Great punchers who relied more on technique than power

Any contortion of an arm is considered a technique! So in effect there is no seperation.

 

...benny leonard is a classic example. he said he was not a natural puncher but actually "learned to punch " by setting is stance in a certain way for maximum power.

 

That's all good and well, but it's still not taken in the correct context with the original intent of the thread. A guy like George Foreman more or less just clubbed, yet he had some of the most devastating power of all time. That had a lot less to do with proper technique or punching skill than it did natural power.

 

I think Hearns is one of the best choices, if not the best, for this thread. As an amateur, he had only 12 KO's in some 200 fights. Only when he teamed up with Manny Steward in the pro ranks and learned to harness to power of the right hand through proper torque and leverage of his immense proportions did he become the KO machine we all came to know.

 

Yea, but I don't think Foreman just winged at the target. He had the snap and could scoop your head up.

It was his gappy defence and plodding feet that made peeps underrate his knack for punching.

 

tyson, triniadad, hearns

 

Joe Louis.

 

Archie Moore