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Grant wrote:BW...Olivares?

jezzamundo wrote:Julian Jackson wasn't a super middleweight, he campaigned at 154lb and 160lb. He was, however, a fearsome puncher and one of the biggest p4p hitters ever.

jezzamundo wrote:Julian Jackson wasn't a super middleweight, he campaigned at 154lb and 160lb. He was, however, a fearsome puncher and one of the biggest p4p hitters ever.

jezzamundo wrote:He was prior to the edit.

crusader wrote:Admittedly my knowledge of past generations isn't estimable, but there's no one I can name off the top of my head who strikes me as P4P a harder puncher than Jackson.

fergusg wrote:

Syntax Error wrote:Cruiserweight ~ Herbie Hide (fearsome puncher).

Herbie Hide was never a truly world-rated cruiserweight, but I suspect he could have been if he hadn't chosen to compete as a heavyweight instead. That being said, the calibre of opposition that he KO'd below 200lbs was fairly poor.

Surely Evander Holyfield was the biggest puncher in cruiserweight history, because his KO’s over James Tillis (technically a heavyweight), Carlos De Leon, Dwight Muhammad Qawi Ossie Ocasio, Ricky Parkey & Henry Tillman were really quite impressive (as they were the very best the division had to offer)

bigjack wrote:

crusader wrote:Admittedly my knowledge of past generations isn't estimable, but there's no one I can name off the top of my head who strikes me as P4P a harder puncher than Jackson.

x2 never seen anyone put so many people to sleep with 1 punch

fanman wrote:Hw - foreman
Cr - haye
Lhw - foster
Smw - jones
Mw - jackson
Lmw - hearns
Ww - trinidad
Lww - packo
Lw - duran
Sfw - freitas
Fw - saddler

Bobbyptsd wrote:This probably won't be a popular view, but I believe Lennox Lewis hits harder shot for shot than anybody, if we're just talking about one punch.

fergusg wrote:It’s really tough to identify the biggest puncher in super-middleweight history!

There were quite a few so-called big punchers that briefly "passed through" the division, but none that I can think of that actually competed there in the long-term.

The vast majority of Nigel Benn's world title fights were fought in that division, but apart from Gerald McClellan, I struggle to pick any hugely impressive KO's over any big names (as he was a bigger puncher at 160lbs).

Whilst Carl Froch truly does carry the proverbial equaliser in his right hand (as we saw against Groves & Taylor), his KO ratio is moderate at best (even though he's faced opponents of the highest calibre).

Joe Calzaghe used to be extremely heavy-handed for a brief spell during his career, but his hands became brittle, which led to a slight change in style, as he started “slapping” his punches for most of his title reign.

Mikkel Kessler, Sven Ottke, Markus Beyer & Richie Woodhall weren't big punchers either (as in one-punch KO artists).

Lucian Bute was “technically” a big puncher, but I felt that he was carefully-matched and utterly out-bombed by Carl Froch. This also applies to Jeff Lacy, as he was dominated in embarrassing fashion by Joe Calzaghe.

Roy Jones Jr scored a handful of KO’s at 168lbs, but the calibre of opponents that he stopped at that weight can only be described as moderate at best.

I’m going to have to pick Carl Froch, because he has consistently faced the very best in his division, rather than whooping second-tier opposition (like Bute did), yet still managed to score a few devastating KO’s.

bigjack wrote:

fanman wrote:Hw - foreman
Cr - haye
Lhw - foster
Smw - jones
Mw - jackson
Lmw - hearns
Ww - trinidad
Lww - packo
Lw - duran
Sfw - freitas
Fw - saddler

Some seriously big punchers there pal but how many scored regular 1 punch ko's where they are down for the full ten,Jackson did,often

Syntax Error wrote:A few gap fillers:-

Heavyweight ~ Earnie Shavers (no brainer).

Cruiserweight ~ Herbie Hide (fearsome puncher).

Light middleweight ~ John Mugabi (destructive is putting it mildly).

Chepppaaa wrote:...even prime samuel peter.... i mean...

The Great John L wrote:

Chepppaaa wrote:...even prime samuel peter.... i mean...

Sam Peter?? Please complete your sentence because I have no idea exactly what you mean. Specifically, what world class HWs did Peter ever knockout? Everybody remembers the highlight reel KO of the somewhat chin challenged Jeremy WIlliams, but there really isn't much else in his resume to support him as a huge puncher. Once he started fighting better fighters he started going lots of rounds and his vaunted punches started looking more like the slow, looping mostly arm punches that they actually were.

Peter is probably one of the most over-rated punchers in the history of the HW division.