Top 10 Punchers/Stylists 1956-1963 Heavyweight Division

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Top 10 punchers

    1. Sonny Liston
    2. Ingemar Johannson
    3. Cleveland Williams
    4. Floyd Patterson
    5. Archie Moore
    6. Nino Valdes
    7. Mike DeJohn
    8. Henry Cooper
    9. Alejandro Lavorante
    10. Charlie Powell

    Top 10 Skilled Technicians


    1. Cassius Clay
    2. Floyd Patterson
    3. Archie Moore
    4. Harold Johnson
    5. Zora Folley
    6. Eddie Machen
    7. Ernie Terrell
    8. Willie Pastrano
    9. Doug Jones
    10. Roy Harris
     
  2. Mendoza

    Mendoza Hrgovic = Next Heavyweight champion of the world. banned Full Member

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    Welcome back Q. I would say Harold Johnson was the best pure technician of the lot. Clay was too un-orthodox. Its part of what made him great, but no trainer is teaching it in a gym! Patterson had the peek-a boo style defense, and sometimes leaping left hook.