Most overrated/underrated power punchers in boxing history?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Shavers and Wilder hit harder P4P than anyone else mentioned on your list in terms of pure one punch KO power, both real killers.
     
    mark ant, Oct 23, 2019
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  2. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who have they killed?
     
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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    It`s the manner in which their opponents collapsed.
     
    mark ant, Oct 23, 2019
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  4. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thomas Hearns and Julian Jackson were more impressive than Shavers and Wilder.
     
    Ken Ashcroft, Oct 23, 2019
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  5. Hookie

    Hookie Affeldt... Referee, Judge, and Timekeeper Full Member

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    Overrated-
    Max Baer
    Sonny Liston
    James Toney (the "Lights Out" nickname didn't fit)

    Underrated-
    Ray Leonard
    Muhammad Ali
     
    Hookie, Oct 23, 2019
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  6. greenhornet

    greenhornet Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Like Liachovich's fake convulsions?
     
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  7. notjustacasual

    notjustacasual Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    How the hell is fury underrated. He was throwing from the floor, full extension swing for the fences and landing flush on wheres wallin to zero effect. He has no power at all.

    As far as underrated, Wilder. Hes the hardest puncher in history bar none.
     
    notjustacasual, Oct 23, 2019
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  8. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    You know Wilder very well may be , but for the time being I'll take the opinion of everyone who ever fought him ,, Earnie Shavers
     
    Reinhardt, Oct 24, 2019
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  9. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    I'm quite positive that the hardest puncher in history would've kept Ortiz down. Or managed to drop Johansson. Or stopped a 36 year old Stiverne.
     
    George Crowcroft, Oct 24, 2019
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  10. Gomo

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    David price.

    Always hyped as one of the hardest punchers in the division yet he struggled with Allen, Ali, and little.

    He did rock povetkin but still overrated
     
    Gomo, Oct 24, 2019
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  11. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    Pacquiao hurts everyone he fights. The only time he didn´t visually stun or knock down an opponent was when he fought Clottey.
    Everyone else gets hurt and most get knocked down as well.
    Dude has scored 7 knockdowns since he fought Floyd.
     
    Badbot, Oct 25, 2019
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  12. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    Fury throws mostly arm punches, so that is a given. He rarely sits down on his shots. And when he does, it´s more than respectable power, just not elite.
     
    Badbot, Oct 25, 2019
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  13. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things.

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    Shavers tore his own glove :lol: Hard to argue with that.
     
    Badbot, Oct 25, 2019
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  14. Nonito Smoak

    Nonito Smoak Ioka>Lomo, sorry my dudes Full Member

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    Level of opposition and style of fighting can make fighters' on-paper KO% seem like they are lesser punchers when they aren't.
     
    Nonito Smoak, Oct 25, 2019
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  15. titanic

    titanic Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Totally subjective.
    Over rated - if you don't like the boxer
    Under rated - if you are a fan of the boxer
     
    titanic, Oct 25, 2019
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