Punch resistance deteriorating.

Roy Jones comes immediately to mind

 

I remember an Emmanuel Steward interview where he said, in his personal experience, being knocked out back to back was one of the most devastating things that could happen to a boxer and afterwards they were never able to take a punch the same way. Always stuck in my mind.

 

When Chavez Sr. was first knocked on his ass I knew things were never gonna be the same again.

 

Its not just boxing, hockey and football too.

 

Kovalev has poor punch resistance in his pubic zone.

 

Had Whyte actually been hit prior to the Joshua fight?

 

Chris Arreola comes to my mind. Used to block all the punches with his head without blinking, but getting knocked down and out on a regular basis in his last fights...

 

Arreola has never been hard to hit or hurt, he was simply fresher several years ago. Travis Walker had him down in round 2 back when Arreola was on the way up as a prospect. Eric Molina hurt him badly years after that as well.

 

I sure couldn't take a shot at 70 like I could when I was 69.

So I am right here with the thread starter.

RJJ is a good pick, David Price, Audely Harrison.

Now some would argue those last two could never ever take a shot but I don't believe that's true, many levels in boxing.

 

Walker had freakish power and dropped Vitali in sparring... Molina wobbled him a bit without any consequenses. Funny thing is Arreola seemed to have better punch resistance when he entered the ring weighing above 250 pounds...

 

To be fair Travis Walker was a really talented and hard hitting guy who could just never really put it together to succeed at the top level, he also had some chin issues and mental weakness to combat as well. He was his own eras Maurice Harris.

 

samuel peter
danny williams
my 75 yeat old mum would stop them now

 

Cory Sanders had him in trouble several times.

No dishonor since Sanders was no slouch:

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