Who were the top 10/top 5 greatest 1-punch KO artists of all time?

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  1. D.T

    D.T Guest

    The point is to rank the hardest-punching 1-punch KO artists of all time (avoi.d accumulation punchers like Zarate, Pacquiao, Frazier, Liston, Foreman, Dempsey etc)



    My list (in no particular order):

    Julian Jackson (if I had ranked them - he would probably be 1st)
    Thomas Hearns
    Gerald McClellan
    Joe Louis
    Rocky Marciano (accumulation puncher to a certain degree, but could finish you with one blow)
    Mike Tyson
    Bob Foster
    Nigel Benn
    etc
     
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  2. Boilermaker

    Boilermaker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Bob Fitzsimmons had the best one punch power of any fighter ever (at middleweight) but it is also up there at Heavyweight.

    Sam Langford seemed to have amazing KO Power.

    John L Sullivan's KO record (in his prime) will probably never be beaten. It is hard to tell without film, but what he did was simply amazing.

    Stanley Ketchell might also be very high as a middleweight with his one punche KO power. I think these 4 represent the early era with distinction. And they may not have ever been passed, although Tyson would have to rank up there, i think he is a class above any finisher of recent times.

    And of the current boxers, he is not an all time great, but Vic Darchinian has to be one of the hardest hitting little guys i have seen, isnt he?
     
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  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ray Robinson with just one fight (FullerII; well duh), and that punch qualifies as a top five pick.
     
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  4. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In no particular order, and not really even a list but rather 8 names that popped into my head!

    Dempsey
    Tyson
    Trinidad
    Hearns
    McClellan
    J Jackson
    Ketchell
    B Foster
     
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  5. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Julian Jackson
    Bob Foster
    Alexis Arguello
    Jack Dempsey
    Danny Lopez
    Joe Louis
    Rocky Marciano
    Lew Jenkins
    Lennox Lewis
    Tommy Hearns
    all are not necessarily ranked in order of their respective power
     
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  6. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I think irony comes to mind.

    Benn was no one punch artist, but at his heavy punching prime, an accumulative clubber. There are not too many one punch specials on Benn's resume.

    Even Eubank had Jarvis and the fight that made the Eubank pose famous; Dos Santos.
     
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  7. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    And neither was Wilfredo Gomez, which is why I didn't name him on my list.
     
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  8. MarcianoIsABum

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    Marciano was never a puncher period. Knocking out glass chin 50 year old guys or mob controlled fighters doesnt impress.

    Julian Jackson.
    Roy Jones at middleweight
    Hearns at lighter weights
    Foreman period.
     
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  9. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Not in Order

    Bob Foster- Left Hook
    Thomas Hearns- Right Hand
    Julian Jackson- Right Hand
    Rocky Marciano- Suzy Q
    Joe Louis- Anything
    Mike Tyson- Anything
    Stanley Ketchel- Right Hand
    Bob Fitzsimmons- Left to the liver
    Archie Moore- Counter Right Hand
    Sam Langford- Left Hook
    Sugar Ray Robinson- Left Hook
    Floyd Patterson- Left Hook
    Jersey Joe Walcott- Counter Right/Left Hook
    Lennox Lewis- Right Hand
     
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  10. goat15

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    joe louis and archie moore.
     
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  11. bodhi

    bodhi Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Not mentioned yet: Lew Jenkins.
     
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  12. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    So Many other faults, but when pure punching power is Discussed i always like to Give a Mention to Jaime Garza. Rarely mentioned these days.
     
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  13. mckay_89

    mckay_89 Haw you! Full Member

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    One that hasn't been mentioned yet - Hamed
     
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  14. D.T

    D.T Guest

    But can we all agree that in terms of pure 1-punch KO power nobody in history can compare to Julian Jackson.

    Almost all his KOs were 1-punch KOs, not accumulation.
     
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  15. Nicky P

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    Stanley Ketchel
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Joe Louis
    Julian Jackson
    Tommy Hearns
    Gerald McClellan
    Mike Tyson
    Ricardo "El Finito" Lopez (he didn't consistantly knock people on their butts off of one punch, but one punch would have them out on their feet and then he would finish them off. Very impressive for such a small fighter.)
    Felix Trinidad
    Earnie Shavers (frightening how much damage he could do with one punch)
     
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