Best/Greatest Boxer-Punchers?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Tommy Hearns at 147-154 was the greatest box/puncher of all-times, Louis was good too.
     
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  2. JohnThomas1

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    Even at 154 i rate McCallum a level of power below boxer-puncher status.
     
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  3. OP_TheJawBreaker

    OP_TheJawBreaker NOBODY hit like that guy! Full Member

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    Ken Norton is an excellent boxer puncher IMO
     
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  5. Hi-Tech

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    Thomas Hearns
    Alexis Arguello
    Lennox Lewis
    Michael Spinks
    Larry Holmes
     
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  6. Pugguy

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    Ray Leonard, particularly at WW.

    Below Ray but I personally would also rate Kostya Tszyu quite high as boxer/puncher.
     
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  7. ThatOne

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  8. Gazelle Punch

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    Lewis
    Louis
    Archie
    Charles
    Walcott
    Liston
    Hearns
    Wlad
    Are the best that come to mind
     
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  9. AntonioMartin1

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    I qualify Muhammad Ali, Salvador Sanchez, Eusebio Pedroza and Sugar Ray Leonard as boxer-punchers.

    Macho Camacho was a notch behind them in that category since he had a lower percentage of knockout wins, but he was a boxer-puncher as well. Not by much but nevertheless.
     
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  10. drenlou

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    Prime De la Hoya was a beast.
     
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  11. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Kid Gavilan..was he a boxer puncher?

    Also Luis Manuel Rodriguez and Jose Napoles,all of them can box comfortably on he outside and slug it rough inside.
     
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  13. JohnThomas1

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    Kid didn't hit near hard enough. Quite a few others in this thread didn't either.
     
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  14. Makingweight

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    Lot of great shouts in this.

    First that came into my head was Hagler, mentioned obviously.

    Manny Pacquiao if not already mentioned, very much ticks lots boxes in the discussion.
     
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  15. FThabxinfan

    FThabxinfan Well-Known Member Full Member

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    He was very accurate with most,if not all of his shots though,and cracked a good chin in Gil Turner.

    Rodriguez could hit hard,but chose to be pretty,he made Moyer unable to beat the count.
     
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