Which fighter was the greatest body puncher of all time?

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  1. Jel

    Jel Obsessive list maker Full Member

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    Shoutout to Luis Manuel Rodrigues too. He played the ribs like a drumkit.
     
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  2. Hercules

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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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  4. Longhhorn71

    Longhhorn71 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Willie said he thought the punch may have contributed to his death from liver cancer.....saying the he was bothered all his remaining life from the Torres punch.

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    Willie Pastrano, 62, Boxing Champ in 1960's
    By TIMOTHY W. SMITHDEC. 9, 1997

    Willie Pastrano, who went from a chubby adolescent to a world light-heavyweight boxing champion, died of cancer in New Orleans on Saturday night. He was 62.
    Pastrano had been hospitalized at Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans for two weeks. Angelo Dundee, his former trainer, said Pastrano had known since last year that he had liver cancer.
     
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  5. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    The Galaxy brothers were fantastic body punchers.
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  6. The Morlocks

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    "SOBER OR STIFF, I PUNCHED THE GUTS OUT OF THE BEST OF THEM":-Mickey Walker
     
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  7. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  8. red cobra

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    Longhhorn, I sure hope you've archived these informational/historic type posts that you do...they're invaluable IMO.
     
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  9. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    What th'??? This guy's a monster....
     
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  10. red cobra

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    Russell, which Galaxy brother was the best?
     
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  11. Russell

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    Oh man, it all depends on whether you like quantity or quality. It's a legitimately hard task to split the two.
     
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  12. PernellSweetPea

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    He was one of the best, and it was his combination punching flow which was great. He had a great instinct for inside fighting and throwing the perfect punch all the time. I love his fight with Curry. Both of them were so precise. It was watching two great professionals go at it.
     
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  13. Flash24

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    R.Leonard is very underrated as far as body attacks are concerned. Look at his best wins, all were set -up by his body attacks, (Hearns #1 ,Benintez,Kalule,Duran#2) P.Whitaker though not a devastating puncher, had a great body attack game. But most great fighters had great body attacks, The only ones I can think of that were great and didn't were Ali , Holmes, and Hearns .
     
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  14. The Morlocks

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