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Boxrec's Hardest punching fighter p4p
Posted: 09 Apr 2006, 16:48
by Grimm
I am trying to find out on different threads who people think the hardest puncher of all time p4p is.
I am asking for one fighter from each replier not a list.
I myself am going with Thomas Hearns.
Posted: 09 Apr 2006, 17:07
by lvlarc
Pacman
Edit : ahh right this is p4p of all time, then Jimmy Wilde.
Re: Boxrec's Hardest punching fighter p4p
Posted: 09 Apr 2006, 17:31
by surf-bat
Grimm wrote:I am trying to find out on different threads who people think the hardest puncher of all time p4p is.
I am asking for one fighter from each replier not a list.
I myself am going with Thomas Hearns.
Sam Langford easily IMO.
Posted: 09 Apr 2006, 18:53
by BrocktonBlockbuster49
- pre 1954 rocky marciano rates way up there at only 185lb
- jack dempsey
- bob satterfield
- tommy hearns
- bob foster
Posted: 09 Apr 2006, 19:02
by Expug
I was just about to post Foster also, Lew Jenkins could bang real good.
Posted: 09 Apr 2006, 19:38
by ebeneezer
Stanley Ketchel.
Posted: 09 Apr 2006, 20:19
by bollox
It' infinitely harder for the tiny guys to KO each other so considering his size, P4P it has to be someone like Jimmy Wilde. Most keep posting the bigger guys' names but I reckon you're barking up the wrong tree. Size doesn't count for this purpose
Posted: 09 Apr 2006, 20:35
by Expug
Lightweight Lew Jenkins was one of boxings all time big hitters . His right hand was dynamite. Hes also one of boxings all - time wildmen. Probably never in shape for fights , big drinker, baroom brawler, motorcycle crashing, yet he 'd start winging that right hand and took some real good fighters out. K.O.d Lou Ambers twice. Knocked out Tippy Larkin in 1. Became a War Hero after his Boxing career was over. Hes buried in Arlington.
Re: Boxrec's Hardest punching fighter p4p
Posted: 09 Apr 2006, 20:45
by Grimm
Grimm wrote:
I am asking for one fighter from each replier not a list.
Posted: 09 Apr 2006, 21:00
by BoxBuzz
Just to show I'm not an old fashioned "only the old days" kind of guy I'll go with this brand new still in diapers baby that has like 18 first round KO's followed by a 2nd round KO. Name sounds like a cross between Bolero and Velcro......Valero. He seems to have a thunderous whack for such a light weightclass. And I don't think he's all hype.
I know I know it's too soon to really tell about this kid, but if it pans out I'll be the new Edgar Cayce or Nostradamus or some such nonsense. And I can say I was ahead of the curve on this thing.
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 06:24
by Migz
wat about earnie shavers!! im sure he should have a mention in all this
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 06:53
by Ezzard
Wilde
Zarate
Gomez
Saddler
Williams
Hearns
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 06:58
by Migz
ooooo i forgot about carlos zarate he won 66 bouts and 63 were by KO quite impresive
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 07:13
by Ezzard
Anyone remember the finish Callejas put on Loris Stecca? I think it was a left hook that lifted him up in the air and dumped him on his back... That was some shot.
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 08:14
by The Great John L
Cuevas
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 08:30
by sockdolager
Thomas Hearns has to be included, might not be the top dog, but he deserves a mention.
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 08:54
by dalek
ketchel for me.
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 16:27
by bennie
I tell you a really hard single hitter. Edwin Rosario. If Cuevas is up there, so is Rosario.
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 16:38
by Borinken25
For upper weight classes Shavers
For middle weight classes Hearns
For lower weight classes Gomez or Rosario
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 16:41
by bennie
borinken25 wrote:For upper weight classes Shavers
For lower weight classes Gomez or Rosario
Pound for pound, I would have to go with "Bazooka". Has any other world champ (who made a large number of defences) stopped EVERY challenger like him!
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 16:55
by KO Artist
John Mugabi
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 17:19
by KO Artist
bennie wrote:I tell you a really hard single hitter. Edwin Rosario. If Cuevas is up there, so is Rosario.
El Chapo was a tremendous puncher, particularly with the overhand right.
Saw him late in his career at the Felt Forum, he won by KO with the dynamite right again.
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 17:21
by bennie
KO Artist wrote:bennie wrote:I tell you a really hard single hitter. Edwin Rosario. If Cuevas is up there, so is Rosario.
El Chapo was a tremendous puncher, particularly with the overhand right.
Saw him late in his career at the Felt Forum, he won by KO with the dynamite right again.
Off the top of my head, I believe Rosario is the only man to stop Edwin Viruet.
His two-round destruction of the phenomenally durable Bramble is an underrated triumph.
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 18:18
by KO Artist
bennie wrote:KO Artist wrote:bennie wrote:I tell you a really hard single hitter. Edwin Rosario. If Cuevas is up there, so is Rosario.
El Chapo was a tremendous puncher, particularly with the overhand right.
Saw him late in his career at the Felt Forum, he won by KO with the dynamite right again.
Off the top of my head, I believe Rosario is the only man to stop Edwin Viruet.
His two-round destruction of the phenomenally durable Bramble is an underrated triumph.
Didnt Sammy Serrano stop Viruet? I seem to recall them fighting.
Rosarios win over Bramble is a great win. Rosario 4 times champion, is a true great.
In the IBHOF for 2006 I hear.
I saw him fight a clubfighter Juan Minaya, just dug out the programme
Sorry, Bennie. I'm miles out with the Serrano thing.
Last time I saw him fight was against Roger Mayweather.
Posted: 10 Apr 2006, 18:32
by bennie
KO Artist wrote:bennie wrote:KO Artist wrote:
El Chapo was a tremendous puncher, particularly with the overhand right.
Saw him late in his career at the Felt Forum, he won by KO with the dynamite right again.
Off the top of my head, I believe Rosario is the only man to stop Edwin Viruet.
His two-round destruction of the phenomenally durable Bramble is an underrated triumph.
Didnt Sammy Serrano stop Viruet? I seem to recall them fighting.
Rosarios win over Bramble is a great win. Rosario 4 times champion, is a true great.
In the IBHOF for 2006 I hear.
I saw him fight a clubfighter Juan Minaya, just dug out the programme
Yeah, remember his Felt Forum wins well. He was deemed shot after the Chavez beating, and was brought back with a series of low-key wins there till he secured another world title crack. He faced Detroit's Anthony Jones for the WBA title made vacant by Chavez. I watched the fight on tape. Jones killed him in the early rounds, then ran into a big right hand and was flattened.
It summed up Rosario's entire career.
His premature death, possibly drug-related, was a great shock. He died in his sleep at least.