Who were the top 10 finishers P4P in history?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Can you list your top 10 finishers of all time and state if you agree with the list on this vid? I don`t feel Duran`s KO`s on this vid were devastating enough for him to be on this vid.
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  2. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  3. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    New name for the thread? Interesting?

    Joe Louis for my money
     
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  4. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I re-named it for you and I had Louis in mind when I said on another thread that Shavers was a hard puncher but not a great finisher, I feel Louis would have finished Holmes if he could have hurt Holmes the way Shavers did, that was sloppy finishing, Earnie`s hand speed was pretty bad.
     
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  5. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    SRL .Ruthless finisher
     
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  6. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    In no order:

    Leonard
    Tyson
    Louis
    Arguello
    Ali
    Hagler
    Gomez
    Marciano
    Foreman
    Pryor
    Olivares
    Cuevas
    Foster
    Zarate

    When those guys got you in trouble, you were proper ****ed.
     
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    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    A few others who were great finishers:

    Mosley
    Corrales
    Saad Muhammad
    Trinidad
    Tszyu
    Junior lightweight Camacho
     
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  8. red cobra

    red cobra Loyal Member Full Member

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    SRR
    Tyson
    Louis
    early Camacho
    Napoles
     
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  9. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    No, being a KO artist and a finisher are not one in the same. You're obviously not understanding.
     
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  10. VVMM

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    Vitali Klitschko???? Because he destroyed a fat 38 years old glass-chinned Corrie Sanders ?
    Don't do this my friend ! Otherwise this list is nothing to do with the "finisher" definition.
     
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  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Tyson held the world record for most 1 Rd KO`s in history by 1992 and after that he had a few more 1 rounders, nothing Vitali ever did could match the violent science Tyson showed when blowing out Spinks, I don`t think Vitali could have finished Spinks that quick at all.
     
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  12. VVMM

    VVMM Well-Known Member Full Member

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    The Knockout rate doesn't matter. Best example Frank Bruno ! His ratio smokes Tyson's but Tyson destroyed him
    two times (Tko5 and Tko3). Considering this i doubt Bruno was better knockout artist than Tyson.

    I think only the koed opponents' quality (skill,chin etc.) is important.
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Tyson had far more 1st round KO`s than Bruno, but he fought better opposition, that were also just trying to survive.
     
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    OTE="mark ant, post: 19549912, member: 116746"]Tyson had far more 1st round KO`s than Bruno, but he fought better opposition, that were also just trying to survive.[/QUOTE]
    ou

    Why ? The original question didn't include the first round ko ratio.
     
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  15. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    This might need some further drafts, but off the top of my head:

    1.) Joe Louis
    2.) Sugar Ray Robinson
    3.) Archie Moore
    4.) Sugar Ray Leonard
    5.) Carlos Zarate
    6.) Felix Trinidad
    7.) Mike Tyson
    8.) Ruben Olivares
    9.) Terry McGovern
    10.) Roberto Duran

    I think, reviewing some other submissions we need some clarification on what is meant by best finisher. I typically think of a finisher as a guy who is an expert and closing the show right away when he gets his opponent hurt and my list is based on that understanding.

    Fun idea though.
     
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