Even so, how "great" a fighter was at punching is not something we can accurately measure or compare. Therefore it's only a matter of opinion and they are entitled to theirs.
That wasnt the title of the thread. Was Naz a top 5 puncher should have been the title.....to which there wouldnt be this many pages dedicated to it
manny steward is prone to hyping boxers up like a lot of other trainers. he said a few things that were a load of bollocks. like lennox lewis was greater than ali and so on i do agree with drexl, that you cannot measure mens punch power. ALL I SAID WAS THAT I DON'T THINK NAZ WAS AN ATG PUNCHER.
The guys he ko'd where ready to be taken or china chinned. We will never know if he was a great puncher because his carerr was pretty short. We would of found out if he had a few more fight against elite and solid, tough opposition The likes of Ruben Olivares and other great punchers gained ATG Punching status by scoring 50 or more KO's Earnie shaver never ko'd a great fighter I know but he scored nearly 70 ko's. Naz scored only 30 KO's. If he had of got to the 50 mark, I would have to consider him a great puncher
Surely KO ratio is important here? 50 kos means nothing if you've had 200 fights. Naz on the other hand stopped 31 of his 37 opponents. I'm surprised you dragged this up again seen as everybody disagreed and gave evidence proving Naz's power. I know you rate power based upon the number of atg's that a fighter stopped but still, Naz's record of stopping good fighters who hadn't previously been stopped while being a small man in a division where KO's are rarer than the higher weights is a feat in itself. Your criteria only allows for the very elite fighters to be known as great punchers. David Tua hasn't KO'd any atgs, yet I don't think you could really argue that he can't punch. I rewatched the Bungu fight the other day and that stoppage only confirmed what I already knew; Naz was a brutal puncher. He did nothing for the entire 4th round before firing a single straight left without any significant wind up that put the never stopped and 6 year IBF champ down and out for the count. That, for me, is the very definition of a great puncher.