hadest hitting middleweight ever....

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  1. shommel

    shommel Boxing Addict Full Member

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    jackson, hagler, graziano, hearnes, srr,you name em, and why?
     
  2. TommyV

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    Ketchel or Fitz. Ketchel probably had more brute power, Fitz was probably the more precise puncher and probably delivered his power better.
     
  3. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  4. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    graziano and jackson are two you mention that spring to mind quick.

    stanley ketchel...for dropping johnson..and knocking out much bigger men..

    bob fitzsimmons...he had a heavyweights punching power.....aparently he knocked out seven heavyweights in one night.
     
  5. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    didnt see your post behind me tommyv
     
  6. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    hagler would beat them all
     
  7. alexvoce

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    hearns was the hardest hitting
     
  8. Clinton

    Clinton Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Even though that's basically all he could do,Eugene "Cyclone" Hart had some serious power.
     
  9. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    sugar ray said artie levine could really bang
     
  10. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    how long was sam langford a middleweight ?
     
  11. turpinr

    turpinr Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    5ft 7ins
     
  12. Stevie G

    Stevie G Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I go along with that. Zale was no slouch either.
     
  13. FROST

    FROST Boxing Addict Full Member

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    James Toney recently claimed that, out of all his opponents, Merqui Sosa hit him the hardest, and that was at MW. Toney has fought from MW up to HW. He actually said that he believes that Sam Peter has more power than Sosa, but that Sosa still hit him the hardest and had him badly hurt.

    I'm not saying that Sosa is one of the hardest hitting middleweights ever, but he must have hit like a mule.
     
  14. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I'll always be partial to the ratcatcher. the great BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD Bennie:hat maybe not the hardest ever, (who can say), but Briscoe ****ed the world of a lot of guys. Saw him toast Gutierrez in '71 after being down twice in what to this day is one of my favorite fights ever. Kitten Hayward and that Aussie probably STILL see Bennie in their dreams.
     
  15. bodhi

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    Probably not the hardest hitting but three that should be mentioned are Freddie Steele, Rodrigo Valdez and Bennie Briscoe.