Fights Where A Fighter Walks Down And Stops Signifcantly Harder Puncher

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  1. tinman

    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Two that come to mind for me are Leonard Hearns 1 and Fury Wilder 2. If you were watching those fights live you probably weren't expecting that to happen.
     
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    Dynamicpuncher Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Kabayel walking straight through Zhang recently surprised me I thought he would've been more cautious early on.
     
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    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Holyfield did it to Tyson. And if you watched that fight in a vacuum, you’d think Holyfield was the harder hitter.
     
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    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    yeah that was bold. Going up against the biggest hitter in the division and the plan is stand toe to toe with him right from the opening bell?

    it worked though, and proved Kabayel has teutonic balls of steel.
     
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    Barrf Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Another one — Bam vs. Rungvisai. Bam fought aggressively from start to finish, stopped Rungvisai.
     
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    northpaw Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Yeah, him winning isn't what surprised everyone.......................him walking to and literally pummeling Zhang into absolute submission was shocking to watch. And he kept walking to him even after he got dropped.
     
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    Chavez vs Rosario.
     
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    BoxingABC1 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I'm guessing they looked at how Zhang can fade in second half of fights if you keep him active and figured the risk/reward was worth it...and as you say, it worked.
     
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    Babality KTFO!!!!!!! Full Member

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    Hagler vs Hearns.
     
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    Here's the fight this thread is looking for. Coetzer's iron chin vs Du Plooy's TNT punching:

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    Margarito vs Cintron

    Margarito vs Martinez


    Not sure it quite qualifies, didnt really walk him down, but maybe Ruiz vs AJ.


    Also debatable as Cotto had plenty of power in his own right but at the time Id still rate Judahs power over his, just not sure how significantly more it was. But Cotto walked him down towards the end and stopped him.
     
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    Steve Collins Nigel benn
     
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    tinman Loyal Member Full Member

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    Hearns didn't punch significantly harder than Hagler did.
     
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    Hopkins against Trinidad.

    McCallum against Jackson.
     
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    Antony "Dollar" Crolla Vs Ismael Barroso.
     
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