Who were some fighters who hit like a fighter from a higher weight class? I've heard Hamed hit like a middleweight.
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Who were some fighters who hit like a fighter from a higher weight class? I've heard Hamed hit like a middleweight.
Julian Jackson must have hit like a HW.
How the hell can you define what a fighters true weight class is? Everyone dehydrates to qualify to make the weight class and the rules allow the fighter 24 hours to rehydrate. Some body types can do it more effectively than others. Some fight can cust as much as 20-30 lbs like Clottey for example walks around 170 but is fighting at 154.
For me Jimmy Wilde tops the list. A bone rack of a man that was barely 100 pounds fighting at 112. Pick a weight and he probably knocked it out. 98 straight wins which will remain unbreakable and 99 ko's in a 145 fight career that saw him only lose 3 times, two of which came when he had one foot in the rocker.
Langford. Another freak of nature that was not much more then a blown up middle but ko'd heavyweights and compiled more ko's then Tyson and Foreman combined.
Agree on the Jackson entry.
And Saddler
I was thinking of Jimmy today , for me not only a great fighter but heQuote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
had my favourite nickname ever - The Ghost With The Hammer In His Hand.
Tommy Hitman Hearns has knocked out Heavyweights in the gym.
Knocked out Cruiserweights in the ring.
Former 147 lb Champ.
He fought as a Cruiserweight later in his career, but he wasn't a big Cruiser.
He wasn't even a big Light-Heavyweight.
I think 154 was probably his best weight.
That was back in the same-day weigh-ins era, people didn't dehydrate 18 lbs then, by the $#!t !
Currently I'd say
-Scott Quigg
-Carl Frampton
-Rocky Fielding
Quigg and Frampton have been destroying people in a weight class not known for huge punchers.
Fielding also hits very, very hard.
Julian Jackson would have to be #1 on the any discussion of p4p power. At 154 and 160 he hit like a heavyweight with either hand.
Julian Jackson. Gerald McLellan. Tommy Hearns. PAC Man from 126 n down. Tito up until Bernard ruined him. Maybe GGG today.
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Originally Posted by Dark Lord AlI was thinking of Jimmy today , for me not only a great fighter but heQuote:
Originally Posted by IamInuit
had my favourite nickname ever - The Ghost With The Hammer In His Hand.
One thing that stands out with the rake in many pics are his pipes. A lot of people say well he fought with 4 oz gloves for some time but how do you overlook the fact that so did his much bigger opponents. I mean that's like wearing bag mitts w/o the wire. Like an extra layer of skin lol. I like the "Mighty Atom" also and "The Tylorstown Terror" Just like Armstrong one nickname was simply not enough.
Funny, I also said Frampton is one of the hardest punchers P4P in the sport right now. Great minds think alike, eh?Quote:
Originally Posted by Vendettos
I'd also like to add Roman Gonzalez. Even if he isn't a one punch knockout artist, having an 84% KO ratio is very high for a flyweight, especially a flyweight who used to be a strawweight.
Don't forget Kovalev. In his last fight, he knocked a guy out with a jab to the body.
David Lemieux is another bomber who deserves mention.
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Yeah that's because of all the glove shaving that goes on in Britain;D Just kidding I've never seen that in Britain ftr.
Bailey deserves a mention as does Roman Gonzalez and Johnny Gonzalez who presently still fight.
Roman gonzalez and Viloria..