Best heavyweight combination puncher since prime Mike Tyson?

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  1. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Who is the Best heavyweight combination puncher since prime Mike Tyson?

    Someone who has power and hand speed and ability to put it together?
     
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  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Holyfield.
     
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  3. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    If Holyfield was of the Tyson era, I would say Joshua. He has many flaws, but his power combinations are maybe his best asset.
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Holy didn`t have Tyson`s power and didn`t use combo`s to the body as well as Mike did.
     
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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    It doesn't say as good as Mike.
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I agree but he didn`t land many of them in his rematch with Ruiz, however he did drop Ruiz in the first bout with a good two-punch combo.
     
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  7. On The Money

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    Fat Andy can let them go.
     
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  8. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    Yes doesn't have to be as good as Mike because no one since Tyson is that good a combination puncher.

    Joshua is a decent pick. Ibeaubuchi could throw some nice ones but his career was short. Holyfield didn't have stunning level of power but he isn't a bad pick either. Holy had decent power and good hand speed.
     
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    AJ is a great offensive combination puncher, that's pobably his best asset.
    The young Denis Boytsov before he got involved with the Berlin nightlife scene and the underwold was pretty fast, but I'd probably pick Ike Ibeabuchi as the best combination puncher at HW since prime Tyson.
     
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  10. SHADAPBLAD

    SHADAPBLAD Viscous Knockouts Full Member

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    povetkin threw some very good, tight combinations
     
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  11. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    true. Wish he would lose some weight though, then he could really let them go.
     
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  12. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Uysk has only had one fight at heavyweight so far but as a Cruiserweight he threw excellent combinations at the right time and was masterful with his timing in space. I can only expect to see him do more of the same.

    Eddie Chambers is another guy that comes to mind. Very underated fighter.
     
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  13. On The Money

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    Prime Povetkin would have given Mike problems.
     
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    On The Money Dangerous Journeyman Full Member

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    Posted on here for a while, usual trolls gave him stick.
     
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  15. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing

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    Mark. Do you know how to read? I'm not sure how anyone (even you) could've possibly missed the "SINCE Mike Tyson" part.
     
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