Soft punchers that were successful

[KKisser]

Chris Byrd , he couldnt hit like a HW , but was successful.

Earnie Shavers got by on skill even though he lacked power

i didn't get the joke with shavers.

[Violent Demise]

Ivan Calderon, the guy basically is already in a win/win situation for the rest of his career, he's 35, undefeated and a two division lineal champ, and the guy only has 6 ko's out of 33 wins, yet he's pretty much a shoe in for the HOF

Ivan Calderon, the guy basically is already in a win/win situation for the rest of his career, he's 35, undefeated and a two division lineal champ, and the guy only has 6 ko's out of 33 wins, yet he's pretty much a shoe in for the HOF

Again though he's a light Flyweight, and IMO if you took his fighting style and put it into a 147 body, he would have a way better KO percentage.

Also a bit pissed off I forgot about him in my list lol. Good one El Terrible!

You guys ever see Calderon pro debut? He was consider a puncher when he turned pro. Shit was hilarious hearing the announcers talk up his power. He was actually stalking his opponent looking for the KO. He got it in the 2nd round I believe. That shit made me wonder what caused the transformation. Still trying to find out.

Pro debut link
Ivan Calderon

[Violent Demise]

Chris Byrd , he couldnt hit like a HW , but was successful.

Earnie Shavers got by on skill even though he lacked power

i didn't get the joke with shavers.

[armyash]

After watching Paulie get beat up last weekend I was wondering how challenging it would be for a boxer to not have a spark in his punches. Sure, its not all about brute force but you do need to have a pop in your punches, it helps wonders.

What soft punchers out there are Hall of Famers or had success (from past and present)?

The first ones that come to mind is Pernell Whitaker and Macho Camacho.

Not on the world stage but Ian 'dappa' Napa comes to mind

[KKisser]

Chris Byrd , he couldnt hit like a HW , but was successful.

Earnie Shavers got by on skill even though he lacked power

i didn't get the joke with shavers.

yeah, like everybody knows.

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Yuri Foreman

[Spicoli]

What about Manuel Medina. Hard pressed to name a ko over top 10 fighter for him in 75 + fights and wining a belt 4,5 times....the man was a hyper active windmill. Death by a thousand bee stings and was ROBBED after turning Johnny Tapias face into raw hamburger.

[CutMeMick]

Depending on how far "El Distinto" Cuenca goes I think no one will top him...
Thus far he's 39-0 with 1 KO to his name.

From what little I know of Whitaker he was a soft puncher by choice. When he wanted to hit hard, he did.

I think people would have said Mayweather but in his more recent fights we've seen this clearly isn't the case.

This can be seen in the Hurtado fight...

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Floyd Mayweather Jr.

[Jody Lane]

chris byrd , he couldnt hit like a hw , but was successful.

earnie shavers got by on skill even though he lacked power

al please quit drinking the bong water--that stuff will really get you high and scramble your brain cells!!!!!

[ryanman]

Calzaghe in the later stages of his career.

I disagree with this....I think Joe hit harder than most people think.

He had roy jones face a mess, Hopkins turned to acting and running like a girl, and Joe hurt Mikkel with a body shot. Joe would brawl and come right at you, he was no defensive master like most light punchers, and if he couldnt punch people would have walked through and KO'd his ass.

Agree with both of you to some extent. For sure Calzaghe hit WAY harder earlier in his career, obviously his hands still put paid to that. But I think in the latter stages of his career he COULD still pop a bit if he wanted to/when he choose to, but a combination of a mental block (due to hands) and thought out decision to not throw bombs (also due to hands) meant he usually didn't. He pretty much said so - after the Hopkins fight he said he probably had gone too far with just throwing pitter pats and would have to put more into the shots against Roy Jones, and I think this was reflected in the fights.

Also, although he always had a tendancy to slap a bit this became a lot worse following hand problems. I'm sure that any of you that have had a painful hand injury can identify with the problem - however much you want to throw a proper punch with full power (and are willing to take the associated pain) you brain just stops you from doing it - and of course over time this becomes ingrained.

[jon09]

Willie Pep
The current version of Bernard Hopkins

[Eloking]

Maxie Rosenbloom is in the Hall of Fame with a record of 207-39-26 with 19 KO's. I've never seen him fight and I guess KO numbers can be misleading sometimes but not that misleading. Also his nickname was Slapsie Maxie.

I'm surprised he's the only one that thought about Maxie. He's the obvious most successful soft puncher in history of professional boxing.

[AirJordanIV]

Wilfredo Benitez