Fighters who successfully carried their power as they moved up?

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Who are the Fighters who successfully carried their power as they moved up weight classes?

    Guys like Bob Foster, Michael Spinks and Michael Moorer were all time hitters at light-heavyweight but couldn't quite carry their power to heavyweight.

    I pick Manny Pacquaio actually. He carried his power all the way up to welterweight. I think Tommy Hearns also deserves a mention but Pacman is my pick here.
     
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    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Literally Ernie Shavers! ;)
     
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    Archie ****ing Moore
     
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    Small sample size, but Tito Trinidad was just as devastating a puncher at 154, as he was at 147. In fact, even the Joppy fight, was perhaps his most phenomenal display of power. I tend to throw his fights away post-retirement as he was a totally different fighter who stopped punching for openings and instead waited for openings.
     
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    Titan1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Thomas Hearns, Edwin Rosario.
     
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    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dude, I agree with the Manny Pac pick. I have really been picking his demise for years and he blew every known fact of boxing out of the water. I have been saying for years that he can't jab, he's always off-balance, he doesn't throw his right correctly and it made no difference. Then he started moving up in weight and I said if all he has is power, then he's going to lose that when he faces a bigger guy. And then he proved me wrong there too. The guy's an anomaly.
     
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    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Alexis Arguello
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Manny didn`t have one punch power at welter and has a poor KO ratio at that weight.
     
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    Duran
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    These guys all carried fight changing power not just through the weights, but all through the years. Langford is probably the best ever example, but I’m sticking to those I know from film.
     
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    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Maybe not one punch power but he could still bang at welter
     
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    Leonard
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    Chavez
    Canelo
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Arguello`s power didn`t have much effect at 140 v Pryor.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    How would you rate Chavez`s power at 140 out of 10? He hit hard at 140, but his punching wasn`t world class at that weight.
     
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    It had plenty of effect against Rooney. Plenty of effect against Billy Costello several years after Pryor, too. And yes, it did effect Pryor many times in their first bout.
     
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