Power - Has there ever been a HW...

Ok you dont like Lennox, just write it then instead of trying to put the spin out like this.....

Oooh by the way Lennox WAS among the biggest punchers ever!

 

Well, Botha and Ruddock both had decent chins and he knocked them both to another continent. Tyson's chin was really good and he was knocked out as well. Don't think too many fighters would want to get in the way of that right hand.

 

No, I dont think there's ever been a fighter who knocked down or knocked out everyone.

These days you get a lot of fighters with "KO" credited to them that didn't even knock down the opponent.

 

I think that Shavers could have potentialy droped or hurt prety much anybody you could put in front of him.

 

I think that Shavers could have potentialy droped or hurt prety much anybody you could put in front of him.

 

Boo for the double post

But HOORAY for a great point.

Shavers hit like a mack truck going into a brick wall at 65mph

 

Well, how many people have genuinely knocked out Tucker, Mercer, McCall, Mavrovic, Tua, V. Kiltschko or Holyfield?

Here's a clue. You'll prolly only need the fingers of one hand to count them.

 

I am pretty certain that Prime John L Sullivan fits this description, or at least went close right up until his last fight with Jim Corbett, there wouldnt have been too many that survived the knockdown. Definitely the most underated fighter on the internet and arguably the best pure puncher the division has ever seen.

Jack Dempsey is another who would probably come close to doing this.

 

James Jeffries scored a knock down or knock out in all his fights, except for his 5 year come back fight vs Jack Johnson.

 

I guess your bottom line is has there ever been a puncher who never ran into an opponent who could weather his best attack. I think the answer is no.

There never was a horse which couldn't be rode,
There never was a rider who couldn't be throwed,
There never was a gun who never met anyone as fast,
There never was a puncher who never met the man who could last.

 

No-one.

And what's this about Mavrovic being ill for the Lewis fight?
That didn't happen until about a year later.

Mavrovic already had the rep for having a rock-solid chin, even back to his amateur days.
Felix Savon of all people even gave him big kudos for that after he outpointed the guy.

Epps and Billups are about the only guys I would've expected Lewis to get out of there. Billups was an admittedly bad day at the office, and Epps only avoided that by getting himself DQd. Everyone else had a quality chin and/or survival instincts (such as Ocasio).

 

Hi Russell,

One fighter that stood up to Shaver's power was Ron Stander.

Shavers smashed Stander with some heavy punches, but Stander
survived and went on to KO Shavers in the 5th round.

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