Fifteen Greatest Featherweight Punchers

Wright is a good shout Pep named him as the 2nd hardest puncher he faced.I've seen nothing of Aurelia but know he was considered a huge banger.Not familiar with Murphy.

 

As HM's i'll throw in Antonio Esparragoza and Ricardo Moreno. Bobby Chacon was no slouch at his best either. Ruben Olivares still packed a fair punch at Feather too.

 

There’s also Juan Laporte. He had a telegraphed right, but when it landed..

 

Jhonny Gonzalez is someone that should be listed as well, especially for his KO1 of Abner Mares.

 

Great thread!!!

 

George "K.O." Chaney was a big hitter. I've seen different reports, but Boxrec has him scoring 78 kayos in 101 victories.

I saved a few quotes about him from contemporaries:

“hardest slugging 122-pound boy that has developed in the American prize ring since the days of Terrible Terry McGovern”— The Milwaukee Journal - Aug 6, 1916

“Chaney has the biggest and strongest arms ever owned by a featherweight. He has the arms of a middleweight and a punch in his left that’s just as convincing as that packed by many 158 pounders.”—The Milwaukee Journal - Sep 3, 1916

“Just six inches! That’s all the distance George Chaney, lightweight whirlwind of Baltimore, needs to send his wicked left. For, if those six inches carry his glove to the proper spot, the referee usually counts 10 for the other fellow. Chaney’s southpaw wallop is the hardest punch in the lightweight world today. It probably has as much starch in it as any welterweight or middleweight can boast of.”— Muskogee Times Democrat - Mar 10, 1921

“He reached Dundee effectively but two or three times, but one blow which landed on the veteran's chest sent him back against the ropes as though he had been kicked by an army mule.”— Syracuse Herald - Nov 19, 1921; against Johnny Dundee

 

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2-20. A bunch of other guys

Nah, there’s some very rightful claimants to be considered at or near the top, Danny Lopez and, yes, Naz among them.

But Sandy knocked Willie Pep silly in their first fight and that’s quite an accomplishment.

 

Some more modern ones.

Juan Manuel Lopez 32 stoppages out of 36 wins.

Jhonny Gonzalez 56 stoppages out 69 wins.

Then to go back in time more.

Naseem Hamed
Manny Pacquiao
Danny Lopez
Marcos Villasana
Alexis Arguello
Sandy Saddler
Henry Armstrong
Terry McGovern
Azumah Nelson