Ten favorite volume punchers alltime....

It was a good fight, but a long way from a great one. Clottey's performance was bizarre to say the least. He seemed concerned only with limiting Pac to a low clean connect percentage by Compubox numbers, as if beating Pac on percentages alone would be some sort of moral victory. That's the only way I can rationalize how unbelievably negative, defensive, over-cautious and inhibited he was. He basically hid behind his gloves for the entire fight, hardly throwing any punches, and effectively functioning as a human pinata for the most part. Pac, to his credit, did his best for the fans in attendance, and attacked relentlessly, landing some fantastic ripping bodyshots and spearing Clottey's guard with fast slashing flurries. I scored it 12-0 for the Pacman, and I'm sure I gave him a 10-8 round or two for the extreme dominance on show.

 

I don't generally like to watch volume punches because I don't find them all to pleasing aesthetically. I prefer the calculated approach of a Canizales or Penalosa, and although I think Myung Woo Yuh was much more than just a volume puncher, he would often throw well over 100 punches a round. It was as he felt his opposition weakening that he'd open up a lot more, but he was very smart in his approach more often than not.

Can't really think of a classic example of a volume puncher I like.

 

That's what I was trying to get at in my post. Pernell Whitaker often threw over 100 punches a round, but you couldn't call him a 'volume puncher'. A volume puncher is someone whose tactic is to win by overwhelming volume, which is different from someone who throws a lot of punches but does not necessarily rely on overwhelming their opponents with neverending waves of punches. Volume punchers are entertaining to an extent because they guarantee activity and competitiveness, but I agree they are not the most pleasing aesthetically. I prefer someone who sacrifices a little volume for more accuracy, commitment and potency. For instance, Manny Pacquiao throws millions of punches, but he is at his best when lasering shots in at precisely the right time and scoring KDs.

 

Manny is scary at the moment. You expect a reaction from his opponent every time he lands a punch, and to think this time last year I said Miguel Cotto would devastate the Filipino in double quick time.

 

I think Basilio and LaMotta are solid examples.

 

Pryor
Armstrong
Duran
Marciano
Graziano
LaMotta
Hamsho
Cuevas
Hagler
Ayala

 

Of modern day fighters have to go with Zack"attack"Padilla non stop exciting volume puncher had some good wins and was WBO champ for a while, for the longest time he held like 2or the top 3 punch stat records for punches thrown in a fight. Dont know if record fight with Ray Oliviera still stands.

Also I like in no particular order Pocket rocet Wayne Mccullough. Vinne Pazienza,Antonio Margaritoblood), Scotty Olson,Armando Muniz,Julio C Chavez,Victor Rabanales,Johnny TapiaTommy Cordova,Paul Banke many more those are just some modern day ones that came to mind.

 

Every one of those names brings buzzsaws to mind, a. Thanks for the reminder.