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Originally posted by SCtrojansbaby View PostVitali and Hearns embody pretty much everything except no one throws a straight right to the body
How about Ezzard Charles? He does not have great speed but he was still a fast dude.
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Liston and Louis are fairly close to your criteria. Liston didn't have great speed, but most fights he would begin as a boxer, even if he usually ended up punching his opponent out eventually. Usually fairly early and maybe earlier than what you're looking for. Louis wasn't really a classical boxer either.
Both have murderous straight rights to the body, I believe that's the punch Louis made Schmeling blind for 3 seconds and too paralyzed to fall over with. Liston used his own to hurt Ali with in their first fight. That's something special in its own right.
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Originally posted by SCtrojansbaby View PostVitali and Hearns embody pretty much everything except no one throws a straight right to the bodyOriginally posted by SCtrojansbaby View PostThat is kind of my point you have to go back that far to find someoneOriginally posted by crold1 View PostErik Morales had/has a sensational straight right to the body.
As for the OP, Hearns is the perfect match. It doesn't get any more so than Hearns. He ticks every box better than anybody in history probably.
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A gentleman named 'Sugar Ray Robinson' fits those superlatives nicely.
The only contentious issue was with the right to the body, whilst he did throw this punch fairly regularly it could have been argued that he slightly favoured the right hook to the body.
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FMJ. Has a great jab when he uses it. Very quick, a lot of snap. One of the best 1-2's in the business.
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