Best Puncher in Each Division

good thread...

Heavyweight-Louis
Light Heavy-Archie Moore
Middleweight-Sam Langford/Ketchel/Julian Jackson
Welterweight-Robinson
Lightweight-Joe Gans/Duran (not hardest but all around best)
Featherweight-Saddler
Bantamweight-Olivares (double Zs come in close at 2nd and 3rd for me)
Flyweight-Wilde

 

The hardest choice for me is Moore versus Foster. I think Foster had a bit of bad luck with all those good heavyweights about (negating his punching for reasons other than simply being unaffected by his power), but anyone at 175lbs he could turn to jelly. I'm sure he'd have bashed a few heavyweights in a weaker era.

Nevertheless I choose Moore, whose science was beautiful against Durelle both times. He has credentials; stopped Whitehurst when Liston couldn't (to be fair Liston nearly did in their rematch) - twice. Stopped Johnson. Knocked out plenty of 200lbs+ boxers, even if most of them weren't all that good (excellent keep-busy stuff for a light heavyweight champion however).

 

beautiful post, good reasoning

 

Thank you, sir.

Just to expand, just did some research and it seems Moore had about ten or fifteen wins over top ten rated heavyweights, many of whom he knocked out.

 

honestly, i should have thought of foster to but i didn't. archie jumped outu at 175 like louis does at heavy

not the HARDEST puncher but all around best

 

I'd also throw Fitzsimmons in the mix at middleweight

 

I'll be real bold in going out on a limb about saying that Wilfredo Gomez is untouchable as the greatest puncher ever in the 122 lb class. In fact they should have just retired that division after he abandoned that title.

 

:deal

 

Greatest Hardest

HW- Louis, Shavers
LHW- Moore, Foster
M- Fitzsimmons, Ketchel/Steele/Carter/Hart/Lausse/Jackson/Mugabi/etc.
W- Robinson, Hearns/Walcott/Cuevas/Etc.
LW- Gans (Leonard a close second), Rosario/Aurelio Herrera
FW- McGovern, Arguello/Wilfredo Gomez/Dal Hawkins/Ricardo Moreno
BW- Olivares, Olivares/Zamora
FW- Wilde, Carbajal/Humberto Gonzalez

 

good call

 

Heavyweight- Tyson
Light Heavy- Archie Moore
Middleweight - Roy Jones
Welterweight - Ray Robinson
Lightweight - Ike Williams
Featherweight - Sandy Saddler
Bantamweight- Reubs Olivares

 

you may like roy jones more than i do....:good

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjSt63gUcC0

:smoke

 

Louis
Langford
Fitzsimmons
Walcott
Gans
McGovern
Olivares
Wilde