Best combo Punchers 70s & 80s

In the way that he threw combinations from the first round to the last round of basically every fight in his career (tailing off a bit when he’s way post-prime).

Compare Holy-Qawi I or Holy-Bowe to Tyson-Bonecrusher or Tyson-Mitch Green or Tyson-Douglas, etc.

Tyson comes out fast and tries to blow his guy out of the water. When that doesn’t happen, he tails off appreciably. Holyfield threw more than two or three punches per combo way more often. He carried his combination punching into later rounds.

Or, hey, let’s look at the time they spent in the ring together — the one against the other. Who threw more combinations? Who threw more than two punches at a time more often?

 

Tyson was all over the place against Douglas and hardly threw any combo`s, his entire punch rate was really low v Douglas, he didn`t come out blasting at all he looked half asleep, and Bonecrusher just held all-night.

 

If your argument is that Tyson is a hard puncher, I agree. But that doesn’t make him a better combination puncher.

Answer me this: how do you hold a guy who is throwing a six-punch salvo? You don’t. If Tyson was combination punching, you think James Smith has the speed to grab one of the fastest punchers in heavyweight history like plucking a fly out of the air with chopsticks and keep the next punch (and the one after that and the one after that) from coming?

Go actually look at what is happening: even Kevin Rooney commented on how in this fight Tyson was cooperating with Smith — he would throw a couple of punches and then extend both arms under Bonecrusher’s arms (between the elbow and the body). Basically he would hug the guy. Now how in the heck do you avoid a clinch with a guy who is leaning on you with both arms extended under your arms? Explain that to me. Explain why Tyson doesn’t instead try to free one or both hands and keep punching like a ... um ... combination puncher would do.

Bonecrusher obviously obliged him, but go to the start of round three. Singular right hand (miss). Two punches, extends both arms under Smith’s arms. Clinch. Two punches, same thing. Over and over.

Tyson threw short bursts. He did not throw a constant flow of combinations the way Holyfield did (see him land 20-plus consecutive punches against George Foreman in one extended sequence and find me a time where Tyson ever did anything like that). It’s start/stop ... start/stop. That’s true throughout his career.

 

Yes prime Tyson was better combo puncher. Actually a young Mike Tyson was a physical phenomenon ,the complete world had the eyes over him when he was in his peak. Ali,Foreman,Frazier,Ray leonard admired him. This must be because he was a real Monster. The musculature of a bodybuilder ,thick Frame with huge speed. Tremendous monster

 

Continuing the British theme, Tony Sibson threw fast combos, ending with a better than average left hook,