Could a hard punching lightweight hit as hard as a featherfisted heavyweight?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Think of the toop 10 punchers in lightweight history, could they punch as hard as the top 10 weakest heavyweight punchers of all-time?
     
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    Wass1985 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Not a prayer, you have to consider that the feather fisted HW is still a boxer and will know how to punch.
     
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    young griffo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My money's on the Heavyweight Lightweight Featherfisted Ass.
     
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    If you put a gun to my head, then yes they could!
     
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    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Too much size between the 2. Now if you were talking light heavyweight, then yeah.
     
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    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    Only if they engaged in a boxing fight.
     
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    why don't you take a right cross from Cervantes and a slap jab from Fury .. and tell me what ya think?
     
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    That sounds like a freak one in a million occurrence. Punching machines are iffy.

    I think danny Garcia beat Errol Spence's numbers which i find hard to believe despite seeing it.
     
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    juppity Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Duran reckon he could knockout Ali in street fight. However in the ring it always
    completely different and so no.
     
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    janitor VIP Member

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    Could somebody like Aurellio Herrera or Naseem Hamed hit harder than some professional heavyweights?

    I don't think that it would be an exceptionally bold claim!
     
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    JackSilver Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Name your top 10 weakest heavyweight punchers of all time and I will answer your question?
     
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    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    No I`m not including jabs.
     
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    Depends on how featherfisted and hardpunching. Id wager Bazooka Gomez hits harder than Maxie Rosenbloom but not as hard as like, Muhammad Ali
     
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    Momus Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Depends on how you define “harder”.

    In simple terms, the weight behind a punch is a variable in itself. The one-punch risk of a hard punching middleweight and light punching heavyweight may be the same, but the heavier punches are likely to have a greater cumulative effect.

    Foster vs Ali is an example of this. Foster was disparaging about Ali’s power (“couldn’t bust a grape”), but was knocked down multiple times and stopped due to the “weight” of the punches as he put it.
     
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