KO artists who weren't huge at the weight

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  1. impacted

    impacted Well-Known Member Full Member

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    That rules out guys like Freitas and McClellan, who both entered the ring 3 divisions bigger than the weigh-in. Who stands out for you as a guy with KO power who wasn't milking the weigh-in rules?
     
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    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Apart from heavyweights, of course, just to back to the same-day weigh-in days:

    Pipino Cuevas

    Sandy Saddler

    Archie Moore

    Julian Jackson (maybe by the time he was fighting at middleweight we were beginning to have day-before weigh-in and weight bullies like Gerald McClellan were starting to become a thing)

    Michael Spinks

    Little Red Lopez

    Ray Robinson

    Etc

    Etc
     
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    impacted Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Jackson vs McClellan looked like guys who had no business being in the same weight class.
     
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