Best all time finishers

[Xplosive]

Which guys in history were the best at not letting their opponents off the hook when hurt. The best ever finishers IMO:

1. Leonard
2. Joe Louis
3. Tyson
4. Aaron Pryor
5. Foreman
6. Arguello
7. Hagler
8. Holmes
9. Gomez
10. Trinidad

Who else?

[Tin_Ribs]

Robinson, Marciano, Liston, Foster and Monzon amongst others.....

[Addie]

Which guys in history were the best at not letting their opponents off the hook when hurt. The best ever finishers IMO:

1. Leonard
2. Joe Louis
3. Tyson
4. Aaron Pryor
5. Foreman
6. Arguello
7. Hagler
8. Holmes
9. Gomez
10. Trinidad

Who else?

Good list. :good

[JohnThomas1]

Pryor isn't a proven finisher against enough quality competition to make the list IMO. Hearns injury free belongs.

[Tin_Ribs]

Pryor isn't a proven finisher against enough quality competition to make the list IMO. Hearns injury free belongs.

I wasn't going to say anything in order to avoid argument, but I tend to agree.

Chavez could take a man out when he had him hurt but seemed to prefer to do it slowly and painfully, as opposed to the likes of Louis.

[Tin_Ribs]

Archie Moore might be the definitive name here. If he set a trap and you fell into it, not in a week of Sundays were you seeing the round out.

[techks]

Could Jack Dempsey qualify?

[Addie]

Archie Moore might be the definitive name here. If he set a trap and you fell into it, not in a week of Sundays were you seeing the round out.

I have no quarrels with Ray Leonard topping anyone's list. He was just wild when he had someone hurt. Floyd Mayweather Sr had no idea what hit him, and neither did Andy Price or Thomas Hearns.

[Tin_Ribs]

I have no quarrels with Ray Leonard topping anyone's list. He was just wild when he had someone hurt. Floyd Mayweather Sr had no idea what hit him, and neither did Andy Price or Thomas Hearns.

He's up there.

[Bill Butcher]

Which guys in history were the best at not letting their opponents off the hook when hurt. The best ever finishers IMO:

1. Leonard
2. Joe Louis
3. Tyson
4. Aaron Pryor
5. Foreman
6. Arguello
7. Hagler
8. Holmes
9. Gomez
10. Trinidad

Who else?

Chavez was quite a good finisher.

My man Ali was also underrated in this department.... not saying he & JCC would crack a top 10 but when they had you going, it was all over.

[JohnThomas1]

I wasn't going to say anything in order to avoid argument, but I tend to agree.

Chavez could take a man out when he had him hurt but seemed to prefer to do it slowly and painfully, as opposed to the likes of Louis.

Not saying Pryor isn't an excellent finisher, but this list would be very very select.

[KTFO]

RJJ, ODLH, Bernard Hopkins, Lennox Lewis, Klit Bros., Henry Armstrong, Jake LaMotta, Max Baer, and of course Tony Galento.

[young griffo]

Kostya Tszyu didn't let too many off the hook once he hurt them.

[Boxed Ears]

I'm certainly glad you've got Tyson up there. If he thought you were going, it'd be a combination in double digits until it was over. In his prime. Later on there were too many one punch tries but when he was sharp, good luck ever being able to get a half a second's recovery time against Iron Mike.

[turpinr]

joe louis

[PunchOut]

Tyson
JCC
Louis
The Pac

[Sweet Pea]

I'd never have thought to mention Holmes as a great finisher. But come to think of it a mention of him in a thread like this isn't too out of place. I wouldn't have him in the top 10, though, by a long shot.

[Xplosive]

Mosley, and Tszyu are good choices.

[GPater11093]

Ray Robinson for me, when he gets you your going

[red cobra]

When Tony Zale got you going, you were dead meat...great killer instinct he had.

[rileyjj123456]

Tysons finishing against pinklon thomas is the best finish ive probably seen. Tyson at his best

[Jersey Joe]

and of course Tony Galento.

If we're talking about finishing beer glasses in between rounds, hell yeah :D

[Jersey Joe]

I'd have to put Hearns up there. Once the guy was hurt, it was just a non-stop fusillade of feints, jabs, and power punches until the guy dropped. His demolition of Duran is perhaps the best example of this, but the Cuevas fight is also brutal.

[Stevie G]

Chavez was quite a good finisher.

My man Ali was also underrated in this department.... not saying he & JCC would crack a top 10 but when they had you going, it was all over.
True. If Ali had somebody going,he'd finish the job. The Ron Lyle fight is the first example that comes to mind.

[wellsini]

More recently Edwin Valero

All time Sugar Ray or Joe Louis

[zadfrak]

Ricardo Lopez deserves a mention. Whenever he got a guy ready to go they sure didn't slip thru the cracks.
Monzon was another. Not flashy by any means but if a guy got hurt or busted up that was the end of the proceedings. Same with Bob Foster. Wilfredo Gomez sure knew what to do when he got a guy ready to go & they were fortunate if they could get out of that round.

[anarci]

Chavez and Delahoya

[dublynflya]

Tysons finishing against pinklon thomas is the best finish ive probably seen. Tyson at his best

:good That was a great finish!! Imo a "Prime" Iron Mike was as lethal a finisher as anyone, ever. Ray Leonard was also a brutal destroyer once he had you as was Joe Louis. Archie Moore was also a fantastic finisher, so was Ray Robinson. There have been some some truly fantastic finishers in the sport of boxing but those five are wonderful examples of great fighters who possessed the "Killer instinct".

[dublynflya]

Ricardo Lopez deserves a mention. Whenever he got a guy ready to go they sure didn't slip thru the cracks.
Monzon was another. Not flashy by any means but if a guy got hurt or busted up that was the end of the proceedings. Same with Bob Foster. Wilfredo Gomez sure knew what to do when he got a guy ready to go & they were fortunate if they could get out of that round.

:good All the above were superb finishers! I particularly enjoyed watching Monzon go to work!! As you say, no flash but if you were in trouble you weren't going to make the end of the round!

[China_hand_Joe]

Joe Calzaghe, he stopped fighters without even needing to hurt them.