Better body puncher: Julio CesarChavez or Mike McCallum

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Both were well known for their devastating body attack, relying more on an accumulation of punches to the body. Who was the more effective body puncher in your opinion?
     
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  2. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chavez. Although McCallum had the best uppercut to the balls I've ever seen.
     
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    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Both were excellent body punchers. But, I would give the nod to Chavez, as well.
     
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    :lol::lol::lol::lol: lol

    Very true...
     
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    tommy the hat Active Member Full Member

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    I would give the slight edge to Chavez although McCallum was an excellent body puncher.
     
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    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chavez was a greater fighter than McCallum. Edge to Chavez. Mike is a good top 100 fighter. Chavez is top 30
     
    PernellSweetPea, Jun 20, 2014
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    MURK20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How high would you rank McCallum if Hagler gave him a fight a won?
     
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    :lol:, ****ing ref should have made Jackson pull his trunks back down to his waist where they belong, geez some of these goons try to get away with pulling their shorts up to their chest, WTF:nut

    On to the subject i think Chavez was a better body puncher, Mccallum was an awesome fighter, Chavez was just on another level...
     
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  10. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd have to rewatch Gainer. You are of course spot on with Pedroza and I'm ashamed of the oversight.

    Golota is terribly overrated by you though. A good uppercut to the balls is nearly invisible, seemingly accidental; only it's scrotum numbing consistency makes it obviously intentional. Golota 's fouls were unsubtle as a hooker in a convent.
     
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    I'm w Chavez all the way
     
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  12. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    I see that differently .. if McCallum had Chavez's management he'd be rated one of the top ten fighters of the past forty years .. he was closer to a Murderer's Row candidate .. no one wanted to fight Mike McCallum by choice if they didn't have to ..
     
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    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gainer vs Norwood was awesome. Don't think I've laughed this hard at a fight in a long time.
     
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    better than Golota's?
     
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    Both were beasts at the body punching, hard to say but I'll lean towards JCC. Bet guys he faced had sore ribs for weeks after..
     
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