Your Favorite Slugger of All time

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  1. Vic-JofreBRASIL

    Vic-JofreBRASIL Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    any division, any era... anyone you like that is a so called "slugger".
     
  2. Fogger

    Fogger Father, grandfather and big sports fan. Full Member

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    Bantamweight and featherweight Rockabye Ruben Olivares is my favorite slugger. The man could put people to sleep.
     
  3. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Just loved the slugging from Cotto. A rare blend of boxing and brawling. His jab was a hard brick that landed far left, not a lazer beam piston like jab up the middle, but hard in its own right. His slugging against Floyd was phenomenal. Same thing earlier in in his career from the pinto fight.

    It was either his jab or left hook that left Paulie Malignaggi s face look like that of a chipmunk. He wounded pacnans ear in a grotesque way almost as though a cauliflower ear, and he sure bloodied up the nose of pretty boy Floyd junior.

    Such an elegant style, and brutal, the quintessential boxer puncher
     
  4. AwardedSteak863

    AwardedSteak863 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The lines are often blurred when talking about the main styles, Slugger, Swarmer, Out boxer ,infighter, Counterpuncher and voxer puncher but when it comes to pure Sluggers, two 70's heavyweights come to mind as being my favorites to watch. Foreman and Ron Lyle. Saad Muhammad comes to mind as well but then again, some would argue he was a boxer puncher which at times he was.
     
  5. DJN16

    DJN16 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Flash24 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Two from the early-mid 80's J.Jackson and J.Mugabi .
    Both had highlight reel ko's over good compitition.
    Mugabi's run through the limited but tough as nails
    Jersey/Philly middleweights was especially
    impressive.
     
  7. kingfisher3

    kingfisher3 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    My dinner with Conteh Tending Bepi Ros' grave again Full Member

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  9. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Our pope is the Holy Spirit Full Member

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    The one and only George Foreman. The most famous slugger of all time.
     
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  10. RockyJim

    RockyJim Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Rocky Marciano...'nuff said...
     
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  11. Shay Sonya

    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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    Both versions of George Foreman.
     
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  12. Bigcheese

    Bigcheese Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Smoking Bert Cooper. I was a fan of Lamon Brewster as well, some great fights in an otherwise boring heavyweight era.
     
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    Decy Barely Coherent Full Member

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  14. BCS8

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    If we're talking about a boxer-puncher, then it's Mr Sanders.

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  15. Fireman Fred

    Fireman Fred Active Member Full Member

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