Top 10 pound-for-pound punchers in your lifetime

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  1. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Who do you have?

    In order, as best as I can put them right now, I’d rate:

    1. Julian Jackson

    2. Wilfredo Gomez

    3. Gerald McClellan

    4. Earnie Shavers

    5. Thomas Hearns

    6. George Foreman

    7. Deontay Wilder

    8. Danny Lopez

    9. Mike Tyson

    10. Bob Foster

    I really thought a lot about Michael Spinks at light heavy — he could be just devastating — but he ended up right on the cusp because in some big fights (Qawi, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad) he didn’t really utilize his power. Doesn’t mean he wasn’t capable but like Evander and Arguello, among others, more of a boxer-puncher.

    I could re-rate many of the above and put them in a different order after the top five or six. And, of course, someone will probably bring up a fighter I overlooked as this was off the top of my head. The hard part is how to compare the heavyweights to the lighter weights.

    I’m interested in other peoples’ opinions.
     
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  2. William Walker

    William Walker Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    did Henry Hank not fight in ur lifetime?
     
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  3. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    He had like three knockouts in my lifetime. He knocked out less than half of his opponents and about two-thirds of his wins were by stoppage. I wouldn’t rate him above anyone I listed despite his fearsome reputation.
     
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    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It's comical to rank to McClellan above Tyson and Foster as punchers.

    Tyson and Foster blew away durable guys. McClellan never did.
     
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    greynotsoold Boxing Addict

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    Engels Pedroza could really punch. At the beginning he was a real good boxer, too, but as he realized that he could punch very hard, his attention to other things faded away.
     
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    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Pacquiao, Wilder, Kudryashov, Wlad, Inoue, GGG, Beterbeiv, Gassiev, Rigo and Donaire.

    Aside from the first three, this can probably be in any order. It's not a particularly deep batch.
     
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    Fine list!
     
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    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Lets see in no order:
    Alexis Arguello
    Julian Jackson
    Carl Thompson
    Frietas
    Bob Foster
    Diego Corrales
     
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    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cuevas was a great mention. He broke bones!
     
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    Thank you friend.
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    WAR01 In the 7.2% Full Member

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    See no mention of Kostya Tszyu, Sugar Ray Robinson, or Khaosai Galaxy I'm disappointed in you classic.
     
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    The same could be said about Wilder too. Plus, throwing huge windmill type punches from another planet is hardly technical or great to watch time after time !
    I’m sure most boxers could hit as hard with his punching ‘style’.
     
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    Anthony Joshua
    Deontay Wilder
    Lennox Lewis
    Randall Bailey
    Jhonny Gonzalez
    Julian Jackson
    Lucas Matthysse
    Michael Carbajal
    Sergey Kovalev (not an explosive one but just doing tremendous damage with every single punch)
    Adonis Stevenson
     
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