Which Light heavyweight Hit The Hardest?

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  1. choklab

    choklab cocoon of horror Full Member

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    Eddie Philips.
     
  2. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Lloyd Marshall deserves a mention
     
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  3. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    At light heavy Eddie Phillips best result; as far as I can see was a draw with Len Harvey,yes?
    Can you direct me to where I can see Eddie was ever top ten ranked?
    I confess I haven't seen Philips on film ,and perhaps we have different definitions of class?
    It should be said Reg Gutteridge who knew McAvoy well, included him in his book ,
    The Big Punchers,but then he included Hagler, whom I would not have put at the forefront of the discussion.I suppose, you pays your money and takes your choice.
     
  4. Mike Cannon

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    Off piste slightly, Frankie De Paula could whack a bit. keep well.
     
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  5. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I think all the biggest candidates have been listed. Certainly the elite ones. Another guy who hit pretty hard but wasn’t one of the elite was a man named Freddie Delgado. Journeyman level fighter though
     
  6. Tonto62

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    Good pick!
     
  7. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Thanks mate. keep well.
     
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  8. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    That is only because Saad knocked them out twice before Spinks got them. Mathew softened them up. LOL
     
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  9. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Bob Satterfield
    Bob Foster
    Lloyd Marshall
    Michael Spinks
    Archie Moore
    Yvon Durelle
    Artur Beterbiev
    Matthew Saad Muhammad
    Michael Moorer
    Bob Murphy
    Oakland Billy Smith
    Tommy Gomez
    Sergey Kovalev
    Billy Fox
    Peter Maher
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Adonis Stevenson
    Marvin Johnson
    Eddie Mustafa Muhammad
    Oleksandyr Gvodzdyk (Idk how to spell)
    Roy Jones Jr
    Freddie Mills
    Antonio Tarver

    Are all notable murderous punchers I can think of...
     
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  10. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Spinks. He had some power. He took out Yaqui with one punch. Took out Johnson with one punch.
    I don't think I ever saw Yaqui get knocked out like that.
    Saad Muhammad was heavy handed too.
    Eddie could crack too.
     
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  12. Guru88

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    Surprised to see people putting Kovalev above Stevenson. Kovalev was the better fighter but with one shot Stevenson had lights out power
     
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  13. Kell Macabe

    Kell Macabe I don’t know s*** about boxing Full Member

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    Langford or Fitzsimmons
     
  14. michael mullen

    michael mullen Active Member Full Member

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    The answer, you bunch of hipsters, is
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    . followed closely by Michael Spinks.
     
  15. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    1. Bob Satterfield
    2. Bob Foster
    3. Lloyd Marshall
    4. Michael Spinks
    5. Archie Moore
    6. Bob Murphy
    7. Artur Beterbiev
    8. Michael Moorer
    9. Matthew Saad Muhammad
    10. Yvon Durelle

    This is what I think my top 10 is. 1-6 is my solid pick but from then on it's debatable for me