Fighters who successfully carried their power as they moved up?

Canelo Alvarez

 

That one-shot KO of Virgil Hill — to the body — is devastatingly beautiful.

 

EMM was a big hitter very early career at or around middleweight. He carried it up to 175 as well.

 

Azumah Nelson's power was good not great but i thought he carried it up a division to 130 quite well.

 

Julian Jackson was a one punch banger at 154 and 160.

 

James Toney. He was never the biggest puncher at any weight but his power was consistent as he went up.

 

True..don't forget he stopped Hassine Cherifi @ 160 in 3 or 4 rounds. Cherifi was a belt holder for a minute. Not saying he was a great fighter but he was a solid middleweight.

 

He was heavyhanded @40. Guys quit on their stools because he wrecked their body. Julio was a punishing and accurate puncher. I rate it a 9.

 

I never saw Leonard as a hard punch when he moved up. He got all high on his power after Lalonde, yet with Hearns he landed everything on him and Tommy didn't go down at all and Ray was the one who went down, even though Ray said before the fight he would be stronger than Tommy on the inside. He wasn't.

 

Canelo improved his punching technique after his first fight with GGG and landed far more power shots in his rematch v GGG and didn`t have to back away like he did in their first clash.

 

I don`t think Ray`s power was a problem v Hearns because he had him in trouble in the final round it`s just that Hearns wa better than Ray at that point, there`s no waty Ray could have beaten Hill in `91 and Tommy`s power ws the main problem in their `89 clash, he simply hit harder than Ray.

 

Maybe.

 

That was Tommy's fault more for coming out hard at the beginning of the round. Some of Tommy's decisions like fighting Marvin so recklessly always bothered me, and that is another one. He could have come out using his jab and holding when Ray got close and winning that round and the decision.

 

Maybe but it still proved Ray had good power at 168.

 

I don't think so. I thought he hit rather light at 168.. Most of the punches he got Lalonde out with were on the break, and even with Hearns he hit him on the break.