Best users of a punch by weightclass

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  1. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Like the title says, use who you think threw the best (hardest, most accurate, complete, whatever your criteria) version of a specific punch ever within their weight class. Here's an example just to demonstrate without too much thought put into it.

    Jab:

    HW- Ali
    LH- Spinks
    MW-Hagler
    WW- Hearns
    LW- Leonard
    FW- Saddler
    BW- Zarate
    Fly-Lopez


    You can use the non-traditional weight-classes if you'd like, I didn't for the sake of time and effort.

    Each punch- Jab, Cross, Hook, Uppercut.
     
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  2. teeto

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    I would have said Holmes at HW, Foster/Loughran at LHW and Winstone at FW most likely.
     
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  3. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Yeah, Winstone's jab was vastly superior to Saddler's. Anyways, I'll take care of Strawweight right now:

    Jab: Ricardo Lopez
    Cross: Ricardo Lopez
    Hook: Ricardo Lopez
    Uppercut: Ricardo Lopez
     
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  4. Nicky P

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    Why do you feel that Saddler used his jab better than Pep?
     
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  5. Vic-JofreBRASIL

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    Left hook

    HW- Frazier
    LHW- Foster
    MW- Ray Robinson
    WW- Ray Robinson
    LW-Ike Williams
    FW- Arguello
    BW- Olivares and Eder
    FlyW- Pascual Perez
     
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  6. Twelve

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    Right hand

    HW- Lewis
    LHW- Charles
    MW- Monzon
    WW- Hearns
    LW- Duran
     
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  7. El Bujia

    El Bujia Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'd say Moore had the better right than Charles, whereas Charles had the better left.
     
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  8. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    I actually initially meant to put Pep. The example was mostly just for demonstration though, I trust other posters here far more with their knowledge on older fighters. Hence the thread!
     
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  9. DonBoxer

    DonBoxer The Lion! Full Member

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    :thumbsup
     
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  10. teeto

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    Schmeling would be up there for right hand at hw i'd think. Just the accuracy and the dam potency of it, atg weapon that was. Baer too, but that's more because it was a bit unfair that he was basically carrying a nuclear weapon for a right hand.
     
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  11. teeto

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    Agreed
     
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  12. Bogotazo

    Bogotazo Amateur Full Member

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    Uppercuts! And more little guys!:ibutt
     
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  13. DonBoxer

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    Schmeling has one helluva good right hand. I think its hard to pick one fighter per weight because different fighters use a punch in a different way.

    I think the best way to show it is the HW jab.

    Holmes
    Ali
    Liston

    All amazingly good jabs , used in totally different ways.
     
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  14. Nicky P

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    oh ok, gotcha.
     
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  15. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Monzon is beginning to be grossly underrated by this forum..he had a magnificent, though ultimately understated right hand that, like Schmeling's, was an accurate, deadly weapon.
     
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