best short punching heavyweight

Good choice, all Louis' punches look so text book correct he seemed to always be able to get his full weight behind shots.
I know its probably silly. but his technique reminds me of a giant version of Arguello,especially his right cross.


Dempsey had a great short left hook to the body which he often followed to the head.
Walcott could pivot and drop you with a short hook.
Johnson seemed to be able to find space to land his uppercut no matter how much you crowded him.

 

yeah my papi used to stop me in my tracks and give me the "Louis-punch-talk" ,,, which was always about how Louis didn't use a big wind up blah blah blah, then he would force me to watch old footage on Louis and darned if he wasn't correct.

 

No, it's not silly. During Arguello's career, he was being compared to Louis in print with respect to technique.

Film studies revealed Joe was the most accurate of the heavyweight champions, landing the highest percentage of punches thrown.

When he did miss, as was the case with the first two hooks of the quintuple hook combination he decked Max Baer with, he maintained balance and position for what I think was his peak pugilistic moment on film.

Galento did something amazing in flooring him, catching lightning in a bottle by beating Louis to the punch. This time, Louis wound up with his left hook, while Tony did not wind up with his, but sprung it forward without warning. It was an instant one might have expected Joe to deliver, but Galento's quickness and reflexes were no joke. When Louis was decked for a flash KD, it was usually from a counter like the ones Braddock and JJW floored him with, not because he was actually beaten to the punch.

Harder punchers than Louis didn't put their punches together like he did. (Max Baer physically couldn't have done this with his shoulder breadth, while Galento and Marciano didn't have the necessary reach.)

 

I loved Dempsey's short punches to the body and head and while he did wing hooks from the bleachers he also shot them short with his hip into them. What more can be said about Joe's short ****nal, many of us learned by watching his tapes throwing them.

 

Best:
Joe Louis

Honorable mentions:
Jack Johnson
Jack Dempsey
Mike Tyson

 

Joe Louis is the obvious answer.

 

Some of the tight left hooks Tyson threw from close range were incredible.

 

For a guy not mentioned evander holyfield could throw a short punch.

 

Marciano and Joe Louis

 

Joe Louis was kind of a slapper. He just had extra-ordinary precision and speed.

Right hand was not very technical IMO. He pawed it a lot of the time and brought the punch down with his forearm. Louis COULD TRHOW a nice straight (LouisKO1Braddock) but he didn't always.

 

1. Evander Holyfield
2. Mike Tyson (pre-prison)
3. Jack Johnson

 

The rocks Suzi Q shot only travelled a few inches and was devastating.