Most extreme examples of the "Glass cannon" archetype in boxing?

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  1. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    ...ie, the greatest inverse ratios of bone-crunching power to having the impact resistance of a tissue several people have already sneezed into. Most likely to be on the receiving end of a highlight reel KO if not the one doling it out. The antithesis of a Joe Calzaghe, basically.

    I'll start off the list with some off the cuff, sure I'll remember more later:

    Herbie Hide
    Jorge Luis González
    Amin Asikainen
    Travis Walker
    Jason Litzau
    David Price
    Marvin Quintero
    Hasim Rahman
    Ammeth Diaz
    Enzo Maccarinelli
    Roger Mayweather
    Earnie Shavers
    Pele Reid
    Kermit Cintrón
    Oleg Maskaev
    Pipino Cuevas
    Suriyan Satorn (aka Kompayak Porpramook)


    ...any others you can think of? Please don't submit any silly nominations like Amir Khan (below average but honestly not TERRIBLE chin, and in his prime in the lighter weights okay but not DEVASTATING power) that are nearer middle of the road on both fronts than at the polar extremes. We don't want just either/or condition met, and we don't even really want "kinda bad chins with kinda good power" - ideally we're looking for superlatives on both counts. Thanks. :thumbsup:
     
  2. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Shout out to Hasegawa in the second half of his career?
     
  3. pistal47

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  4. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    "Dangerous" Don Lee was a hell of a puncher, with a durability problem.

    Eugene Hart had one of the greatest left hooks in boxing history, due to a believe him growing up in a wheelchair and having freakish upper body strength, which translated into a hell of a punch. He has clear claim to being the only fighter on film to of ever hurt Marvin Hagler. Hagler basically shut down for almost an entire round if I'm remembering correctly.
     
  5. Badbot

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    Walter Matthysse.
     
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    Randal Bailey
    Tommy Morrison
    Michael Moorer
     
  7. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Nuclear punching Jhonny Gonzalez is a great shout out here as well.
     
  8. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Seth Mitchell maybe?
     
  9. IntentionalButt

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    Nice shout.
     
  10. IntentionalButt

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    The obvious go-to is Julian Jackson but honestly most serious boxing historians regard his chin as no worse than 'slightly poor', all things considered.

    Ditto his victim Terry Norris.
     
  11. Russell

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    Jackson was stopped standing against the ropes against McCallum. He actually protested the stoppage. He was a game guy in his prime.
     
  12. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    See, I thought about Jhonny but for me he doesn't quite merit inclusion for the same reason Kirkland doesn't: yes both can whack through a brick wall (I'd say El Raton carries more power than Mandingo p4p, actually, by quite a margin) but they both have merely "below average" jaws, rather than full on glass. Look at the four badasses that stopped Jhonny, and look at the circumstances of each...
     
  13. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    I think I feel confident defending all my picks in the OP as having very special pop but also the durability of a hymen in Harvey Weinstein's hotel suite.
     
  14. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    Some might balk at Rahman but he a) one-hitted to sleep the (IMO) last real versatile, elite, super-heavyweight champion of the world, and b) once got VERY nearly kayoed by ﹰZuri ﹰLawrence...who finished his career with ZERO stoppages to his credit. Zero!
     
  15. lufcrazy

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    Sorry.

    Alistair Overeem.

    No one else really comes close.