Greatest pressure fighters

[margaret thatcher]

This style often gets labelled as limited and perhaps not good for longevity

Instered ffrom the history bruhs who they think the greatest pressure fighters were, wanna get a better look at the dudes who did this approach the best

[DrDuke]

Joe Frazier is the first, who came to my mind. Just an unstoppable wrecking machine.

[AntonioMartin]

Julio Cesar Chavez Sr.

Macho Camacho Sr. said it...

[oogiebe]

Smokin' Joe. Ultimate pressure fighter.

[oogiebe]

Also Jake LaMotta; Rocky Marciano; Dwight Qawi; JCC; Henry Armstrong those are some of the guys that didn't let you breathe.

[slappy]

Hagler tended to just wear opponents down. He generally didnt have one punch, first round KO type power. But he just piled on, round after round.

To step out of ATGs for a bit, I think Shawn Porter may use pressure about as well as I've ever seen anyone.

It's really his top skill.

A guy of a similar nature I always admired was Juan Diaz. He wasn't the fastest, strongest or most skillful fighter but he tended to wear guys down with unrelenting activity.

[bwu]

Roberto Duran.

[Isaax]

If Duran wasn't the first that came to your mind, please Die

[chrisjs1985]

Jeff Fenech was a damn good one who's name I haven't seen mentioned yet.

[Woldemar]

Tszyu,Tua,Calzaghe,Frankie Warren,Pryor,Sung Kil Moon,Santos Laciar,Jung Koo Chang,Gatti,Ward,Provodnikov,Porter,Starling,Cotto,Trinidad,Glen Johnson,Marvin Johnson,Hatton,Tyson.

[Counter-puncher]

Jung Koo Chang deserves a mention

[AntonioMartin]

A guy of a similar nature I always admired was Juan Diaz. He wasn't the fastest, strongest or most skillful fighter but he tended to wear guys down with unrelenting activity.

Wasnt the hardest puncher either...

And BTW let me add Wilfredo Gomez..

[Ambling Alp II]

Dempsey, and Tyson. Holyfield could fight in different ways and at times was a great pressure fighter.
Not a particularly hard puncher but Gene Fullmer was a great pressure fighter.

[elmersalsa]

Vicente Saldivar
Roberto Duran
Aaron Pryor

Gene Fullmer could make it ugly in any fight.

[Alex]

Henry Armstrong was the first name to spring to mind when I read this thread’s heading.

[elmersalsa]

Azumah Nelson

[Bodyshot3]

Fenech is a great shout

Saw a fair few of his "prime" fights as a teenager and he never gave his opponents a moment's rest, even other decent pressure fighters seemed to find Jeff too hot to handle

Although he is half-forgotten and not nearly as revered as Jeff Fenech because he lacks the titles and huge wins, I always had a soft spot for the way the very decent Scouse WBC Featherweight champ Paul 'Hoko' Hodkinson was always trying to make things happen. Such a positive, busy fighter.

Paul was constantly right at his opponents - almost nullifying whatever they could bring by compelling them to defend - and he had two belting fights with the bullet-hard Marcos Villasana which are well worth looking up.

Paul was extremely prone to cuts and bad, fight shortening swellings anywhere around the eyes...which meant that his "come right at you style" and a slightly leaky defence ensured his title-level fights were often cliff-hangers.

A fighter I really enjoyed at the time and who was absolutely about bringing the pressure.

[scartissue]

Chillin' Charley Riley, Frankie Warren, Curtis Parker

[bobcatbox]

Early Tyson. The way he went to the body like no one else...

George Chuvalo. Used it to go the distance with Ali but met a similar fate as Joe Frazier using it against Foreman.

I think you could include Marcos Maidana in this one.

[banjo]

Henry Armstrong was the first name to spring to mind when I read this thread’s heading.

Same, was in his opponents face so much you could have held his fights in a phone booth.

[Weldon1234]

[Aaron Pryor, Dwight Quawi, Smoking Joe Never came off the accelerator.

[Counter-puncher]

Qawi great call amazed I didn’t mention him or nobody else did

[oogiebe]

Qawi great call amazed I didn’t mention him or nobody else did

Mentioned him up top. Qawi was like a mini smokin' joe.

[JC]

Fighting Harada

[Jeff_lacy_ko]

Ricky Hatton