Which boxers were known for their high work rate?

Nah, that´s actually something he was. At times.

 

Zach Padilla and Phillip Holiday were no slouches in this regard.

 

henry armstrong
jack kid berg
beau jack

 

Most people have Marciano because of the 15th round of the Charles. I counted just over 100 punches that Rocky threw. Of all the bouts I saw him on film, that and a round against Moore were the only 2 rounds that I counted that he threw 100 or more punches.

I watched the 1st Marciano/Walcott 1 bout and I counted the punches that Rocky threw (not landed). This is what I came out with.

Round 1 - 28 punches
Round 2 – 34 punches
Round 3 - 35 punches
Round 4 - 40 punches
Round 5 was not filmed
Round 6 - 45 punches
Round 7 - 25 punches
Round 8 - 23 punches
Round 9 - 36 punches
Round 10 - 43 punches
Round 11 - 36 punches
Round 12 - 28 punches

Total – 11 Rounds – 373 Punches – Average 33.9 Punches Per Round.
Note: The average punches thrown by a heavyweight since "CompuBox" started counting, is 45.

I didn't include Round #13, BUT Rocky threw 6 punches in that round, including the last two, a Great Right Cross, and a Left Hook.

I could be off some, but I tried to count every punch he threw, even the real short ones when they were Clinching.

If you go by "CompuBox" the all time record is 237 punches, of which 222 were power punches, by Vince Phillips in the 12th round against Ray Oliverira on December 22, 2000. The boxer in 2nd place is Ray Oliverira in the same round, when he threw 226. In 3rd place in Zack Padilla when he threw 207 punches on December 15, 1993, against the same Ray Oliverira.

The record for 1 bout is held by Antonio Margarito, who threw 1675 punches against Joshua Clottey on December 2, 2006. He is followed by Zack Padilla, with 1596, which 1287 were power punches, against Oliveira, and Wayne McCullough with 1572 against Oscar Larios on February 10, 2005.

If your just looking at the heavyweights, Lance Whitaker threw 122 in the 6th round against Lou Savarese on March 6, 1999, which 112 were power punches.

He is followed by:

David Bostice 121, against Ed Mahone 10th round
Lou Savarese 120, against Buster Mathis 1st round
Joe Mesi 118, against John Rainwater 2nd round
Sergei Liakhovich 116, against Friday Ahunanya 10th round
Sedreck Fields 116, against Willie Palms 5th round
Owen Beck 114, against George Arias 12th round
Juan Carlos Gomez 113, against Sinan Samil Sam 4th round
Sedreck Fields (again) 113, against Willie Palms 6th round
Corey Sanders 112, against James Gaines 9th round

The record for a heavyweight bout is Owen Beck with 1102 against George Arias on September 20, 2003.

He is followed by:

David Bostice with 1044, against Ed Mahone on October 6, 2000
Vitali Klitschko with 1013, against Kevin Johnson on December 12, 2009

Most Power punches:
David Bostice with 739, against Ed Mahone on October 6, 2000
Muhammad Ali with 712, against Joe Frazier on October 1, 1975 (14 rounds) Frazier threw 627.

Note: Ali threw a total of 917 punches in that bout, which is an average of 65.5 punches a round.

 

Battling Nelson
Michael Katsidis
Beau Jack

Bob Montgomery ???

 

Awesome post. I was always a little underwhelmed with Marciano's work rate.

 

Zack Padilla is a great shout. He is also the cousin of Texas Rangers third baseman and perennial All-Star Michael Young.

 

Joe Frazier,Hank Armstrong and Rocky Marciano.

 

What about Marciano's fight with Moore? Do you have those punch counts?

 

ted kid berg ???????

jack kid berg
dave boy green
zack padilla

 

Tyson VS Douglas. :rofl:rofl:rofl:rofl

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could have been jack's cousin????

 

Ice Berg Lettuce is the one that really put the punch stats out of the park. Lettuce is pronounced Leh-tew-chay. He was Jewish/Italian, it was actually a hyphenated name. Ice Berg-Lettuce.

 

i remember him.he was a three armed midget wasn't he ??

 

Yeah, it made that windmill style nearly impossible to beat, if you were also another midget boxer. PeteThePrince has a good highlight video of Berg-Lettuce set to the tune of ABBA's Italian-themed hit "Pasta Power Prince of the Disco-tech".