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Many guys have gone up in weight. But I'm having trouble of remembering guys that went up in weight and either kept or raised their current KO percentage?
Off the top of my head, the following guys were monsters before moving up:
Cotto - continued to KO guys between 140-147
Trinidad - KO % declined the higher he went up.
Roy Jones - KO % declined the higher he went up.
De La Hoya - continued to KO guys between 130-147
Shane Mosley - KO % declined once he hit 147. He did go like 5-6 years without a KO at 147. His only real KO's at 147 came against Vargas/Margarito/Mayorga.
Tommy Hearns - Kept his KO % throughout his career in multi-divisions.
Tomasz Ademek - Kept his KO % from 175 - Heavyweight.
My point is, there's only been a few fighters in the history of boxing to keep their KO % as they go up in weight. Regarding the fighters mentioned, I don't remember them increasing punch outputs while doing so.
Just something to think about.....
Off the top of my head, the following guys were monsters before moving up:
Cotto - continued to KO guys between 140-147
Trinidad - KO % declined the higher he went up.
Roy Jones - KO % declined the higher he went up.
De La Hoya - continued to KO guys between 130-147
Shane Mosley - KO % declined once he hit 147. He did go like 5-6 years without a KO at 147. His only real KO's at 147 came against Vargas/Margarito/Mayorga.
Tommy Hearns - Kept his KO % throughout his career in multi-divisions.
Tomasz Ademek - Kept his KO % from 175 - Heavyweight.
My point is, there's only been a few fighters in the history of boxing to keep their KO % as they go up in weight. Regarding the fighters mentioned, I don't remember them increasing punch outputs while doing so.
Just something to think about.....
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