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Who in your opinion is the best finisher in boxing history?

Going by eye I pick Joe Louis but Sam Langford and McGovern had some great killer instincts to go along with crushing power...

Any suggestions that rack up votes will replace dead options on the poll


Added Hearns and Olivares. Was difficult to omit SRR but I see nobodies mentioned him so far...

don't think you can go far wrong with Ray Leonard

I went for Joe Louis, don't remember him letting anyone off the hook.

Joe Louis for me but certainly with this on the list should mention Jack Dempsey, Rocky Graziano, Ruben Olivares.

Louis and Tyson were great finishers. Robinson too. I like the shout to Leonard. Underrated as a finisher.

Keko wrote:Joe Louis for me but certainly with this on the list should mention Jack Dempsey, Rocky Graziano, Ruben Olivares.

Dempsey is very overrated, he doesn't belong due to his comp level. Neither Graziano, but Rueben definitely belongs...it's just who does he replace?

littlepug wrote:don't think you can go far wrong with Ray Leonard

I thought about Ray but ran out of space...I've missed a good few but will ammend if votes come in

Tomasino wrote:

Keko wrote:Joe Louis for me but certainly with this on the list should mention Jack Dempsey, Rocky Graziano, Ruben Olivares.

Dempsey is very overrated, he doesn't belong due to his comp level. Neither Graziano, but Rueben definitely belongs...it's just who does he replace?

Jack Dempsey
with 44 KO 54 wins of which 19 in the first round, I see him and boxing historians recognize as one of the best finisher.


I repeat for me the best finisher Louis.

Keko wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

Keko wrote:Joe Louis for me but certainly with this on the list should mention Jack Dempsey, Rocky Graziano, Ruben Olivares.

Dempsey is very overrated, he doesn't belong due to his comp level. Neither Graziano, but Rueben definitely belongs...it's just who does he replace?

Jack Dempsey
with 44 KO 54 wins of which 19 in the first round, I see him and boxing historians recognize as one of the best finisher.


I repeat for me the best finisher Louis.

Who would you take from the list to add Ruben Olivares?

Tomasino wrote:

Keko wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

Dempsey is very overrated, he doesn't belong due to his comp level. Neither Graziano, but Rueben definitely belongs...it's just who does he replace?

Jack Dempsey
with 44 KO 54 wins of which 19 in the first round, I see him and boxing historians recognize as one of the best finisher.


I repeat for me the best finisher Louis.

Who would you take from the list to add Ruben Olivares?

The good is this list but I'm just saying that it is worth mentioning these three.
I personally would probably Ruben Olivares was in the top 5 finisher.

Keko wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

Keko wrote: Jack Dempsey
with 44 KO 54 wins of which 19 in the first round, I see him and boxing historians recognize as one of the best finisher.


I repeat for me the best finisher Louis.

Who would you take from the list to add Ruben Olivares?

The good is this list but I'm just saying that it is worth mentioning these three.
I personally would probably Ruben Olivares was in the top 5 finisher.

I agree he was a great finisher. I missed him completely. Would you have him over Arguello, manny?

Tomasino wrote:

Keko wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

Who would you take from the list to add Ruben Olivares?

The good is this list but I'm just saying that it is worth mentioning these three.
I personally would probably Ruben Olivares was in the top 5 finisher.

I agree he was a great finisher. I missed him completely. Would you have him over Arguello, manny?

Hard question. Both were brilliant finisher and I really do not know.

I only know that Louis No1 then probably Marciano and Moore for me.
This list you wrote was very good and all 10 deserve to be mentioned.

ginty wrote:Tommy hearns

Don't know why Pac is on the list to be honest. I wouldn't think the best finisher of all time or even somebody that's in the conversation for that would have gone 7 consecutive years without a KO victory.

Honourable mention to terry Norris, you wouldn't want that guy on you if he thought you were hurt

Archie Moore
Joe Louis
Ray Leonard
Jack Dempsey
Roberto Duran

gilgamesh wrote:Don't know why Pac is on the list to be honest. I wouldn't think the best finisher of all time or even somebody that's in the conversation for that would have gone 7 consecutive years without a KO victory.

he was a good finisher at the lighter weights. I'd have him last out the ten...maybe I will replace him with Hearns or Olivares.

Who do you pick?

I think I'd have to go with Joe Louis, if he ever got you hurt he was a vicious finisher.

People have commented on fighters and not voted on them

davie wrote:People have commented on fighters and not voted on them

I know...it's not a very active poll

Julian Jackson was a good finisher... So was Aaron Pryor.. Gennady Golovkin knocked out more title challengers in a row than anyone else... Marciano knocked old Light Heavyweight Archie more down numerous times before stopping him - so he wasn't that fabulous a finisher... Beterbiev is a bigger Light Heavyweight than Rocky was -- and he crushes you with a shot.. If David Haye gets you going he finishes you ruthlessly -- one of the most savage finishers ever.

Archie Moore didn't look like a good finisher in his 3 Ezzard Charles fights. He got stopped and Ezzard didn't... Hearns tried to stop massive underdog Iran Barkley -- and he got stopped... Mike Tyson was knocked out 5 times - often by underdogs... Ruben Olivares is the best finisher on the list, but was stopped by Arguello... However Arguello was overpowered and canned twice by Aaron Pryor.. Anthony Joshua is a great finisher.. Chris Eubank is developing into a brutal and heartless finisher.. Louis's best fight was versus Max Baer. He had pinpoint power for that one.

The list needs rethinking though.

Mike Tyson - if he had you going, you were gone.

I can only think of Douglas who survived & that was in the 8th when Tyson was tired.

Haye with Thompson was not exactly the same. So everyone can watch and is only just some.

Kalan wrote:Julian Jackson was a good finisher... So was Aaron Pryor.. Gennady Golovkin knocked out more title challengers in a row than anyone else... Marciano knocked old Light Heavyweight Archie more down numerous times before stopping him - so he wasn't that fabulous a finisher... Beterbiev is a bigger Light Heavyweight than Rocky was -- and he crushes you with a shot.. If David Haye gets you going he finishes you ruthlessly -- one of the most savage finishers ever.

Archie Moore didn't look like a good finisher in his 3 Ezzard Charles fights. He got stopped and Ezzard didn't... Hearns tried to stop massive underdog Iran Barkley -- and he got stopped... Mike Tyson was knocked out 5 times - often by underdogs... Ruben Olivares is the best finisher on the list, but was stopped by Arguello... However Arguello was overpowered and canned twice by Aaron Pryor.. Anthony Joshua is a great finisher.. Chris Eubank is developing into a brutal and heartless finisher.. Louis's best fight was versus Max Baer. He had pinpoint power for that one.

The list needs rethinking though.

jackson didnt need to finish anyone it was uaually over with one punch, dont know what hearns and tyson getting beat has to do with their finishing and as for joshua Please lets wait till he has fought someone who can fight back before we start judging his (limited at the minute) skills

Kalan wrote:

Archie Moore didn't look like a good finisher in his 3 Ezzard Charles fights.

You see all 3, ya lucky dog

Kalan wrote: Chris Eubank is developing into a brutal and heartless finisher.

Really?