Most Accurate Punchers

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by andrewcuff, Jan 1, 2010.

  1. andrewcuff

    andrewcuff Member Full Member

    Joined:
    Dec 22, 2009
    Messages:
    126
    Likes Received:
    0
    Thoughts?

    My pick would be Chavez. In his prime his accuracy was fantastic!
     
  2. lefthook31

    lefthook31 Obsessed with Boxing banned

    Joined:
    Jul 6, 2007
    Messages:
    20,862
    Likes Received:
    139
    Evander Holyfield
     
  3. Scorpion

    Scorpion Boxing Addict Full Member

    Joined:
    May 9, 2006
    Messages:
    4,020
    Likes Received:
    439
    Trinidad and Tszyu.
     
  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member

    Joined:
    Feb 15, 2006
    Messages:
    71,997
    Likes Received:
    28,008
    Lets say that the best indicator of acuracy is the response of the recipient.

    Bob Fitzsimmons: if you think that he was a technical dinosaur, then you would have to fall back on his punching acuracy to explain the way he knocked heavyweights out so brutaly, because there would be no other possible reason left.

    Sam Langford: This guy would thread an uppercut through an opening in your guard barely bigger than his fist, and you wouldn't know untill you jumped up after the count and started fighting your cornermen.

    Jimmy Wilde: This guy might just have been the most dangerous fighter with a single punch, pound for pound. To be a Julian Jackson style imobiliser, in the flyweight division, you would need incredible acuracy.
     
  5. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

    Joined:
    Jul 28, 2009
    Messages:
    58,618
    Likes Received:
    13,778
    Joe Louis.
     
  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

    Joined:
    Mar 21, 2007
    Messages:
    114,807
    Likes Received:
    51,852
    Chavez is a decent shout actually.

    Jim Braddock deserves a mention here.
     
  7. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2005
    Messages:
    55,241
    Likes Received:
    49,589
    Sal Sanchez too.
     
  8. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

    Joined:
    Mar 21, 2007
    Messages:
    114,807
    Likes Received:
    51,852
    Hagler didn't waste much.

    Ken Buchanan
    Ricardo Lopez
    Bernard Hopkins
    Ray Robinson
    Archie Moore
     
  9. Bill1234

    Bill1234 Boxing Junkie Full Member

    Joined:
    Jan 28, 2007
    Messages:
    8,314
    Likes Received:
    505
    Alexis Arguello
    Pernell Whitaker
     
  10. andrewcuff

    andrewcuff Member Full Member

    Joined:
    Dec 22, 2009
    Messages:
    126
    Likes Received:
    0
    Excellent post!
     
  11. Lefty Supremacy

    Lefty Supremacy Member Full Member

    Joined:
    Mar 19, 2007
    Messages:
    192
    Likes Received:
    2
    Carlos Monzon
     
  12. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

    Joined:
    Apr 27, 2005
    Messages:
    55,241
    Likes Received:
    49,589
    Nobody probably thinks of him in a thread like this but at his short best Mike Tyson showed an unerring ability to catch good heavyweights clean and very early.
     
  13. PetethePrince

    PetethePrince Slick & Redheaded Full Member

    Joined:
    May 30, 2009
    Messages:
    28,760
    Likes Received:
    86
    Joe Louis is the epitome of this for me.
     
  14. KTFO

    KTFO Guest


    Good call.
     
  15. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

    Joined:
    Jul 28, 2009
    Messages:
    58,618
    Likes Received:
    13,778
    I'm a little surprised you're the only other one to say it, Pete. On the classic forum no less.