Light Punchers who swung for the fences

Lamotta, Hatton

 

hatton????

he wasnt a 2 fisted puncher but it didnt help that he just didnt throw alot of punches really. alot of pressure alot of agile paced run ins but once he was inside he just seemed to clinch or tap.
he could defiantly bang.


but yeah 2nd tier banger

 

Hatton to the head wasn't a puncher, he could rip to the body no doubt but his power to head nahhhh. He mainly fought blown up 130lbers-135lbers and old men and couldn't stop allot of them.

To be fair to Hatton he had some decent fast footwork, was very strong and set a hell of a pace to make his opponent very uncomfortable and off balance

 

freddie mills?
don cockell?

 

yeah i guess so. i dont think he is a macro puncher but he could put them away. ah whatever. i think i have this ko stuck on the brain


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currently we got Diego Magdaleno, up and coming. but perhaps underrated power than some say

 

Arturo Frias,,,,,,,,,,,,

That 'swing for the fences style' worked in his Title winning bout over WBA Champion,
Claude Noel.

And, almost worked in his 'first defense' versus Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini.

 

what a first round!!

 

Noel was brilliant in resourcefully winning that title over the championship distance at 34 (against a heavily hyped opponent at least a decade his junior) but stupid in defending it. Wearing brand new shoes into the ring that hadn't been properly broken in blatantly stilted him. And NEVER brace yourself to throw a right uppercut from outside! Claude was a terrific trash talker though, a Caribbean Ali.

Arguably the most credible performance ever by a losing champion in a first round dethroning.

Frias took out Noel with a single right cross, then knocked Mancini back with a left hook.

Mancini was not his actual first defense, by the way (as SP knows), former champion and previous conqueror by MD Ernesto Espana was in an LA rematch of their first bout in Caracas. But Espana was no longer the jaw breaking hooker who busted the chops of Johnny Lira, and actually tried to play the retreating cutie against the aggressive Frias (in a nationally televised bout which was savagely panned by "Flash" Gordon in his next newsletter). Nonetheless, Art hustled his way to the TD win by now screwing around, insuring a lead when a premature halt was called to the action.

 

Meldrick taylor

If he had power he would have been special instead of just very good and tactically inept.

 

Duodenum,,,,,,,,,,

I stand corrected Sir,,,,,,,,,,,,I forgot about the 'eternal mandatory'
WBA Lightweight Challenger, Mr. Ernesto Espana,,,,the man with the
Venezuela connection to the WBA President - Mandry Galindez.

On 'light punching' Arturo Frias,,,,

Goes 21-1-0 with only 5 Knock-outs - on the 'club-fighting circuit'

Then in October 1981, he scores a big Knock-out (KO 5) over 'highly touted'
#10 Lightweight, Juan 'KO' Graciano 19-2-0 (16 KO's)

That was the 'turning-point' in his style.

Suddenly, the 'light-hitting' boxer with nice 1-2 combinations, thinks he's a puncher, and changes
his boxing-style from 'a stylish boxer' to a 'wide-swinging slugger'.

Though exciting,,,,,,,,,,,,,,it would lead him to his downfall versus Ray 'Boom Boom' Mancini.

 

Frankie warrren

 

Kevin Pompey. I've never seen a guy use so much torque and throw so much of his body into punches and still have it end up as a slap.

 

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