * * * * * 55* * * * 1925-1937* * * * ?

Hugh A. Walker* * * * * * * * * * * * 55* * * * 1916-1924

Kid Williams* * * * * * * * * * * * 55

Pat Comiskey* * * * * * * * * * * * 54* * * * 1938-1951* * * * 52?

Ignacio Ara* * * * * * * * * * * * 54* * * * 1926-1947

Jose Napoles* * * * * * * * * * * * 54* * * * 1958-1975

Joe Louis* * * * * * * * * * * * 54* * * * 1934-1951

Billy Fox* * * * * * * * * * * * 54* * * * 1943-1950

Georges Carpentier* * * * * * * * 54* * * * 1908-1927

Frank Battaglia* * * * * * * * * * * * 54* * * * 1929-1937* * * * incomplete (?)

Allan Westbury* * * * * * * * * * * * 54* * * * 1935-1946

Philadelphia Jack O'Brien* * * * * * * * 54

Harry Corbett* * * * * * * * * * * * 54* * * * ---

Bobby Pacho* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1930-1941

Alex Buxton* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1942-

Gorilla Jones* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1928-1940* * * * 55 KO?

Solly Krieger* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1928-1941* * * * 54 KO?

Lee Savold* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1932-1952

Jacques Herbillon * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1949-

*Jorge Cocas Ramirez* * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1982-

Johnny Summers* * * * * * * * * * * * 53

Benny Briscoe* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1962-1983

Eddie Burnbrook* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1921-1929

Tiger Flowers* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1918-1927

Paul Pirrone* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1928-1938* * * * incomplete (?)

Knockout Brown* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1908-1914

Paul Junior* * * * * * * * * * * * 53* * * * 1928-1940

Betulio Gonzalez* * * * * * * * * * * * 52* * * * 1968-1988

Hein Domgoergen* * * * * * * * 52* * * * 1922-1937

George Kapeen* * * * * * * * * * * * 52* * * * 1946-1953

Max Baer* * * * * * * * * * * * 52* * * * 1929-1941

Rafael Merentino * * * * * * * * 52* * * * 1948-

Rocky Graziano* * * * * * * * * * * * 52* * * * 1942-1952

Marvin Hagler* * * * * * * * * * * * 52* * * * 1973-1987

Ronnie James* * * * * * * * * * * * 52* * * * ---

Bobby Waugh* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1910-1923

Enrique Esqueda* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1951-

Pedro Montanez* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1931-1940

Angel "Robinson" Garcia* * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1955-1978

Charlie White* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1906-1930

Bob Godwin* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1927-1941

Harry Greb* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1913-1926

Peter Kane* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1934-1948

Len Harvey* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1920-1942

Bobby Crabtree* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1982-????

Miguel Angel Castellini* * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1965-1980

Jorge Vaca* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1978-2001* * * *

Yvon Durelle* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1947-1963

Panama Joe Gans* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1914-1928

Bobby Garcia* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1921-* * * * * * * * incomplete

Tiger Warrington* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * ---* * * * * * * * incomplete

Jack London* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * ---

Coley Welch* * * * * * * * * * * * 51* * * * 1936-1949

Kid Chocolate* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1927-1938

Charley Burley* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1936-1950

Jack Johnson* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1894-1938

Bobby Dykes* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1946-1947

Rocco Mattioli* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1970-1982

Jack Dempsey* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1912-1928

Juan Leanos* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * ??

Eder Jofre* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1957-1976

Stanley Ketchel* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1904-1910* * * * 48 KO?

Bob Allotey* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1957-1974* * * *

Silverio Ortiz* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1960-1972

Alfie Sands* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * * * * * ??

Butterbean* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1994-2004* * * * active

FABRICATED RECORDS THAT TURN UP - CAVEAT EMPTOR!

Unconfirmed

Young Eddie Williams* * * * * * * * 141* * * * 1929-1935* * * * Complete fraud

Elmer Ray* * * * * * * * * * * * 70-88?* * * * 1934-1949* * * * research needed

Nick DeMarco* * * * * * * * * * * * 79* * * * * * * * * * * * Complete fraud

Fossi Schmidt* * * * * * * * * * * * 50* * * * 1951-1954* * * * Unconfirmed

Enrique Esqueda* * * * * * * * * * * * 48* * * * 1951-1960* * * * Complete?

I would include Bruce Strauss here as well

192? Everlast lists Jack Tracy with 52 KO from 1916-1924. Although some of his bouts check out, his record is still questionable, due to the format of his record in that book.