who were the SOFTEST HITTING boxers to ever hold a title

Dick tiger had 26 ko's in 81 fights..bob montgomery 37 ko's in 97 fights..joey maxim 21 ko's in 115 fights..lamotta only 30 in 106 but he did hit hard ..harold johnson 32 out of 87..emile griffith only had 23 out of 112 but most are after paret's death..billy graham 26 out of 126..joey giardello 32 out of 133..kid gavilan 28 of 143..fullmer 24 of 64..billy conn only 14 ko's in 76 fights..jack sharkey 14 out of 55..maxie rosenbloom 19 ko's 299 fights i think we have a winner..tommy loughran 17 of 172..fidel labarba 16 of 95..jonny lilbane 25 of 142.. johnny dundee 22 out of 335 um k then..george dixon 27 of 130..

Wayne McCullough (if that is spelled correctly).

Eric Morales???!!! :D hi happy man :D

Whitaker, Spinks, Byrd to name a few. Eric Morales???!!! :D

WHITAKER? what are you guys taking?....he had power and he had a good chin...he rocked almost everybody he fought including chavez who robbed him of a ud....his problem was finishing people off...several fights he's been in he's rocked guys but he never jumped on them because he fights defense first offense second i kid you not watch his fights i'm serious and considering he continually jumped in weight class he still had power, her didn't carry it like roy jones but close enough

You know I think Whitaker's punching is a bit underrated, I'm not saying he has k.o. power but he was the type of guy who liked to play around and carry the fight never really sat on his punches, if we were to compare Sweet Pea to all the names that have already been mentioned he would probably be the hardest hitting out of all of them. True, Pernell scored a first round ko in winning one fo this lightweight title fights. He also floored De La Hoya and backed up Trinidad a bit in their fight. Not a KO puncher but could punch harder than he did!

were Thomas Tate or Paul Vaden hard hitters ???????????

i bet foreman wouldnt say that ali didnt knock foreman out because of power u idiot..foreman was tired fighting in the heat

Slapsie Maxie Rosembloom and Willie Pep. Rockin' :boxing: if u didn't say slapsie, i would have, Byrd is a 'slapper' but this guy is the original 'slapsie'

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half of byrd fights have ended in ko. W 39 (20 ko's) | L 2 | D 1 | Total 42 yes he's a not a power puncher, but he can get you out of there, just look what he did to jimmy thunder. and i'm sorry but i dont find people who have mastered their craft and can really box boring. i find powerpunchers who can't box boring, its like watching drunks have a barfight till they vomit. infact that would be more entertaining than watching sam chase wlad around the ring throwing caveman punches at the back of wlads head. well byrd only has one since 2000

a few names that come to mind when i think of soft hitters are corey spinks, muhhamad ali (bob foster was quoted as saying "ali couldnt punch threw a paper bag")and william joppy who smacked his way to UD'S i bet foreman wouldnt say that

Definetly Pernell Whitaker. On top of having no power, he had a bad chin.

Who is ottke…would you post a image of him…?

Its funny that two white guys come to mind after Corey Spinks but yeah Spaddy and Ottke dont have much power at all.

half of byrd fights have ended in ko. W 39 (20 ko's) | L 2 | D 1 | Total 42 yes he's a not a power puncher, but he can get you out of there, just look what he did to jimmy thunder. and i'm sorry but i dont find people who have mastered their craft and can really box boring. i find powerpunchers who can't box boring, its like watching drunks have a barfight till they vomit. infact that would be more entertaining than watching sam chase wlad around the ring throwing caveman punches at the back of wlads head.

Wayne McCullough, he was a big volume puncher, and the KO`s he scored were more or less down to aclumalation of punches rather than power for sure!

Slapsie Maxie Rosembloom and Willie Pep. Rockin' :boxing:

Not only is Byrd a soft hitter, he is sooooooo boring. He pitty-pats. Ali has numerous KOs on his record I believe he is like 56-5 with 37 KOs. I wouldnt say that he is a power puncher but he is definitely not soft. Consistent, well placed punches with significant power, that is what Ali was best at.

How about Pernell Whitiker. There are so many. Henry Maske ( IBF light heavyweight champ ) Barry Jones ( welsh fighter who held the WBO super featherweight title, retired now with only one KO in like nearly 20 fights ).