Smallest fighter in the last 40 years who hit like a heavyweight *puncher*?

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  1. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Canelo has been knocking out top of the line competition for awhile now. Beterbiev has not. He may have more power but he needs to prove it
     
  2. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    I never thought he could, but for his weight division there's not many hit as hard.
     
  3. Furey

    Furey EST & REG 2009 Full Member

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    Another vote for Naz

    He'd spar with heavyweights as well
     
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  4. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    It's not saying they could knock heavyweight s out, mark. It's who punches like an heavyweight in the lower weight s.
     
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  5. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    First guy I thought of. Naseem used to spar with British heavyweights. They respected his power.
     
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  6. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Is there a source for this?
     
  7. Flo_Raiden

    Flo_Raiden Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  8. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Good call, I knew a fighter who was a cruiserweight who later fought at 220 who sparred with Mugabi who he said hit harder than many of the guys he'd fought. He said he could really crank it for a guy his size
     
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  9. Dubblechin

    Dubblechin Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    They used to post sparring stories in Boxing News quite a bit in the 90s. Here's a photo from one issue of Hamed sparring with Johnny Nelson.

    https://ibb.co/NjmscVP
     
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  10. cross_trainer

    cross_trainer Liston was good, but no "Tire Iron" Jones Full Member

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    Thanks! That's awesome.
     
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  11. louis54

    louis54 Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Actually this is very common in that lighter fighters often hit harder than the heavyweights. What they dont have is height, reach, and chin in most cases. But this is often par for the coarse in most boxing gym
     
  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Garbage, I don`t even think he hit harder than Azumah Nelson, Saddler had similar power too.
     
  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Jackson v Graham.
     
  14. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    I suspect that Golovkin hits harder than some heavyweights out there.
     
  15. Unforgiven

    Unforgiven VIP Member banned Full Member

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    Gervonta Davis hits harder than Deontay Wilder and Dominic Breazeale. :lol:

    That's an objective measurable scientific fact. Tested. Verified. :lol:
     
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