Greatest examples of guys who lost significant power as they moved up?

ricky hatton is a prime example.
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He did have good power at that weight though.

 

What???atschYeah I didn't see any power when he destroyed Joppy in 5 rounds(Hopkins, Taylor, Eastman and Bute didnt come close to doing it) or when he blew Cherifi out in 3. Or when he completely ruined Mayorga coming off a 2 year layoff??

I guess not knocking out Bernard Hopkins and Winky Wright makes you feather fisted.atsch

 

In addition, his punches tended to be crisp and accurate and very well timed.

And when a boxer can do that consistently, he often doesn't need as much power as a lesser skilled man with more actual power, to appear like a devastating puncher.

 

Joppy was before opponents began scrutinizing his handwrapping technique, post-Hopkins.

Cherifi was stopped a number of times before, by no-name opponents.


And skills-challenged Mayorga had been at 147 nine months earlier, while Tito had been at MW for going on four years.


Tito has little by way of accomplishment at 160. And oscar has none at that weight.

 

The hell are you tallking about man? In the 5 fights he had at middleweight he destroyed 3 of his opponents with 3 knockdowns each. Not to mention the fact that Joppy was the #2 middleweight at the time when Tito scrapped him in 5... so power he had at middleweight.

 

Well then he was doing it at 147 and 154 too so???

 

Maybe he was. We don't know for sure.

 

Bob Foster.