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Who were THE BEST bodypunchers in this division of all time.
Joe Frazier - not so much the left hook to the body but the right cross
George Foreman - RIGHT HOOK.....God he threw it from 3 states away!!!
Mike Tyson - either hand could do HUGE damage to his opponent
I think you listed em all can't think man.
I wouldn't put foreman at the top
Frazier, Tyson for sure, and though I don't like Rocky Marciano he could go to the body effectively.
Well the reason I posted the topic is because it's so difficult for body punchers to work and not get tagged in return and of course with heavyweights they NEVER want to take punishment which makes these guys IMO the best body punchers....they have to punch and in return get heavyweight counter shots (sometimes).
Rocky could dig to the body....hell anywhere he threw a punch I am sure it hurt the guy.
Evander Holyfield would work the body, sometimes harder than others.
What got me thinking about this was the Cotto fight....I have never seen someone work the body like that in the heavier divisions...barring of course Mike McCallum
Bob Fitzsimmons
I'd vote Tyson.
Plus every body shot always came with a free uppercut.
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Originally Posted by BoxingGorilla
Yah he was very generous back in the day
Rocky's body punching was a key part of his game even his work up top. He scored many KO's with that "phantom" right of his which was essentially effective because of the respect his opponents had for his power to the body.
A terrific body puncher for a Heavy who gets overlooked was Patterson
Tommy Morrison-Was really effective to the body although i don't rate him as great in any way
Lennox- an underrated body puncher
Tefelio stevenson :)
Andrew Golota was a devestating body puncher. A low blow is considered a body shot, right?
Yeah him and Gerry Cooney ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by SweetPea
But yeah Patterson was pretty good to the body too
Good one, Sweet. ;DQuote:
Originally Posted by SweetPea
yes andrew golota brought a new meaning to hitting the middle wicket :)
Riddick Bowe worked the body well against Holyfield in their first meeting, Evander would try and take a rest by leaning on him, but Bowe could get enough room to punish him to the body. Haven't seen enough of his other fights to see if this was something he did a lot though.