glass cannons

[margaret thatcher]

the combo of great power and vulnerability is one of the most exciting in boxing

who are some of the glass canons (big power, little durability) you remember? who are the ones around now?

inspired by looking over the record of former heavyweight sammy scarf, nearly all wins and losses by ko

[margaret thatcher]

anyone played the ippo hajime no ippo game or watched the show? ryo mashiba the glass canon blaster from that game, could be hell to fight with his power and length but keep going for the body and you could break him

[Boxerbeetle]

David Price probably the epitome of this

[margaret thatcher]

David Price probably the epitome of this

great shout, and one reason i always liked him. he also just seemed a nice guy, plus had great taste in suits

[MightyWarrior]

Jaime Garza the S Bantam champ from mid 80’s
Andy Ganigan the Hawaiian punch
Roger Mayweather the black mamba

[margaret thatcher]

Jaime Garza the S Bantam champ from mid 80’s
Andy Ganigan the Hawaiian punch
Roger Mayweather the black mamba

as exemplified by this 1 round banger

[mickey1975]

Enzo

[keithmoonhangover]

80's and early 90's heavyweight journeyman David Jaco could really crack, but his chin let him down.

[Fray Bentos]

Winston Allen

Scrap Iron Ryan

Richie Evatt

Bobby McDermott

[MightyWarrior]

Jeff Candy Slim Merritt

I think Larry Holmes who sparred him said he’d never been hit harder.

https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/21544

[keithmoonhangover]

Bobby Crabtree is a very good candidate.

56 wins, 51 stoppages.

35 losses, 30 stoppages.

[Fray Bentos]

Pipino Cuevas.

[JamesPhilips]

80's and early 90's heavyweight journeyman David Jaco could really crack, but his chin let him down.

He was a small heavy really shouldn’t have been fighting at heavy probably

[Fray Bentos]

Slick Miller - chinned a bunch of amateur stars within a year.

[MightyWarrior]

Pipino Cuevas.

Cuevas had a great chin, until it got cracked by Tommy Hearns

[sibbo]

Herbie Hide is probably a good example

[sibbo]

Ezra Sellers

[sibbo]

Carl Thompson

[JC]

Going back to the olden days:

Bombardier Billy Wells's record was: W50 (40 KOs) L11 (11 KOs)

Peter Mahr's was W130 (104 KOs) L21 (19 KOs)

[JC]

Pele Reid

[Jimmy2025]

Wlad until he learned how to not get hit.

[sibbo]

James Oyebola

[MightyWarrior]

Charlie Magri
Errol Christie

[sibbo]

American heavyweight Steve Pannell

[Fray Bentos]

Here you go... who remembers Branko Pavlovic? A super middle/light heavy and all his fights were inside the distance if I remember rightly. When he stepped through the ropes, someone was getting knocked out.

Who remembers John Moody vs Tom Collins.