Fighters whose power carried up as they moved up in weight.

[CastletonSnob]

When a fighter moves up to a higher weight class, his power usually diminishes, because he's fighting naturally bigger guys. But, there are some cases where a fighter's power carries up to him as he moves up in weight.

Hearns was one such fighter. Who else can you think of?

 

[Nova44]

It's not always that a boxer's power diminishes when they move up, it's more so that when someone moves up they are hitting people that are used to getting hit with the same force, if not more, on a regular basis.

On occasion though someone like Naoya moves through weights and he's still the heaviest hitter in each division. There's always a limit though no matter who you are, and it also depends on how and which areas you are gaining weight, as wrongly gaining weight will diminish your power.

 

[Street Samurai]

Trinidad punches looked even more devastating at mw than at ww

 

[robotsonic]

Pacquiao is the obvious answer, though he never jumped up that much in weight. When you get used to the MMA weight classes, boxing seems kind of limited in comparison. A welter weight in boxing is a lightweight in mma

 

[Yehudim]

Arguello

 

[ExitLUPin]

Archie Moore, Arguello, McLarnin, Armstrong, Langford

 

[LangfordBarrow]

When a fighter moves up to a higher weight class, his power usually diminishes, because he's fighting naturally bigger guys. But, there are some cases where a fighter's power carries up to him as he moves up in weight.

Hearns was one such fighter. Who else can you think of?

Felix Trinidad and Manny Pacquiao.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

It's not always that a boxer's power diminishes when they move up, it's more so that when someone moves up they are hitting people that are used to getting hit with the same force, if not more, on a regular basis.

On occasion though someone like Naoya moves through weights and he's still the heaviest hitter in each division. There's always a limit though no matter who you are, and it also depends on how and which areas you are gaining weight, as wrongly gaining weight will diminish your power.

I think it helps illustrate people who are born punchers that carry their power to higher weight classes.

 

[LangfordBarrow]

Pacquiao is the obvious answer, though he never jumped up that much in weight. When you get used to the MMA weight classes, boxing seems kind of limited in comparison. A welter weight in boxing is a lightweight in mma

He jumped up a huge amount in weight no matter how much you limit weight classes. 4 almost 6 of the original 8 weight classes.

 

[TheGreatA]

Obviously Duran wasn't the puncher at higher weight classes that he was as a lightweight, but the fact that he was able to make middleweights (including Hagler) stop on their tracks with his right hand, and drop a huge middleweight like Barkley is very impressive.

Michael Moorer kept his power from light heavyweight to heavyweight.

 

[4daLuLZ]

It's not always that a boxer's power diminishes when they move up, it's more so that when someone moves up they are hitting people that are used to getting hit with the same force, if not more, on a regular basis.

They don’t mean it literally diminishes. They mean it’s not having the same effect. That the weight gain isn’t increasing his power proportionally as logic would dictate.
If they’re hitting with the same force or nearly that much, it means the same thing. That their power didn’t carry over.