History's Greatest Body Punchers?

[StarshipTrooper]

Frazier and McCallum for me. Tyson wasn't really a body puncher: He had the POTENTIAL to be a great one but never really committed himself seriously to doing it.

Poet

[mickey malone]

Frazier and McCallum for me. Tyson wasn't really a body puncher: He had the POTENTIAL to be a great one but never really committed himself seriously to doing it.

Poet

But could reduce opponents to 'making womanly gestures' lol

[mickey malone]

carlos palomino IMO desrves a mention...

i dont know if he deserves to be on the list with his fairly limited skills & all... but i think micky ward was a terrific body puncher...

I thought Hearns was brilliant at everything, but I'm biased, so I'm glad you mentioned him..

[StarshipTrooper]

But could reduce opponents to 'making womanly gestures' lol

Tyrell Biggs was an exceptional case: Tyson despised him and wanted to punish him for an extended stretch instead of KOing him. It did show what he should have been capable on a regular bases.

Poet

[bojangles1987]

Frazier is definitely one, it was the biggest reason he gave Ali so much trouble. Also Duran and Chavez.

[mickey malone]

Tyrell Biggs was an exceptional case: Tyson despised him and wanted to punish him for an extended stretch instead of KOing him. It did show what he should have been capable on a regular bases.

Poet

Agreed.. He kinda saved it for the guys he had a personal dislike for.. He crippled the body of Tony Tubbs & Julius Francis.. Both were chubby fellows, & Tyson was well known for goading corpulent fighters.. He genuinely thought they were a disgrace.. Just after KO'ing Tubbs, he spouted, 'How dare they step inside a ring with me, and test their primitive skills, looking like that'.. He was one funny dude, and I miss him terribly..

[Dynamite Kid]

I myself dont consider Mike Tyson a great body puncher, i think Tyson looked like a great body punches because he was a great PUNCHER, however my criteria for a great body puncher is someone who commits to body punching and strategically looks to break the opponent down.

Take away Mike's power and did he have a great body attack?

Mike was good at hitting you down stairs and bringing his shots upstairs, but i saw that more as a ploy to find then head rather than to hurt the body.


Having said that if you are knocking guys out with a body shot then your body attack is having the desired effect because the opponent cant continue.

[STILL_DETOX]

tyson in the ferguson fight
rjjr in the hill fight
gerald mcclellan had a beast left hook to the body

[them_apples]

Joe Frazier and Marco Antonio Barrera

[TheGreatA]

Carlos Palomino is a good mention:



Some of the most brutal body punches I've ever seen. Stracey was a good fighter but he was reduced into a punching bag at the end of it.

Also Jose Torres:





He was well-taught by Cus D'Amato, ended every combination he threw with a left hook to the body.