Hardest punchers ever by each weight class

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  1. Unique Way

    Unique Way Active Member Full Member

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    Give me your lists of the hardest punchers ever by each weight class from HW to minimum weight. But name only ONE name per weight class
     
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  2. Contro

    Contro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Duran 135
    Randall Bailey 140
    Thomas Hearns 147
    Julian Jackson 154
    Julian Jackson 160
    Roy Jones jr. 168
    Unsure about 175
    For thudding damaging Power could be Beterbiev
    Sub 190/200 Marciano
    HW another tossup


    1 name per Weightclass is just too tough. I could give you 5 that were all elite punchers
     
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  3. AngryBirds

    AngryBirds Well-Known Member banned Full Member

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    135 = Duran
    147 = Crawford, based on various strength feats in and out of the ring
    160 = GGG
    168 = Canelo, maybe RJJ although I think speed was moreso his thing than raw power
    175 = Beterbiev
    190 = Marciano

    For heavyweights I'd break them down into different weight groups,
    200 - 215 = Shavers
    215 - 230 = Foreman
    230+ = Wilder
     
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  4. DynamicMoves

    DynamicMoves Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wilder has weighed in at 230+ something like two times, he is normally somewhere around 210-220.
    Not going to bother commenting on the rest of your list here.
     
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  5. SquaredCircle

    SquaredCircle Active Member Full Member

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    HW: Deontay Wilder
    CW: Rocky Marciano
    LHW: Bob Foster
    SMW: Sven Ottke
    MW: Gerald McClellan
    LMW: Julian Jackson
    WW: Thomas Hearns
    LWW: Randall Bailey
    LW: Edwin Rosario
    SFW: Alexis Arguello
    FW: Danny Lopez
    SBW: Jaime Garza
    BW: Alfonso Zamora
    SFlyW: Khaosai Galaxy
    FlyW: Jimmy Wilde
    LFlyW: Michael Carbajal
    SW: Ricardo Lopez
     
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  6. Juan carlos

    Juan carlos Active Member Full Member

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    135 - Roberto duran
    147 - thomas hearn
    160 - julian jackson
    175 - beterviev
    200 - deontay wilder - foreman
     
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  7. Lankykong

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    Haven't gone below bantamweights often.
    118 - Olivares
    122 - Gomez
    126 - Hamed
    130 - Arguello
    135 - Rosario
    140 - Tszyu
    147 - Hearns
    154 - Jackson
    160 - McClellan
    168 - Benn
    175 - Foster
    200 - Haye
    200+ Shavers
     
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  8. GBoxingFeed

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    Just chipping in to say:

    Stevenson is a good shout for 175
     
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  9. SmackDaBum

    SmackDaBum TKO7 banned Full Member

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    Wilder only have the right. Wlad had both hands. Thats it for me
     
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  10. Dynamicpuncher

    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Heavyweight = Deontay Wilder
    Cruiserweight = David Haye or Rocky Marciano if we're counting him as a Cruiserweight
    Light Heavyweight = Bob Foster
    Super Middleweight = I was gonna say Benn but he went distance a fair bit at Super Middleweight so i'll go with RJJ.
    Middleweight = Gerald McClellan or Bob Fitzsimmons regarding P4P.
    Light Middleweight = Julian Jackson
    Welterweight = Thomas Hearns
    Light Welterweight = Kostya Tszyu
    Lightweight = Edwin Rosario
    Super Featherweight = Alexis Arguello
    Featherweight = Naseem Hamed
    Super Bantamweight = Wilfredo Gomez
    Bantamweight = Ruben Olivares
    Super Flyweight = Naoya Inoue
    Flyweight = Jimmy Wilde
    Light Flyweight = Giovani Segura ? 29 stoppages out of 33 wins a good candidate.
    Minimumweight = Ricardo Lopez
     
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  11. bjl12

    bjl12 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    WW = too many to even name
    MW = Hagler but GGG not a bad take
    HW = Foreman
     
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  12. Braindamage

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    Gotta give a shout to Bob Foster at 175. I'm sure Archie Moore could be in the conversation for 175 too.
     
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  13. heerko koois

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    : Sven Ottke ??????????????????????
     
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  14. Easyrhino

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    No love for Paul "Paulie" Malignaggi at WW?
     
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  15. Jab in the Face

    Jab in the Face Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Wilder only beefed up for Fury 2 and 3 to try and counter the size but it backfired massively, he was a punching bag. Usually fights about 210.
     
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