Sweet Pea Whittaker stopped a fair few fighters
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Sweet Pea Whittaker stopped a fair few fighters
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He had 1 first round ko in a world title fight.Originally Posted by El Kabong
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Agreed but I would say in Lyle's defence, Whitaker did score some important and impressive stoppages. Lomeli looked a good win at the time; as you mentioned Nazario, who was coming off beating Rosario; and then you had the super fight saving (Vs De La Hoya) stoppage against Hurtado.He had 1 first round ko in a world title fight.
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Pernell is not known as a power puncher he's known as a very slick defensive fighter YET he could and DID have some very impressive KO's.Agreed but I would say in Lyle's defence, Whitaker did score some important and impressive stoppages. Lomeli looked a good win at the time; as you mentioned Nazario, who was coming off beating Rosario; and then you had the super fight saving (Vs De La Hoya) stoppage against Hurtado.He had 1 first round ko in a world title fight.
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Julio Ceasar Chavez Jr. started out as a skinny volume puncher that could barely crack an egg. Despite hitting the dank instead of training, he had lineal champ Martinez on the verge of being stopped after landing some good shots. He definitely has become a ko/tko threat after a less than stellar start. The juice/PEDs have helped!
Another guy, to a degree, was Arturo Gatti. I remember watching him as a featherweight, and he was a very slick boxer who could punch, but was more boxer than puncher (watch his fight vs Patterson). He fell in love with the crowds admiration/support as well as the thrill of the knockout and turned into a hell of a knockout threat.
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Sven Ottke v Mundine was a very pleasing KO.
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Jeff Mayweather. He had real bad hand problems- his right hand looked mangled- and he won a lot but always by decision. Then he got his hand fixed and won four out of five by KO.
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Bernard Hopkins over Oscar.
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