Top 10 body punchers of all time

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  1. Mod-Mania

    Mod-Mania Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Who do you think are the top 10 body punchers in boxing history?
     
  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    1. Bob Fitsimmons (even if he isn't he's the most innovative)
    2. Micky Walker
    3. Julio Cesar Chavez
    4. Roberto Duran
    5. Tony Zale
    6. Joe Frazier
    7. Mike Tyson
    8. Gerald McClellan
    9. Henry Armstrong
    10. Gene Tunney (he was very technical with it, if not the most powerful)
     
  3. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Great list. Kudos george
     
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  4. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    1. Mickey Walker
    2. Roberto Duran
    3. Paul Berlenbach
    4. Rocky Marciano/Smokin' Joe Frazier
    6. Lupe Pintor
    7. Wilfredo Gomez
    8. Micky Ward
    9. Alexis Arguello
    10. ZALE
     
  5. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    1. Fitz
    2. Walker
    3. Frazier
    4. Gomez
    5. Duran
    6. Zale
    7. McClellan
    8. Marciano
    9. Arguello
    10. Ward
     
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  6. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    My favorite kind of fighter. 11.Limon 12 Cuevas 13 Zarate 14 Fletcher 15 Briscoe 16 O'Grady 17 LaVigne 18 Fitz 19 Dempsey 1& 2 20 Jeffries 21 Louis 22 Hamsho 23 Parker 24 Gatica 25 Basilio
    26 Jake 27 Barrios 28 Salido 29 Leonard B. 30 Leonard SR. 31 SAM LANGFORD.
    32 KETCHEL & Papke
    33. Elizondo
    34. Leon
    35. Mike Weaver was a GREAT body puncher. Watch the GREAT Coetzee fight
    35 Tyson
    36Gatti r i p
    38Antuofermo
    39 Harlem Tommy Murphy
    41 Mike Steward
    42ANTONIO MARGARITO an absolute beast. **** that wraps bull****. Cotto still checks under his bed at night to make sure Tony is not under there to get him during the night.
    43. Olivares
    44. Lausse
    45. Rufus
     
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  7. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    How has Eusebio Pedroza not been mentioned?

    Ruben Olivares too.
     
  8. BundiniBlack

    BundiniBlack Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Lucian Bute deaerves mention. I dont know of anyone who has more body punch Knockdowns/Knockouts.

    Bute's counter left uppercut to the body is one of the best weapons I have ever seen
     
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  9. Ballista

    Ballista New Member Full Member

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    Gerald McClellan had a devastating left to the body
     
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  10. JackSilver

    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Yeah I’ve heard people say he was good body puncher, even gone on to call him the body snatcher or gravedigger or something like that but which of his actual fights are there that show him winning a fight or stopping someone with body shots? Ive seen a few of his fights and he seems a very good all round fighter but honestly I can’t say I’ve see any fights where his body punching stands out from any of his other shots.
     
  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Mike McCallum?
     
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  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Didn`t help him v Benn, McCallum would have destroyed Benn with body shots in the same way he destroyed Watson.
     
  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    LaMotta landed well to Ray`s body in their final bout and Cotto landed well to Floyd`s body when they fought.
     
  14. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I always thought of him as an accumulative body puncher. Like Pedroza who was content to work you and work you, but not stand out like an Olivares or Zarate who would be plying the left hook to the liver. Pedroza took out a lot of fighters after the 10th round when the cumulative effect began to show. I liken McCallum to this style.
     
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  15. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Mike McCallum
    Chavez Sr
    Zale
    LaMotta
    Canelo
    GGG
    Frazier
    Hatton
    Cotto
    M.Tyson