Better body puncher: Julio CesarChavez or Mike McCallum

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  1. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Both were well known for their devastating body attack, relying more on an accumulation of punches to the body. Who was the more effective body puncher in your opinion?
     
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  2. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chavez. Although McCallum had the best uppercut to the balls I've ever seen.
     
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  3. Smokin Bert

    Smokin Bert Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Both were excellent body punchers. But, I would give the nod to Chavez, as well.
     
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  4. nikrj

    nikrj Active Member Full Member

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    :lol::lol::lol::lol: lol

    Very true...
     
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  5. tommy the hat

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    I would give the slight edge to Chavez although McCallum was an excellent body puncher.
     
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  6. PernellSweetPea

    PernellSweetPea Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Chavez was a greater fighter than McCallum. Edge to Chavez. Mike is a good top 100 fighter. Chavez is top 30
     
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  7. MURK20

    MURK20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    How high would you rank McCallum if Hagler gave him a fight a won?
     
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  8. SILVER SKULL 66

    SILVER SKULL 66 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    :lol:, ****ing ref should have made Jackson pull his trunks back down to his waist where they belong, geez some of these goons try to get away with pulling their shorts up to their chest, WTF:nut

    On to the subject i think Chavez was a better body puncher, Mccallum was an awesome fighter, Chavez was just on another level...
     
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  9. Thread Stealer

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  10. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd have to rewatch Gainer. You are of course spot on with Pedroza and I'm ashamed of the oversight.

    Golota is terribly overrated by you though. A good uppercut to the balls is nearly invisible, seemingly accidental; only it's scrotum numbing consistency makes it obviously intentional. Golota 's fouls were unsubtle as a hooker in a convent.
     
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  11. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'm w Chavez all the way
     
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  12. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    I see that differently .. if McCallum had Chavez's management he'd be rated one of the top ten fighters of the past forty years .. he was closer to a Murderer's Row candidate .. no one wanted to fight Mike McCallum by choice if they didn't have to ..
     
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  13. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Gainer vs Norwood was awesome. Don't think I've laughed this hard at a fight in a long time.
     
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  14. johnmaff36

    johnmaff36 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    better than Golota's?
     
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  15. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Both were beasts at the body punching, hard to say but I'll lean towards JCC. Bet guys he faced had sore ribs for weeks after..
     
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