Big punchers with poor finishing skills

Shavers is the poster boy for this.

 

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Jimmy Ellis might disagree

 

McCline via Byrd, Brock, Peter, Arreola, Abdusalamov fights.

 

Shavers failed to put away Mercado after dropping Bernardo. He couldn't put away Holmes after producing the knockdown punch of a lifetime. He failed to put away Young after hooking Jimmy to the deck in their rematch. He failed to put Tillis away after dropping James flat on his face in round nine with a devastating right. He had Ali hurt multiple times, and failed to follow up successfully. That's five examples of world level competition he failed to finish off when hurt. [I won't cite Lyle, because the bell rang to end round two before action could resume after Ron got back up.]

Really, his best finish of a stunned world class opponent was Norton, but that was a rare exception at that level of competition. A case might be made for Henry Clark II, Sims and Tiger Williams, if you accept them as world level at the time. Bugner retired between rounds on a cut, but was he world level coming off a two year hiatus?

 

Andrew Golota had Bowe down twice and lost, had Grant down twice and lost, had Ruiz down twice and lost. All in very important major fights.

 

Jimmy is the one guy I'm aware of who was allegedly quoted as saying he wasn't impressed by Earnie's power, but I don't believe Ellis ever knew what hit him.

In any event, Shavers-Ellis does not belong in this thread. Flo_Raiden was asking about punchers with power who had poor finishing skills once they had their opponents hurt, not the kind of single shot knockouts Earnie produced against Ellis, or Julian Jackson inflicted on Herol Graham. If I interpret F_R's intention correctly, the question is about following up on a hurt opponent, not somebody put out by an individual punch.

SRR's stoppage of Turpin in their rematch would be one example of such a successful follow-through, while the abrupt finish of Robinson-Fullmer II would not qualify for such a consideration, as Gene was only victimized by that individual hook. [Patterson's "Hook from Hell" on Ingo does qualify, because it was the conclusion of a follow-up attack on a target who had been floored, was stunned, and trying to survive the storm. That never applied in Shavers-Ellis or SRR-Fullmer II.]

 

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At heavyweight, I think I might throw in Cleveland Williams. Aside from his seventh round stoppage of Ernie Terrell, he didn't produce much in the way of world level stoppages despite his power. The only knockout win of his I've seen on youtube came courtesy of a single hook, not a follow-up attack like the one he stopped Terrell with.

 

Andrew Golota was a mental case. Totally ******ed and clueless. Just physically strong, with an average/weak chin.

 

Oscar Bonavena is the poster boy for me.

 

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For Frazier I alone, he's an excellent choice, and it must be asked how badly he had Chuvalo hurt as well.

 

Bert Cooper had both Holyfield and Moorer in dire straits but failed to put the icing on the cake. he was dangerous but so erratic there were probably other occasions he let slip.