Most overlooked monster punchers at heavyweight ..

I'm reading into the title question "Monster" that's code. That a reference to Ben Roethlisberger. He never boxed, he didn't have to. That is the definition of Monster power " If you doubt this ask one of those local bouncers from the Greater Pittsburgh area.

 

Tony Galento deserves a mention IMO

 

Rex Layne should be on this list

 

Great call .. He also took 3 slugs from a gun .. Damn I did not know that .. Here's a nice little write up I found on him

https://ringsidereport.com/?p=53979

 

How about Archie Moore?

Quick count on boxrec I came up with more than 30 KOs at heavyweight — and I didn’t count some fights where both men were in the high 170s (which is technically heavyweight) nor any where he weighed over 170 and his opponent was like 177 or lighter. I did count a couple where he was in the 170s or even at the light heavy limit but his opponent was like 190 or more.

 

Eric "Butterbean" Esch.
I didn't see anyone mention it.
In 75 fights Mike Tyson was the only one to knock out Larry Holmes. Except Mike Tyson and Earnie Shavers I didn''t notice it was anyone else knockdown Larry Holmes.

 

Tommy Gomez, Jose Urtain.Joe Louis said the hardest he was ever hit was by Al Delaney.

 

Frank Bruno

 

Why? I'm interested.

 

Can't see it myself.

 

Rex Layne- "Throw out the record book on Layne, he was a rugged brawler with a quick, very heavy right. As he got shopworn and discouraged, more and more, he got outworked and beaten down. But, when he first raged out of Utah -- full of **** and vinegar -- he'd have been a handful for anybody. He could crack with that right." These were the comments displayed by john garfield on laynes power. he was right. get it right? That was pretty much what rex layne had for power, his very heavy right hand. At 6'1 200lb 22 years old and white, it looked bright for layne to make it in the boxing business. Marv Jenson his manager pretty much threw rex layne into the wolves early on and he described it as "layne would be getting outboxed badly and then that right would come out of nowhere and these guys would drop dead." Layne knocked out men of all sizes and ratings. In one of the best slugfests of the 1950s, satterfield knocked down and controlled the fight for 8 rounds, then one right hand knocked satterfield out cold. he got up out on his feet and layne finished him off. Laynes right hand had an effect on everyone until he ran into the ironchinned rocky marciano. Laynes high punch workrate combined with his fast heavy right made him a dangerous puncher of the era, because he was always going for the home run.

 

Clarence Henry: "Woosh!....what a puncher!!!" exclaimed Pittsburgh Heavyweight Bob Baker in EXACT quote in the post fight conference in 1951. Clarence Henry was one of the sharpest most explosive hitters of that era. John Garfield talked about Clarence Henry's lightniing like explosiveness out of the blue with electifying power in both fists. On a adrenaline filled night, Clarence Henry attemped to outslug one of the best punchers ever bob satterfield. Few at ringside thought henry had a chance when they saw his gameplan. Henry proved them wrong. Satterfield was utterly destroyed, decimated, burried in one round. On film, henry possessed all the deeds talked about. Like sugar Ray Robinson and Ezzard Charles, henry threw long blazing fast hooks that would come out of nowhere, and he was a good combination puncher. Clarence Henry in the opinion of this boxing fan is the most underated heavyweight of the 1950s because of lack of film and his shortening career due to blindess after a bad beating by archie moore. Henry had hall of fame talent at his peak and deserved a shot to prove himself vs Ezzard Charles Rocky Marciano for there crowns but never got the chance.


Nino Valdez: Devastating Puncher. Scored 34 knockouts out of 48 wins, with many knockouts over rated contenders. His Right Hand was a Killer knockout shot. It left the durable Hurricane Jackson sensless after 2 rounds. His destroyed most of Europe when he was in his 30s. His right hand was thrown classic Cuban style the way Teofilo Stevenson threw it. He also had a very heavy left hook making him a two fisted assasin with big size 6'3 212lb. Valdez body attack is underated, he wore down his smaller skilled opponents with body punches. One of his tradmark combinations was he loved to left jab to the head then shift his body and come back with a left hook to the liver, followed by a right uppercut to the head. he would sometimes mix a straight right in after the jab making it a 4 punch combo. Ultimatley, His Size and Power made Cus Damato turn him down on a dime.

Bob Satterfield- 5'10 182lb yet he was built like a Bodybuilder and had the power in each hand of an atomic bomb. Satterfield had one of the biggest reputations of any fighter to ever step in the ring. He was simply put a slugger looking to end things early. Everyone out there knew it, yet when they tasted satterfields power they their supposedly easy game plan went out the window. Satterfield was probably the hardest hitter of that era and were not talking p4p, He packed some serious heat in both fists, when he connected on anyone durable or top ranked they went down. 6'2 215lb bob baker looked like on his way to victory when satterfield exploded with a combination on his jaw and just like that the fight was over. what made Satterfield special was he had proven power against big heavyweights. Rated 6'2-6'3 210lb guys like baker, valdez, holman, and big cat williams were all either knocked down/or knocked out cold when they fought satterfield. when you look into sattefield further, u you will see he had very fast handspeed and good combination punching to go along with his extrordinary power. It was the blend of all those tools with his god given power that made him a special puncher. Satterfield disfigured opponents faces worse than any surgeon could, poor lee oma didnt know where he was after getting clocked by satterfield. satterfields fast twitch muscles resembled that of mike tyson to a lesser degree.

 

Jersey Joe Walcott- Rated # 66 on Rings top 100 punchers of all time list. If there ever was a fighter who knockout percentage was deceiving, it was Jersey Joe Walcott. Walcott was a tremendous puncher, he had one punch knockout power in both his right hand and left hand. His biggest problem was.....he lacked finishing skills his style was too passive. But nearly all his knockdowns/knockouts against rated opponents came on ONE single punches. What made walcott such an effective puncher against great opposition was he was a tricky puncher. Combine tricky with power and you have yourself a dangerous fighter. most cutie counterpunches with slick moves dont have power, but walcott did so when you fell into the walcott shuffle trap where he would pretend to dance away then....BOOM!! you were toast. Walcott had million different punches in his reportoir and he would throw them at all different angles and sides. walcotts one punch knockout over ATG ezzard Charles was not only the best knockout ever seen on film, it was the most beautfully excecuted shots ever captured. Walcott floored joe louis 3 times all with single punches, was the first to floor granite chinned rocky marciano and Joey Maxim, and he knocked out ATG harold johnson with right to the jaw causing johnson to injure his back after hitting the canvas. Abe Simon claimed Walcott was the hardest hitter he ever faced.

 

I don’t know if he’s been mentioned but Ross Purity is pretty underrated

 

Lionel butler hit like a mule.