Best finishers in boxing history?

[$Bullsfam$]

Title says it all. Once they hurt you, who was most likely to finish you only a matter of seconds later? Who were the best closers in boxing?

I start off with Felix Trinidad & Sugar Ray Robinson. Both were offensive machines and once they smelt blood 9 times out of 10 you were on your ass shaking your head if not on your face kissing the canvas asleep.

Who else?

[SCtrojansbaby]

Julio Cesar Chavez

[JAB5239]

Louis
Dempsey
Langford
Tyson
Foster
McGovern
Trinidad
Liston
Hearns
Duran
Marciano

[IronDanHamza]

Ray Leonard was a pretty good finisher.

[Barn]

Ray Leonard was a pretty good finisher.

Beat me to it.

Also Arguello.

[Daddy T]

not only was leonard a good finisher when he got his man hurt he was also just good finisher of fights in general - nobody finshes the last few rounds better than ray ... if you are not up on points on him going into the last two or three rounds you will lose

[New England]

both marquez brothers

tyson

saad muhammad

roy jones

danny lopez




one of the most talented finishers i've seen was salvador sanchez
it's a shame we didn't get a chance to see him fight more and put some more scalps on his belt

he had everything you need to be a finisher. it begins and ends with your temperament.
he had power in both hands from all over the place with a ton of snap
to the body and head.
tons of handspeed and perfect timing
and he had a dynamite chin
finishing is about taking risks, it helps to have a great chin to develop the temperament to not be denied when you see a man wilt


the subtleties of finishing can be developed (obviously with the talent god gives a fighter)
but the man that smells blood in the water and goes for the kill is born that way





EDit: he doesn't get enough love here, and he belongs at or near the top
archie moore could knock a man out by accident

[talip bin osman]

oh man, its hard to go wrong with jack dempsey and joe louis...

JCC deserves a mention too...

[IRISH LULLABY]

Some excellent choices so far. Aaron Pryor I found to be a supreme finisher with an animalistic killer instinct. He illustrated his ability countless times (vs. Arguello, Johnson, Blackmoore etc), once he smelled blood he would make sure the follow-through was comprehensive.

[Scott9945]

Joe Louis is always the the first name I think of for this catergory.