Best body puncher in boxing today?

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  1. Serge

    Serge Ginger Dracula Staff Member

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    GGG obviously hits hugely hard to the body, hence why most of his sparring partners have to wear body protectors when they spar him and he broke the ribs of both George Groves (sparring) and Matthew Macklin and stopped Kovalev with one in the gym too. Also numerous CWs and HWs have said they really felt his body shots in sparring too.

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  2. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Oh, i wasnt saying that its his bread and butter. I just wanted to highlight that he is among the top guys.
     
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  3. Txomo

    Txomo Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The face of a guy on his knee trying to get up before the count. That grimace when he is still slightly bent telling the referee he is ok and able to fight... and u know it wont last long. Lejarraga vs Skeete last week was a sample of this.
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  4. jmashyaka

    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I feel you, I actually don’t think he is among the top guys personally. Maybe if he committed more to it, I would agree with you but I just don’t think he does it often enough to put him up there.

    I could name another 3 or 4 names who invest the body more often than Loma. Beterbiev, Vargas, Salido, Walters, Berchelt, etc
     
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  5. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Hmm, i agree. While i think he does it better than the guys you mentioned, they are more committed to it.
    But the Russell fight was a damn clinic in body punching. Brutality at its finest.
     
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  6. jmashyaka

    jmashyaka Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I would have to rewatch that again coz I haven’t seen that in years. So in terms of the Russell fight I can’t disagree but the Martinez, Rigo, Marriaga and Walters fights, he didn’t really display a committed body attack.
     
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  7. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    Let's get Wilder and Spence up in here.
     
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  8. f1ght3rz

    f1ght3rz Ronaldoooo is crying in his caaaaaar Full Member

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    Wilder? Is he even working to the body?
     
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  9. bcr

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    It used to be Golovkin before Jacobs, Canelo, Inoue, Ruvingsai, Gassiev, Kovalev and Benavidez are up there too.
    However my pick is Errol Spence, he is the only one that used body shots to win his biggest fight.
     
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  10. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    Spence hands down:deal:
     
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  11. Ivan28

    Ivan28 Active Member Full Member

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    Gassiev, Inoue, Beterbiev.From the 1 fight i saw from Dogboe, he also can be in the top.
     
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  12. Pimp C

    Pimp C Too Much Motion Full Member

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    He didn't go to the body against Jacobs either.
     
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  13. Boxing Prospect

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    Inoue, Tanaka, Kyoguchi....seems to be a trend in Japan right now TBH
     
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  14. deyell

    deyell MOLECULE FROM HELL. Full Member

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    Maybe you should watch the Gary Russell fight...
     
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  15. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If Inoue can beat McDonnell later on this month using body shots, then he will be at the top of the list.
     
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