who where the most physically strong boxers for each weight class?

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  1. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    not necessarily the biggest puncher but the fighter with the most physically strength

    hw- george foreman
    cw- dwight quawi
    lt hw- archie moore
    s mw- gerald mccellan
    mw- iran barkley
    s ww- john mugabi
    ww- ricardo mayorga
    s lw- kostya tszyu
    lw- julio ceaser chavez
    s fw- arturo gatti
    fw- henry armstrong
    s bw- wilfredo gomez
    bw- carlos zarate
    s flw- nana kunadu
    flw and below- rosendo alverez
     
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  2. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    haha, accidentally pressed the paste button instead of the copy when before i sent this thread
     
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  3. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    khosai galaxy could have also been the most physically strong fighter for super flyweight
     
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  4. Minotauro

    Minotauro Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Good list except I never thought Tszyu was very phsically stronger I'm not saying he was weak but I wouldn't put him as the strongest 140 ever. Also I believe Dick Tiger was the strongest middleweight. I would put Barbados Joe Walcott as the strongest welterweight he would fight heavyweight and just to show his strengh he would pick them up in the clinches and to think he was only 5 foot 2, I would put him as the strongest ever p4p.
     
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  5. mcvey

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    Heavy Jeffries /Foreman
    Light Heavy Berlenbach ,[ex Olympic wrestler]
    Middle Fullmer/Tiger
    Welter Griffith
    Light Williams
    Feather Saddler
    Bantam Harada
    Fly Kane /Chionoi
     
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  6. AREA 53

    AREA 53 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If we are talking about pure Physical Strengh alone...at heavy, wouldnt Floyd Jumbo Cummings come into consideration, i gather he used to Bench-press huge weights whilst in the Pen. ?? He sure looked like he could something Heavy.
     
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  7. Muchmoore

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    Foreman was a physical beast, he deserves to be number one. He never took a backward step.

    Also, Mayorga shouldnt be number 1.
     
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  8. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Although I agree, I wouldnt' describe him as stronger than Liston or Lewis. Nothing in it as far as those three are concerned I think.

    I'd guess that Dick Tiger was clearly the strongest MW.
     
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  9. bigG

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    ..strongest man ever to fight in a boxing ring under boxing rules....the great powerlifter, paul anderson.........coupla fights at hw...not a great success......also, wasnt quinton fortune a fringe warm body in the heavyweights and an ex powerlifting champ......rahman is allegedly very strong in the gym.....all proof that big muscles mean the sq route of **** all in the squared circle...
     
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  10. Manassa

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  11. good right hand

    good right hand Well-Known Member Full Member

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    foreman was my pic but two fighters that are just as much in contention as foreman as far as pure physical strength in my eyes are
    1.roy lyle
    2.frank bruno

    these guys where very tough and very raw fighters, that although never had the assests george had would deffinetly rival his physical strength.


    but yea, mayorga was just my "filler" name because i really am not educated enough to find a better name... im guessing maybe a young felix trinidad?
     
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  12. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    Ive only rated Champions.
     
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  13. Muchmoore

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    Both Lyle and Bruno also are up there. The thing with Bruno though is as fights went on his stamina gave out and made him much weaker. For the first 6 rounds though he was as strong as anyone.
     
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  14. thunder06

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    rocky marciano for cruiserweight is no doubt the strongest.
     
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  15. DocDevil

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    At heavyweight Jose Urtain the stone lifter from Spain would have to be considered.Primo Carnera,had he had modern training,he woulda been a bear.Superb physique,especially for his time,despite his great size,I think he woulda been even larger,but his near starvation as a child,his growth was probably stunted.
     
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