Lack Of Punching Power

When I think swarmer without power I think Sam Soliman

 

if sweet pea has decent punching power,he could have been the GOAT.

 

Nikolai Valuev

 

Has to be Paulie he landed on Hatton very cleanly in the first round , those same clean punches by Manny were making Hatton bounce off the canvas.

 

I think Pea's lack of power is often overstated. He didn't score a lot of knockouts, but he obviously hit hard enough to gain his opponent's respect and keep them from walking through him. His power was good enough to supplement his style; with one-punch power he would obviously have more stoppage wins, but he may have developed a riskier and less defensive style.


Better candidates are pressure fighters who didn't have the power to back it up. Juan Diaz was a good shout, and Wayne McCullough also springs to mind. McCullough had no equalizer when he was getting outboxed, and would have stood a much better chance against Hamed, Morales and Zaragoza if he had a punch to turn it around. Some of his other fights would have been easier as well, and he could potentially have had fewer wars which shortened his prime.