All time punchers...

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  1. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Whats your top5 or even top10 all time punchers for these divisions?

    Lightheavy


    Welter


    Lightweight


    Featherweight


    You can put any guys who did their best work at the super and jnr division around some of those, just make a note of it.

    After seeing dpw's thread I was just thinking about where does Corrales rank all time as a puncher....?
     
  2. Jack Presscot

    Jack Presscot Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Ltheavy.....M Moore. Welter, Trinidad, Lightweight, Duran and Chavez.
     
  3. McGrain

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    Light-heavy:

    1 - Sam Langford
    2 - Archie Moore
    3 - Bob Foster
    4 - Roy Jones
    5 - Bob Fitzsimmons
     
  4. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    Some of the obvious names

    Lightheavy - Foster and Moore

    Welter - Robinson, Hearns, Walcott, Trinidad, Cuevas

    Light - Duran, Arguello, Williams, Armstrong

    Feather - Saddler, Arguello, Armstrong, D. Lopez, probably Hamed makes it



    Langford goes in at several weights.
     
  5. Sweet Pea

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    Stick to the Lounge and clinging to Oscar's nutsack Jack, you clearly don't know **** when it comes down to actually discussing the sport.

    And I didn't know Michael Moore had stopped directing and taken up boxing.
     
  6. McGrain

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    Welterweight:

    1 - Sugar Ray Robinson
    2 - Joe Walcott
    3 - Thomas Hearns
    4 - Charley Burley
    5 - Felix Trinidad
     
  7. Sweet Pea

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    Throw in Rosario at LW, along with Spinks, Saad Muhammad and perhaps Charles at LHW and there you have it.
     
  8. McGrain

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    Who does Williams have for company at lightweight? Is he the best puncher in that divisions history by distance? Taking everything into account, how does Duran stack up?
     
  9. the cobra

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    For pure power, Lew Jenkins may deserve a place on that list for lightweight.
     
  10. Robbi

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    Sensible placings.
     
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    Not probably, definitely.
     
  12. McGrain

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    Would you rate him above Lopez and Armstrong? Who would be your #1 at the weight? I would be tempted to go for Arguello although I'm a huge admirer of Saddler.
     
  13. Robbi

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    It's hard to rate them in order. I'm not sure any of them listed would have KO'd Soto or McCullough. Those two were ones Hamed couldn't even budge. Although Hamed picked his punches and wasn't particularly a volume puncher. Maybe Saddler and Armstrong would test those two chins more often. Someone like McCullough would get involved in crazy wars with the likes of Saddler and Armstrong and come off second best of course. It's highly unlikey they would knock him out IMO. Infact, Saddler and Armstrong would probably rattle punches off McCullough as reguarly as Morales did at super-bantamweight.
     
  14. WhataRock

    WhataRock Loyal Member Full Member

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    Where do names like Wilfredo Gomez and Galaxy belong if you were to just make rankings for the original divisions seeing as though a lot of their best work was in between them at the super/jnr intermediate divisions?

    Or you just cant do it without including those divisions...?

    A guess I mean how do you compare them to the old boys..
     
  15. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    I think the top spot at featherweight goes to either Armstrong or Arguello, Saddler right behind those two. Armstrong's 27 fight knockout streak with wins over Petey Sarron in 6, Benny Bass in 4, Chalky Wright in 3, Frankie Klick in 4, etc is enough for the top spot, especially when you look at his knockout success above the weight.