Who are the best Finishers in the Sport?

[soul_survivor]

Jonathan Guzman!

His Last Victim (Respect to Shingo Wake great effort from him but Guzman Power is REAL!):

Good shout. I wouldn't rank him above my short list but he is a good fighter just breaking into the world scene, with a serious instinct to hurt.

[therealpugilist]

Roman Gonzalez.....he is the best finisher. He throws seemless combos, is accurate, good speed, and doesnt smother his work

Also he has stopped the higher calibre of opposition.....112 and below mainstay Viloria, Akira Yaegashi, Yutaka Niida, Francisco Rodríguez, Jr, etc.

he may also have the most stoppages of champions/titlists of any active fighter today


chocolatito gets overlooked because of his size

[therealpugilist]

I'm going to put forward a short list:

Adonis Stevenson
Sergey Kovalev
Gennady Golovkin
Anthony Joshua
Roman Gonzalez
Naoya Inoue

There's poll too so vote and give reasons. Also, if you think of someone else, just post about them.

I chose Gonzalez....skills, power, speed and he probably has stopped more champions and championship level opposition than anyone today

[therealpugilist]

I'm going to put forward a short list:

Adonis Stevenson
Sergey Kovalev
Gennady Golovkin
Anthony Joshua
Roman Gonzalez
Naoya Inoue

There's poll too so vote and give reasons. Also, if you think of someone else, just post about them.

any idea why people are picking GGG when he hasnt stopped the level of opposition that Kovalev and Gonzalez have?

Inoue doesnt have many fights but he is a good finisher, Joshua is talented but he hasnt fought any top fighters yet.

I'd say the top 3 are Gonzalez, Kov and Stevenson....all 3 take top 3 honors because of power, finishing ability, and level of opposition stopped.

[soul_survivor]

any idea why people are picking GGG when he hasnt stopped the level of opposition that Kovalev and Gonzalez have?

Inoue doesnt have many fights but he is a good finisher, Joshua is talented but he hasnt fought any top fighters yet.

I'd say the top 3 are Gonzalez, Kov and Stevenson....all 3 take top 3 honors because of power, finishing ability, and level of opposition stopped.

GGG has stopped the best middleweights of his time. They might not be great fighters but they are world level in his division and he has done away with them like a man beating on a boy.

Kovalev hasn't actually stopped a higher caliber of opponents apart from Pascal. But I personally would rate Kov higher because of the way he lands those last few punches. GGG likes to win but Kovalev likes to hurt.

Gonzales opposition is up for debate but I'm not getting into that. All 3 are the best finishers in the sport. If you can't recognise that about GGG then your as much a part of the problem as the GGG nuthuggers.

[Boxfan83]

I'm going to put forward a short list:

Adonis Stevenson
Sergey Kovalev
Gennady Golovkin
Anthony Joshua
Roman Gonzalez
Naoya Inoue

There's poll too so vote and give reasons. Also, if you think of someone else, just post about them.

I voted Roman Gonzalez. Not a huge fan of his but I voted for him for 2 reasons, 1 out of everyone you listed, he has fought the best competition. 2 the way he works body head body head is text book finishing.

[therealpugilist]

GGG has stopped the best middleweights of his time. They might not be great fighters but they are world level in his division and he has done away with them like a man beating on a boy.

Kovalev hasn't actually stopped a higher caliber of opponents apart from Pascal. But I personally would rate Kov higher because of the way he lands those last few punches. GGG likes to win but Kovalev likes to hurt.

Gonzales opposition is up for debate but I'm not getting into that. All 3 are the best finishers in the sport. If you can't recognise that about GGG then your as much a part of the problem as the GGG nuthuggers.

GGG is a good finisher but he has not stopped anyone worth much

Gonzalez may have stopped more titlist/champions than anyone in the sport today and several guys went on to win titles after they lost to him

Kovalev stoppages of Pascal(granite chinned) trumps anyone GGG has faced and stoppages of Cleverly, Campillo are on par with GGG's stoppages of Lemieux and Murray

Stevenson ktfo Dawson in one round, was the first to stop tavoris cloud, stopped bellew...all 3 in back to back fights


level of opposition was the deciding factor...cant minimize the importance of it.

GGG will be in the conversation one day....just not today

[soul_survivor]

I voted Roman Gonzalez. Not a huge fan of his but I voted for him for 2 reasons, 1 out of everyone you listed, he has fought the best competition. 2 the way he works body head body head is text book finishing.

Gonzales is definitely the most fluid puncher and like you, I enjoy the way he can switch it up. Has he fought the best opposition when Kovalev has beaten 2 exceptional fighters...I dunno. But like I keep saying, Kov, GGG, RG in any order would be my top 3. And it seems most on here think the same.

[therealpugilist]

I voted Roman Gonzalez. Not a huge fan of his but I voted for him for 2 reasons, 1 out of everyone you listed, he has fought the best competition. 2 the way he works body head body head is text book finishing.

same reason I picked him...level of opposition and he stops guys in a variety of ways...combos, single shots, head then body or body then head

he may be the most skilled "puncher" in the game

[Boxfan83]

Gonzales is definitely the most fluid puncher and like you, I enjoy the way he can switch it up. Has he fought the best opposition when Kovalev has beaten 2 exceptional fighters...I dunno. But like I keep saying, Kov, GGG, RG in any order would be my top 3. And it seems most on here think the same.

I think in his weight class(es) yes he has beaten the better opposition over GGG and Kov. Has be beaten the bigger names? No, but thats the downside of flyweights not many are main stream but honestly a win over Estrada and Viloria in all reality is better than what GGG and Kovelev have done p4p wise. If he finishes Cuadras, I think thatd be an exclamation point to that but if Kov beats Ward than Id favor that win over anything Gonzlaez has done.