Best finisher in boxing history?

[dajuggernaut]

Which boxer once he hurt his opponent and smelled blood finished them like no other?

[Adamj1987]

joe louis was amazing at it

[Collins2000]

If Hagler hurt a guy he was right onto him.

[hhaehre]

Although not the classic finisher like Louis, Marciano didn't let many guys off the hook

[Grimm]

Well two names come to mind and they were both from Detroit.

[Idisagree]

I would add Wilfredo Gomez to the list.

[Datsue]

Well two names come to mind and they were both from Detroit.

Sugar Ray & Tommy, right?

Sugar especially, the way he jumped all over Turpin in the last round of their second fight is just crazy.

[yancey]

Well two names come to mind and they were both from Detroit.

Sugar Ray & Tommy, right?

Sugar especially, the way he jumped all over Turpin in the last round of their second fight is just crazy.

Wasn't Sugar cut pretty badly in that second Turpin fight and had to get him out of there?

I go with the Brown Bomber. Prime Liston comes to mind as a possibility, though I haven't seen all of his fights pre-Floyd.

[Grimm]

Well two names come to mind and they were both from Detroit.

Sugar Ray & Tommy, right?

Sugar especially, the way he jumped all over Turpin in the last round of their second fight is just crazy.

I was thinking Robinson and Louis.

I forgot all about Hearns.

[elmersalsa]

I gotta say the greats Roberto Duran and Mike Tyson...Also Muhammad Ali was a great finisher.

[elmersalsa]

How about the great Aaron Pryor?

[Grimm]

How about the great Aaron Pryor?

Here comes boxbuzz.

[generic screen name]

I saw the Hagler/Hamani fight and once Hagler hurt Hamani, he didn't let him off the hook.

[alexpaterson]

Hagler was a beast when he got someone hurt he hardly ever got a fighter hurt without finishing them also Joe Louis could smell if he hurt you and would punish you 2 top class finishers

[raylawpc]

Joe Louis

[Ezzard]

I like Dempsey, Louis, Tyson...

Robinson and Hagler...

[bjermaine]

Joe Louis

if he hurt anyone, they were finished. god, what a fighter!

[giacomino]

Wilfredo Gomez would be my number 1 (dude was like a lion going after a lame zebra when he got somebody hurt). But Hagler, Tyson, Louis, Carlos Zarate, Arguello, Duran would be up there too

[Goodnight, Irene]

Arguello definitely deserves his shout, yes. Pin-point brutality.

[Ezzard]

Ray Leonard usually clsoed the show when an oppnent was hurt.

[alexpaterson]

Ray Leonard usually clsoed the show when an oppnent was hurt.

I dont think so against Hearns he had him hurt and let him off the hook in the 13th and when he got hurt in the 14th he took a while to finish it I also think it was a premature stoppage

[dempseyfire]

I second the picks of Louis and Robinson.

Other notables: prime Duran, Liston and yes I'll second Pryor.

[danieljenkins]

Pryor was a great finisher

[klompton]

Trinidad was pretty fantastic. If he had you hurt you might survive initially but he kept coming and coming and coming. Pretty relentless, thats why it sucked to see him fight on after his prime. Instead of coming and coming and coming and simply waited and waited and waited...

[bjermaine]

Trinidad was pretty fantastic. If he had you hurt you might survive initially but he kept coming and coming and coming. Pretty relentless, thats why it sucked to see him fight on after his prime. Instead of coming and coming and coming and simply waited and waited and waited...

i agree. i always thought of trinidad as a poor man's joe louis. he was a great finisher in his prime.