Best single punch landed by each ATG heavyweight

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  1. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I’m with you man! I think I kind of sold out and went for the most iconic punches they threw, as opposed to the best.
     
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  2. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Great to have you on board, you a good poster.
     
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  3. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Ali - left hook that knocked dowm hard granite-chinned Oscar Bonavena

    Frazier - the left hook that knocked down Ali or the one that scored one of the most brutal knockaouts in the history of boxing against Bob Foster

    Foreman - left uppercut that knocked out cold Gerry Cooney

    Holmes - hard to say... Probably right hand that put down Marvis Frazier... The right hand that knocked out Mike Weaver COLD in the rematch was extremely nasty as well

    Tyson - right hand against Spinks

    Holyfield - the left hook that floored hard Riddick Bowe in their third fight

    Bowe - right hand counter that knocked down Holyfidl in the 8th round of their third fight and hurt him much worse than any other punch that he took from big punchers like Tyson, Lewis, Foreman etc.

    Lewis - right hand against Rahman. Right hand that put down Ruddock in the first round was excellent as well

    Vitali - hmmm, don't know... Probably right hand against Sosnowski. Vitali was accumulative puncher and clearly nort as accurate, as Holmes

    Wlad - left hooks against Pulev and Chambers and right hand against Calvin Brock
     
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  4. dmt

    dmt Hardest hitting hw ever Full Member

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    excellent post Big Ukranian. Hard to disagree with your picks.
     
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  5. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Good call on Holmes. I was thinking that right cross that messed Cooney up for the first knockdown but this is the correct answer.
     
  6. Webbiano

    Webbiano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Jack Johnson’s KO of Denver Martin sounds like it may have been just as good as His KO over Ketchel
     
  7. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    The right hand Holy hit Douglas with wasn`t that hard, Douglas quit checking his glove for blood, check his eyes out he was hardly hurt.
     
  8. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    The right hand that Wilder knocked Breazale out with.
     
  9. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Evander Holyfield - The left hook that badly staggered a surprisingly resilient and motivated Michael Dokes back in the 10th round of their 1989 brawl and effectively ended the fight.

    Mike Tyson - The right hand that put Larry Holmes down for the first knockdown in their 1988 title fight.Fantastic timing of the punch along with the combination of speed and power totally shocked Holmes who literally did not see it coming.

    Larry Holmes - The right hand in the closing moments of the 12th and last round that had Earnie Shavers out on his feet and held up by the ropes in their first fight in March 1978. Shavers was saved by the bell and it sealed the victory that really announced the arrival of Holme as a major title contender.