Donovan Razor Ruddock and his "Smash" punch. Watching and hearing it land live was pretty impressive in club fights where I could literally hear a massive thumping sound when he landed his shots. The "Smash" just put people on their arse when he landed that punch.
I know I’m going to get crucified for this but, I always thought Pacquiao was pretty one-dimensional. Not to knock on him as he is a tremendous fighter and no one can come close to his accomplishments but also feel he doesn’t really have any plan b and (I feel) his inability to cut of the ring also hurts him a bit.
Will have to respectfully disagree on that. I think Pac is a very dynamic fighter who can switch from boxing to brawling seemingly well while using angles and setting traps. Just because he is not good in certain areas (cutting off the ring) doesn’t mean he was one dimensional. JMM was also very dynamic but usually had the inability to take the lead, especially against movers and relied solely on the other fighter coming to him. That doesn’t make JMM one dimensional.
One dimensional fighters isn’t exclusive to come forward brawlers. There can be pure boxers who only know how to box but can’t fight any other way. Example would be Ivan Calderon.
In fairness to Pacquiao, he's amazing at what he does (in terms of cutting of the ring). Cutting of the ring is difficult as a southpaw, because to do it it takes your lead foot outside of there's to let your back foot follow, this means that your left is in a pretty horrible position due to how your feet are aligned, and not only that but your also in a position to be picked off with straight rights. Pacquiao tried to remedy this with a pivot, a hop or a skip combined with a lethal lead hand. See what he does to Hatton right before the KO, he lets Ricky square up and then shuffles his right foot slightly inward, whilst Hatton planted his past it, Pacquiao had already started throwing that punch, and Hatton was open, just because of that slight tweak to his footwork.
He was a volume puncher, but he mixed it up. He could fight coming forward or going backwards as a counter puncher depending on the opponent. His combos were timed and well executed. He often changed tactics and adjusted if his tactics weren't working. He was slick and very awkward. Trust me, he was incredibly skilled. Wayne McCulloch? Not sure. Not seen that many fights of his. I remember the Naseem Hamed fight, he gave him some problems for a while. McCulloch was prob best know for having an iron chin.
OK thank you, yes I did not remember him fighting off the back foot and moving much but again I never really saw that many of his fights until the tail end of his career
He might not be the best one dimensional fighter in history, but sure he is one of the most accomplished one dimensional fighters in the last years: Antonio Margarito. No plan B, flatfooted, can't fight backwards... and the guy won welterweight titles with WBA, WBO and IBF just with constant pressure and his chin. Honorable mention: Brandon Rios
I said this too. Thing is, you can fight exactly the same for every second of every round but if you show good shot selection then are you really 1-dimensional? I think so but others take it as a slight against Pac (and Armstrong who I put in the same bracket).