What are some fights that involved 2 well established KO artists that looked like an exciting match up but the fight itself was actually a one sided destruction? Thomas Hearns vs Pipino Cuevas is the first to come to mind.
Lewis v Rahman II Lewis v Golota Tyson v Golota Fury v Wilder II Hearns v Hagler Holmes v Cooney Foreman v Frazier I and II Foreman v Norton Old Foreman v Cooney Shavers v Norton Fury v Whyte Mercer v Morrison The list is very long...
Good thread i like this one. Wilfredo Gomez vs Carlos Zarate Gerald McClellan vs Julian Jackson 2 Sonny Liston vs Floyd Patterson 1 and 2 Lennox Lewis vs Razor Ruddock George Foreman vs Joe Frazier 1 Frank Bruno vs Gerrie Coetzee Jamie Garza vs Marcos Villasana
I think calling Holmes (v Cooney) a power puncher is stretching it a bit. I think a lot of these examples are one power puncher v another fighter rather than two bonafide power punchers.
Sonny Liston vs Cleveland Williams I & II Mike Tyson vs Frank Bruno I & II Lennox Lewis Vs Michael Grant Wladimir Klitschko vs Corrie Sanders Manny Pacquiao vs Lucas Matthyse GGG VS David Lemieux GGG vs Curtis Stevens David Lemieux vs Curtis Stevens
Very likely youre right on Norton. He was not a real puncher but people expected slugfests by all these fights and both fighters of course.
David Haye v Enzo Maccarinelli figured to end in a KO with both cruiserweights having plenty of pop and neither known for their durability but it turned out to be a mismatch.
Quarry was not a big puncher. Hearns-Duran Robinson-Graziano, Rocky got a a quick knockdown but that was it. McClellan-Jackson Foreman-Cooney, though Gerry did get in a big left on George. Tyson-Stewart Tyson-Bruno 1 and 2 Louis-Max Baer