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Chris Warren
08-30-2009, 04:38 PM
a sucessful long career. I think it has to Willie Pep. The man had no real power but had over 200 wins
red cobra
08-30-2009, 04:40 PM
Could be Maxie "Slapsie" Rosenbloom.
janitor
08-30-2009, 04:47 PM
Could be Maxie "Slapsie" Rosenbloom.

Good call.

Certain fighters have a reputation for being light hitting but you should never believe it unless their opponents say so.

In Rosenblooms case nobody has denied it to my knowledge.
red cobra
08-30-2009, 04:50 PM
Good call.

Certain fighters have a reputation for being light hitting but you should never believe it unless their opponents say so.

In Rosenblooms case nobody has denied it to my knowledge.
He was quoted.."I never saw no reason to hurt nobody"...which is why he never closed his fists, I guess.
Manassa
08-30-2009, 05:16 PM
Joey Archer.

Willie Pep could definitely hit. He knocked plenty of men spark out, and good ones, too.
janitor
08-30-2009, 05:17 PM
He was quoted.."I never saw no reason to hurt nobody"...which is why he never closed his fists, I guess.

he only man that Joe Louis ever admited to avoiding.
Manassa
08-30-2009, 05:19 PM
I reckon Louis would have knocked him out. You might not think so, but then great light heavyweights ain't got a good track record against Louis. Notorious durables John Henry Lewis and Billy Conn were flattened, I shouldn't imagine Rosenbloom would fare a lot better.
Swedish81
08-30-2009, 05:20 PM
Nicolino Locche
janitor
08-30-2009, 05:29 PM
I reckon Louis would have knocked him out. You might not think so, but then great light heavyweights ain't got a good track record against Louis. Notorious durables John Henry Lewis and Billy Conn were flattened, I shouldn't imagine Rosenbloom would fare a lot better.

I don't either.

Louis said that he thought that he would have beaten Rosenbloom but that Rosenbloom would have made him look silly for a number of rounds.

He was a vain man despite aperences.
OBCboxer
08-30-2009, 05:41 PM
Zuri Lawrence is currently fighting. He has never scored a KO or a KD in 21 or so fights.
SteveO
08-30-2009, 06:55 PM
Zuri Lawrence is currently fighting. He has never scored a KO or a KD in 21 or so fights.

Didn't he knock Rahman out of the ring?

Or was it the other way around?
he grant
08-30-2009, 07:03 PM
Recently it's Calzaghe ... Hopkins said he knew sisters who hit harder ...
TheGreatA
08-30-2009, 07:03 PM
Zuri Lawrence is currently fighting. He has never scored a KO or a KD in 21 or so fights.

He has actually had 43 fights. Lawrence is also 6'4, 240+ lbs yet hasn't scored a single stoppage win.
My2Sense
08-30-2009, 08:37 PM
In Rosenblooms case nobody has denied it to my knowledge.

Except maybe Al Ettore. :D
radab
08-30-2009, 09:10 PM
Recently it's Calzaghe ... Hopkins said he knew sisters who hit harder ...



Keep this sort of junk for the General
he grant
08-30-2009, 09:25 PM
Didn't mean to offend. It is a direct quote from Bernard.
My2Sense
08-30-2009, 09:33 PM
Recently it's Calzaghe ... Hopkins said he knew sisters who hit harder ...

Figures Hopkins would say some childish shit like that. :roll:

I wonder if those sisters also made Hopkins cry like a bitch and try to quit.
PetethePrince
08-30-2009, 10:04 PM
Figures Hopkins would say some childish shit like that. :roll:

I wonder if those sisters also made Hopkins cry like a bitch and try to quit.

:rofl :good

Mentioning Calzaghe is beyond ridiculous.
Unforgiven
08-31-2009, 08:37 AM
Even supposed "light-hitters" can usually hurt their opponents with combinations or break them down over a few rounds. Example, Billy Conn hurt Joe Louis with crisp combinations, but he had few KOs and his one-punch power was relatively weak, (interesting, some of his few KO wins are over good fighters/heavyweights). Harry Greb is another, his punches hurt because he threw so many of them, he beat the crap out of men but some say he didn't have a punch.

Maybe Max Rosenbloom was a guy that really didn't hurt his opponents, even with combinations. I'd have to look into that.
janitor
08-31-2009, 09:30 AM
Recently it's Calzaghe ... Hopkins said he knew sisters who hit harder ...

Calzaghe caried a prety servicable wallop early in his career before his hands started to crumble.

It was his hand problems that forced him to adopt his current slapping style.
janitor
08-31-2009, 09:30 AM
Except maybe Al Ettore. :D

What did Al Ettore say?
Ted Spoon
08-31-2009, 11:49 AM
Harry Greb's style revolved around never setting his weight; often dubbed a 'pitter-patter' puncher...that guy wasn't too bad.
red cobra
08-31-2009, 12:03 PM
Nicolino Locche
You're on target with Locche, but even more interestingly, your avatar pic shows in my mind what was the greatest staredown, at least my favorite in boxing history.
zadfrak
08-31-2009, 12:25 PM
Sven Ottke was another.
patscorpio
08-31-2009, 12:32 PM
Didn't he knock Rahman out of the ring?

Or was it the other way around?
it was the other way but zuri was wobbling rahman and looked like he was going to stop him though
PowerPuncher
08-31-2009, 12:35 PM
Calzaghe caried a prety servicable wallop early in his career before his hands started to crumble.

It was his hand problems that forced him to adopt his current slapping style.

When did the hand problems start, because he slapped plenty against Eubank and was described as a 'slapper' going into that fight. I think he just gets sloppy because he goes for quantity over quality, he slapped worse in old age but he was always an arm puncher and always resorted to slaps at times.

How many opponents has Calzaghe actually left sparked out for 10?
kidargentine
08-31-2009, 12:37 PM
Emile Griffith was known as a light puncher, but had a long and legendary career...

also Miguel Canto.
SteveO
08-31-2009, 02:45 PM
For his reputation as a bomber, Jake LaMotta has only 30 KO's in 83 victories.
ripcity
08-31-2009, 02:50 PM
Nicolino Locche
Beat me to it.
rm36
08-31-2009, 03:04 PM
An equally interesting question is who looked like they should have been able to punch, but could hardly hurt anyone.

Zuri Lawrence is a great candidate for that honor.
la-califa
08-31-2009, 03:11 PM
Sauol Mamby, Kayo percentagewise Kid Gavilan.= very good tough fighter, but had a low knockout percentage.
My2Sense
08-31-2009, 03:29 PM
What did Al Ettore say?

Probably something like, "Honest Mr. Commissioner, I didn't take a dive, I swear!"
GPater11093
09-02-2009, 02:09 PM
Emile Griffith was known as a light puncher, but had a long and legendary career...

also Miguel Canto.

Dunno Emile had some power just didnt use it alot.

Canto is a good shout.

I think Pep has very underrated power as he never really seemed to sit down on his punches and when he did he hurt people. He stunned the tough Ray Famechon with 1 big right hand