Hardest hitting non elite heavyweights

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  1. BEATDOWNZ

    BEATDOWNZ Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Not for long though, IIRC?
     
  2. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Probably not, no. Between losing to Wlad twice he was a hot topic, but then that left hook in the first fight sorta ruined him and he went off the rails. The Vitali fight should've been his last stand, but he's still fighting!
     
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  3. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Joe Baski .Hit hard ask bruce Woodcock.Looked the part as well.
     
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  4. zadfrak

    zadfrak Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Knoetze deserves a mention.
     
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  5. JohnThomas1

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    Bernardo Mercado had a useful punch.
     
  6. BEATDOWNZ

    BEATDOWNZ Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Agreed. He was only a kid when he fought Wlad!

    Pretty sure an MMA guy just laid him out in a minute or so. Shame.
     
  7. scartissue

    scartissue Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    The first couple I thought of was Jeff Merritt and Lynn Ball. Both could hit but both were rather fragile.
     
  8. Eye of Timaeus

    Eye of Timaeus Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Not elite but a world champ and above average.
     
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  9. Big Ukrainian

    Big Ukrainian Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Dee Collier, who KO'ed Cobb in 1 round, deserves the mention here
     
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  10. Unforgiven

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    Jeff Sims from the 1980s.
    Melton Bowen and Daniel Dancuta from the 1990s deserve mention.

    Lots of others.
     
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  11. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Yep the only man other than Tyson to KO Berbick and did it quicker.
     
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  12. Saintpat

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    I always heard Tom “Atom Bomb” Prater was a big hitter for a journeyman.
     
  13. Pat M

    Pat M Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Al Jones, sometimes called "Memphis" or "Preacher" Al Jones was 10-35-2, with only 6 knockouts, but he knocked Jerry Quarry (20-1-3) down twice, stopped Boone Kirkman (32-2), and knocked out Tony Longoria (20-0-2). I don't know what the story was with Jones, maybe just a wild swinging fighter who hit hard when it landed?
     
  14. Devon

    Devon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Shavers, Lyle, Tua, Cooney are the first that come to mind
     
  15. CANNONBALL

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    on the journeyman circuit - Bobby Crabree, Dave Jaco, Bryan Scott, Eddie Neilson, Noel Quarless, Phil Gilberti, Tony Fulilangi.........