FEATHERFIST CHAMPIONS! Do you know any?

[lapulapu]

Erik Morales can be added to this list. He could not even put a dent in the face of Barrera in their 3rd duel. It was the first time MAB fought at 130lbs yet Morales screwed up bigtime.

[grayfist]

Maxie Rosenbloom takes the cake. He fought a total of 299 bouts and tallied only 19 knockouts. That's the reason why his nickname was "Slapsie".

Slapsie won 216, lost 41 and had 29 draws. Of those 216, he had 19 Ko's; near 9%. He's the only fighter I know who was penalized for "...not hitting properly." That was in a 1936 fight against Leon (Deacon) Kelly in Melbourne. Because of the deductions, the decision handed was a draw, although Maxie won every round on the scorecards!

Slapsie was not only feather-fisted, he literally SLAPPED, OFTEN, WITH OPEN GLOVES (How else?!)! It was reported that he slapped only a little less often than he punched! And that's on top of frequent holding! When he fought Harry Greb, Greb failed to put him down because he (what else?) SLAPPED AND HELD Greb in a fight that was closer to ballroom dancing than boxing! (Or, a lovers' spat, what with all the slapping?!)

He only lost one and drew one of his last 7 fights, then retired.

Rosenbloom figured in several controversial fights, but, is now remembered by many boxing fans with fondness.

[grayfist]

Much like Rosenbloom, there was another highly skilled light heavyweight from many years ago who didn't have much of a punch, and his name was Tommy Loughran. I don't know what his actual record was, but he must've had close to 200 fights against the who's who of his generation. And yet, I don't believe he scored more than 20 knockouts.

Tommy had 109 victories, only 17 by KO. He had 30 losses and 11 draws. He faced the likes of Gene Tunney, Harry Greb, Young Striblig, Jim Braddock, George Carpentier, Jimmy Slattery and Jack Sharkey (his first Heavyweight fight after abandoning the LightHeavy crown).

Although they fought in the same generation, and even had many common opponents, Tommy and Slapsie Maxie never met! !

Maybe, the promoters knew few want to watch a pillowfight?

[n14061981]

Sven Ottke

[Mr. Ryan]

Manuel "Mantecas" Medina!

[TysonForeman]

This shows that you don't have to be able to cave in a guys head in order to become a champ. It's definitely helps though!

These fighters with single digit KO percentages must have been incredibly boring to watch.

[n14061981]

Should be quite frustrating for a fighter to know you dont have much knockout power.

[Tha Greatest]

Billie Conn...

[Saban]

Willie Pep
won 230 (65 ko's)

Willie Pep was starting to get lots of KO's before his airplane crash. I think that it was something like 10 of his last 11 fights ended with a KO win. Pep said that he lost his chin following the plane crash and had to fight more defensively. He may have lost some of his punching power too. Pep was so good that he kept right on winning anyway, until Saddler came along.

[HOUDINI563]

In my lifetime Miguel Canto stands out. Even without much power he was a great fighter to watch in the ring. Akin to Willie Pep IMO in terms of defensive prowess.