Top 20 greatest punchers in heavyweight history

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  1. SuzieQ49

    SuzieQ49 The Manager Full Member

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    Here is my criteria

    1. Hitting Ability(How hard do you hit)
    2. One Punch Knockout Power
    3. Finishing Ability
    4. All around punching skills(ability to hit with both hands)
    5. Resume(Quality of opposition knocked out)


    1. Joe Louis
    2. Mike Tyson
    3. George Foreman
    4. Lennox Lewis
    5. Wladimir Klitschko
    6. Sonny Liston
    6. Rocky Marciano
    7. Jack Dempsey
    8. Sam Langford
    9. Max Baer
    10. Earnie Shavers
    11. David Tua
    12. Riddick Bowe
    13. Joe Frazier
    14. Vitali Klitschko
    15. Tommy Morrison
    16. Gerry Cooney
    17. Bob Fitzsimmons
    18. Ingemar Johansson
    19. Ike Ibeubuchi
    20. Razor Ruddock
     
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  2. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    As long as you have Louis and Tyson as the top two you really can't go wrong. But man, this list looks damn near perfect. Maybe take out Ibeabuchi and replace him with Mike Weaver!?!?
     
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  3. SuzieQ49

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    Thanks Sangria. I thought about who to replace Ibeubuchi with. Weavers a good choice, Corrie Sanders popped in my head too
     
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  4. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Yeah Sanders is a good choice. Jeffries maybe. Might have to expand this to 25 or 30.
     
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  5. edward morbius

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    What about Ali?

    Not even top 20? Few heavyweights stopped as many good men.
     
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  6. Sangria

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    Bip bop bam, alakazam
     
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  7. grumpy old man

    grumpy old man Well-Known Member Full Member

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    It all depends on the criteria used to define "greatest" when applied to punchers. If we are grading in terms of one punch KO power Ali shouldn't feature too highly.

    But greatest is a rather loose description. Particularly when applied to something like punching.

    "Greatest" can, and is often used to mean: "Remarkable" or "Outstanding", and in either of those descriptions of punching Ali rates right near the very top.

    Boxing is entirely a punching and defending-against-punching sport and Ali excelled in both categories and was definitely in the elite class of boxers to ever pull a glove on.
     
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  8. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Charlie Saves, and none else. Not even Wlad Dickhead.
     
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  9. Sangria

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  10. Sangria

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    Remember de time on de loopety loop?
     
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  11. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    So what, what are you doing? Playing deh football, throwing eet around like deh boys?
     
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  12. Sangria

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  13. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    21 - Mike Weaver
    22 - James Jeffries
    23 - Corrie Sanders
    24 - Mac Foster
    25 - Tim Witherspoon???
     
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  14. Sangria

    Sangria You bleed like Mylee Full Member

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    Compliment people. Magnify their strengths. Not their weaknesses.
     
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  15. mcvey

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    Pretty fine list.
    Only small queries really, Frazier was one handed as it applies to ko power, [ I think he's a little too high here,]so were Cooney Tua and Morrison.
    Baer had decent power in his left but like Ruddock with his right it was used sparingly.

    Johannson never dropped anyone with his left either.Others will probably re-arrange the names but essentially a good list.

    Jeffries was a two handed puncher but a bit overated for power imo, he should probably be in a top 25/30 list imo.

    Williams,Foster,Lyle are not there because of lack of "names" I take it?
     
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