Ten favorite volume punchers alltime....

Name ten of the best VOLUME punchers of alltime...I'll start...
Harry Greb
Henry Armstrong
Joe Frazier
Beau Jack
Ken Overlin [called poor man's Harry Greb }
Gil Turner
Meldrick Taylor
Hurricane Jackson
Rocky Marciano
Stanley Ketchel
P.S. Not necessarily in order of ability...

 

Interesting thread. Glad to see Ketchel included.:good

 

Brings a smile, bb, to see names I saw train 'n fight live 'n never stopped BRINGIN' IT.

 

Hmmmm, In his prime Evander was very busy, not top ten though

 

no jack kid berg :shock:

 

Lenny and Ray Mancini come to mind, and I'm always inclined to place Pryor at the top of a list like this for Miami alone. (Has anybody else here seen footage of Lenny Mancini? Clips of the elder Boom Boom in action were frequently shown before Ray's earlier televised appearances.)

 

His first match with Qawi could put him in the running though. Mike Spinks outran and out boxed Dwight, while Evander gutted it out with sheer volume and hustle.

 

Mr Butt, overlooked Jack Kid Berg, who I never saw, but was a whilwind puncher in the 1930s, and so was his older counytryman, and better fighter Ted Kid Lewis who had 282 fights...Ted KId Lewis would have been a challenge for even Ray Robinson, as a welterweight..Methinks...

 

The extant footage of the Smashing, Bashing, Dashing, Crashing, Slashing one, makes it clear he's an excellent candidate for this selection. I'd have to check to make sure, but he might have the most stoppage wins beyond round 15 of anybody during the last century.

 

soon as i seen this thread i thought of this amazing piece of footage right away...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrMxhu3CYww[/ame]

 

Even though he wasn't a great fighter and the tactic failed him in his biggest fight, I'm inclined to throw Vassily Jirov's name in there, because for me that guy embodied volume punching. People can say guys like Armstrong and Frazier were volume punchers, and I suppose in essence they were, but really they were what I'd call variety punchers, in that their approach was a little more sophisticated and cultured than merely attempting to overwhelm with volume. Armstrong and Frazier mixed up their assaults with a purpose, and could throw accurate, perfect punches. In the fight with James Toney, Jirov's only tactic was to swamp him with volume, to keep throwing no matter what. When he is badly hurt near the end of the last round, it is quite breath-taking to see how he refuses to stop throwing, it's like a survival mechanism, he tries to hem Toney in and run the clock down while not allowing him room for his own shots simply by throwing throwing throwing. At various points in their careers, I think guys like Calzaghe, McCullough and Pryor did similarly. None of these guys had especially good technique or great precision, but they made up for it with intensity and volume.

 

just watched that last round against toney on youtube {god bless youtube}
fook me, it was amazing alright.

 

Probably my favourite round of all-time. :good

 

Manny Pacquiao really impressed me with his output in his last fight, against Clottey. I was really wondering if Pacquiao would run out of steam after 8 or so rounds, and get stopped while way ahead on points. Pacquiao was able to keep bringing it.

The reason I was so impressed is because of the power he committed to his shots, and didn't fade that much. I am really wondering how a fight between he and Pryor would go down at 140; or Armstrong at 135, 140, or 147.

 

i still havent seen that fight yet.....was it good ?
i was stuck in a plane in washington and they wouldnt let us off because of a storm {we were supposed to have landed in new york}...long story.....but i was fuming i was missing the fight....
nothing on youtube, right ?