Who were the top 10 hardest punching welters of all-time?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I feel Hearns hit a hard as any welter in history, but who are the other 9 that should be added to this list?
     
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  2. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Hearns, Robinson, Cuevas, and Trinidad are the top 4 IMO.

    Not sure who I'd place at 5.
     
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  3. mcvey

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    Cuevas
    Robinson
    Trinidad
    Matthysse
    Walcott
    Garcia C
    Fernandez
     
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  4. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    A couple of additions
    Cuevas
    Robinson
    Trinidad
    Matthysse
    Walcott
    Garcia C
    Fernandez
    Burley
    Pedroza E


    HM Colin Jones, Jimmy McLarnin
     
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  5. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Forgot about Colin Jones. He deserves mention.

    JL Lopez is somewhere in the top 10.
     
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  6. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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  7. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good list. Napoles or maybe Simon Brown at the 5 spot.
     
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  8. Xplosive

    Xplosive Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Napoles was more of a sharp shooter than a devastating KO artist. He had power, but he scored stoppages off of being so deadly accurate and so offensively brilliant.

    Brown maybe. Simon had a truly lethal left hook.
     
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  9. Mike Cannon

    Mike Cannon Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Fringe contenders: Walker, De Marco.
     
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  10. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Tommy Hearns
    Bummy Davis
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Pipino Cuevas
    Tito Trinidad
    Barbados Joe
    Ceferino Garcia
    Jose Luis Lopez

    Donald Curry?
     
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  11. Flash24

    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    #1 Cuevas maybe a little controversial, but Cuevas left hook broke ribs,Jaws, eye sockets, etc . I wouldn't have a problem with anyone saying Hearns but Cuevas was slightly better punch for punch in my opinion.
    #2Hearns of course.
    #3 R Robinson, if he was capable of laying out flat some good fighters at Middleweight. Scary at welterweight.
    #4 Trinidad Power in every shot
    #5 R. Leonard, as usual didn't get the respect he deserved for his power, but he could bang.
    #6 D.Curry
    #7 J.Napoles
    #8 Deloyhoya
    #9 S.Brown
    #10 Mayorga believe it or not.
     
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  12. clum

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    No one's mentioned Lloyd Honeyghan yet. For a couple of years he was just destroying people. The one-punch knockout of Gianfranco Rosi (who was a natural 154-pounder) was particularly brutal.
     
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  13. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Spence doesn`t have one punch KO power at all.
     
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  14. he grant

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    Here's a trip .. Sam Langford fought at welter .. Cerden was really a blown up welter .. Walker could really crack at 147 too .. Yuri Boy Campas was a monster as well .. so was Vernon Forrest.
     
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  15. Cecil

    Cecil Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Milton McCrory?!?
     
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