"Speed & Power" Combo: Top 10

Yes, your description of "decent" is absolutely spot on.

 

Aaron Pryor is worth considering

 

Wilfredo Gomez

Floyd Patterson

 

:yep

 

Jack Dempsey deserves a shout.

Bob Foster too. How about Don Curry at 147.

 

Charley Burley
Kid Akeem Anifowoshe
Muhammad Ali (hardly featherfisted, and that power was borne of speed)

 

I was going to say Curry could easily figure prominently in the second tier at worst, his speed and power around the McCrory fight was brilliant.

 

De La Hoya would top my list easily, but doesn't have enough power to be considered IMO. Best of the last 30 years when it comes to combos, and nobody can hold a candle to him when it comes to variety.

 

Well power is a full 50% of the equation lol

 

What's you "equation" regarding punching power? Just curious.

 

Yep. If it was just combos alone he'd be up there.

 

1. Sugar Ray Robinson
2. Sugar Ray Leonard
3. Roberto Duran
4. Roy Jones
5. Meldrick Taylor
6. Terry Norris
7. Mike Tyson
8. Oscar de la Hoya
9. Floyd Mayweather, Jr
10. Ray Mancini

A quick List With a couple diff names than Other's list's..
Tho I Can't say who's right or wrong, All Lists are Great .

 

Well when somebody asks for the best combo of speed and power they mean combination of the two, so i thought a fair assumption might be 50 - 50 no?

Robbi, i think you might be misinterpreting the thread, combo = combination (mix of speed and power) and combo's as you are thinking (a group of punches) isn't the meaning. Actual combination punching is not the meaning.

 

I suppose they may be considered equal - as you posted, and as the question could be interpreted.

There is a weird mathematical enigma I'm currently curious about regarding punching power. While I don't really expect to find an answer here, I've never cared for enigmas

 

I think you need to read my initial post again. I explained I would have included De La Hoya but he doesn't have enough power to be considered IMO. I did go slightly off the rails and never gave a list or an opinon strictly on criteria asked, but from reading my post thats fairly obvious.