the top ten hardest punchers in middle weight history

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  1. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    next to the heavyweight divison, the middlewight divison may have had the hardest pure punchers in recent history

    recent punchers (last 25years)

    1. gerald mccellan
    2. julian jackson (#1 p4p imo)
    3. iran barkley
    4. thomas heans
    5. nigel benn
    6. john mugabi
    7. james toney
    8. jorge castro
    9. bennie briscoe
    10. felix trinidad


    past great punchers that i dont know to much of that would be in the list

    rocky graziano
    al hostack
    sam langford
    bob fitzimmons
    bob murphy
    joe "the barbados demon" walcott
    wilfredo scypion?
     
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  2. heerko koois

    heerko koois Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Don,t you think that Hagler should be listed ?
     
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  3. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    thats so hard to say,

    i wasent sure because although he had a large amount of stoppages, i never really thought of him as a one punch artist.
     
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  4. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    You could throw in Mickey Walker for good measure.
     
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  5. Senya13

    Senya13 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Roy Jones Jr
    Stanley Ketchel
     
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  6. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    No Eugene Hart?
     
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  7. JohnThomas1

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    Hart and Valdez would be in before Hagler. Toney should not be there IMO, a juvenile RJJ would be in before him i reckon let alone others. SRR might even press the bottom of the 10.
     
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  8. Napuis

    Napuis Straight talkin' mo'fuhha Full Member

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    RJJ are you avin a laugh
     
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  9. MAD - MIKE -

    MAD - MIKE - New Member Full Member

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    The G-Man.. Julian Jackson holds the crown at 154 for power and easily in the top 5 at 160. Tommy hearns no 1 at 147 for power top 3 at 154 top 10 at 160. Tito top 3 at 147 top 3 at 154 top 15 at 160. Roy jones top 5 at 160 with super human speed to go with it. Artie levine who KO'd robinson for 21 seconds but lost??? "Kidfire" from 1980s had very heavy hands. Kelly Pavlik can really bang. Others on board chose great ones. Mikey!
     
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  10. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Valdez...briscoe...Hart come to mind
    maybe mugabi
     
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  11. JohnThomas1

    JohnThomas1 VIP Member

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    You don't rate him a powerful puncher?
     
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  12. Russell

    Russell Loyal Member Full Member

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    Hagler being there is garbage. The man was never a monster puncher.
     
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  13. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Slamming Sammy Nesmith ( if we are looking at power alone ) might need to be considered somewhere down the list.

    (If we are just looking at power alone. many Middles who never broke threw because of lack or other skills, dedication, good management might deserve consideration !?

    Florentino Fernandez should get a mention

    Also how about William Caveman Lee and Dangerous Don Lee as other outsiders ?
     
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  14. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Eduardo Lausse and Valdez deserve a mention.
     
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  15. Bokaj

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    Thomas Hearn's right hand would put him there for me. That was a monster of a punch. It completely destroyed Duran. Hearns had a really stiff jab as well. I know he wasn't always a middle-weight, but he was often enough if I'm not mistaken.
     
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