GOAT Finishers

Who were the guys in history best closing the show once they got an opponent in trouble?

I think the top 3 best all time finishers were:

Leonard
Louis
Tyson

I see a tiny bit of separation between them and the rest. When those three had you trouble, there was a 99% chance you weren't gonna survive.

Other superb finishers:

Arguello
Olivares
Pryor
Robinson
Foreman
Ali
Hagler
Zarate
Lil Red Lopez
Gomez
Saad
Marciano
Cuevas
Trinidad
Mosley
Tszyu

 

Hard to argue against your top 3. A surprisingly good finisher though was Lennox

 

Yeah, Lewis can be added to the list. He was an excellent finisher.

Ricardo Lopez was a great finisher.

 

Simon Brown was an excellent finisher.

 

Trinidad gets mentioned often but I can't really see it

 

Ortiz, Monzon, Jofre, Napoles, Sugar Ramos, Ike Williams were all ruthless finishers once they had someone going. Benny Leonard too., and Chavez.

Duran at lightweight imo. He got the likes of Hector Thompson, De Jesus, Bizzarro, Ortiz, Lampkin etc out of there pretty quickly once they were hurt.

Cervantes is another who I think was usually clinical when it came to lowering the axe.

 

Hearns was a good finisher. Not sure he ranks among the topa though

 

I don't think I'd have Tyson top three, but Ike Williams has to be top five IMO.

Robinson was better at finishing somebody than Leonard IMO, although both were absolutely lethal. The way Robinson kicked it up a gear and put Jake LaMotta away was absolutely insane.

Some other great finishers: Moore, Foster, Spinks, and Charles.

 

Not the first guy that jumps to mind, but toney was a great finisher. Once he hurt someone, he was going after him hard (though intellegently)