My top 20 Biggest Punchers 1940-1950 Rough Draft

I have to come back to my statement... I checked Boxrec and between '40-'50 he only fought twice or three times in the heavyweight limit, and even on those occasions he was between 175 and 180lbs. Yeah, i guess it's fair not to include him.. not a major player at heavyweight (yet).

 

Nice list. Everyone will probably have some questions about order except for Louis at #1 which should be a no-brainer

1. My one disagreement is with Big Boy Brown. I just don't think he did enough to get into a top twenty punchers list. Who to substitute-possibilities which come to mind.

A. Alberto Lovell--55 ko's in 88 fights-top ko victims: Hank Hankinson, Angel Sotillo, Alfredo Lagay

B. Arturo Godoy--record ordinary but fought and stopped top men. 49 ko's in 124 fights-top ko victims: Luis Angel Firpo, Jack Roper, Buddy Walker, Tony Musto, Buddy Knox

C. Bernie Reynolds--33 ko's in 69 fights-top ko victims: Nathan Mann, Walter Hafer, Bill Weinberg, James J Parker

D. Omelio Agramonte--31 ko's in 67 fights-top ko victims: Johnny Haynes, Gene Jones, Johnny Flynn, Joe Lindsay

I think you should substitute one of these for Brown.

2. There have been recommendations to put Max Baer or Galento, or Bob Baker or Clarence Henry, on this list. My take would be to stick to men who were actually more or less at their best in the forties. A list like this could be made for the other decades. I would point out that if you consider Baker, why not Marciano? He had more fights and knockouts in the forties than Baker did. I think you did a good job of focusing on the forties fighters.

 

Big Boy Brown's inclusion was worth just for the picture that was posted. :good

What do you think of Joe Baksi? He doesn't have the best knockout record, but he scored some good stoppage wins, two particularly brutal ones against Woodcock & Mills, and he did knock down most of his opponents. He was like the Chuvalo of his time.

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Agreed. He scored mostly decisions in the first 30 fights of his career but in his last 30 he scored around 20 KO's. He was the first man to stop Gunnar Bärlund with punches (not on cuts), and he also knocked out Woodcock, Reynolds, Walker, Knox, Mills, and had Mauriello and Nova on the canvas. Maybe not deserving of being on the list for sheer raw power though.

 

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Buddy Baer is sort of the Shannon Briggs figure of his era.

His record for first round knockouts still stands among the best today, but owing partly to padding on his resume.

It is worth noting that he put away Abe Simon more quickly than the bomber himself.