Is Jake Lamotta The Best Body Puncher Of All Time?

[The Surgeon]

He's a great body puncher, no question. His fight with Tyrell Biggs was a body punching exhibition.

*Urrrrrgh, uhhhh!* Woman gestures lol

[IronDanHamza]

I wouldnt go that far. Hes an underrated body puncher. Its an aspect of his game that is way too overlooked. Hes clearly not the best ever in that category but I cant see a list of 50 Top body punchers and Little Floyd not making it. No way.

Off topic some more fighters whose body attack is too underrated is Hatton and Mickey Ward.

I'm going to have to strongly but respectively disagree on that notion.

Floyd Mayweather is a good body puncher and an underrated body puncher.

But there is simply no way he is within the Top 50 Body punchers of all time.

As for Hatton and Ward, both are pretty good body punchers but nothing special IMO.

Ward's left hook to the body was good but a little overrated in my honest opinion.

[IronDanHamza]

*Urrrrrgh, uhhhh!* Woman gestures lol

I have a long playlist of many many fights being played throughout the day if I'm in the house.

Tyson - Biggs is one of them.

You can genuinely hear Biggs making those 'woman like gestures

Classic Mike.

[B.U.R.N.E.R]

Crap howd I forget Chavez.



Bob Fitzsimmons as well. Heck what about Gerald McClellan. He was stopping dudes in the first round with that left hook to the body.

I might be in the minority but when a fighter commits to the body I love it. Seems kind of old school imo. Might explain why I have been on my Chavez Jr high lately kid attacked Zbiks body like an old vet. Zbiks hands and feet were too fast so the kid chopped him up to the body took his legs from him.

I just thought of something else. You know how fighters drop their hands and let their opponents punch them in the face? Has any fighter ever tried to do that but by letting them punch them in the body? If so please tell me so i can watch that lol

[Steak]

Carlos Palomino hit the body the hardest p4p.

Chavez consistantly broke opponents down the body better than almost anyone else, and could mix it into his overall offense so smoothly. rare to see opponents actually get thrown out of the ring by a body shot.

McCallum was one of the best at sneaking in body shots around the guard while not getting tagged.

LaMotta was one of the most persistant body attackers

guys that get overlooked a litte for their body attack...Thomas Hearns, Roy Jones, Whitaker and Ray Robinson. imo Robinson's second best punch was his right hook to the body, damn he could get some leverage behind it.

Roberto Duran is one I don't think has been mentioned yet.

definitely. A respectable share of his knockouts came primarily from body punches, but theyre overlooked sometimes. He used an effective body attack in every one of his significant victories.

[SCtrojansbaby]

Im not taking anything away from Roy, he could go to the body. But it wasn't his best asset and he rarely used it to soften an opponent up rather relying on his incredible speed and reflexes to get the job done. Great body puncher break a man down by going to the body, and as you said, Jones simply can't be considered among those who did that as their bread and butter.

LOL you need to go back and watch some fights Roy destroyed guys with his body attack. The signature combos he Roy used to fight off the ropes always featured 2-3 HARD body shots and if his opponent tried to force the action and make it an inside fight Roy almost went exclusively to the body.

Most top body puncher through 100+ body punches a fight, Roy does equal damage just landing 20 of them.

[The Smash]

Tommy Hearns had a hellacious left hook to the body.

[JAB5239]

LOL you need to go back and watch some fights Roy destroyed guys with his body attack. The signature combos he Roy used to fight off the ropes always featured 2-3 HARD body shots and if his opponent tried to force the action and make it an inside fight Roy almost went exclusively to the body.

Most top body puncher through 100+ body punches a fight, Roy does equal damage just landing 20 of them.

Besides the one punch Hill fight, who was Roy "destroying" with his body punching? Please, educate me.

[JAB5239]

Tommy Hearns had a hellacious left hook to the body.

He's another fighter who could have been among the best yet shouldn't be because of the consistency of his attack. When he focused on it though the guy could chop down tree's.

[SCtrojansbaby]

Besides the one punch Hill fight, who was Roy "destroying" with his body punching? Please, educate me.

Off the top of my head

Clinton Woods
Bernard Hopkins
Merqi Sosa
Julio Cesar Gonzalez
Montel Griffin 1
Glen Kelly
Fernando Castro