The best body puncher in history [Archive]

jack_the_rippuh

03-03-2005, 02:28 PM

Who do you think is the best body puncher in history? By best, I don't mean the hardest hitting body puncher, I mean who was the most effective, who knew when to go to the body and when to go to the head? Who put together the best body attacks, and who could break down thier opponent physically and mentally (throwing them off their game plan) with their well executed body attacks?

Slipx

03-03-2005, 02:32 PM

aand

03-03-2005, 02:33 PM

Rocky Marciano & Joe Frazier

jack_the_rippuh

03-03-2005, 02:35 PM

lamotta was 'the man' at the body attack, hands down. He would throw to the body with intense volume punching..

i hate to bring this guy up, but butterbean actually had a really good double hook body attack

cotto or hatton are probably the best modern body punchers

Ward had a devastating body attack, his was brutal

tyson was good at throwing a hook to the body then a hook upstairs with the other hand

What about Mike "The Bodysnatcher" McCallum. I heard he was good at attacking the body.

I give Hagler credit too. I mean on the inside, he use to attack the head, the body, the chest...anything he could hit.

Remember how you said he had a pool at his trainer's gym what he use to practice in. Maybe he practiced the little short stiff punches he did while fighting on the inside in the pool. Because they didn't look very hard when he'd throw 'em, but they sure did a number on his opponents, it's just a guess though..

hitman7hearns7

03-03-2005, 02:38 PM

cotto is know were near hatton when it comes to body punches he the best modern body puncher by a long stretch he's finish alot of his opponents with body shots probly more that most other body punchers that have been around i dont think he;s the ebest fighter around buy hell can he drop thoes left hooks ect

Slipx

03-03-2005, 02:39 PM

Remember how you said he had a pool at his trainer's gym what he use to practice in. Maybe he practiced the little short stiff punches he did while fighting on the inside in the pool. Because they didn't look very hard when he'd throw 'em, but they sure did a number on his opponents, it's just a guess though..

I think Hagler shadowboxed underwater, many of the good fighters have done it but when you see their routine posted it doesn't include it for some reason. What else would give him such an edge when it came to punching power, also swimming strengthens the neck, maybe that's why he was un KO'able..

I also know for a fact that Johnny Tapia shadowboxed underwater (not that he's a great fighter)

RwK

03-03-2005, 03:00 PM

Mickey Ward was an excellent body puncher. So was DLH in his prime.

delroy02

03-03-2005, 03:04 PM

Mike Mccallum is one of the best bodypunchers that I have seen.

At the presnet no one comes close to Hatton for bodypunching, that is his fortay. Whatever you think of him, he is a great body puncher

Boxingfan81

03-03-2005, 03:09 PM

Cant believe nobody has mentioned JC Chavez

boxernyc

03-03-2005, 03:14 PM

Ward had a sick body attack. He had no jab, but damn could he bang to the body. And the clips I've seen of Lamotta he definitely had a great body attack.

JC Chavez was also known as a great body puncher. Barrera. Joe Frazier was also great.

Oh and I almost forgot Ruiz!

RwK

03-03-2005, 03:18 PM

Ward had a sick body attack.

He knocked Steve Quinonez out in the 1st round with a body shot.

puppy_dogg

03-03-2005, 03:35 PM

tapia was a great fighter slipx, one of the great little guys.

chavez went up a down better than just about anyone. ward and barrera throw some of the best left hooks to the body

jack_the_rippuh

03-03-2005, 03:55 PM

tapia was a great fighter slipx, one of the great little guys.

chavez went up a down better than just about anyone. ward and barrera throw some of the best left hooks to the body

Even better than Hagler on the inside? Hagler hit everything both up and down on the inside.

Yogi

03-03-2005, 04:03 PM

Bob Fitzsimmons

leff

03-03-2005, 04:11 PM

Frazier and marciano were both good bodypunchers

morancito

03-03-2005, 09:04 PM

JC Chavez is the best bodypuncher of the last 30 years, at the very least.

AintGottaClue

03-03-2005, 10:57 PM

well ward has a body shot named after him

and i wouldnt want to get hit in the body by foreman :eek:

SweetScience

03-04-2005, 01:22 AM

Chavez and Arguello, the best I've seen.

shadymg

03-04-2005, 01:23 AM

ward for sure, but nowadays you gotta count Gatti in there as well, and partly i think he learned from Ward. I'll never forget that body shot to Dorin

xrhythmxnxbluesx

03-04-2005, 01:44 AM

ward for sure, but nowadays you gotta count Gatti in there as well, and partly i think he learned from Ward. I'll never forget that body shot to Dorin
yea that was crucial... it was a late reaction too...

shadymg

03-04-2005, 02:12 AM

i'll never forget the SOUND of the punch as much of the reaction!! i cringed just listening to it :-)

nawfal

03-04-2005, 04:32 AM

wards body punch was sickening i agree. but he ddint put enough pressure on his opponents, and was a little plodding.

jack_the_rippuh

03-04-2005, 09:17 AM

i'll never forget the SOUND of the punch as much of the reaction!! i cringed just listening to it :-)

How about Hill vs. Jones Jr. that was quite a smack..

Slipx

03-04-2005, 09:49 AM

wards body punch was sickening i agree. but he ddint put enough pressure on his opponents, and was a little plodding.

and would get cut very easily..

WillieW

03-04-2005, 12:04 PM

JCC, Salvator Sanches, and Mikey Ward.

JCC and Sanches would break their opponents bodys down throughout the fight.

Ward would end the fight with one shot. 27 KOs on his record...almost all the result of body shots.

brickhouse187

03-04-2005, 01:21 PM

Definitely when it comes down to body punching u hav 2 includ jc chavez, but mickey ward only had in my opinion one good body punch which was the left hook. If he would of used more of a two handed body assault i would have put him higher.

{BrownBomber}

03-04-2005, 01:24 PM

Cant believe nobody has mentioned JC Chavez
I was wondering also. How many fighters do u know made guys quit on there stool because of the body attack?(Mayweather 2) How many guys u know made u piss two pints of blood due to the body attack?(Taylor 1)

cple

03-04-2005, 02:11 PM

So many to name, but off the top of my head:

-Joe Frazier: could be hailed as the best of all-time based on pure determination, effort, and relentlessness.
-Mike McCallum: they didn't called him the "Body Snatcher" for nothing.
-Bob Fitzsimmons: won the heavyweigh title on a single left hook to the solar plexus. Yeah, that was pretty good...
-Tony Zale: from all accounts, he had the best body attack of his day.
-Julio Cesar Chavez: what Mexican can't throw a left hook to the body? His was probably the best of them all, and that's saying something.

There are also many fighters who were so versatile and skilled, they didn't concentrate on the body as much, but they still thew excellent body blows: Roberto Duran, Ray Leonard, Alexis Arguello

666boy666

08-25-2005, 06:02 PM

I think Hagler shadowboxed underwater, many of the good fighters have done it but when you see their routine posted it doesn't include it for some reason. What else would give him such an edge when it came to punching power, also swimming strengthens the neck, maybe that's why he was un KO'able..

I also know for a fact that Johnny Tapia shadowboxed underwater (not that he's a great fighter)

LOL, Ali started this "underwater" fighting craze.

I remember watching a sportscentury about him, Ali couldn't even swim, and he just jumped in the water and made up a story about practicing underwater for this writer watching him for a couple laughs. Now every body thinks it's required to be a champ LOL

I always hated ali, but it's so funny to think everybody that trains underwater, does so from a prank

TheEvilSaint

08-25-2005, 06:04 PM

i say bob fitzsimmons.

TheGreat1

08-25-2005, 06:31 PM

JC Chevez can be put in any great catagory, because he was so great.

Tha Greatest

08-25-2005, 06:35 PM

Tha Greatest

08-25-2005, 06:36 PM

JC Chevez can be put in any great catagory, because he was so great.

I wouldn't even put Chavez top 15 p4p of all time..

SAN D13GO VILLAN

08-25-2005, 06:40 PM

not that many boxers could compare to chave'z body attack!!! that's what he was known for! killing the body all day long!!!!

deuce_drop

08-25-2005, 06:54 PM

"The BodySnatcher" Mike McCallum:
he has heeps of ko's to the body and would throw a body shot everytime he threw a combo or was on the inside, very well too i might add.

Julio Ceasar Chavez:
he wore down all his opponents with a body attack. with a high punch output, and going to the body, JCC was able to drown his opponents in the deep end of the fight.

these are the only two that i can refer to cause i've seen them fight, and they are the only ones who come to mind when thinking about body punchers.

luisillo22

08-25-2005, 06:59 PM

JC Chevez can be put in any great catagory, because he was so great.

Julio Cesar Chavez was a great body puncher, so is Jose Luis Castillo, I really think his son has proven that he will be a great body puncher, but he still has a couple of years to be one of the greatest body punchers out there.

I-WISH-A-MF-WOULD

08-25-2005, 07:00 PM

James Toney he should have had the "The BodySnatcher" nickname and Roy Jones ain't a all time great but after ne zeroed V Hill with a body shot he was as brutal as anyone when he committed to the body. Mosley was pretty good too and I agree JCC and Mickey Ward were amongst the best.

SAN D13GO VILLAN

08-25-2005, 07:11 PM

remember when gatti crushed dorin with a real good body punch in like the 1st or 2nd round, that was nice!

BOXERJOSH

01-23-2006, 08:52 AM

I was wondering also. How many fighters do u know made guys quit on there stool because of the body attack?(Mayweather 2) How many guys u know made u piss two pints of blood due to the body attack?(Taylor 1)
Thats the brutal souvenier that you give your opponent- make him piss blood for a couple of days after the fight to remind him of the punishment he took in the ring. I have to agree with you all about the best body punchers...they mustve taken an anatomy class because they know exactly where the liver is located...and once you see your opponent react to the punch then its all over...keep banging him with that left until he drops. :boxing: To those that have ever been hit in the "sweet spot" its a pain that you remember your whole life. It hurts so bad and lasts so long, Id rather get hit in the head any day compared to a liver punch. Anyone else ever get hit in the "sweet spot" before? Tell us how it felt.
JC CHAVEZ
MICKEY WARD
ALEXIS ARGUELLO