Greatest punching variety in boxing history

Rare for a heavyweight great puncher in that Big George was horribly hard hitting with both hands and all punches, right and left uppercuts and hooks, mummy swings and all.

 

Larry Holmes maybe ???? Jab, right hand, left hookercut, right uppercut, body shots

 

Dont knw if it counts, im biased towards prime Holmes. Oculists should prescribe watching him between 1977-1985

 

Weirdly me and @Ioakeim Tzortzakis were talking about this a few days ago, Ray Robinson and Roberto Duran were the two we were arguing for. For me, it's Robinson by some distance.

 

Roy Jones Jr

 

Ray Robinson. He studied all the vulnerable spots on the human body and could deliver power punches with either hand to key spots from whatever angle would thread the needle.

 

I agree with you.

Joe Louis and Arguello are my go to for punch mechanics, poise and composure, but for pure punching artistry, genuine one punch KO power, speed, variety and class, SRR was another level.

 

His right hand body shots around the elbows are absolutely killer.

What made him so nasty was that he would be whipping fight ending shots in quick combination, liver, liver, solar, chin and temple, all the while, gliding with his footwork and beaming smile on his face when his hand is raised.

 

Marciano threw everything. Even **** that didnt exist.

I've seen Tommy Morrison use pretty much every standard punch in his combos as well. He's a good example too.

 

Don't forget the kidney shots. I've never seen another guy throw such vicious shots to the kidneys as Robinson.

 

Wheb it comes to punch variety specialist I think of Juan baby bull Diaz in the Billy Irwin fight. Juan Diaz was hitting him with every punch from every angle, upstairs, downstairs, down down up, up up down, down up down up, up down up down. He was literally putting a clinic on of how to treat a heavy bag!

The only detriment was that his power was not high enough. He hit him with everything except for the kitchen sink, with teeing off and using footwork to change positions... After the fight Billy Irwin s ear was busted, he promptly retired and to add icing to the cake he Diaz knocked Irwin down with a "soft" big right that threw his balance off. After a while mosquito bites start feeling like bee stings.

A pure pressure fighter, a whirlwind and a dynamo, even ringside Roger Clemens was intrigued by the beatdown given to bill Irwin at lightweight,

 

The gent in me doesn't like the kidney shots in the same way I don't like Jon Jones' kick to the knees but the fighter in me loves them.

Yeah, genuinely wouldn't be surprised if he caused permanent damage to more fighters than we know about. How do you face a fighter than can take you out in so many ways? The Fullmer shot is one of the nastiest shots I've ever seen.

 

That uppercut against my hometown guy ("Pops" Johnson) came outta nowhere. Earth shattering KO.

 

Good shout! Appreciate it when people go beyond the legends to give less expected responses.