Hardest puncher in each weight class?

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  1. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Middleweight is clearly Fitzsimmons, I mean what is the case for the rest?

    For lightheavyweight I'd say Moore though Foster is also good mention.

    Heavyweight probably Foreman among great fighters. Louis was also lethal, so was Baer, Lewis and Tyson.
     
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  2. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Lol.
     
  3. Golden_Feather99

    Golden_Feather99 Active Member Full Member

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    HW- Foreman
    200- Haye
    175- Moore
    168- Froch
    160- McClellan (maybe)
    154- Jackson
    147- Hearns
    140- Tszyu
    135- Duran
    130- Arguello
    126- Saddler
    122- Gomez
    118- Zamora
    115- Galaxy
    112- Donaire
    108- Roman Gonzalez
    105- Finito Lopez
     
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  4. Flash24

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    Extremely hard list to come up with. But I'll try. Heavyweight: Shavers, Lyle, Tyson, Louis, Foreman, Liston.
    LT.Heavy Foster , Moore, Spinks, M.Johnson, M.Mahhamed.
    Middle: B Briscoe, G,McClellan, Greb, ( But , this is without film evidence) Monzon, Valdes)
    Jr . Middle: J.Jackson, T.Hearns, J.Mugabi, N.Benn,
    Welter: T.Hearns, R.Robinson, F.Trinidad, J.Napoles, R.Leonard.
    Jr.welter: A.Pryor, A.Arguello, K.Tszyu,Z.Judah.
    Lightweight: R.Duran, A.arguello, E.Rasario, J.Chavez.
    Featherweight/ Jr.lightweight : S.Saddler, R.Olivares ,A.arguello, D.Lopez,J.Fenech just some off the top of my head, sure I missed a few. But the ones that Immediately come to mind.
     
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  5. Hannibal Barca

    Hannibal Barca Active Member Full Member

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    Excellent list.
     
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  6. Bukkake

    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Not bad... except for Greb(???) at middleweight.
     
  7. JohnThomas1

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    Cheers. Looking back now i am still quite happy with it. If i added cruiser - 190 i'd take Marciano i reckon.
     
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  8. DirtyDan

    DirtyDan Worst Poster of 2015 Full Member

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    Heavyweight- Foreman, Joe Louis, Tyson
    Cruiserweight- Gassiev, Haye
    Light Heavyweight- Foster. Moore
    Super Middleweight- Roy Jones, Nigel Benn
    Middleweight- Bob Fitzsimmons, G-Man
    Light Middleweight- Julian Jackson, Hearns, Trinidad
    Welterweight- Thomas Hearns, Trinidad, Robinson
    Light Welter- Kosta Zoo, Randall Bailey
    Lightweight- Rosario, Chavez, Mosley
    Super Feather- Freitas, Arguello, Uchiyama
    Featherweight- Hamed, Pacquaio
    Super Bantamweight- Gomez, Rigo
    Bantamweight- Olivarez, Inoue, Rafael Marquez
    Super Flyweight- Vic Darch, Sung Kil Moon, Khaosai Galaxy
    Flyweight- Wilde, Donaire
    Light Flyweight- Humberto Gonzalez, Roman Gonzalez
    Minimumweight- Ricardo Lopez
     
  9. Gudetama

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    Confident in my picks, yet struggling with two weight classes:
    Heavy: Shavers
    Cruiser: Marciano/Louis
    LightHeavy: Langford/Foster
    SuperMiddle: Fitzsimmons/Choynski
    Middle: McClellan
    LightMiddle: Jackson
    Welter: Hearns
    LightWelter: ?
    Light: ?
    SuperFeather: Arguello
    Feather: Hamed
    SuperBantam: Gomez
    Bantam: Olivares
    SuperFly: Galaxy
    Fly: Wilde
    Just missing out: Foreman, Ketchel, Dempsey, Saddler, Moore, D Lopez, Zarate, Valero
     
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  10. Rspen46

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    Mancini, No way, I have always been a huge Mancini Fan, but he hit hard with both hands, but no way he was a 1 Punch KO guy with great power, good solid power, but no way he compares to the greats. Galaxy Probably #1 in his class, and at LW, Duran & Diego Corrales a notch above Rosario. and at FW not Sanchez or Carb, but Richard Moreno, Carillo, Lopez and shirleyare all right there.
     
  11. Rspen46

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    Lightww- Tsyzu for sure and LW Diego Corrales. Corrales probably was at the top at SuperFW also, just above Arguello and Chavez, Saddler would be right there with corrales also. at bw i can't see anyone near Zarate, at WW Cuevas and Robinson are right there with Hearns, and MW you have Fitzsimmons who regularly knocked out hw's and many greats he fought said he was by far the hardest puncher at any weight, and right with him is ketchel, with McClellan a notch below and Mugabi has to be right there with them. and LHW Bob Foster and Satterfield have to rule that weight with langford close. CW if it had existed then yes Marciano, but for pure CW's that actually fought officially there, O'neil Bell.
     
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  12. Rspen46

    Rspen46 Member Full Member

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    Good suggestions and yes Bell for sure, but Breland, he was not known for his power ever and i watched him as he came up, he is not even close.
     
  13. George Crowcroft

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    HW - Max Baer
    CW - (actual CW division) - Murat Gassiev
    LHW - Curtis Sheppard
    SMW - Gerald McClellan
    MW - Julian Jackson
    LMW - John Mugabi
    WW - Tommy Hearns
    LWW - idk Fuji?
    LW - idk? Williams or Duran?
    SFW - idk? Arguello?
    FW - Sandy Saddler
    SBW - Wilfredo Gomez
    BW - Ruban Olivares
    SFlyW - idk? Does Wilde count?
    Wilde from here down
     
  14. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Fitzsimmons over Sheppard and Jackson would be nice for me.
     
  15. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ah yeah I forgot about Fits. If I was swapping a LHW out it would be for Foster.
    I like Fitsimmons at MW
     
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