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Who has the greatest offensive of all time?Joe Louis,George Foreman,Henry Arnstrong,Tommy Hearns,Ray Robibson?

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    The greatest offensive boxer of all times had to be either a brawler or a swarmer, because a boxer-puncher or a pure boxer have much more defensive techniques than these two sub-styles. Right?

    That means you have to take out Louis, Hearns, and Robinson - as they were boxer-punchers (who actually had tough times against swarmers and brawlers).

    Henry Armstrong threw so many punches and moved around so much, to compare Foreman to him - Foreman might as well been a tree.

    The only other fighter that can compare to Armstrong (by description) is Harry Greb.

    By his INSANE record of most all time greats hall-of-famers beaten, and by his biography: "The Fearless Harry Greb:..by Bill Paxton", he had a highly aggressive, energetic swarming style. The author (who had to do research to write the book) describes his style as probably like a mixture of Joe Calzaghe with Ricardo Mayorga on fast forward, and his footwork was very jack-in-the-box / pogo stick like (by description). Greb had a chin and insane stamina in his prime, but he didn't have punching power.

    It's too bad we don't have fight footage of him (only that sparring & training video), but coxscorner has a great page on him:

    http://coxscorner.tripod.com/greb.html

  • ?
    Lv 5
    5 years ago

    Joe Louis.

  • 5 years ago

    Mike Tyson

  • 5 years ago

    None of the above. The greatest offensive fighter of all time was a guy named Roberto Duran, a.k.a. Manos de Piedra.

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  • 5 years ago

    just offense it would be Armstrong or Greb

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