Most Accurate Puncher

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  1. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    I'd have to put Chavez in with the top 10 most accurate punchers. I liked your use of the word "surgical," an excellent way of describing Chavez. He was deadly accurate with the bodyshots and right cross. Arguello and Louis are still the top two IMO though.
     
  2. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Archie Moore Joe Louis and Alexis Arguello. top 3 all time. Also Jersey Joe Walcott James Toney and Bernard Hopkins are very accurate punchers.


    Ya because Marciano didnt connect flush on some of the great ring technicians in boxing history.....right? :roll:
     
  3. Bummy Davis

    Bummy Davis Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Louis was the most acurate...Marciano timed a few beauts from awkward positions, Layne,Walcott and a few vs Moore and Charles....Walcott pinpoint, Duran vs Cuevas and Barkley and Moore and Hearns vs Cuevas,Duran and Shuler...SSR...SSL...Day Boy Green and Andy Price
     
  4. bigtime-skills

    bigtime-skills Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Joe Louis
    Alexis Arguello
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Tito Trinidad
     
  5. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he really did surgery on meldrick taylor

    Salvador sanchez was very accurate from the fights I have seen of him

    What about Juan Manual Marquez and his brother. both

    My Top 10 from the boxers I have watched are:

    Alexis Arguello
    Joe Louis
    Chavez
    Napoles
    Tito
    Ricardo Lopez
    ODLH
     
  6. MagnificentMatt

    MagnificentMatt Beterbiev literally kills Plant and McCumby 2v1 Full Member

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    James Toney and Mike Tyson seemed to hit the target more often than not.
     
  7. TIGEREDGE

    TIGEREDGE Boxing Addict Full Member

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    he really did surgery on meldrick taylor

    Salvador sanchez was very accurate from the fights I have seen of him

    What about Juan Manual Marquez and his brother. both

    My Top 10 from the boxers I have watched are:

    Alexis Arguello
    Joe Louis
    Chavez
    Napoles
    Ken Buchanan
    Archie Moore
    Tito
    Ricardo Lopez
    ODLH
    JMM
     
  8. SorceryatCaesar

    SorceryatCaesar Leonard-Hagler author Full Member

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    has to be louis. and not only because of Schmeling 2, but that's the one you think of for accuracy.
     
  9. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    No definitive answer here in my opinion. Accuracy are fundamental. Here is a massive giant list of the fighters I consider to be especially accurate. It isn't exhaustive.

    Starting with fighters of whom I have seen no footage that "read" accurate. Ahem.


    George Dixon
    Cocoa Kid
    Jim Driscoll
    Pete Herman
    Peter Jackson
    Jack Britton
    Holman Williams
    Jack Dempsey "The Nonpareil"



    And fighter's i've seen:

    Oscar De La Hoya
    Muhammad Ali
    Yuri Arbachakov
    Ken Buchanan
    Esteban De Jesus
    Roberto Duran
    Hilario Zapata
    Pernell Whitaker
    Jiro Watanabe
    Floyd Mayweather
    Ricardo Lopez - Maybe no fighter could get FOUR punches on target as accurately, consistantly, as this man. Maybe.
    Bernard Hopkins
    Juan Manuel Marquez
    Thomas Hearns - Lazer guided
    Alexis Arguello
    James J Corbett
    Marc Antonio Barrera
    Orlando Canizales
    James J Braddock - massively underated in this department
    John Conteh
    Jersey Joe Walcott
    Max Schmeling
    Julio Cesar Chavez
    Curtis Cokes
    Evander Hollyfield
    Salvador Sanchez
    Wilfredo Gomez
    Jose Napoles
    Micheal Watson
    Ezzard Charles
    Carlos Monzon
    Joe Louis
    Larry Holmes
    Bob Fitzsimmons
    Sugar Ray Leonard
    Sugar Ray Ronbinson
    Roy Jones
    Billy Conn


    Wow. That is really long. Possibly meaningless.
     
  10. Trey029

    Trey029 Member Full Member

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    It seems Louis and Arguello are the heavy hitters in this subject, I just got finished looking at the arguello and Mancini fight and at around 1:15 was one of the sharpest combos i seen considering it was the 14th rd. Looked like a uppercut to the body, two left hooks and a straight right all pinpoint at max power....

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  11. the cobra

    the cobra Awesomeizationism! Full Member

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    It's impossible to say, but if I were to make a top 5, I'd go with:

    #1. Arguello (every punch was picture perfect, leverage, timing, precision, execution, etc. The most skilled puncher I've ever seen)

    #2. Louis (Same as Arguello, I give Alexis the top spot simply because from what I have seen more of his kayo's were one punch landing perfectly flush, where as Louis put combos together to generally take a man out, although he was precise with all of those shots as well)

    #3. Lopez (The man was the closest thing to a flawless fighter I've ever seen, he could do absolutely everything, and punching with pinpoint accuracy is no exception)

    #4. Hearns (as described by McGrain, lazer guided shots)

    #5. Chavez (as described by natonic, a surgical puncher. Virtually every shot landed cleanly to create the maximum damage)

    BTW, these are the top 5 I have seen fight.
     
  12. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Yeah, a single short post of a three hundred something year rich sport with thousands and thousands of active participants. :lol:

    IT'S A GOOD LIST DON'T YOU THINK OTHERWISE.
     
  13. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Sick as ****. Jesus.

    A counterpoint from Ricardo Lopez, jab (more technically correct than lead uppercut) straight right, devastating upper and then a left hook that only misses because his man is already dead. The hook is the most perfect punch and the last to be thrown.


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    Around 1.36 is you want to skip ahead.
     
  14. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Thank you sir.
     
  15. Trey029

    Trey029 Member Full Member

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    Looks like something out of a movie lol....